Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-04-17


the Union aft bhsiou,,s.
with The tcrcdcd gh,. "n{
men ul VIRGINIA, w ihet o. M
ton, iot many weeks hh,. wv
faithfully and earnestly Ia tt
Slate within tho Union !. 'om
Indispensable base Of opcrs,,ns ,ns
retention ol the border ,l.,u'm
the recover, OF all the Sow,
Her Convention driven a,aN
tremitiA by the pressure ''ynr|
opinion, has detailed a s,,. ~ hs|
sion Of three -Mcssrs S,po,,s
Randolph--to Oait upon N" ",,a|
inquire whether his Union y
peace or war. A republican wv
inlimates that these disli,.o
tors, who have arrived n, NV
will 60 away no wiser than
came. The next result. then
pretended Is the precipita,o
Virginia, and next the sneeJ.
Of fifty thousand men wilh'nL
for warlike operations.
Thus the only means for IN,
OF the Union-to wit, iorbeara,.V
iation and compromise-anna''
been finally discarded a, MI
The Union, we arc told. a vo,,.i
perate remedy of civil v'.I
common sense and the eyno,;.I
mankind rcvoltat this remedr n
subyersive Of everything in n.
pre- existing institutions. lJ,dI
Abe lincoln MS the first meas',|
administration. issued his call al
extra session of Congress in pI.l
the exigencies Of this fearful I'll
union. revolution and impesl
war, and had he provided and
with the seeded States for tbs
mum, he might have opened tb,|
us North and South. for han,,|
erance. With the assembling
greSs, n message from him to lci.l
recommending the Crittends|
propositions ls the basis of Ua|
ing compromise, would have iurl
good work. But the ,bolition \
ton rules the republican camp
succeeded in gaining the mn]
the administration. The theor|
var policy thus adopted is thhd|
Chandler, that a little blood.sI
be a good thing, and blood iips|
We dare say. too, that the nj
party is mOra intent upon SON.
stroke of policr which will reEa
fierce sectional fires in the Camn
by it has come into power. Than |
plan whatever for the restOraho,|
seeded States to the Union R|
our republican war makeBmarI ID
ing of heightened reign AZ WNl
with the opposing South out CT I
they may be overthrow bya pq(
action at the North. Indeed 4
hope nov against q civil war Of 4
duration seems to lie in the oye-
this demoralizing, disorgani1ing
structiye sectional party. Of Wild
est Abe Lincoln" is the plant iucI
Let the conservative people Of IN
then, of all parties, who have anF
lose CT anything to save, in view 4
ting civil war, prepare at once
needful work Of putting down
5tructive dominant party.-M
Herald.
How 1T Is DoNr.-Wc have h
heard the remark lately, that I'D
ocrats have gained two member
gresS in Connecticut at the late
the Republicans have carried tho
ture 10y n large majority, whiChh
but we need only refer our ies
what a contemporary Says upon ID
Of tho case.
" This fact need create no
when it is considered that rot
ough system prevails in Comes
which several townships Of /
1000 inhabitants send cdch as ma
resontativcS as New Haven, with
l9tion of 1000. Wndham etal
n population of34 OPS, sends 2IB
ta,ives, nearly all Republicans, $
Haven township, with 49,OOOmb
sends two, and Hartford with 300
two more: An equal ratio With V
coun ty in proportion to populztN
give to those two Democratic tOr
so Representative. They atA
four.
BaS- An extra session Of 20
been called in the Confcderated
meet at Montgomery on the 29t