Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-07-31
Exceeding the Constitution. f"


, by stating that Mr.. Jefferson exceeded
the Cons,itutio1" in purchasing the ter
rItory o! Louisiana from France, and
tn ereby Saved an empire"
/ The difference between Mr.. Jefferson
and Mr. Lincoln is this wi lie the former
Saved an empire" tho latter, by his acts.
is in great donger of destroying an empire.
/ by moulding the Constitution to suit the
ideas OF himself and his Cabinet-that
this government could not endure "per.
manentlv half slave ard half free-that it
must become all one thing or the other. 4"
, The experiment now seem, to be to make
, 1t all free, so as to conform to the express
slve language of the President and his
Secretary of State, Mr.. Seward
/ 1t would now seem that the President
and his Cabinet ale only practcipg what
they have preached for years, and are
striving to carry out--as Mr.. Lincoln said
in his Inaugural address the "ll,y" cftAe
Chicago platform.
The people in the Slave States have for
years declared that if abolitionism should
become the governing power o! the nation
a a5eparaton would take place. Mr.. Lin,
coin and his leading eppointees to office
have, on the other hand, preached "no
Union with shareholders" Hence we
see that these two warring elements pyac-
iically result Ia the same tlling-disunion
and we find men justifying both, when
Iat the same time both are wrong.
Mr.. Lincoln, when he came into power,
had the misfortune to have two platforms
presented to him, the one commonly cal
led the Constitution-rather an old af-
fair It's true-but made by the men that
saved an empire" and by which our
country had been governed successfully
for eighty years, by Foderaists, Democrats
and Whig,-the other was made at Chica-
90 by lot Of cNperimenters who bear the
name Of Black Republicans, and which
has produced just what we predicted. 1t
is also ,rue that Mr. Lincoln took an oath
to support the former bUt stated ut the
same time that the latter was the Wl5C"
by which lie would be governed. The
former it is admitted, he has exceeded "
the latter, we believe he has oJcyed to the
very letter. thus showing that he uttered
no vain sentiment, when he told his coun.
uymen ON the fourth Of March last. that
he would be governed by the Cbicaro
Platform.
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lealn that not less than one hundred
new subscribers have been added to that
paper in this county.
The Jgunal is a capita, advertising me-
uium-ln tlIlS way and TO EuGn CONF
plimcnts as it paid the Dan Book, we are
also indebted for the very large accession
to our list during the last two or three
months. Suppose the Journal dycg il Il Ii,
tie mar, 80,
nea LincoIn,s Blockade" seems 10 be
WORKING cnctuolIv and !, divostod of oy-
or,tbing sectional. if is rs lucrative in
Northern New York, rs in South Carolina.
We observe that the Hotels at the eel,
obrofed S,rotoco Sn,inrs are in 4 Ian
cufsLinu condition. The recejpts at ono
oc the looding Hotels ON the 4lh Of Ju,v'
last ,ros Lut S97. AGAINST 81. 400 last vear
The Bedford Springs III our own Stale,
and other noted watering places are SINH
larly "Olockaded.' "BuIIy for Lincoln.
pea Opr f,rmors o,o rct,ino tbroucl
,y,,h ,bsir harvest in fine stvle. The