Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-01

| ligious opinion in particular directions,
! for pa:ty and sectional purposes. The
Modification movement many years ago,
| in South Carolina related to slavery only
IN the most indirect way-anG in no con
nection with any moral or religious ques-
| tiol. 1t was question OF revenue, taxa
tion, commerce. tariffs, wealth: u false
theory OF political economy euraged by
the peculiar condition of labor. More
recently, the commotion about slavery in
the Territories, has been struggle for
political power, aggravated o. the side OF
the North by the urgency OF It's numer-
ours emlgTant population for cheap homes
in fertile regions. Aud at the present
moment the States which have seeded,
are of all the slave states the very ones
which would not have seeded, and the
slave States which are most anxious to
preserve the the Union are the very ones
which would have promptly seeded, il
the current impression Of the case was
true and complete. If fatany time with
in the last thirty years, revolution IN
production, in trade, in commerce, in any
thing, had wrought thorough change H.
the general opinion of the South, toucn-
ing-nOt the essential nature-but the in
cid dental advantages of slavery in a pOllti-
cll and financial point OF view, OF course no
one "oui" ',r' m" m,", ~ ~ ,u 1,I' -
proach to the existing state of oplnlon at
the North. 1t is the idea OF poTcr-pow-
er TO be diminished 10y remaining III the
Union and to be ncalculably augmented
Dy Iea'lnS ~ 'he I"ea ID Me"i'"' "' oo"'
quest, OF a"Yah'e"lenI-uI VI 'HCnl' we
are |horouSnIl 'oiilIiceu' !" me H'S"osV
ue9Fe1 llIuoNe ans Ia''l o"' ~ - ''rse
Iaeas lar more 'h@n any u'Sus' "''v 'He
Nolth condemns slavery as immoral or
any Apprehension lllaV sIa'eI! VIII DC us
lufOeu, or sIa)G s'oIcl', OF inc oou'h an
hoyed III lhe Ohioh~-'haC PeE'"oos tue
present "omihHnt parry III inc co''oh
states anu ClI""Icu IL 10 pre-! l'''"'e 'l'eHl
mo FeNolutIoh' no" E' t''9 "5Pecv e. VI
lhe case aSSta'"'eS OF "'!e''"'eS '"c UNI =,
cHIly Oi oeallhS WIN ~ III any nope o'
Such "i issue 10 VIC '""s'"cI U''ui"'e'
"I"SC uelcn" o' "'''S Io'S'"cL''''h'
"h'ch cannot "o o'SCI''Seu mere III any
GNcn1 II seems o!e"' 'l'V ',ioS "I'o "ouIu
ile"I tN'''uJ tru"G u'iuo' o''t''" 10 of"o'
nature HpG :. ~ - "I'ei ,'"II' 'io''II' 'hoy
VINO e"so''y ueei-' wa, ~ 'i'o"''' W owe
W 90 ANY, ~ r. ,|ti,S i"i "iu
Oo''' rnn r, - NV
''.l''Ii - r"ls t,r,itrJa cnn.iJ.rod i, ;,s
,,.;Io., oansn 1,,,, and nt which hnro6i,ory sIa.
,''',- ~, - ny;.,s il, our slave Stotas j., tho
,,r,Io,,,o rorn-mav he discussed I'm tba
L,r Di,,,,n Rnv,Iotinn--or i'm thn li,bt
nSS,hn LAW Of Noturc-or in the Goht Of
Wn' 'm,Iitical and munieipal institutions
or CI' tha connrrie, where it exists, ConHd,
lroJ IN this last o.uect--theye ouuht to
Ia no di.nute concerning il. and there
rm Ia name fairly in tlp. conntrv. cy-
cont in q siucle noint of view--uamelv
H.. ovi.,,uce in the national territory
yL;ch We vii, speali Of seuerntelv For
urJ.,ialJv each State has the conr,ete
a,,I ,,,,.,n.iy. rirht to determine con
na,,.i,,, il .. q strcrIv domestic instit,.
lion and undeniobl4. mother any other
Stntn nnr the government which Is cpn,-
,,nr ,n all the Sio,as has any nower to
;nta,f,ro win il or cnncqruirr :, in orv
State And This is not only n matter of
constitutionol obl,raIion ON one side. and
80, u,,,,,irolIod ri,hi an tha o,b.r. Inn tine
,J,in.,s. dirtotes or nrldance and the
rri@arest ohIigations Of mornljry imno,a
unon the Stote, and the ronrr,I
riynrnn,nt IN. dutv of q simn,e
9S,nrnrr anil fitLrul observance Of mi
,n'I i. ir,,,Iiad ~ we'll a. all tha. is ov.
,'res.nl IN tha,a restrictiors Mossochn.
ttntls has no ,igLt ofonv kind to os.aiI
slaycry in Soufh taroIipa nor bp, Sortb
Cnrolna onv riobt or any sort to enconr.
o,,a the iniroduction of slyarv into Mas.
sIcbu,ett,. and ony at,cmpt on the part
of the General Goyernmcnt. djrectlv or
indirectly. TO favor any such endeayor on
the part of either of them. is foolish and
wicked peryersion of its own nature. Nor
i, there anv plea that can be offered Ell.
ther by the General Government, or bv
any STATE, fo- DEBATING from this clear
line of mutual duty, which is not inmors
al in itself and revolutionary in its ten.
dency. Moreover the prompt and cor.
dial performance by all parties. towards
each other, Of all tie mutual duties bind.
ing upon them under the Federal Cunsti
tu ION touching every subject and