Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-09-15

Representatives Of Massachusetts,, not
one of whom did go TO the war,
even after Massachusetts Democrats
showed them the way, remaining
at home in safety, 80 that their
ranks, undiminished by disease or
the bullet, are able 10 fill all the
prominent civil offices both in the
State and Federal Government, with
not soldier, either Republican or
Democratic, among thcm. But need
not cite as examples Of the fealty and
devotion of the Democracy Of the
North to the flag and Constitution
these great and ilustrious names.
Look at the rank andfile of our arm
les They twerc as largely recruited
from the Democratic as from the Re-
publican party. For the correctness
Of this assertion'let pc speak of my
own knowledge. ~ marched to the
Gulf with the New England division,
containing 6,00O men, and there could
not have been found 800 men in that
division who had ever voted any other
than the Democratic ticket. They
came back voting for tho Union for
which they had fought, and they have
been voting IN the same direction since,
ana WIN continue so 10 vote wneh Ihey
vote with the Democracy for Han.
cock, by whose side they fought
"Go to your soldiers homes, where
tno snat'ereu ana "arWorh veterans
aio voiieoteu W tho nuuipur vi Sonhe
SIX Inousahu, anu you WIN hiu tna'
Iheir votes nave oi late oeeh largeiy
Tor inc Democracy, where .hey naVe
oeen permitted 10 Vo'e py inc laws o'
tue 9tale'
I'm saying lnlS l oy no means ue,
tract from inc patrlotlsm anu Ieal ,,lu oi u
inc rank anu UNI me Oh , the n'PuU,iCna lIomIdor
voters VINO $1,000 snouider 70 snouiuel S ~ !
Win thelr Democratlc oretnren ior 'nS
preservation OF the Union. pay, anu
nave ~ ai, t'me paul JUST .rlou'o w " =,
the,r goou 9uailt'es as olt'Ions anu anu
soldiers, ana nave never uhuer'ahci' hS
10 discriminate between solu'er @ ooniI ,
raues' IN u part'san sehse' 'hor' 'n"''
10 now -,
ADMIT ireeiy one iact tna' mere tuere
were more hepuDiican tnah Delno'
crotlc oncers IN the volunteer sorVloe
oil inc united olates-gal'ahV goou
men ana true'"ho arose iroih 'no io"el =.
10 tne higner military RANK oy tncir
herolsm ana devotlon 10 the'r country
cause
lhe reason lor this ls obvious %
quite all the uoVerhorS Oh the NOrth-
erh states were hepeohcans' incy
appointed al tne regimehIal Vihcers,
anu therefore they appoihtcu mos. %
largely their hepuoiican lriehus; Du'
,he pemoeratlc soluler '5 when ,i, ne en-,
l'stea pa'rlotlcaliy' appointed n'nisei'
apriva'e.
les, my comraues "he'her you
were hepuoicahs OF perhoGraS' anu
Whetnor you are now hePuohcnhs ol m
Deinocra's' Whatever uoheV you may
Vote, iel any oOuy vi men u'iuoicaNo "
uisrupo tnls glorious Vhloh vi VuIsi
Wne5ner rom ~, INC Nor'n OF ooutn' Vi
.ne i1sSe OF mes., wlIn VIVA. 'nere ,,i arv
lcl. VI our u'liilnisnou ', rnnAs, wo WI,
lnaicn "9a'n unuor % ,no ieau1isn'P ~ "
our olu ooninianuYr, at,, ueieiai =, iianeooa ,l,
anu gl'o ano.ner ioSsoi " thc s.hy ~.
'nolies III Ps'iios'sm anu uofD'.ol 1,,a ~, ~
.he oausc Vi our Iouneiy ~ nanoooh
a.a " % .nel,' in n'S ,ei'er o. "IueP'snu' o9 ~
ne sayS " Iomi S"S @ wno s"ah .L. M M
uougs g n'9 p'euseu "o"or W '"' '"
''V, .-,.,,.
iain oIi oon.eI 'i, ,"S,on s'n, ~ . 1, n'J
lnont 'o""lu wv, 'no sa,,"ne uoneia' ''D'r' S'
na,Iu sII ~ ~ T'nO'lna h l1I "no' u ao"t Z
puoiio nie, nus neiI many PVsl'lons y
'no n'enes' lespons'oli''y, wneisln isl hn h
eourso course VI .1 uGt,on must ~ w uooiSou .S ", y
s nss t. Jw unaiu'J I yuusnens "nu ;n.t"no' seno'
Vi Isus' anu anu snow mean Ino an 'i''' 'no'ano'
wnere ~ nc nus ever shrunk iIo'a an,
uu'y however pa'hlu', whon y wa "a'
ms uuty II any one ues'reS sure, 70 ' ioa'
ms mlhu, anu searcn out INC sprlng
OF ms ac''Vn, Io' nim reau tnaV , 'nos