Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-27

erner, he would make TO Southern audi
ences red hot speeches full OF hatred OF
tho North. lie would juggle with
facts and figures, and be as voiuable IN
depreciation and sneers at the expense
of the North as he now is with the
South as the target OF his eloquence'
Mr.. Conkling now pretends TO fear
that the South may obtain entire con
troll OF the Government. But II he
were a Southeiner, he could lay tire
mendous stress on the fact that the
North has had complete possession OF
the Government for nearly twenty
wears. He could and would demand
that this sectional monopoly be over
thrown. He would appeal 10 glowing
sentences to the pride and seli-lnteresIs
of the South, and summon her to resist
the continued domination OF another
section. Asa Southorner, the Senator,
with his peculiar qualifications, would
shine more lustrously than as North
erner. The fiery nature Of the South.
erners would respond to his invectives
more readily than that Of the cooler
Northmcn. He is the right man in
the wrong place.
Suppose an accident Of birth had
made Mr.. Conkling u Westerner. lie
would have been the very man to plead
that Western movement which is fast
gaining strength against Eastern inter.
ests and pretensions. The whole strain
of his argument on Friday night would
apply almost as well to the New En-
gland States as to the South. New
England makes as little progress in
population AS the South Compared
with the mighty West she is weak in
numbers of mon. The West, and not
the East, is the great center of wealth
And yet the New England States will
not relinquish their desire and purpose
to control, as far as they can, the poll.
cics and destinies of the Nation.
In this resolve New England acts
up to noble ambition. Though she
may be overshadowed by the rising
power OF the West, she is stlll the pro
life mother Of political ideas, and she
has sons with brains and energy
enough to impress themselves upon
national character. So has the South,
Why should one section be denounced
for ambitiously striving to make her
influence felt, while another section is
praised to the skies (by Eastern men
like Senator Conkling) for doing the
same thing? Truly, circumstances do
alter cases. New England, which will
read and doubtless admire the Sena
tors speech, may congratulate herself
that he is not a Southern or Western
man using all his powers to infame
the passions of other sections against
herself.
! There il but one means left OF put
ting down sectionallsm wherever il
| lifts its head. That means can only
be supplied by a Union party. There
is but one Union party in this country
to-day. That is the Democratic par
! ty. 1t is the only party which is alive
and strong in all sections of the land
1t has its faults, but the greatest fault
of Northumberland be impu
ted to it. Its strength is more in the
North than in the South. 1t has nearly
twice as many voters here as there,
In these populous Northern States, il
divides the votes so evenly with the
Republicans that few thousands, in
many States even few hundred, turn
the scale at every election. This is the
party which, literally and truly, knows
no North, no South, no East and nc
West, and consents to no sectional in
justice it has the power to preventl