Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-04-24

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eideo,y against nm lhuV ne "ouiu n",u
oeeh oe"'en : 'no iono' ~ W
W cIt"le "''i'o. ~ 1900 I'll haro
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,,Il o,yosod - 80, - hin, Lod boon oilowod by
,ho tn dorr,ntion or f,IIy of nartios n nnitc
on C,' ono ,Y,, onn%ornnt % Mornoyer tbo so,ntion
is further remarkable, ia this, that both
Houses of Congress, and, as is alleged,
the Supreme Court of the United States
held his most dangerous opinions TO be
unconstitutional and it is still further
remarkable in this, that Mr.. Lincoln
himself, while representing the Northern
section Of the auarchial tendency of the
times, is known to repudiate the original
| principle Of that faction concerning the
rendition of fugitive slaves and is by
universal consent, even of his candid op-
| pOncnts an able, Lonest and patriotic
man. At the end of thirty years Of work,
! ing Of the spirit we have been tracing, n
decisive event had thus put the country
! in a posture where il would clearly APP
| pear whether the the hereditary law-abi-
ding spirit of our race remained, the
great prop and safeguard of all our insti-
tutions; or whether the spirit OF anarchy
already 50 signally manifested at beth
eXtremeties Of thG nation, had so far
poisoned the national life o' our race a.
its fountain, that the time had come for
one of those great explosions OF human
passion which fill so many melancholy
pages in the history of our race.
II is not oosv 10 coniectnrc and If *
;,,nossible to saw with certaintv what
rould bnye occnrred If thc late Prcgi-
dental election had terminated different.
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Sio,, as tbo f;NoI and i, iiherote choice of
tho ov.ron,o Gnn,h ,vo, iha no;,. 70 v;ch
naI;ta,I oni,ion hod Goer Idnr rard corn.
tnlly troi od and noIitic,l nart;as Iono
and sinolv directed This fatal traininG
added fo tho widely difuse snirit q, oT,,
arcby smortino under a defeat eo-ollv
siongl add unnecessary. and stimulated
by considerations Of the very HIGHEST i'm
rortonce connected with the onpstIon of
The El,cl, Race in ovayv ospodt Of that
orostior .,,,odrcod tho onu,,antIv sud-
,on rs,,o'r 'rtior which has alreadv when
tLoso -, ,oros ,ro urill.n led the six cotton
Sto,os ' llS99n,L Co,olina Mississinni Flori-
Ja Iabar,o Goorg;a and ,ouislonol 10
,'a,. NO., aorarato octs 6f secession from The
trni,od states Of America. Here then
is the ron,ummation Of this spirit of law
Ies,nass and anarchy. workinG rs we have
already said il universally works. unto the
disintcpr,tion .- the mcrcelment of all
tbinos tile copsummatioo of il. so far
as 10 embrace all the States producing
cotton supnr and rice, as their treat staJ
ples What is next to be determined is
tbe fate of the mixed slave States
- those divided between farming and
planiinp North Carolina Tennessee. Ar
kansas and Teyas). and ,b N the fate of the
border slave States. delaware, MARYLAND,
Vjrginil. Kentucky, Missouri: and then
we MAJ confdentially add, the fate of the
nation. Whatever. in the meantime, it is
of the last importance to bear in mind,
shall be the conduct of the whole of the
free States (Ney Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA,
Ohio. Indiana. Illinois and Towal, may be
decisive alike of their own fate, and Of
that of all tie rest of the nation itself for
many generations.
g. Is it possible for any thoughtful per-
son to suppose, that this spirit Of reckless
disregard of all existing institutions, has
already accomplished all the results Of
which 1t is capable ? What shall prevent
it from the swallowing up all the remains
ing slave States? What shall, after that
is ACCOMPLISHED, prevent counter-reyo,
lu.ion i'm every one o; those slave States
What shall prevent JUS taking some new
direction with still more vehement force,
he yl,I g North? What
shall Prevent n counter revolution in every
Northern Srate2 And who can yenture
Io hone tba. everywhere tromnlos unJer