Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-06-26

Wednesday Mora'ng June 26 1861
Another Appeal to Mob Law.

Another appear 10 moO Law
In hrl, there isno town in the North, where
the lgtbcar nee of the people has been so much
triaed with as in uuts where such language rs
has tcen used by that paper LClcNrhcld Rcpub'
licnn would have been tolerated holfth length
Dl time il has been here e"-.ioU nai, juno 18th
Our noighbor is again permitting him
self to be led astray 10y his pretended
friends, for we are quite sure the assumed
editor of the journal hrs better sense than
10 divta. f., any such appeal a. the spirit OF
mob law rs the above paragraph exhibits.
immediately after the commencement OF
hostiEtGes between the North sud the
South, the scencs of violence that lis
graccd so many parts o! cur country, by
inaugurating a reign Of terror, and re
sort to brute force against all who hcsita
ted or stopped to reflect before rushing
headlong into an unnatural evil var, was
seriously talked OF, and openly threatened
here. Many of our people had never
learned the art of holding their tongues,
when discussing the afiuiis Of the Nation,
or the acts OF their rulers; aud they were
threatened with the halter in all parts of
che county. With these over Jealous pa
triots, the RpyJEcan was seditious
sheet" "Our town was full Of traitors and
there were traitors even in the ranks Of
re C1lets. Notwithstanding these
throat !, olr peopie continued to talk land
:allled, too, without ut.ciipg a word OF
disloyalty to the country or JtF Constitu-
tution,l and the E,puLicml has continued
20 deDounoe the policy, The usurpations
and blundcrs Of the Administration Just
as If tiEe7sc was "uoth NJ going wrong
ard nobody hurt" Ifthis is "uitiing with
the forbearance of the reop!c, " we cannot
help il. We k~0v that our laws and Con-
StitutIons give us this right, and we Jel;crc
that the necessities OF the case require
shat we should 50 speak Rut we rather
suspect that it is the chagIin and disap-.
poin.nent 0! the clique that controls the
.Joraai, at their failure ia control public
0pinion by threats OF mob law, that las
been disturbed, rather than any t"ihiug"
with the ''forbearanCe of thc people. -
We have no doubt that they are extreme.
ly annoyed at the course Of the Rcpubfcaa,
and that its course has not only been "tol
Grated" but commended in the most sub.
stantial manner Woarc sorry for them
but dcn / feel like helping them in any
,i,"po. u Iney wont act Ike sensible
;nen-but like ninnies, goats and asses
Jet them drive away, that's all.
In the article f'onl which the above
quot ution is taken, it is asserted that we
male an "unwarrantable onslaught upon
Gen. John Patton" This is Simply and
splain!y, 40 such thing. We made no ION
Aougtt" upon him; nor did we speak OF
him in any unkind spirit. We merely
suggested iiast his constituents shoul,
sound" him upon certain measures. The
Jownal says it is mot aware what the
views of Gen. Patton mc," Believing that
the Geneial's constituents wClc just
as ignorant as the Jo"wu, is the reason
why we suggested the asking of those
questions. The Jovraol adds that it doe:
not "think it necessary at this time to in,
,Iuirs" as TO what his views are. There we
think the Jognal and the Generals con-
stitucnts widely Gtier. This fatal
indifference on tho part OF the cCnstitu-
encies of American Statesmen as TO THEN
Views" is the great cause Of all our pres.
ent troubles. If members of Congress had
zen held TO a more faithful obedience tC
the will Of their constituents instead oil
beiEg va the broad way to utter ruin, ouI
country would now be enjoying an uneX.
amplcd degree of prosperity. And fol
merely suggesting TO General patton's
constituents the propriety OF sounding
him upon certain Subjects which arc
just low occupying the most anxious
thoughts OF every friend Of the Union, is,
in the eyes Of the journal, making an 'iun.
Earrantable assault upon Gen. Patton
Truly this is refreshing But We can as
sure our neighbor of two things: One is
that we know, not only what the people
Of this community WI tolerate" but
what their sentiments and feelings are
and which we endcavor 10 reflect as far a.
possible. The other is, that unless hC
ceases to be made the mere cats paw Of
those who usurp his editorial privileges,
to spit cut their private spleen, and thus
dodging the responsibility, he will indeed
have much reason to wonder at the "for-
bcaranco of the people"