Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-07-03
Wednesday Morning July 3 1861
Whn ana nlsnnionislsl


tho last joVrH1I as also to the extract
from one " The last spccrhc, made 10y the
late Senator Douglas in the United States
senate, Nyvcn in the letter OF c. l.. Nal'
landigham, member Of Congress from
Ohio, and Which will be found on our out,
side.
Self respect ought, perhaps, to deter Us
from taking notice Of an article so mean
and contcmptiblc-so false and slandelous
AS this production OF the THO that by
turns grind out the editorials of the jonr-
nat: but we must not fail to call the at.
tention Of the people to the fact thOt in
this article the late suspension Of The
writ of HaJc1s Corpus in Baltimore, and
the seizure by tho authority of the GOV
crnmcnt, of the secret correspondence in
the telegraph offices, are sanctioned ,cdhoW.
qualification We want our fellow citizens
TO stick pin here. These gentlemen,
who were such sturdy advocates of "iree
men, free speech, and freedom" last fall
and who are not willing TO join them in
war Of determination against the South.
ern StNles.-under the preteXt Of eniorc
ing the laws"-are the defenders OF the
most high. handed and dangerous usurpao
tion ever perpetratcd in this country
since the downfall Of British power in the
then colonies.
Do our readers understand this HaJcas
corpus case? Let lis explain: \ Mr..
Merryman was arrested 10y order OF Gen.
Cadwallader, on the charge Of assisting to
destroy railroad bridges, and by other
means obstructing the passage of L. S,
troops through Baltimore, and held as a
prisoner in Fort McIIenry. His frierds
applied to the I. s. Court and procured
" writ of HaJcos Corpus not 10 have the
prisoner released" as the Jownai says,
hut to inquire into the cause Of his arrest,
and to afford him an opportunity to es-
tatlsh his innocence, or to defend him
self against the charges made against him
The U, S. Marshal, with the writ procee-
ded to the Fort, and wns denied admit.
tance; by Gen. Cadwallader, who after
wards informed the Court that the Presi-
dent had authorized him to disregard or
TO SUSPEND the writ of HaLras Corpus.
This we belre,e to be precisely correct
statement of the facts.
Marshal law was not then, and has not
yet been proclaimed in Baltimore-so
that the only prctext or apology yet offer,
ed for this setting aside of the civil power,
Is that it was "militry necessity" Hor
necessary, let the people judge from the
facts, Bnt even if necessary, Congress
alone, and not the President, ard much
les ''our military commander" has pow
er to suspend this shield Of American
liberty.
Such is a specimen of the freedom" so
much of which was promised last fall
But our chief object III noticing this ar
ticlc, which sets out with o remark at
tributed to the late Judge Douglas, is TO
call the special attention Of our readers to
extacts from the speech of the same
Judge Douglas, in the SeEato on the 18th
of March last. If any one doubts the gem
uineness of this speech they can lemoye
those doubts by turning TO tie Coeyrcss;oa.
al Globs of March Is, page l4jI. judy
Douglas never uttered more solemn or
more truthful words. "'rhe only way to
treat the traitors is 10 subdue and punish
them" says the Jo,uaaL Says Douglas,
''war is disunion." The policy OF mak>
ing any sort of compromise with them,i. a
policy to break up the Union" says the
Jo,rnai. Douglas says THERE IS NOT
A MAN FOR WAR WHO IS NOT A
DlSUNlONIST per Sc" But Judge Doug.
los is reported as making speeches in IA
vor of the wal on the way to his death-bed
at Chicago, and language is attributed to
him so entirely inconsistent with the sen.
:iments he had just previously uttered in
the Senate, that we unhesItatincly eX-
pIess our doubts as to their authenticity.
Judge Douglas could not have been a
"DIsuNIoNIsT."
Bg~Our readers will! remember tIat
quite flourish Of trumpets was made over
the alleged fact that at the adjournment
Of the extra session Of the Legislature
after voting an appropriation of three
millions Of dollars Of the peoples money
for war purposes, and performing many
other Jrare acts, two members
formed themselves into a company oI
volunteers, pledgng themselves to be Iea'
dy at moments notice TO march to the
battlefield.
This was a wonderful display of patriot.
len, and the fact was nroclai,r,a oil throuuh