Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-29
CLEARTlELp, "a.
Wednesday Morning May %, 1881
How Men Change.


newspaper Of Virginia have each held
opinions upon the great question Of State
flights quite different from those they
respectively hold now. 1t is true that
the Richmond Enquirsr is not now edited
oy ike same man it wqs .keD 1914 and
even if it was, man should be excused
ior changing his opinion once in half a
century. But Mr.. Lincoln ought not to
30 very far from the same man he w&s
when lie uttered tEoac Ee.timcE!s ~
Congress N 1918.
But there are other, and E.ogo recent
and remarkable chan yes Of opinion upon
this great question Of the right OF a State
% sece>!e fcom the Union. which should
not be overlooked. The New York 7ri
6..nc. which is now little ahesd of all
other Journals in the work Of kissing on
the dogs of war to prevent the Southern
States rom doing what he held few
months ago, they had a perfect right 10 6o In
November last, Greedy, in his ?rE5aHe,
sad, "If The cotton States unitedly ard
sarnestly wish to Withdraw peacefully
from the Union, we think they SHOULD
and WOULD be allowed to do so. Any
a.s.mpt to COMPEL THEM By FORCE
70 remain roul{ be CONTRARY to he pra-
ciples enumerated IN the immortal Declwatoa q
L,aeperdsnce-contrary 10 the ideas on whict
HUMAN LIBERTY IS BASED Again,
quoting tho Declaration OF independence
7yhcrein it says governments derive
.heir just powers from the consent OF the
soyerncd, and it is the right of the people
10 alter and at elish them, &c -" he says
'',cc do heartily occeptth.s doctrine, believing
!, intrinsicaliy sound, benefceni, and one
ihat, universally accepted, is calculated pre-
rent the shedding Of seas Of hpngn blood. And
# il justified the secession from the Brl'
1sh crown OF three millions Of colonists in
;T76 WE DO NOT SEE WHY IT WOULD
not JUSTIFY THE SECESSION OF
FIVE MILLIONS OF SOUTuERNERS
FROM TIE FEDERAL UNION IN 1861!
No advocate of secession. in the South
or elsewhere, ever made a stronger or
clearer argument in favor OF THAI doc
,rino than this. And this was said by the
leading organ OF the present Admiaistra-
ton only six months ago. Well may we
exclaim, chow men change"
Bat granting that this question of
States Rights, or the right ola State to Sc
ccde from the Union, is an open ohc-and
such it must certainly be when so many OF
our Statesmen differ so widely upon it
granting that lhe trainers Of our govern
.ncnt in their unsurpassed hUmOn wis.
dom, overlooked, or failed, from any
causc, TO definitely define this right-orc
we acting wisely, and as a Christian pco-
pie should act, in going to war and butch
sling each other upon a question about
which it is evident some Of our best men
have honestly differed? This is q ques.
ton that comes home TO every citizen,
Sg~The last halfsheet ofthe BrOokyiIle
"Repubiican' has the following:
Since tho Editor Of the Clesrfeld Republican
has constituted Ai-cselc the special defender OF
shs Capt Of the Cadets We would ask Of him
whether it is true he rendered himself so obnoH
ious to his company that they called on him to
resign. We have it from good authority that
slch is the fact"
The editor further says I've do doubt
the patriotism of the editor of tho Clear
Gell Republican and the Captain Of the Ca.
dcts."
We can only say that so Gar rs We are
concerned, you are welcome 10 entertain
al tue douots you like on this subject, as
wo value your opinion at precisely the
same price We do your patliotism-ond
that, like tie little end Of nothing whit
tied down to point, is too small to de
fine. If proof this fact were wanting it
is furnished in the attempt to measure
our patriotism in your hab.JushA ifyou
are not able to bear this 'Qt impe cdmct
yourself, you age welcome to call 10 your
aid your good authority, who, we have
no doubt, is chip OF the same block
It was just such creatures tina. sought,
some eightecu hundred years ago, to have
a woman, less sinful than themselves,
stoned to death. Notwithstanding the
lizards, snakes and ''camel." in theig
own eyes, .hey are always detecting the
mote" in the eyes Of their neighbors.
We are not the special defender Of
the Captain Of the Cadets" He, unlike
this editor and his good authority" "
needs none-being quite able 70 attend to
that himself. But we can assure him
that there Is no more truth in the story
Of Capt. Lorain's men asking his resigna-
ucn than there is In tie allegation he
gnal1es against US that we had repeated