Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-24
NEW SERTES-VOL. mo H..

brow of Judge Kane a mark that will
make him exclaim, Ms his namesake, the
elder Cain, at is too great for me to
bear. "
In 1850, Joshua r. Giddings addressed a
letter to meeting at Palmyra, Ohio, IN
which, speaking Of the fugitive slave Jaw,
he eaid;
"Yet we are told we must obey this law
and perpetuate these crimes until slave
ridden Congress shall see fit to reclaim us
from such sin against God by repeating
the law, Whether it be right to obey God
rather than man, Judge ye.
From my inmost soul abhor, detest,
and repudiate this law. despise The hu.
man being whn would obey it, if such a
being hAs existence"
During the lst session of the 34th
Congress, we find Mr.. Giddings regaling
the House with his law defying doctrines,
and Dragging OF his nigger,stealing pro.
p-nsities, he said,
~'Gentlemen will try and bear with me
when | assurj them and the President,
that have seen as many as nine fugitive
slaves dining Mt one time n my house.
ted them. | clothed them, and gave
them money for their journey and sent
them on their way rejoicing. If that be
tr eason make the most OF it,"
"Mr. Bennet Of Mississippi waht 10
know if the gentleman would not have
gone one step further?"
'Mr Gidd!ugs. Yes sir. | would have
gone one step further. | would have
driven the slave catcher who dared pursue
them from my premises. would have
kicked him from ny door yard if he had
made his appearance there or had he
he at,emyted to enter my dwelling l
would have stricken him down upon the
threshold Of my door"
Now hear the Rev Henry Ward Beeoh-
er:
eff there were as many laws as there
arelines in the fugitive-slave law, and as
many officers there were lions in Dam
iel's lion den, / pouH disregard every law
but Gods, and help the fugitive. The Of
ticers might catch me, but not HIM, if
could help it,"
We ask every honest man in this broad
land, can any government exist where the
people are taught TO disregard and resist
the Constitution and the laws? Does not
such state of things inevitably lead TO
anarchy and the overthrow of Govern
ment? BY what right do you hold Jour
lands, your houses, and your property oil
every description? By what right do you
collect your debts BY law and the de
cisions of your courts. But the laws and
the courts not only guarantee your rights
of property, but they throw around your
hveS the eg!s Of thel. protection. Sweep
away al, constitutions, all laws, all courts,
and where is the protection TO life and
property? Then the law offorce prevails
then confusion reigns-then anarchy is
supreme-then tho strong and sinewy arm
and the brawny shoulders decide the
rights of property and of life then ruff
nan violence tears asunder the bands of
ma!rimony, and gloats in its bestial frees
love! Do YOU prefer this state of affairs
TO the Government you now have? If
yea, then vote for tie men who scott at
constitutions, resist laws, and defy the
courts of the countrywide for Abraham
Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.
Lincoln and las supporters in favor ofhe aboo
hton Of slavery andMe higher law!
In has tenth-ol. July speech in Chicago,
(see Debates, page 49, Mr.. Lincoln, in
reply to some structures on his Springfield
speech, said:
II did not even say that | desired that
slavery should be put in course Of ultimate
extinction. | DO SAY so NOW, HOWEVER
so the: need be no longer any difficulty |
about that. 1t may be written down in
the great speech"
81 have always hated slavery, ! think, |
rs much as any abOitionist-I have been
an old line whig-I have always hated it
but have always been quiet about it un>
til this new era of the introduction of the
Nebraska bill began. always believed
that everybody was against it, and that it
was in course of ultimate extinction"
Mr.. Seward, in his great speech at
Cleveland, Ohio, in the canvass of IS4S.
used the following explicit and unmista.
kable language:
"Slavery can be limited 10 its present
bounds it can be ameiiorated. 1t can be,
and it must be, ABOLISHED, and you and
! can and must do it, The task is as sim.
ple and easy as its contamination will he
beneticent, and its rewards glorious 1t
requires only to follow this simple rule of
action: to do everywhere and on every
OCCdNlph NIdi VIC Clll, anu DOJ lD DeBltCJ
or refuse 10 do what we can, at any time,
because at thai precise time, and on that
particular occasion, we cannot do more.
determine possibilities,
Extend cordial welcome to
the fugitive who lays his weary limbs at
your door, and defend him as you would
your paternal gods"
Correct, your own error that slavery
h Is any constitutional guarantees which
may not be released, and ought not to be
"You will soon
bring the parties Of the country into an
effective aggression upon slavery"
In his speech in the Senate, March II,
1850. Mr.. Seward said.
"There are constitutions and statutes,
codes mercantile and codes civil; but
when we are legis.ating for States, especi.
ally when we are founding States, all
these laws must be brought to the stand /
ard Of the laws of Of God, and must be
tried by that standard, and must stand or
fail hy n