Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-18
From tho Philadelphia Evening Journal,
KENTUCKY Its Principal Editors
and the Secretary Of War,

hdNt ltNtlNt ulllLlniuhhDlb tNluouCc lloll
the noble State of Kentucky that the dis
position on the part of subordnates tC
interfere with and embarrass the con.
sistent and conservative policy Of Presi.
dent Lincoln in producing bad results
Nay, in some instances, the insane bigot-
TOD selfish and hypocritical dicta of prac
tical enemies of the Union are attributed
to the connivance Of the patriotic Presi.
dent.
This is eninently wicked and attroci.
ously unjust. To be sdre, the contlnu-
ance Of gentleman in tho Cabinet, after
there is public exposure of his strange
desire and almost successful atom pit to
dictate mes sure which would ALLEVIATE
the loyal os the Border States seems to
give some color to the charge, but our
friends in the Border States must Iscollect
that, in the present exigency, II Is easier
for the press to demand the removal of "a
Cabinet minister than for the President
TO make such removal.
We would however suggest to the Uns
ion men of the Border States, to exercise
a little patience. All cannot be done in
an bour, and they should not forget that
il took some time to move in the direct
ion Of the Union that they at first de-
cined furnishing their respective quota
Of troops, and tnen they will appreciate
! the situation of President Lincoln. and
be disposed the more firmly to stand 10y
that true patriot, when they find that he
is about to realize that "a mans worst foes
are those of his own household"
! LeJ our friends, we say then, be patient
! We doubt not, in q little while that Pres
ideut Loncoln will have for his constitu
tional advisers only men who can appre-
hend that the Union is NOT dissolved, and
that the President will not violate the
constitution because rebels and traitors
have done so. But we proceed 10 give
Z the proofs ofeditorial sentiment in Ken
= lucky.
In addition to what we have already
given from the Louisville Joarnal, we find
the following in the issue Of December
9th -
! "We this morning publish the official report
Of Secretary Cameron. As respects the question
Of slavery, the report confirms worst appre
hensiors. And the most grievou fact of all is
that the report on this head can be regarded on
ly MS an expansion Of what the Preside ut says in
the same relation"
I We empha:icaly declare that the Lous
isvIle journal is wrong with reference 10
the President. Mr.. Lincoln ought to be
sustained by every true patriot, We may
well suspect the head Of the heart Of any
man who tries to make the load of the
Chief Executive heavier than it is. The
eifo.t should be to assist in relieving him
of all dead weights :" whether consist.
ing of demagogues or political heresies
We defy any man of reputation and suth'
cient intelligence to say that the President
has not throughout ace as the Presl-
dent Of the whole country.
That he is thrown ito 'a'se positions by
bad advisers we believe but, we also be-
lieve that he will very soon rid himself Of
them, The country needs no better pr't OF
his conservatism than the unstnted abuse
to which he is subjected by the Abolition.
lists and their lunatic organs, ard the faint
praise he receives from the Black Repub-
lican sheets.
The Louisville Democrat is just as deci
ded as the Louisville Journal. We give
this extract -
at is reported and believed all over the coun-
try, that he (Cameron) had cOuntenanced and ap-
proved the arming of the negroes, and the Black
Republican and Democratic papers have been
discussing it for the last two weeks. We have
expressed as strongly rs we could, our utter con-
demnaton Of the scheme. II has not even the
excuse of aiding in quashing the rebellion but
it is, in fact, more hostile to the Union, than
million Of JEFF Davis's in arms, and equipped
from top to toe. 1t is savage and butcherly, and
like all savagery, the instructive outbreak Ol
cOwardics
If Mr.. Cameron can relieve himself Of the sus-
Iscion, we'll and good but he ought not to hold
the position in the Government which he does
when he is suspected oft. 1t changes the whole
aspect OF the cOntest-frOm a relief of the op-
pressed people of tn South to a war of conquest,
subjugation and assassination. Mr.. Secretary
Smith did rightin so promptly reproying aud
cone GINNING it on the part of the Administration,
and we foretell prompt action by the President.
/ The legal men of Kentucky, those who have
the interest OF the Union at cart should use ey-
cry effort to prevent any such fatal action the
part of the Government as the Camoronian
idea.
We speak it plainly, the scheme for general
ema 1cipation or arming the blacks will lose ev-
cry slave State to the Union 1t would take
standing army of 100000 men to retain Ken
lucky in the Union, and then the soldiers would
be compelled to aid in exterminating the black
race. If they are emancpated, there is but one
othsr thing to be done with them; they must be
wiped out-utterly obliterated. 1t must be n
merciless, savage determination Of the whole
tribe. There will be no question Of humanity, or
justice, or mercy. 1t will be natures first law
self defense.
The two races as has been amply shown by
the whole history Of The world, from the days tf
the Egyptian to our own times, cannot exist in
the same country, unless the black race is in
slavery. tbs no question for theory, argument,or
discussion. 1t is a direct law of God final aud
conclusive. The President, himself a Kentuck
ian, knows and appreciates the condition Of af-
fairs, and will act for the best and it ought to bo
the duty of the State Legislature to aid him by
the condemnation Of the Cameron policy"
inns the same paper approves in the
highest terms of the following from the
Louisville Journal:
"The Journal, also, is entirely correct in its
statement OF the opinions Of the Union men of
this State. We do net know of ten men whose
opinions do not coincide with the views of the
Journal, and as strongly condemn the savage
proposition Of Camern. The Union men of this
State will live and die by it,"
We will at this time submit but one 9th.
er extract, in order that our own people
N, ov paa tho danuar N txhioh tha, 90.