Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-24


brow of Judge Kane mark that will
J make him exclaim, as his namesake, the
elder Cain, ut is too great for me to
bear. "
In 1850, Joshua r. Giddings addressed
letter to a meeting at Palmyra, Ohio, IN
: which, speaking of the fugitive slave law,
he said:
"Yet we are told we must obey this law
: and perpetuate these crimes until a slave
} ridden Congress shall see fit to reclaim US
from such a sin against God by repeating
the law, Whether it be right to obey God
Y rather than man, Judge ye.
From my inmost soul | abhor, detest,
D and repudiate this law. despise The hu-
man being who would obey it, if such a
being has existence"
t During the lst session of the 34th
/ Congress, we find Mr., Giddings regaling
l the House with his law defyng doctrines,
: and Dragging Of his nigger-stealing pro
pensities he said,
Gentlemen will try and.baar with me
: when assur3 them and the President,
/ that | have seen as many as nine fugitive
slaves dining at one time n my house.
b ted them. | clothed them, and gave
them money for their journey and sent
them on their way rejoicing. If that be
If tr eason make the Iuost OF it,"
: "Mr. Bennett Of Mississippi waht 10
IS know if the gentleman would not have
gone one step furtherW
/ "Mr Giddlugs. Yes sir | would have
IS gone one step further, | would have
:. driven the slave catcher who dared pursue
G them from my premises. l would have
. kicked him from my door yard if he had
/. made his appearance there or had he
? he att9myted to enter my dwelling |
~ would have stricken him down upon the
ii threshold Of my door"
" Now hear the Rev Henry Ward Beaoh-
ar er
~ "If there we're as many laws as there
re arelnes in the fugitiye-slaye law, and as
rt many officers rs there were lions in Dan-
a iel's lions den, ,oouM disregard every law
J. but Gods, and help the fugitive. The Of
er ticers might catch me, but not HIM, if |
n could help it,"
We ask every honest man in this broad
III land, can any government exist where the
people are taught to disregard and resist
We the Constitution and the laws? Does not
We such state OF things inevitably lead 10
" anarchy and the overthrow Of Govern
ne ment? BY what right do you hold Jour
Us lands, your houses and your property oi
cy every description? By what right do you
e. collect your debts By law and the de
csions of your courts. But the laws and
or the courts not only guarantee your rights
he of property, but they throw around youl
HveS the @g!s Of their protection. Sweep
m. away ali constitutions, all laws, all courts
all and where is the protection to life and
IA, property? Then the law force prevails
lis then confusion regns s--then anarchy /!
to supreme-then the strong and sinewy arm
AZ. and the brawny shoulders decide The
,at rights of property and of life then ruff
in fan violence tears asunder the bands o
e, ma,rimony, and gloats in its bestlal free
ST love! Do YOU prefer this state of affair
aw TO the Government you now have? /
yea, then vote for Il Q men vino scoif n
-, constitutions, resist laws, and defy th'
~ courts of the countrywide for Abraham
49, Lincoln and Hannibal liamlin.
,.a 10 Lincoln and has supporters in favor ofhe abo
vo, Hnon Of slavery andMs higher lac!
Use In has tenth.or, July speech in Chicago
see Debates, page 49, Mr.. Lincoln, il
te. reply to some STRUCTURES on his Springfield
I'D speech, said:
me Il did not even say that desired tina
slavery should be put in course Of ultimat
49, extinction. | DO SAY so NOW, HOWEVER
,So @ so the: need be no loager any difficult
o about that. 1t may be written down il
'rod the great speech"
'ou II have always hated slavery, think
'I as much rs any aboltionist-I have bee
w an old.linc whig-I have always hated il
re- re- but have always been quiet about it un
."'5, I'll this new era of the introduction Of tn
tNN' Nj h,ll | ol,purg hAlipV p
w w that every body was against it, ard that
'"' was in course of ultimate extinction"
a., Mr.. Seward, in his great speech a
w Cleveland, Ohio, in the canvass of lS4
''N used the following explicit and unmist0
kable language:
'a' "Slavery can be limited 20 its preser
Wy bounds it can be ameiiorated. 1t can bt
III and it must be, ABOLISHED, and you an
ei ,eu can and must do it. The task is as sin
-' ple and easy as its consummhtion will !
VI VI benefcient, and its rewards glorious.
requires only to follow this simple rule
~ action: to do everywhere and on ever
l,, occasion what we can, and not to negc
.Os or refuse TO do what we can, at any tim
~ because at thai precise time, and on thi
- particular occasion, we cannot do nor
''G" nG Circumstances determine possibilities.
u" extend q cordial welcome
the fugitive who lays his weary limbs
who your door, and defend him as you wou
,nse your paternal gods"
be Correct, your own error that slave
OF h Is any constitutional guarantees viii,
with may not be released, and ought not to
'ued relinqushed." "You will so'
OH, bring the parties of the country into
red effective aggression upon slavery
,orR in his speech in the Senate, March
1850, Mr.. Seward said: ~
rt of There are constitutions and statut
that codes mercantile and codes civil;
im> when we are legislating for states, espe
that ally when we are founding States,
lvcn these laws must be brought to the stan