Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-08-04
NY REMARKS.
CLEARFIELp, Pa, July 20, 1ssO,

coinlnB iTosluonllul cOnlVht may pre-
sent itself to others, am unable to
predict, but to me the greatest and
most vital issue of this campaign is
"Shall the right of the people to gov.
ern be maintained or lost" This sin.
gle issue, fraught with such vital in,
terest, not onl ly to the common veal
of the country, but 10 the personal lib.
erty Of every citizen, rises so high
above the partisan issue in Prcsiden.
tial contests in the past, and is so Ma,
tional In all its sequences, that il
should not be considered as an issue
between political parties. When the
right OF the people to govern right
that has been won ut such fearful
cost Of blood and treason is lost, all is
lost that has been won by the Ameri
can people since the first gun was fred
on Bunker Hill This right is the
keystone Of our temple OF liberty, and
il it be taken away, all other liberties
and privileges we enjoy, and which
this, the grandest feature of our gov
ernment supports and maintains, will
pass away and leave US Nation with
out form of government.
That it now is, and has been for years
the willful, deliberate and premedita.
ted determination Of the Republican
party TO deprive the people Of the right
to choose their rulers by the freedom
and legal force of the ballot, is too well
defined and too clearly proven to ad
nit OF even reasonably truthful de
nial.
In the carpet-bag governments o.
Southern States, after they had beer
reconstructed was one Of the first and
most porteEtious advances toward the
destruction Of personal civil liberty and
the establishment of o military, oi
Strong centralized form of govern
ment in this country. Noperson who
closely observed the conduct OF the
General Government in moulding ol
manipulating State governments iol
the reconstructed States, could helT
but too plainly see that the admins
tration party abrogated and disregard
cd all the constitutionally guaranteed
powers Of State government, and sci
at armel defiance the constitutions
right of majority of the legal elec
tors in those States to choose theil
own rubrs.
Thenagain, when a Republican Con
gress mssed and enfored the "Mar
sbals' oil" bill which on its face il
an Insult TO every honest voter in the
country, and the effect of which, as
has been clearly proven, was to deprive
the people of their rights which arr
guaranteed TO them by constitutional
power As an evidence of the work
ing Of this iniquitous bill In the city
OF New York these "Marshals" arrest
cd thousands OF naturalizod voters
charging some irrogularity in the Ger
tifcate of citizenship. The next day
when the election was over, and th,
citizen had lost his vote by reason o
his arrest, he was released withou
further trouble
This is one more act showing tha
the Republican party is afraid to trus
an honest expression Of the people a
the ballot box in vindication Of thei
party rule. 1t is not the will of th,
people they want-that is just wha
they don't want.
The last, the greatest, the most glar
ing and damnable evidence, and clear
est proof that the Republican party
are determined, by means iair or foul
to dominate the will OF the people, wa
the larceny Of the highest position
known 20 Americans. The success
with which they met in stealing thl
Presidency in 1876 by tho wholesal,
purchase of Returning Boards TO forg
and fraudulently alter the result of tn
electoral vote in the several States, ant
the corruption ard debauching of th,
highest judicial tribunal known in th,
land, to their political purposes, is s,
clear and 20 positive in its proof tha
there is no law, either civil or divine
that they would not brush aside ant
trample under foot TO accomplish tn,
purpose of their party.
Between the two candidates To-
President on the Democratic and Re
publican tickets, there is no compari
son. America, with a free govern
ment over one hundred years old, ant
with a population Of nearly fifty mill
ions in the whole annals of our histo
ry, there is recorded but two names il
which combine and bland together th,
rare attamments of true military gen
ius, profound craftsmanship, and patri
ohsm. One was Washington, WHIT
fought the good fight and won for hi
people the grandest and most liberia
form Of government ever bestowed OF
man. The other is the Democrat,
candidate for President, General W
S. Hancock, who drew his sword anC
battled all through the dark days o
the Rebellion to maintain and hanC
down to posterity that same form o
government with all its liberties anC
privileges that Washington and his pa
triots wrung from King George. Tbt
record of General Hancock has not L
be defended. He has too often on tht
field Of battle worn the bloody shirt,
and with his sword subscribed his dc
votion to his country and thesupremacy
of constitutional law, to have any ont
doubt his loyalty or question his patri
otism