Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-02-06

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An, Hrha nnd mlcuHt oi tha olh"
smles The ughlc cr vtongol 10 boz lhe
o,,ima,, IN OF the world, ikc The ughi or
vtspt or revolution, must depend 100 no
Uncomfortable degree upon the tul0icicn
cy or irsunic.ency Of the reasons Tint ln-
dupo u. and the consequences resulting
,tcrerrom. ! think tho reasons in.ih.
cent, and lhorrmody no, only futile, but
unjust TO others dcplorc it, d'pre-
cate tho movement with all my heart
and ! would he willing to wicid any prop
or power in the Government and peace
fol means to arrest the movement so lha'
mon might be induced to look before thoy
loan. But it is said, on the other SIDE
TINT the authority Of the Government OF
the Uniled States must be yindio'ted :
that rebellion, sedition. and insnrroc!on
must be pu, down, the Union saved ana
the laws executed Mt al! hazards. On
these points and AS to the duty aad pow
ers of the Government, concur mainly in
wha, wan said by the Senator from Hi
ncis, Mr. DouoLAs.l No man denies
tnot the laws should be executed; but il
the people of sovereign State, BY COM
mon voice, and in authoritative form,
,hrew of their allegiance to the Federal
Government, and acknowledged aroiher
Lov ere yoa to execute the Jaws within
such a State or carry ont any one OF the
functions Of The Federal Government?
TO execute the laws, suppress inaurrect'on
and nut down rebellion is a nice theory,
and pleasant, talk; bu5 will gentlemen
tell us how it can DO done against the
united voice OF a sovereign Stc!c2 when
the people have thrown o. their allegiance
to ,he General Government. and aCEnow.-
edged only that Of the State, the Fedora
Government may command the citizen to
do one tb ny, but his allegiance to the
State would require him 10 do another
and so he is bound hand and foo, You
cannot carry mails, mold courts, nor col
loct revenues with the Army, even ifyou
had n large one bot with all the Army
this Government has at present, such q
work would be il!e. What then? Shall
we recognize tho States now claiming to
he uut Of The Union as de tac:o Govern
ments, and wage war against them, to re.
gain the jurisdiction Of the United States
within their respective limits?
Before We DO this let US look at tho fear.
ful alternatives. sub a war would not
involve a contest with five States only, but
with twelve or fifteen. lie is Q mad man
VINO closes his eyes to this fact. lIowey-
er much the border States may dcprccate
the action of the Cotton States, and how
ever Utterly they may lament tina. action
and denounce il, if you please, they have,
with scarce m exception, declared seces-
sion to be the right Of any State, and that
no war shall he made on a sister State for
the exercise of that right, hcweye, unvise
that exercise may seem. Then, sir, i;
would be war with fifteen States on one
side and eighteen on the other. Let Sen.
ators who talk of war study the picture -
=, Nothing in all the sad consequences Of
dissolution can be so blasting and horri-
ole, as such war. even though itpTesen-
ted the hope Of re-eslablishing the Union.
But how fulacious and delu.ye must be
the idea of Gniol through s,ch means It
involves the practice Of disunion Of the
most fatal type. Let war once commence,
and the Union is gone forever. What
would be the purpose Of the war? 1t
must either be to chastise the offending
States. or crafty feelings Of hostility
against them to vindicalo the honor and
dignity Of the Government, or reconstruc.
the Union; bat it would fail to accom-,
plish the one or the other. What GOOD
end then will it subserve to she'd the
blood of our ra ce and kindred. who scpa-
rate from US politically, because they have
believed they were not treated as EQUALS