Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-25


Any ialional state N ultumshncs that
hny JhnNioh 80, ,trpmtu, thcali tci nom
their molhrfF btcasW etct halta million
"a Infants annually hnd ship them oil
pcrhor. 10 some m on wa KIT islaua. ia
in ictlcc, harmouy with lhc whole system
OF Ab5luionsm. Oar friend, Argument
admits OF no olhct logical deduction aud
farcah, II hc now polluted the earth with
his bloody presence, would hung his head
in shame at the very thought
For the Rcpublicaa
Htssrs. EHiors b. Enclosed YOU will Rnd
one dollar, for which ! want YOU TO send
me the Republican. do not approve OF
all the opinions oi its editors, We, uust
that | am not that kind of bigot that
would attempt TO suppress the expression
OF sentiments contrary to my own | al.
low nj, men the freedom OF thought and
)g speech, and claim that right for myself
Therefore permit me to make a lew critic
cal observations upon some OF your opin.
ions expressed in your last paper, You
y
will flood .he Northern States with ne,
groes, which will drive us laborers into
the necessity of competition with blacks,
and consequently TO u reduction OF wages.
This, to some people, may appear qnite To-
gical, but Ills not so TO me. content mat,
# slavery was abolished in the South, the
negroes theIc would not only stay there,
but those in tue tree States would migrate
South TO seek homes. The eases you men,
ton to tho contrary pre- not the effect Of
abolition, but the terrible effects OF civil
war.
! There are no more negroes in tue South
/ now than are needed 10 carry on the agrl'
culture OF that vast region. This you viii
certainly admit. Then, If slavery was abol.
isbed those negroes that are snow held as
slaves would be retained us hired laborcrs (;
the same interest that would induce I mau
to buy negro, would induce him to hire
one. The causes which compel negroes tn
rush by thousands TO the Northern States
are these: they are fleeing from slavery to
freedom. Establish freedom in tAe South
and this negro stampede will cease, because
there will benothing to migrate COR. Just
as water ceases to flow when i finds its lev,
el, so will migra ion cease when its cause
is removed. As 10 the colonization Of the
negroes, am pretty confident OF its ieas-
Iibi.ity. You, however, think that il our
whole naval force was employed We could
only remove the increase. Possibly you
may be very near correct but even If that
B.. should be the ultimatum Of our efforts, we
would be gaining upon them rapidly, for
if their increase were removed Tor the
space of thirty three years the whole negro
race that now treads the soil Of America
would Ue buried within It's bosom, aud our.
selves rs a generation along with them,
and our posterity would find the land
cleared Of all kind of rubbish
Again, you appear seriously opposed 10
the abolition Of slavery as means Of Grip
ping the cause OF secession. Now, N,ssrs.
editors, hope YOU are more Of philos0-
Iphers than to attempt to remove the evil
of disunion, without removing its cause
We should accustpm ourselves 10 deal with
things and not with naucS. Slavery IS the
cause Of this war, and | am in favor of re
moving il. LET us take the bull 10y the
. horn" s"-mect the question sQurelY, and
drive the cause of civil war from the land
then peace will of its own accord return
We ShOuLd not attempt 10 eStaJiish pctcc upon n
us1y basis that has pr5rcd ii5tf pnaJic 10 perps!
ate t. The kind Of policy which you seen
to approve reminds me of a fable ono
g read IN an old story>book twas an orien
o tai legerd-and ran as follows: "A beinj
whom the orientals called Omn'poteg.
lOmniscient, &c, created Two mortals Gut
u placed them ir an abode of pure deiigh!
Is but an evil genii, by deceit and Gtlsehood
d induced them TO violate the laws of thci
- author for which violation they are pun
ished, and their dec1ver permitted to q
3 unchaslized, although ho was the rea
- cause nf the transgresslon, But as the sto
ry proceeds, the posterity OF those mortal
were permitted to multiply for ages, an,
{ from their former experience in error be
q came more and more sinful, insomuch tha
>. their kind and benevolent author wa
; compelled to annIhilate the whole race
l. only retaining enough to perpetuate Tia
= species. But this stupcndOus measure, an
- merciful and sweeping as it was, was insU'
:. ticent to cleanse the race; for the desCCn
" dents of those saved became, by contac
l. with the ever present genii, aS wicked an
sinful as formerly, until ther creator, as
, last sad necessity, was at last compelled t
v descend from his exalted abode and Civ
u himself sacrifice for the tranSgressions {
u his creatugea. Strange and inconsistent a
~ this fableis, yet it is believed by thousand
- of people iE the East to the present day
: But the moral which we wish to draw irou
i it is this: if tue Omripotent being had an
'e yihilated the evil genii rs being the reI
II cause Of the transgressiOn, the Ukcle rae
u of mortals would have been saved the de
y moralizing influence of his presence, wit
, all its consequent misery, and their authc
would have enjoyed Lhe Considerations
d happiness of having produced beings wor
e thy OF his great name. So, Messrs. editor
u let Us not initiate this short-sig ghted oS
T. ample but annihiate the cause Of disur
IL ion, that our posterity may enjoy the ble'
e sings Of peace and p ro,pcrity forever.
y These are few thoughts of one OF tn
: hard .fsted yeomanry of Clearfeld, whicl
IL if you insert in your paper and critics