Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-02-13

" But, MIR. President, tell me Whcn or
where Republican meeting has been held
since the dawn Of that party, where the
impression was not left, either by its pro-
cecdings or in the language of its orators,
that in some way or other the Republican
organization OF was the agercy through
WHICH Slavery was to be abolished every
where"
The above il an extract from the recent
able and patriotic speech of Gov Bisler,
and which one fthe outside editors If the
Journal paraded before the readers Of that
paper last week, laboring through whole
column in avery fruitless effort to find
flaw in that speech. The above para.
graph the writer dsmisses in the most
summary manner, by denouncing IL rs
misrepresentation" Gov. BroLER never
uttered a truer sentiment, and well this
writer knew it,
This writer, by the way, docs not appear
70 be entirely averse to concession. -
On the contrary he rather plainly inti-
mates willingness to compromise" but
falsely asserts that Gov. Bigler, and the
advocates of the "equality Of the Hatcs,"
nnd consequently, the real friends of the
Union refuse to "eoncede" anything, but
domard thatall concessions" must be
made by the Republicans. Listen to
him:
Gle (Bigler) asks the Republicans to
make unlimited concessions" but what
'epinion or prejudice and how much
of party does he propose to abandon p
We have vet TO learn of his offering to
throw aside an iota of cithsr, on the con-
trary, he adheres most persistently to
what his organ in this place is pleased to
call the "Crittendcn- Bisler propositio n. w
&c, &c
Does this writer understand what he is
talking about If he does, then he most
wilfully misrepreSents facts known to
every one. What is the dispute between
the North and The South, What does
the Southern States complain of! The
Personal Liberty Bills, being positive vi
oations of the National compact, are bad
enough But it is not of these the South
complains. 1t is Of the verdict of the
North, speaking through the Chicago
Platform, and the election of Lincoln
that they, (,he Southern States) have mol
eqia! rights with us of the North in the terri
rto,ies. This is the only question of griev'
ance. The others are only trifing appen'
dages, effecting serious individual injury
in the running off of n few hundred thou
sand dollars worth of slaves every year
but important only in so far as they dis
grace the States that thus undertake to
nullify the Constitution. Acknowledge
the perfect eq,aiy Of the citizens Of all tn,
States, in the territories, precisely what
the Breckenridge Democrats contendet
for last fall-then you will come up to the
demands of the South and the requirement
Of the Constitution, as expounded by the
highest authority in the government.
And now, what is this Crittendcn- -Bigle
proposition? Does it embrace the ter
rtorial policy of the Breckenridge plat
FORM" as asserted by this outside writer
Here he again betray aethcr his ignorance
or his disregard of truth. In yielding
an unanimous support to this proposition
as we are glad to know they do, Doth tn
Breckinridgs and Douglas wings OF tn
Democracy yield, give NJ, abandon, SUR
render, conced, MICH MORE than the Re
publicans would be required TO do. Tn
Democracy, in order to restore peace an,
harmony to the country, propose to NEE
the Republicans much more than half wa
in this work Of concession. The Uenoc
racy contend that the slaveowner has
perfect right TO take his property into an
territory belonging TO the Government
no matter whether that territory lies mort
or south Of a certain degree of north lati
tude, and be protected there. The presen
territory belonging to the United States
embraces little more than one millio
square miles. OF this territoiy, owe
100000 lies north Of the parallel of sc
degrees, and less than 3O0,o0o south G
that line. The Crittenden> Bigler rropo
sition proposes to make this the dividin
line-north of which slavery cannot 60, an
south of which it may go. We, therefore
repeat, that in agreeing 10 this proposi
ton, the Democracy have to yield nluc
more than the Republicans. For the SAX
of peace, the South is willing TO surrende
their clear and admitted rights in tco third
Of the territory, whilst the Republican
are only asked to surrender, not thei
rights, but their prGviiccs in the othe
third.