Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-05-21

his den was full, il cries aloud throuthout
the land TO the battling hosts of brethren.
to hurl sharp and swift the instrument,
OF death, and never stay the fatal work of
destruction while dying groans can rend
the air, or gushing life blood soften the
earth Are We meE or are we demons
1t men, let us stand up in honest truth 10
our Constitution, never doabLing that il is
what our forefathers designed it should
be an antidoIe and cure for all the politi.
cal Ills arising from our peculiar condi.
ton as a people and anation. II demons
let us ahJure 1t at once and forever, and
60 wholesale into buchery, until we shall
have get surfeit OF carnage?
For heavens sake let US cease patronj,
sing political quackery. 1t has brought
us TO the brink OF ruin. We tremble IN
on the very edge Of the sccivity. Moths
ing can save us from the hidious precipice
below, but the abandonment of past der
lusions the abjurations Of falso teachers
and the resumption Of common ense prin.
cipies. Ore grain of common sense is
worth more, under any circumstances of
human lie, than an ocean Of tran scendeut.
alism. This is no day fo9 distractions
The American people, ofall people, in the
world are the least calculated for them.
Their habits and their history render them
eminently practical, Let them take up
national affair, just as they build a stem.
clad vesse and they will not fail to coma
10 proper aud successful conclusions =
There is not the slightest difficulty on ths
subject.-The trouble is in the wav n is
managed. If we would as a nation deter,
mine TO do the best we can, under the cir,
cumslances OF the case, and dropping all!
speculations about possible evils, simply
take the Constitution and laws, as our
rule, and a good concience as our guide
peace would be restored to our land and
prosperity shed its blessings in our Dor,
ders,
There never was time in our history
which called for the development of these
principles, 10 as great on extent, as the
present. The old enemy ia now more ao>
tive and dangerous than ever. Instead OF
the contracted sphere, in which he form
er!y moved, he now exhorts his influence
in camps reigns supreme on high official
| positions and threatens 10 control the
action of both Houses Of Congress. or
course, he is everywhere clam orous for the
Union, but at the same time, as OF Old.
| he is constantly advocating or originating
measures inimical to the Constitution
Instead of simply seeking TO crush the
rebellion by the means provided in that
instrument, and restore the Union, be
rendering the Constitution triumphant.
ne pats first and forn:os, his acts OF con,
tiscation, Congressional emancipation, and
territorial tyranny Can the Union ever
he restored by dividing the hearts of the
citizens, who compose il? Is it not fool.
ish to attempt to accomplish an object, by
the authority OF law, when the moral sense
of the nation does not sustain the spirit
of the enactment? On the 4th of March,
1862, Senator Cowan administered a scath
ing rebuke TO the advocates of these dis.
union measures. Pennsylvania has rea.
son to be proud Of such q representative,
The course which that gentleman counsels
would not only end the rebellion but for.
ever establish the Constitution our hearty
wish and firm belief are, that il will final
ly be adopted, despite the opposition with
which it is sssailed. The Constitution.
for period of near a century, has proved
itself sufficient to bind all parts Of the
land together and protect each. What
more can we reasonably want p Phi adel.
phia Slniay Ncrcu-u.