The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-05-31

, castle burlesque on the independent
movement than that article was could
hardly be imagined. 1.-THE Common
aoealth or its readers have any doubts as
to the stand Of the Moadville Repab6-
can on the political situation let them
read the following able article from
that influential paper, and their doubts
will be removed efIectually:
ABOUT THE INDEPENDENTS.
On last Saturday, about score of
sore headed Republicans met in Mead
vile and selected five men "to repre-
sent the wishes OF the Republicans of
Crawford county" These men we're
"fresh from the people and feminist
boss rule" It is likely that the con-
vention assembled at Philadelphia was
made up of men similarly "fresh from
the people," If such is the case a
more barefaced fraud was never before
attempted. The five delegates from
Crawford represented the score who
sent them and no more their action
will carry no weight except its effect
Of loading themselves with the odium
which attaches to political Guiteau's
We assume it to be conceded that no
man of sound mind can expect any
immediate effect from the placing of
this new ticket in the field beyond the
defeat of the Republican ticket. Is
there man in the State so big a fool
as to think the Philadelphia ticket
will be elected, or that its chances are
even one per cent. of a possibility? If
then it's success is not expected, what
result is expected ? VIII it help elect
the Republican ticket Certainly not
Its own immediate effect will be the
assistance Of the Democratic ticket.
The Independents must know this. If
so they must design it. If they design
to assist the Democrats there is a
more decent way to do this. To vote
the Democratic ticket boldly would
be much the more manly. When the
rebellion broke out there was class
who were too cowardly to fight with
the rebels and to traitorous to assist
the Union cause. They were despised
by both sides. Yet the Union sue.
ceeded against rebels and copperheads,
and the Republican party will succeed
against Democrats and Independents.
There will come time when the men
who now assail the integrity of the
party with their Independent stilestos
will "even wish they were dead" The
people Of the country are behind the
Republican party, urging it on to
future success, and the men who get in
the way Of the grand march will be
more than run over. The pretext for
the Philadelphia convention was the
shallowest possible. Why should the
nomination Of Gen. Beaver be repudi.
ated ? The Harrisburg convention met
but two weeks ago. Among its dele.
gates were some of TIE most ultra In.
dependents in the State; but from
among them all not one voice was
raisedin objection to the nomination
of Gen. Beaver. During the two DAYS
Of canvassing and caucussing not
single man other than Beaver was
mentioned for the place. When the
nominations we're called for, not an.
other candidate wac offered, and when
the vote was taken not one voice ofI
the two hundred and fifty.one delegates
said nc. And yet, among those dele
gates were men of the rankest of H.
dependent proclivities. Why did they
not then and there protest If Gen.
Beavers nomination is such that it
will drive from the ticket a SINGLE
good Republican, why was not the
warning voice then and there lifted
upY A protest at that time would
have been the part of a courageous
man, and Eot that of a coward accord
ing to the Philadel phia plar. This is
no time for mincing matters. Our
party Is IN the midst of an insurrec-
ton, as causeless and as malicious as
that which began at Sumter. 1t must
be made odious. The men who strike
the party must be made to feel the
lash. The men who won't help to
save the ship must be thrown over
board to drown. If any Republican
wants to help the Democrats, he cant
stand in the Republican party and do
1t. We feel about the matter some.
thing like Parson Brownlow, when he
was invited to be chaplain in a rebel
regiment. He said that when he
should make up his mind to 90 To hell.