Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-04

~ lihlllti w we 'ittWl election hpld w
june last that being then In the three
months olylco, he Remained In the Geld,
and Nd uu' lako VI, scat IN Congress
that upon the organization Of the Pcnr.
ylyou,a Reserve Cp1rs, ho was appoin cd
70 lhe command Of tho First lBuoklsil
Regiment, 10 which capacity he has scry'
cd up 10 this time.
( Col Hddlo was uu visit 10 rhiadci .
'phia, the other day, when be was konorcd
With the tender ola public dinner, but
winch honor hc declined in tho folosinc
truly patriotic letter.
TO HE Hon. Geo w. Dallas. C1ari.. J. Iagtr.
soN Peter UcLdH, Johr CdGioalidr, Gcorys
MGrsOooi, i. ', Pdrsons, Frslie,ick Fra.
lry Henry w. WhpS ESq,irts, and Uhers.
GESrLgMrN have had the pleasure TO
receive TO day, your communication, and
beg yOu TO accept my thsukS for tho
ila,tpring terms in which YOU have sN-
pressed your views upon what has been,
TO me. u subject Of Huxlons rchee'i2H,
it has been my e"rno:t Scaiga, al this
great juncturc in 0ur Nation j affairs, TO
give my humble services where they may
bc most useful to my country. With this
pur,,osc | took the field and holding, du.
ring, the entire period of the Extra Ses.
ZION, scpa ate and important command,
did not feel at liberty Ia quit 1t to take
the seat in Congress, to which you had in
my absence elected me.
have come, for day or two, from the
great camp in front of Washington, where
commanded regiment that has been
O inc n source Of the highest pride and
abstraction, and will leave il with feel
iugs Of grel which | shall not attempt to
,xprt4s here Bat, | yield to the repre-
.entations Of the wishes of my conSt:u-
ants, CONVEYED to me in your letter and
IN other forms. | shall, therefore, tender
through the proper authorities, the reSig>
nation ol my military commission from
The State, and ~ your representative &c
turn to Washington.
l. is true that according 10 high au-
,hrritiea, | might a. once hold the two
positions but i, is plain that could not
perform the duties Of both, and, waving
he bare legal question il seems to me "a
bo inconlpatib.e with ihe character gf q
eprescntatiye and iegislato: to be y
paid officer. subject 10 the orders Of the
Executive, ana preseal in his place only
by the revocable leave of ~ military supo-
rlor. have, thereTor-, come to tho con
olusion thst your representative must not
now be thus IrammuIlcu yet, SHOULD the
ide Of wa, indeed, roll around the Ma.
tional Capital, hope that my brethren IN
Arms will fad room in their ranks for one
sol Tier ROro.
Ny political opinions are what they
have always been, am Democrat
reypr more one than at this hour. re-.
oico that it was with my name upon your
banners that you overthrow the Repub!I-
can party in this city.
When say am Democrat, ! do not
mean that belong to any knot Of pull
ticians. When say am Democrat, !
mean that have ever maintained those
national principles which, under God,
made end preserved u> natl ; those
great national principles OF justice and
equality for all the States which, so long
As they were prac,iSed, made our various
institutions and intcrchangeo oble commod'
tiles bonds oG strength and union rather
,hnn grounds for ettte.
This. at least, We may say for tho Dem
scratic party--it rated at their true value
the isniastlc theories, the whlnsies, the
"isms," the questions OF mere phrascolo-
| cv, that men, calling themselves states
men have preferred to peace, 10 union, TO
! the gradual progress and development ot
each section and all races in due relations
| to natural causes. This, too, we may ray
Tor the Democratic party-while II main E
tanned It's sway, Secession" was - little,
Ibaf1led clique: az the Republican party
rose, Secession" became IAN army with
! banners"
Nor was the foresight Of The Republi-
can party leaders any wider than their
patriotism. The false prophets of their
party promised their followers that three
months should see the end OF the trouble;
land whcu war came upon them even then
they wanted only three months v0lum.
! teels to end it. They created ard foster
ed that Intoxicating self.cOntidence that
was the cause Of our earlier reYrrscs. -
They had so persistent,y abused that part
of the American people that lived across
geographical line, that they had come
at last to underrate and despise them, and
Republican oratory summoned ii' hear,
eTs not TO stern encounters, bat only 10
pays and piilnge.
When tbe national flag wns struck
down at Chatleslou,a and the national capi.
tai was threatened 10y secession, the North
rose like one man The world saw With
iastoni,hment the great uprising of the
people; Europe preiudged the issue in
our favor; yet. as il smitten with blind
meas, the Republican leaders seemed : riy.
ing to waste and dissipatc, instead Of Ia
seize and use, the noble ma, eriai .or sreA!
armies which was, with scarcely any liml,
placed at their disposal. The soldier who
offered himself for .he public service
found that he must earwig so me politician
before he could be allowed 20 fight or die
for his country. Men began to say tha.
the war was to be mode "a Black Rcpub'
lican job"
Politicians were put at the head OF
troops --pll ticians who thought that 10
wear lace aud feathers, and to pocL ct pay,
was the whole d1ty of tho otticcr--teasi'