Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-06-12
Wednesday Morning June Il, 1861
Army, Navy, and Loans.
CLEARFlELD, "a

three SUBJECTS thAt necu engage lnc "t'
tontion OF Congress at tne extra session
which is TO commence on the ith of July
next. The prominent members say;
ne, are TO meet at Washington bout the
goth of this month fourteen days in adj
yance-"'for the purpose Of consulting up-
on the busirCss OF the session"-and who,
is 20 bo presumed, will have every thing
cut and dry, SO that the great majority OF
the peoples representatives need not he
detained more than 1.-TWO or three weeks, "
there being nothing but "an Army bill,
n Navy bill, and Loan bill, for Congress
10 act upon--all Of which, or as much OF
il as tho "spirit Of our institutions will allow,
is 10 be transacted in SECRET SESSION"
SStch is The programme our neighbor
would lay down for the representatives of
the American people to be guided by and
were it not for the fact that lie publishes
what is boaslfully claimed ns the organ OF
The member Of Congress from this district,
his silly sugsestions would be totally un-
worthy Of notce-as they are but the echo
of that sink Of political infamy, the New
York Tribune. But as it is, however, we
think it deyolves upon the constitute nts
Of Gen. PATTON TO sound him upon this
momentous subject-to ascertain whether
Dhe is Greelyite, and whether his organ
grinder expresses his sentiments in the ar
tcle referred TO whether he thinks
'only three bills will he required" and
that beyond these there is no object in
putting the country to the expense of an
extra session of Congress whether he
does not think it the duty of Congress to
have AZ eye to measures of peace, rather
than to measures OF war, with our fellow
citizens and kindred ?-and whether it
would not be better for our country for
Congress TO conciliate the Southern States,
ecen gHy should hds 70 grant them more than
their Just rights, IN order that they may as
sist Us 10 chastise England for presuming
20 interfere in our domestic affairs?
They tight go little further, inasmuch
as they have very frank, out-spoken,
straight-"p- nnd-down gentleman to deal
branch of our government has power to
S@pend the writ of HaJcas Corpus and
whether Mr.. Lincoln, fhe ordered its sus>
pension, as Gen. Cadwallader says he had
aone ip the case of Merryman at Balti-
more, Is not usurpir9 he legislative porcr, ana
thus liable 10 impeachment
There are still other questions that
might appropriately be asked, all of which
we have no doubt the General would tc
glad Of an opportunity to reply to. But
we leave the subject with his constituents.
Ray" Forney, in n late number of his
Press, says, in substance, that "all who
now ask questions as TO the object ot the
present war are traitors
II this be So we can assure him, and all
othefs interested, that this is the rsry 1ues.
non that almost every man you meet is
now asking, and that if this makes man
traitor the army of traitors is so mum,
erous that no man can number them. II
is question that occupies the thoughts
Of every citizen, and it is earnestly pro-
posuded upon The streets, at every cross.
roads, in the social circle, and al every
frc.side and no man is able to give sat.
isslctory answer.
Tho President called for 5000 volun-
toers for the purpose Of defending the
Capital, enforcing the laws, aud "proda6h
TO re.possess the forts" &C., within the Sc.
ceded States Now, that the Capital la,
been defended, and is pronounced out o.
danger, he's not the country right tc
know phethe1 that phiek ,caS in doubt, dno
'probablc' on the 18th Of last April, when n,
President issued his first Proclamation has yc
been decided. So far, not word has been
uttered by any one in authority, and the
country is left to conjecture. One letter
writer says that tho object is to re,uke the
forts, &c. Another says it is for The pur
pose Of subjugating the Southern States
and compelling them 10 remain part o.
the Union, and their citizens to become
loyal subjects, Another says it is for the
purpose OF driving slavery from the con-
hnent;' and Others again, that it is all
merely for the purpose of demonstrating
10 the world that the North is stronger
than the South-that tSenty millions ot
people are able TO whip eight millions =
And in the face Of all these confused con-
trndictions the Chevalier Forney pronoun.
COS II treason 10 ask any questions as to the
objects OF khs war; The people, hereto.
fore pndOr the impression that they were
the soures Of al political power" under
our constitution, aad that our government
could not be pnt upon war footing. and
war actually commenced, without for.
NAL declaration ofwar by Congress. arebran.
ded As traitOrs if they ask any nuestinns