Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-17


happy Union. The Senate know that |
have DEPRECATED illusions, on ordinary oc-
caslons, to that direct event. The coun~
! try will testify that, ifthere be any thing
III the history OF any public career wor-
they OF recollection, 1t is tho truth and
sincerity of my ardent devotion TO its las
| ting preservation. But we should he
false in our allegiance If we did not dis
criminate between the imaginary and real
dangers by which it may be assailed. Abs
litionism should no longer be regarded rs
an imaginary danger The abolitionists,
let me suppose, succeed in their present
aim Of uniting the inhabitants of the free
States, as one man, against the inhabS
llants OF the slave States Union
on one side will beget Union on
the other, and this process of recip-
rocal consolidation will be attended
with all the violent prejudice, embttered
passions, ana implacable animosities
which ever degraded or deformed human
nature.
One section will stand in menaciRg and
hostile array against the other. The COLI
sion OF opinion will be quickly followed by
J the clash ofarms. | will not attempt to
describe scenes which now happily lie
concealed from our view. Abolitionists
themselves would shrink back in dismay
and horror at the contemplation of desc
lated fields, conhagratSd cities, murdered
inhabitants, and the overthrow of the
iairest fabric of human govern
ment that ever rose to animate the hopes
Of civilized man"
How sadly true nay, how prophetic, al-
SO, are these words of Mr.. Clay. The trir
umph Of sectionalism is the downfall of
the Republic. TO preserve the Union we
must keep the bonds our fathers made,
and crush out and cxterminate this hy-
/ dra-headed monster ofabolition!sm. The
man who casts his vote for Lincoln, in
thatact, deliberately, olemnly, and know
ingly, votes for a dissolution of the Amer
lean Union! There is no dodging this
! position. What are the principles Of that
sectional party, and what the utterances
of the men who form, lead, and con-
/ troll it? Behold tho record
Before proceeding to the record, how
ever, let us see now, in the speech from
which we have already quoted, Mr..
Clay sums up the designs Of the abolition.
lists
"And the third class are the real ultra
abolitionists, who are resolved TO perse-
we're in the pursuit of their object at all
hazards. With this class the immediate
abolition Of slavery in the District of coll
nmbia, the prohibition of the removal of
slaves from State 10 State, and the refu-
sal TO admit any new State comprising
within its limits the institution of domes-
tic slavery. are but so many means condu.
ciag to the accomplishment of the ulti
mate but perilous end at which they avow-
edly and boldly aim, are but so many
short stages in the long and bloody road
to the distant goal at which they would
finally arrive. Their purpose is abolition
universal .bolition-peaceably if they
can, torcibly if they must"
How graphically descriptive of the
black republican party of the present day!
The picture is true to life.
Lincoln and his supporters in taror Of tic hil,
eouS doctrine Of negro eqtaHy,
On the 10th of October, 1854, Abraham
Lincoln delivered speech at Peoria, IL.
linois, in which he used the following Ian.
gusge:
What do say is that no man is good
enough to govern another man without an
others consent. say this is the leading
principle, the SH EEr ANCHOR of Auicr~
ica. repaJlicmjsn. Our Declaration of In
dependence says:
"'We h old these truths to be self-eyi-
dent-that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalenable rights that among
these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit
of happiness. That to secure these rights
governments are instituted among men,
DERIVING THEIR JUST POWER FROM THE con-
SENT or TUE GOVERNED
II have quoted so much at this time
merely to show that according 10 our an
cient faith, the powers ofGovernment are
derived from the consent of the governed.
Now, the relation of ma. ter and slave is
pro taRdo total violation Of this principle,
The master not only governs the slave
without his consent, but he governs him
by set rules altogether different from
what he prescribes for himself Allow
= ALL the governed an equal voice in the
Government and that, and that only, is
self-government." = Howells life OF Lin,
coin, page 279.
Again, in speech delivered in Chicago
during the last Presidential election,
which we find published in the Illinois
State journal, the State organ of the
black-republican party of Illinois, on the
10th day of September, 1856, Mr.. Lincoln
said:
"That central idea, in our political op-
inion, was and until recently continued
to be the equality of men. Ard, although
it was always submitted patiently to whntcv-
er inequality there seemed to be as mat
ter Of actual necessity, its constant work
ing has been steady progress toward the
| PRACTICAL EQUALITY OF ALL MEN.
"Let past differences as nothing be and,
with steady eye on the real issue, let us re-
inaugerate the good old central IDEAS Of the
Republic We can do it. The human
heart is with us; God is with us. We
sb All again be able not to declare that all
the States, as States, are equal, but renew
the broader, better declaration, including
both these and much more, that ali nacn are