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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

But one Hope of Averting Dissolution


Within the last few days one or two sug-
gestions baye made their appearance,
which, if adopted, and speedily carried in.
TO eAeot, may possibly avert the threaten
cd destruction Of the Republic and all its
accompanying horrors. The only one oi
these suggestions. that has the slightest
hope in it, is, that Convention OF Dele
gates from all the States be held forthwith
to revise the Constitution, or rather, to
clearly mark out tho Powers and rights
Of the respective States; and the repeal,
by the States, Of all laws tending in any
degree TO Obstruct the execution of the
law providing for the restoration Of fugi'
tive slaves and the enacting OF a law in
each State. providing that in all cases
where runaway slave shall be recaptu-
red, and rescued by violence, the county
in which such rescue took place, shall he
liable for costs and damages.
We sec no other plan-no other hope.
1t is possible this may effect reconcilia-
tior. Il is the only chance. flour Republi-
can friends are ready TO retrace their steps
If they are ready 10 60 to work, and un~
do the wrongs they have been blindly
committing against the South, in violation
OF tho Con tituton, and in contempt of
common justice, they can avert what 9th
orwise will be eur destruction.
1t is idle for them to say, "let the South
60 we can do without them" They do
not mean this-for they know that one
separation would beget another, until we
should have, perhaps, as many Republics
as we now have States. But even if it
were not so, the North separated from the
South, would be as weak and impotent as
the most insignificant of Nations-w;thout
commerce without revenues and totally
supported by direct taxation. Whereas
MS a united people--the South TO produce,
and the North to manufacture, for the
national consumption Of each, we could
continue, as we always have been, the
most prospering nation under the Sun.
It's for our Republican friends now to
say what shall be done. Our fate is, in a
great measure, in their hands. What will
they do
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05
The Decree has Gone Forth.

4 dark and gloomy future seems tc
pervade the political atmosphere OF our
land-discordant notes are being sounded
by the leading demagogues in both the
North and the South; they are heating the
political caultron to lis utmost capacity.
An almost unanimous voice salutes us
from the South, calling upon their north
ern friends and neighbors to live Up to-
and fully execute the constitutional obli-
cations that we took upon ourselves from
the hands ofour ancestors. They demand
Of us the repeal of all Personal Liberty
Bills which have been unconstitutionally
passed by q number of Northern States
This they have just right to ask and in
justice to them and ourselves, we are
bound by everything that is sacred and
right, to repeal all such obnoxious laws.
The Boston Traveller, the leading Repub
lican organ IN Massachusetts,, calls upon
her citizens to pass another law more out
rageous than the one already upon her
statute book. As an indication of what
the law is to be, we publish the form of a
Petition which is now being circulated
throughout that State, to wit:
"To the Honorable Senate and House oi
Representatives of the Commonwealth
Of Massachusetts,
The undersigned citizens of - ,Massa.
chusetts, respectfully ask you to put an
end to SLAVE-HUNTING in Massachu-
setts, by enacting that no person, who has
been held as Slave, shall be delivered up,
by any officer of Court, State or Fede-
raj, within this Commonwealth, to any
one claiming Kim on the ground that he
owes Service or labor to such claimant,
by the laws Of one of the Slave States oi
this Union.
The same paper states, that if the Per.
sonal Liberty Bill is repealed, the Repub-
lican party will be broken up. Hear him
"The day on which that law shall be re-
pealed, will see her Republican party &C
to wreck"
So that double distilled tory and trai-
tor-traitor to his God and his country
VIM, Lloyd Garrison, replies rs follows:
That last remark is as true as the gos
pel.' Let the Republican party show an,
disposition to back down from its anti
slavery professions, at the Southern over
seers, and it will be broken as quickly as
rope Of sand. 1t owes its success entirely
to those professions. and to abandon then
will be certain defeat and an everlasting
disgrace.
And then starts off with the following
beautiful (?) description of his Southern
neighbors:
"They are nexorable as death, and n,
insatate as the grave. Their principle,
are those of burglars, highOay,nen and pi
rates, and their practices are a great deal porse
In support of their hellish slave system,
they would Gf necessary annihilate the
very existence of the North nor stop at
the commission Of any crime, however
monstrous or devilish. >
The Italics are ours. The conclusion
reached by those two leaders of the Re-
publican party, is, that their party, as a
party must be upheld and sustained even
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05
The Kansas Troubles.

The latest accounts from this Territory
state that Montgomery, and his band Of
ROBBERS, are cncamped near Fort Scott.
and he defes the world to take them. 1t
is thought, when he hears of the Of proach
of Gen. Harney and the U. S. troops, that
he will leave Large numbers of families
in the border counties have ssed into
Missouri for protection.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05
From California and Oregon.

The --latest news from California and Or.
egon is to the effect that Lincoln has car,
ried the former by from 700 to 1000 over
Douglas, and the latter by 3lS over Breck-
euridge.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05
By their Acts ye Shall Know them

The Republicans say that none are dis,
unionists cut the breckenridge Demo
Gratis of the South, aided and abbetted by
allies of the same stripe of politics in the
North" This is in fearful keeping with
the leaders Of that party. To deceive
mislead, and conceal the truth from the
people, appears to be their chief aim
They know that there is no division but
perfect union among all classes Of Southern
men in favor of secession, unless certain
obnoxious laws now on the Statute books
of some of tho Northern States are repeal
ed, and certain assurances given that the
Southern States and people are 10 have
equal rights in the territories, and in all
other common property" We repeat,
that whilst they kno,o that the people OF
the South, from Maryland to Texas, are a
perfect unit in favor of secession, unless
these conditions are complied with,
they continue in the attempt to deceive
the people by representing that tho only
disunionists are the breckenridge Demo-
Gratis"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05
Who are the Disunionists ?"

