Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-07-10


... IIu I.u..u continent "H. r.uN IH
rr....t anI fIl.uul Iua UW.a NNuU
nm Nireipt wbs tun uHi remarkable,
pofnar the most important a .'nIou
ticn. rIouci by the people o0 ihHi Nioln
90 r1u..uor this very question oft q. .up'
inc thu Federal Union was lN session 100
The capital of Virginia when .0l sumter
fell 10 This body hopUouIu Wi chosen
A lbrro minority of 0ro'cstod Union w.u.
Almost Immediately at thn Nll u' Fort
sumter mrnv mamh.r OF Chat mu.HDlr
won, over l1 the origutl diuu.on minor.
ily. and with lham adopted au ordinance
for Withdrawing the State from the Union.
Whether this change WAS wrought by
their apnroyal cr the assault upon sum.
ter. or tho great resentment Mt the Gov
crumcuts resistance TO that assolI. is
not vet definitely ls"own. Although they
submitted tue ordnance for ratification to
a vote of tho uc3plc, TO be taken ON day
then somewhat moro than mouth dis
tanl, the Convention and the Leg Stature,
which was also in session at the same
time and place with leading men OF the
State, not members OF either immediate
" commenced acting as if the State were
already out of the Unior. They pushed
military preparations vigorously forward
all over the State; they seized the l: 5.
Armory at llarper's Ferry and the Noyy
Yard at iospou, near Norfolk. They re-
ceiyed, perhaps invited, into their State
large bodies of troops, with their, warli Se
appointments. from the so called seeded
states. They formally entered into a
treaty Of temper. ry alliance and CO opera
ton with the so called Coniederated States
and sent members to their Cangress at
Montgomery, and finally they permitted
/ the insumecuonary government TO oe
transferred to their capital at Richmond.
The people OF Virginia have thus allowed
tins giant .surrectIon to make Its nest
within her borders ana TINS Government
has no choice lett but TO deal with 1t
where it finds il, and it has the less r"-
gret as the loyal citizens have in due form
claimed its protection. Those loyal citi-
2ens this Government is bound to protect
rs being Virginia. As in the Border
State. so callcd-in fact the middle States
there are those who favor an armed
neutrality. that is an armius of those states
to prevent the Union forces passing one
way or the disuniOn the otEer over their
soil-this would be disunioa completed.
Figuratiyelv sreaking. it would be the
building up of an inpassablc wall along
the line of scpararion. and vet not quite
an impassablc one, for, under the gui2c of
neutrality. it would tie the hands Of the
Union mon, and freely pass supplies from
among them to the insurrectionists, which
is could not do rs an open enemy. At a
stroke it would take all the troubles Off
the hands Of Secession except only what
proceeds from the external blockade. 1t
1t would do for tie disunonists that
which Of all things they most desire -
feed them we'll and give them disuri5n
without struggle OF tLcir own. It rec.
ognizcs no fidelity to the Constitution, no
obligation to maintain the Union, and
while very many who have favored it are
doubtless loval, it is nevertheless very in ,
furious in effect. Recurring to the action
Of the governments it n1y he stated that
at first call Was made for 5000 militia.
and rapidly following this a proclamation
was issued for closing the ports of the in
surrcctionary districts, by proceeding in
; the nature OF blockade SO far oil was