Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-15
Tne Dangers of the Times.

the times than from secession or the in
surrecion of States. Submission TO the
laws and the constituted authorities Of
the government, is the only safety to any
people. Governments are formed, consu-
tutions are adopted only for the protec-
ton of the weak Majorites can protect
themselves in the absence of these re-
straints, by the power of might minori-
ties have no other safety but in the laws
and the constitution of the country
/ Whenever these barriers are overthrown
! there is an end 10 free government pop
ular impulse takes the place of govern"
ment anarchy prevails, and in times Of
eXeitem ent no one car iGretell what eX-
cesses Of violence the unrestrained impul-
ses of mon may lead 10. That people
which takes the law into its own hands,
regardless of the forms and restraints Of
written law, inyolies demon of d;scord
which can only be allayed in blood, they
who take the sword shall perish by the
sword :" the viCtors OF to day may be the
victims Of to morrow they who destroy
personal liberty, freedom of opinion and
the freedom of the press, break down their
own defenses and leave themselves open
to the next popular outbreak, which is US
iigtdLlC az viz Nll4No' AhOiO VI ililOa
have been committed in the name Of Lib
erty than tyrpnt rulers ever had the pow.
er to perpetIatc.
This spirit of lusubor1inatlon to govern.
ment has been growing in our land Tor
years it has been taught IN our pulpits,
Illuminated from the bench, and soWn
broadcast over the land by the press. Ap,
peals have Oeen constantly taken from the
country, to what is falsely termed tho
I d" higher law which is only another name
for licerse, violence and mob Law, These
teachings have been the primary cause Of
bringing on the nation its present calam-
ity Of civil war, and if not restrained by
bette counsels will Culminate in reign
of terror when no mans life or liberty
will Ice safe beyond his physical power Il
protect it.
When the violent and reckless are en-,
couraged and melted by the leading men
Of the country TO acts ot personal violence
under mistaken impulse of patriotism,
what power can restrain the same men
when by another impulse as unreasoning
they are impelled TO resist the govern
ment which they think they are now de-
tending? The men who to day violently
compel law abiding citizens TO raise the
flag OF the Union in token OF their sUps
port OF the gov OIernmont, will, when their
passions or prejudccs are thwartcd by
that same government, as fierCely assail
this honOred ensign Of our country, blot
out perhaps one half its stars hanging at
half mast union down, drap9 it in black,
and offer 1t other indignities which has
= heretofore been done by those who are
now most clamorous in their demonstra-
tions of fidelity 10 the flag Of the country.
/ We have been led to these remarks by
observing the spirit Of insubordination
and the revolutionary declamations of
many of those claiming TO DO the party
friends Of the present Administration. A
political clergyman in New York recent
ly said:
disapprove Of the principles Of tho
Revolutionary war. 1t was wagcd against
lawful authority. ! regard the war Of
1872 is still worse The Mexican war
opposed with all my heart but the pres.
ent war J approve. it is a Holy war. II
is a war for the determination ofslavery."
The New York Tunes of Wednesday
last uses the following reasonable laR-
guage:
Ne viii simply romr,k that the
President runs no small risk of being su-
pcrscded in his Off ,e, if he undertakes to
thwart the clear and manite-t determine
liOn Of the people to maintain the Gov.
ernment Of the United States, ard to pro,
tect its honor We are in the midst Of Is
revelation, and in such emergencies tho
people are very apt to ind some represen-
tatigo leader, if the fIims of law do not
happen to have given them one. 1t
would be we'll for Mr.. Lincoln to bear
in mind the possibility Of such an event."
! The New York Post Of a late date, in an
article rcplete with y!tlperItiOG upon the
President and Mr.. Seward, in which the
Secretary is characterized rs q 'dribbler,"
says "Ihe moro uen we can cOncen-
trate under the cymmrnd Of some officer
who mean to defend the Union-and not
/ only the capital -- AM the less attention
we pay to orders from the government,
the better whl we be prepared to meet
the rebels"
In this dreadful emergency the conser-
vatiye meE Of the nation have a great
work to do; they have enemies without
and q still more dangerous enemy within.
They can only maintain their constitu-
tioaal liberties by defending the PresiN
ueuJ anu al Jne cOnsliuleI &QtnOilJles OF
the country. They are TO engage in no
ianatical war for the overthrow Of slavery.
They will submit TO no military dictator
ship usurring the powers Of the govern
ment They must fight with the single
purpose Of maintaining the constitution
and the laws--our government as it was
transmitted to US by our fathers. II is
war Of defence, not Of aggression. IN
this sense, and in this only, it IS a holy
war, and the heart, and wnen necessary,
the hand Of every patriot in tue countty
is in it.-.Mhragkc NtCs.
gIa-A young gentemIn graduated at
Yale recently, with n white head and
whiskers. who entered with auburn locks
and no beard. The change took place in