1--WE answer, without fear of successful
contradiction, the Republican Abolition
party of the North. Their professions OF
attachment and loyalty to the Union are
not worth the paper it takes to print
them. They are to be judgtdIy their acts.-
Do their acts condemn them? Who're
and how? Is there any cause Of disturb,
ance between the North and the South
that they are not the authors of? Are
they not the authors of nullifying the
Constitution Do they not support and
endorse every dogma calculated to offend
and aggravate the South are not the
principal plank's Of their party's platform
avowOdly and notoriously founded upon
hostility to the South, such as the Soutl
cannot brook without dishonor?
The evonts of the last few months and
years are fresh in the recolections of eve.
ry reader, and we desire them to answer
these questions-perfectly confident that
the unanimous response Of every candid
mind will be that they, the Abolitionized
Republican party-notwith Standing theil
professions to the contrary--arc The rca
Disunion pdrty-and that is the rational
and inevitable consequence of the princi-
pies and measures with which they have
triumphed in the recent election.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

such Patriotism ~ h0hoht cllltoh Wv
.this country can carry In hs bosom We
hone 10 tce Tho lay, when such ralfto''
ism an shall receive H. due reward from
lthe Americas pcople.-a a medal manoiac.
turcd nom hemp
Worthy Of Confederation
A Washington correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Press, says
"Among the numerous propositions be-
fore the country at this time to restore
pcnco and harmony, Is one that originated
with the Hon. II. J. Walker 10 the elect
that. the Presidential electors IN 'ho sev"
eral States should he elected in single DIS.
tricts similar to choosing member oi
Congress"
Should this mode bc adopted in the ia"
ture--and wo hope it wlll--it would most
effectually destroy any and all sectionolpar.
ties, whether in the North or in the South,
and would bo the death knel to all mere
geographical organizations. twill, also
most effectually hold in check large ma
orties, and is really the only Democratic
rule. Minorities, however small, would
have their tights equally respected. Had
this system been in force at the late elec-
ton, Mr.. Lincoln could never have been
elected to the Presidency, nor could here
after any exclusively sectional candidate
succeed.
1t is true Mr.. Lincoln has been elected.
One million seven hundred thousand
citizens of these United States have decla-
red for him through the popular voice -
on the other hand, two million seven hun
dred thousand votes have declared,agains
him-thus electing him President with a
majority of one million OF votes against
HIM in the popular count. Upon the 9th
er hand, the electoral college gives him
three million two hundred and fifty thou.
sand-because all the electors are counted
for him. Representing this vote, in short
the popular vote for Lincoln is about
100000, while the electoral College gives
him 3, ,250, 600, or nearly two to one.
When we view the case from Demo,
cratic point, we must come TO the conclu-
SION that Mr.. Lincoln is not ertitled to
the whole twenty-seyen electors Of Penn,
sylv0nia; from the principle above indica.
ted he should have twenty'one; which we
believe is the number of opposition men,
bers Of Congress from the State. If it is
just and proper to elect Presidential elec>
tors by general ticket, it is equally just
10 elect the Congressional delegation in
the sa ne way; but upon the other hand
il our mode Of electing members OF Con-
gress is just and Democratic, let us so
amend and change our laws in reference
to the election of Presidential electors,
as to have our system of Government more
perfect End harmonious.
The subject is well worthy tho attention
of every citizen who feels desire to have
Justice and harmony prevail among ne a,
a nation.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

"Has Republican ever been be-
threatening, advocating or justifyingD
union "-RqftsD,an's Journal. y.
The following resolves stand rocor0
upon the legislative journals of Massa''
sets:
"ReSolved, That the annexation OF u
as is ipSo .facto a dissolution Of the Unlo'
"ResOiued, That Texas being annex
Massachusetts, is out of the Union."'o
Is the Journal answered?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

GEN. CAss.-General Cnss is reported to
have wept the other day during q Cabinet
meeting at which the impending dangers
to the Union we're under consideration
None will doubt the sincerity of his grief,
or wonder that he, one of the few remain
ing links between the generation of men
who made the Union and the generation
who are likely to witness its disruption,
should be affected to tears over the i'm
pending calamity.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

snnitisptt oi ihhl toIIup 10 oa,le.,
NoflhDh ard l0ulheiU r0hNls4.'
Int Will plunfa tll ibe States. th.e N,
riefhi bond It once ttohtt. into y.
nei ol nhihgQnislla Interest hom wh..
nbiihpr Northern ianhiica hot Soulk,..
nto rnitfs rah psliicale them.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

B6y~ Adam, who seeded from Parart'
by refusing to obey the law of the "
was the first Secessionist.- Boston TtfN,,
He was turned out for not obeyinee
law. Cincinnati Enquirfr, n
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

a4-The deprecated Illinois currency is
now generally known among bankers and
brokers as a" Lincoln money"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

reS-A A man may be called poverty .strick.
en- when knocked down by beggar.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-12-05

Ia Mao and sword should ie'olhlo The
whole county
such Patriotism no honost citlicn OF
ihis country can carry In NE bosom We
hone 10 tce Tho lay, when such patriots
ism On shall receive H. due reward from
the Americas pcoplea-o medal manoioc.
pnrcd nom hemp.
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