Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-04-10
What is to be tn : ir Policy!


lican party took possession OF the reinS o'
government, and up to this day the oonn- 4
try is ~ much in the dark as tH the Poll
cy by which the administration is to DO
governed, as before Mr., Lincoln lett his
home in Illinois.
lr his inaugural address the President
said "the Union is uubroken," that the
Constitution expressly cnjoined on him
the duty of seeing that :he claws OF the
Union be faithfully executed in all the
States. ." and that all the power contdcd
to him would be used "to hold, occupy |
and possess the property and places be
longing to the government, and to collect
the duties on imports
From these declarations il was evident
that somebody would have to back down.
or else thot the dreadful scourge Of civil
war would be inaugurated. Happily, we
are yet without actual war. But none OF
the "propertyr then in the hands of the
Seceders has been since possessed by
the Federal government; nor has any at
tempt been made to "collect the duties
on imports" in any of the ports OF the Sc"
ced.d States. In the meantime 1t has
been repeatedly announced, Gs it 10y auth
oritv, that all tho Forts now held by Uni
ted States troops in the Confederate States,
would be given up, and that every effort
would be made to aver; collision.
! Whilst these things have been lrNnspir>
ing, the country has been waiting, with
fevcrsh impatience, the manifestation Of
some definite policy on the part of the
! Administration. Yut thus far no one, not
even those in its immediate confidence, is
able TO tell What policy the Cabinet in
tends to pursue
As conhrmato-y of these remarks, we
ask the readers attention TO the following
extract from late number of the Albany
Journal-a paper edited, in part, by the
Assistant Secretary State, fon ofSecreta>
nv Seward who, il any ONE, ought to be
able to speak inteligently. 1t is thus ap"
psrcnt either th2t the Administration has,
|up 10 this time tdilsd 10 decide upon unythtng,
.,., ,ho, o,ob declarations "a tho fol.
Ut e'So '""' ouN' w
lowing are made as blinds and false ny htS
with which TO deceive nd mislcad the
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country:
1s an. For. cannot he he,d. Is II possible tc
, comnel the restoration Of the rueaty that have
bsan .ei,ed A hundred thousand men woul d
~ ro.,,,irsd for mis- work. Where are the men
Whora ia the mower TO call for them Without
,non ,here cnn be no Coercion" If there be no
"Coercion," "Peacorul Secession" is not only
uo,siblo but il is nm existing fact.
Gan tho revenue laws be enforced The stat
utes rcoure the revenues to be paid at defined
M I. Of entry-not ON the quarter deck of II
man -nr ysr II will not do to begin "thc e1-
yarcc,,co, Of the laws" by breaking them. The
President !. MS much bound by the law as the
.Lnnbles, citizen. when the law gay, one thing
p "A, esnnot saw another
r. ,hep. With tho nw. as they are, the Prcsi-
j.r, ia noweress TO compel the recognition Of the
suihoritv of the General Government. what is to
nrsyer, Peaceful Secessioni"
Tbe Iotc Congress was unuucstionably, com.
nossd of broye men. No legislotors ever utter
eJ poll,r sentiments. Thoy had becoming
on,-cciation of the duty OF submission to the