Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-03-27
The Policy Of tho Administering
IL Caercicn CT Clhtjliatinni


es from wasl ing,cn, within the int /.
days, has htn Ieace:ul. Mr. ,iro
and his advisers are desircus of az
fostering for awhile, the lole ,lM
poyt rnment has resolved upon n cOpcl'
tory In stead Of a ooeiciy policy, towsn
the seceding States. They want moo.,
ard they also require time to mature Il
aggressive schemes that have been resl
we'd apon. II has become clear that IN
Moyreil tariff will yield no revenue; suS
unless Wall street can I've hoodwinked ins
advancing the thirty Gven millions,
which the late Ccn7ress authorized Il,
loan. the treasury will soon be deple'eI
Our capitalists and moneyed men. esche,
the thought Of civil war, and will no.
lend dollar to rerpetuate inter.Sta
diSoord. The compulsory evacuation d
Fort Sumter, has afforded an oppor,unir
Of making capital out OF retreal, d
which the administration Is, therefor,
glad to avail itself; nor, es the prepn.
,ions for reinforcing the Southern iorls
and collecting the revenue by means d
armed vessels, are incomplete, does Ii.
President imagine that lie is losing any
thing. nv timesaving course. "tveg-
thing" he said. in his inaugural, us tot
hoped for from delay" and the republican
Journals Of the North. are still at pains 10
announce, that an eternal re'teraton d
honeyed phrases is all that is needed d
deceive the public.
To fathom the intentions OF the Wash
ingron government 1t is necessary .
consider their acts and not their Nogdt
4 retrospect Of the events of the la;
three weeks must convince every obser-
yer that its atfccta,ion Of moderate view.
is hvpocri'iral. Mr. Liucoln's speech
Indianorolis. in which lie maintained I'D
i, would not be coercion to re'ake Tort
urd properties. or 70 collect duties Oh
foreign impor'aiions, end that II 'wouli
be NJ Invasion to march an army in!a|
South nrolina." the menacing lhraa|
Of his inaugural; the bitter prognostica,|
tions of members Of his Cabinet; the ALL
solute power that has been transferred d
General Scott in the War and Navy DsI|
partments; the rropo:ed !Istrlhu'lon,|
through the Sonlh. cf the troops from
Texas the recall of our land and sea 6r|
ces from the Gulf Of iIexico, to the Mei-|
i,erran. an. and the Pacific; together With
tho"sand unexplained and uncontr,1
dic,cd causes Of tls'rus', have engenduI
ed an agitation which the admini'ra'ion
could have nllayed, by sing'e au,hcrn-
tive utteranee. The fact Is, that, with
Seiy IMPOSITION to le c"e, Give and We
ious. il has been lhysically pc",r'ess 70
display the venom il is possessed Tith. !.
desires war. Ia. has been, thus fer com
relied t0 pursue peH"c. IL NouId h@'
gladly sent provisions md men to rot
Sumter. hut, having been forced 10 rellr'
qui>h the attempt. it declares tha'
would be "coNnrdice moi 10 reinforce fMl
pickens" 1t yearns to fight with tn
cotton States: but it -hriuks with itlrN
from TIE prospect of heing driven ou d
the Dsiric. OF Columbia, ty the mlIiimC
Maryland and Virginia. nr. seward va
he individually anxionS Tor tonci'"lio'
but he is thrust ~ 10 the na'l 10y rs ca
l.lgues, who have practicahiy c'ege'1I
, his proclivities for eace.
The people AFRO no, deceived by III
vague. unofficial dc,a Of irresroneibl
]
dec ations viii be disayow cd, az soon u,
Is for the in;eres, Of the admins ration /
thros oil the mask il has assumed. Til
prospect opening upon the North, ne,C
was unrker. glonmier, or more desperate
than 1t is at the prescnt moment Mort
Caroline Ni2inia. Maryland, arkansa'
and Kentucky, have been, he.etoior
held in check. aud prevented from joinin
the cotton States. by the assurance ia,
= their r"ns nnahle demands should be- gran
ted. Not one measure has yet been a1cp
ted. however, ty the Lincoln government
to satisfy them. Sever member, of N
cOniedoracy have been driven from ih
republic; Arkansas has taken s'ers I
join them and il is pobablc Mat scve
3 more viii follow, rs soun as Il o. sha
have lenrred that they have nothing (
hope for, but deceit and caiol Try. The
aealready discouraged and III spcec
which WAS delivered by Nj. Beckiniid,i
in the Senate. on Monday last, prove
that. pi,parcd ~ moderate, sober minded
inirllgs nj men. in tho border slayehnld
ing States, are, to accet'e 20 any ininimur
of amendment to the Constitution, whic
might secure their rights. they arc becon
Ing painfully imprrsseG with the conyr
lion that Washington counsels are inspi
red b, rabid abolitions,s, of the Masap
chusetis school ofloliiics, flcm whom n
thing can he eyI ected.
The ir,epra,si5.t conflict has thus sue
ceeded in developing the outlines Of
fearful shadow over the land and ih
important q Ies,ion now IL. whether
shall be PEI mit'ed to acquire blood
substance. II has still TO De decide
whether the patriotic, upright, order 10y
ing masses oi the North, are prepared 70
the contingency Of ihternecine ssnf,
which shall bury THEN prosperity in ruin
Are our cornmeIc ciai, manufacturing, r
n ncml, and agricultural Interests to
sacrificed, AT the back of 2 few lnna,ics
demagognes in po'rerg II il clear a
as MONDAY, that not one ort o: ter nf In
voters Of the nou-siavehoiding States. en-
dorss the infamous policy which was nj
iiated o' the W d"s. Garrisons, Phillip
ses, Summers end 'fappans of the Nn.. h
and which is being canied nut by suci
men as Lincoln, Chase. iiair anlWelles
They shrink aehast from the double-ton-
gne'l hypocrisy, which cloaks its in
tentipDs with ewaai tcarls IN orler IN