Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-09-18


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secoss.onist Disuuionist !! Traitor d.
These choice epithets are daily applied,
by yenomou5 aud indiscrcet Republicans
in on. midst, to ali of our citizens who
have the misfortune Tor the honor?) to
hold different political views from the
presont Administration. The purer the
rriyate character, the more elevated the
st,.ding of the Democrat, the more rank
ling pnd envenomed is the attack. 1t is
Int few weeks since that, in neighoor-
ilr village, posts were erected, and ropes
a,tsched thereto, by Republicans, for the
ayowed purpose of changing Democrats"
Not only is this the course pursued by
rrivate individuals, but the Press-the
organ of the Republican party of the couu-
ty-Rids and abets the cry. Despite our
reueaied demands for the names OF these
alleged Traitors, they will not dare to
uame them publicly, but stab in the
2lrll, with shrug, With nod aud hope
toll.n private character, yet save them
selves.
i there are traitors in our midst, LET
HEM BG FORTHWITH ARRESTED.
Va have Courts and Juries-Law and
Jus,iye-vet remaining, and we pledge
our solemn belief, that at least the DEM
ocracv Of C,earfield county are aw.abding
men. and Justice will be done. We know
the sterling men of our party in this coun~
", and they are now-as ever-FOR the
Government made by Washington, Frank
lin, jefferson and Madison. They are
FOR the Constitution. and denounce ALL
attacks upon it, come from whatever
source they may. They are AGAINST
the heresy OF secession. They are FOR
THE WHOLE UNION. The fortunes
and the lives of many of them are being
now willingly yielded to sustain the Gov
ernment against armed attacks.
We have repeatedly invited the JCnna
to point out wherein zee have ever preach
ed secession OF treason. But no response
has been made! Let us now look at his
record. Let us see if he is not Seces-
sionst-a Disunicnist:
From the Raftsmans Journal, Nov. IA, 1860.
"Ifan of the Cotton States feel the
present form of government oppressive
and think they can do better out ol the
Union than in it, if they insist on gong
LET THEM GO IN PEACE. 1t is moi
necessary to create any disturbance abou,
t. TO raise a CIVIL WAR or shed FRA
TERNAL BLOOD. The right 10 Secede oal
be revolutionary one, BUT 1T EHlSrS
NEVERTHELE ESS, and we do not see no"
one party can have a right 10 10 whai
another party has right to prevent We
will ever resist the asserted right Of any
State TO remain in the Union ard nullity
or defy the laws thereof; to withdraw
from The Union is quite another matter
and If am considerable section shall Deliberate
IN reSclce 10 40 out, WE FOR ONE SHALL
NOT COUNSEL THE ADOPTION OF
COERCIVE MEASURES TO PRENENl
IT."
From the Raftsmans Journal Dec 5, 1860.
"If South Carolina shall be left to stanC
alone it is very probable that she mus
ultimately TeCeuS, Uut ii IHS Cot'Oil pNaN''
generally ,1lite miM her in seeding the rcS'a
may Be di6Gcnt and though the movemen
is revolutionary, many Of our Shr5lodcSt mC
tia 10 effort ehsuld be made to prevent hei
going on AS IT WOULD BE FOLLY Tt
ATTEMPT TO SUBDUE SOME TWO
OR THREE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE"
The reader cannot fail to recognize
Greedy, of the n. Y. TriJ,atc, in the sbovt
extracts, yet they are adopted and inser.
ted, as clitcrial, in the Journal, aud canno
fail to fasten upon it the undeniable fac
that Secession was acknowledged AS
RIGHT, that "it would be FOLLY to at
tempt to SUBDUE three millions of peo
pie" and that they preferred "TO LEI
THEM GO IN PEACE. All this was said
10 it remembered, Immediately after tn
election of Lincoln.
We shall next show that, with thes
deliberate sentiments, they persistentl
opposed all efforts tending to compronis
and calculated to avert the calamity nov
upon us, and that their object could b
none other than to sever the Union in OF
der TO get rid of slavery.
g."OCCAsIoNAL" is going to have ev
cry natiUe. born citizen natDTaAscd by requir
ilp every nan TO take and subscribe tn
new oath, and swear allegiance TO Lincoln