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

tnom 10 remain lu WV S"io" $"A 'N' 1
dy to fight for their constitutional rights
to the last hour but 10 shed brothers
blood in a .ra,ricidal war, shall be ready
never never!
But still have an abiding faith that
the nation can be saved not by mere ho,
sannas to the Union, though like them
exceedingly. /. will require works as
wcli ~ faith. When Rome was in the
foil tide of her decline. it was the boast Of
the Romans that, vhile the Coliseum
stands, Rome will stand. Til +, boast was
vain, for "Time's efacing finger" ever
points to the fa!lacy Of the expecta, ,ion.-
The humbled pride and departed gram
deur Of the once mistress Of the world are
q fitting commentary upon worldly am
bition. Still. the American boast that
while the Union stands America will
stand, is far more wise ard rational. But
means must is used. Then, boast may be
INDUCED. The adoption of the resolutions
of the Senator from Kentucky, by the
vote OF all parties! in Congress, would at
once give assurance OF Ie>union and con-
tinued union, aud would be the voice Of
peace and good will throughout the land.
What blessed message it would be to go
trembling over the wires from State 10
State. from city TO city, from town 10
town, hill TO valley, and house TO house,
throughout this broad land and how
many hearts would impulsively thank
God for his mercies Our Government
is too young TO end now. Comparatively
speaking, it is il its infancy 1t has only
! seen the years OF very old man; and
some there are still alive who lived before
independence. Can it be that its exis,
tence is to be so limited a sky rocket
among the nations, 10 rise and shine for
briet period, and then sink 10 rise no more?
| do not believe this. God has more in
store for America than this. /. required
tho Roman empire aboat five hundred
years to rssch the climax OF its greatness
and about an equal period to decline aad
fall Babylon had existed sixteen centu,
ries when the mysterious characters on
the wall gave The aiirighied king notice
that the time of its downfall was at hand.
The Athenian Government existed more
than twelve times the period which ours
has been in existence. Tho English Gov.
eminent has seen over SIX centuries since
the days Of Magma Cnarta; the American
Union has not seen one Could it he
now saved and reconstructed, as far as
broken, might we not hope that its foun,
datiohs would be deeper and firmer THAI
everj that the ordeal through which i, is
now passing would root its foundations
moro effectively and completely in the
affections of the people?
But Senators talk of war and II dis.
;urbs no mans nerves that widely sspar-
ated States and communities should do
SO. The men Of the arctic regions of the
United States, away up in Maine and
Vermont, and Massachusetts,, can shake
their CORY locks at those nhabitinga neck
Of land in the tropics of America, known
as Florida; and the Floridians in turn,
may manifest bellgerant design, Such
a fight vii! be bloodless but it will be far
otherwise with the free and slave States
bordering on each other, should that be
the line Of division. They will bo within
striking distance and 10 them this war
will he no idle bravado. Ii will be mat.
ter OF life and death. Look at the posts
ion OF my own glorious old State. No
broad river, or high mountain, or deep
chasm, o. high wall, divides her from the
slaveholdlng Ssates. From the waters O
the Ohio to those Of the Delaware. her
broad side nesting close up against the
sides OF her slaveholdng sisters. First,
on the west, comes Virginia, then Mary,
land, and then, full up in her generous
bosom, rests her little sister Delaware,
with the heads OF both reclining on the
msnt, tho rays Of The morning sun may
kiss the brow Of both. For four hundred
miles, from the Ohio TO The Delaware, her
south side reclines against the North side
ofslaveholdng States; mountain to noun
tain hill to hill, valley to valley, farm to
farm, neighborhood to neighborhood,
brother to brother, sister 10 sister, hand TO
hand, and heart to heart. The line has
been, to the fraternal citizens on either
side, imaginary; they have passed from
the North to the South, and from the
South to the North, without even n
thought that it marked the beginning of
people strangers TO each other, much
less aliens and enemies. All along the
line there has been marrying and giving
in marriage. The sons of Virginia have
married the daughters of Pennsylvania,