Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-02-18
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One of the most fearful storms ever
known along the Atlantic seaboard
was that Of the second aud third in-
stant, which carried disaster TO 50
many tough and hardy mariners along
the Jersey shore. Thenight was dark,
the cold intense, the air filled with
snow and sleet, the wind blowing
u gale, the sea running mountains high
and breaking upon the bar with dc
structlve force all the elements com.
bined to make the night most fear
iul and memorable one When the
storm of the elements had been chain
cd by the power which created il, n
political storm developed at tho 11e.
publican State Convention at Harris
burg, on the fourth instant, which has
never been equalled IN the annals OF
Pennsylvania politics. An attempt
was about TO be mado 10 subvert and
demolish the will of the people--that
will which had been whispered in every
breeze from the mountains and valleys
Of the old Commonwealth and had
found lodginent in the heart of al
most every Republican voter in Penn
sylvania who owned himself and
whose honor was not Tor barter and
whose principles were not mortgaged,
The details Of the fearful struggle
have now drifted into political history,
and the facts--iamiliar to every school
boy--need no reiteration in our
columns There is n moral, however,
which political magnates and poten.
tatcs should and ,riH, remember. The
man, clique, cabal or faction, that runs
directly counter to intelligent public
opinion, will, in the long run, be
stranded and shipwrecked, more effect
ually and thoroughly than were the
jersey mariners in tho recent tornado
i wnlcn 30 iuriuusiy owsPt against ttvlr
sandy beach, With a few toierably
honest, but intensely selfish exceptions,
there is no doubt whatever that at the
Harrisburg Convention the Blaine men
monopolized the intelligence, culture,
capital and honesty OF the Republican
party Of Pennsylvania. The.triumvi.
rate Of eorruption-as exempli6ed by
the chain gang from Philadelphia,
Lancaster and Pittsburgh--did more to
demoralize the very cause they espous-
cd than all the efforts of the Blaine
men combined These fellows repre-.
sented nothing but political seldom Of
the very lowest order and even lacked
the fact so sandwicheG in an occasional
decent man to give the thing a palata.
bic flavor. These cities know this to
be true Harrisburg knows it, and the
State OF Pennsylvania, to her sorrow
and her shame, knows il to be true to
the letter.
Again, this fight at Harrisburg was
not made against Cameron, but for
Blame. Men, in the strife, were for
gotten and made subservent to prin.
ciple If Senator Cameron or any OF
his innocents were deluged, il was be-
cause they deliberately located them,
selves beneath the cascade Of honest
public opinion, 1t was not a battle
waged gainst any man, but for that
honest, unshackeled expression Of
opinion which is the crown jewel OF
Republicanism. The unit rule that
was forced upon the Convention, will
be treated BY all sensible delegates to
Chicago, as apalpable nulity, and they
will vote in the onvenuon Just as they
please Senator ], Don. Cameron
fought with a gallantry worthy Of o
better cause and for his tact, energy
and skill, he was rewarded by a mana.
kin victory The Scotch pluck OF the
young political gladiator won the ap,
! planse Of many of his opponents, and
his political machinery worked with
automatic precision until the driving
wheel was mashed 10 those dele
gates who dsobeyed the orders Of
their constituents and sold themselves
: for very small mess of political pot
tage, we have not a word to say. We
commit them, covered with bushes
and ialsehoods and iniamy, TO the ten.
dor meroios Of thoae iriOnds and noigh.
bors whom they sold out, to obtain
! petty positions for themselves. And
now that the smoke OF battle has dis
appeared, and the halls and corridors
of Harrisburg are deserted, the Gdsette
with all its preferences for James G.
Blaine, will support the worst nomi
= nation that can be made at Chicago
rather than the best nomination that
. can be made at any Democratic Con
I vention but, until the Chicago Conven.
ton has named the nominee, the Del
! awge County Gazette will fly at its
, mast. head the name OF James G. Blaine
, and we will never lower our standard
. until the electric flash notifies us that
, the Republican party bas stullifed it.
self by his rejection in the Chicago
Convention. = DeldDdre County Gdseite