Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-22

|.u..IuH AWpIUlu UlllII WIN mutl '''N
|r.ucH All thr London rhprr vr ho
|Hy,r. with Tho exception ol lhr t
Iho,c heretofore sanctioned tho conduct
lot Mr. lincoln, nnd his Administration
land ccu,urcd Mr. buchanan lor not doing
Ivhnt Mr. Lincoln a now attempting To-
lido, with lhcm, the South lo,u mo- gym.
IraDh-no friend, The following article B.
nom the Lonuon Cmlr'a paper Of de
Icidcd abolition procliyilics-ond shows
how om conduct v now viewed ocrosslhc
water:
Sympathlng heartily, as we do, with
the North--wilh lis free press, free spc'ch,
free soil, free mcn-aud gIlcnalcd rs We
ImuN be from the South, stained with
slavery, We cannot but censure the North
for an almost Austrian stupid.t, IN states
munship. The /, States ishota military
Ipowcr-it is not constructed for the cocr-
con OF any large mass Of its own people
land though the South was wrong, accord
ling TO the letter of the law, yet the Splut
lot American institutions sanctioned tho
.successi seccssonS. Were il at all
Ipracticaule, President Lincoln might. nc,
rordng to the literal theory of the consu-
tuition, suppress with high hand all re.
6cluus and hang all traitors; bat this
course was out OF the question. lie might,
on the other hand, even without any for
NAL acknowledgement OF secession, have
said There are certain i,rts in the South
possessed 10y the general government Tor
the protection of the States from foreign
invasiOn-thcy were never built for the
coercion OF the people-and rs at present
there is some danger OF rotous attack
on them, | will with draw all troops from
them" BY this means he would take
from the cause of secession all the charm
Of daring he would remove that aspect OF
heruism which arises when hot South
erners defy Northern aggression. BY say.
ing, 81 have no idea OF sending single
soldier into the South, though ! still con-
sIdeg the States rs not scCeeded," the
people in the Confederate states would
say, Now that all apprehension Of force
Is gone, have we gained by secession :"
LevieS would have been dlsbandod, the
war fever would have suOSided, and the
border States would have remained IN the
Union. But by talking Of coercion Mr..
Lincoln kept up continual fever in the
South. enabled the Mon gomery govern
ment tC exercise a dcspOtlsm, and 20 CON
centrate its energies on military prepara-
ton, and forced the border States into
hostility to the Union. Were coercion
actually practicable, this course might
have been deiensiOle, but strong words do
not take forts, and Mr.. Lincoln is further
now from success against the South than
he was when h started from Chicago. As
regards Fort Sumter itself he did The
worst thing he could do. lie intended to
eyacuate it IN lew days but sooner than
consent to acknowledge that South Caro-
lima was rebelllous, lie expressed his in
tention TO send in provision, by force, if
necessary. lie thus gave tie South the
proyocatlon and opportunity of Il brilliant
victory, and had to submit to a morlfy-
ing defeat. The conduct of the Southern
government has, on the contrary been
marked by moderation aud good sense.-
They Clung to no tictiOns, and were ham-
pered by no legal ignorance ci plain facts.
They wanted to leave the Uuion and they
left It. IEey wanted to take Fort Sums
ter and they took it. They wished the
border States to join them, and, by pc
cipita;ing collision, they seem to have
got them-unless, indeed, some unexpec-
ted good sense at Washington prevent
them a the eleventh hour.
TfNNEssEE AND NIRGINIA.-lt appears
from the official proceedings of the Ten
nessee Legislature, that the Secession or
dinance passed the House 10y vote of &c
to 2l, and the Senate by 20 to I. The Or
dirance is to be submitted to a vote of the
people OH the Sth of June next, at which
time the citizens of that State are also re,
quircd to vote upon the adoption or rejec.
tionof the Constitution Of the Confederate
States. The Union men are making no.