Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-24

fNN'i fVIW IINNH NN'fII IN' Nl'h' l''''f|
uf Hll iltItrli0us establishes W lH nlH
ttuath We b.W lhntnlI u lh0 'Juu.al
vheUr. md pnfc bt1u iho msl vet of tbr
drtai tragedy, ln which outraged human.
iiy. ih The touou ol We pou.mrE ,.uIim
tullts violation aud so $500 Urc lmuahl
back lo iht days ut uulHdl,d iuiN when
ius'it, was Forgotten, urd mrrvy was un.
urociiscd aud unknown.
ssad 10 think that thls bl1Ody drn.
ma should have been onpc'pd ia land
whose generous bosom WIS utueiUI o. lie
highest and nOblcst instincts sld iu iliuk
that on the soil witch freedom had con-
secraled with her blessings and immor'
taliacd Ly her achicyements--sad lo ihnk
lLpt In the lnnd over which the banner OF
liberty noated, that there beneath the
shadow OF glories that shed thcis lnslre
over the world, the,e should have been
pcrpetralcd deed worthy tho worst rule
Of the basest tyranny that ever cursed the
earth Retaliation may Toe somellmes
necessary eXpedirnt ia savage walia'e,
bu, IN a contest vagcd between Civilized
foe, ia, principle should be- religiously ig
p,-ed. What if old A,lSwan did fall bc.
meath Southern blows, hi, net could not
have justified the Wholesale slaughter OF
t.nmnccert men. These iated victims oi
n.url,, sud caprice bad been soldiers
They had brayed the tergors Of battle, ana
passcd through the iley furnace Of the
field.
They lad earned hy their valor bat
protection, which brave men r"Ter deny
10 chiyGrous ZOE, and, If fate placed iet'
tors on their limbs, the unchSnglng laws
Ofhumgnity should have projected their
lives. Yet they were led forth to die. In
the oarly morning they wCro taken from
their prison cell, seated on their collins
driven through the silent streets, and
, brought - tue pl-ce OF execution. Like
hssya man they proudly met theiE fate,
bouiSle rs il was; and the clIm hcrolsm
s which distinguished ther end will enN
4 shrine their names in the hearts OF their
. caurt-v:uen forever. They refused the
blud iEe intended to shut cut the oyer'
slVi5Tiug presence q! death with hrin
comp0sure thOy kns.l to receive the Ia'"l
. yoiley aud, at the fms. discharge, SIN q
three or four amongst them fell, pierced
b. the bu lets aimed, 10y their requesi, at
their gallant hearts. The other" lay
wri,h.nE 81 agony from be wounds they
, had received, and then ensu"i scene,
whose horrors pen cannot describe.
The reserves where then brought Tor.
ward TO dispatch with thelr rcvo!vtrs
,thc nutiIatCd survivors. They, did So
and tho mind sickens at the ghastly pct
,ure OF these suffering victims perishInG III
. their tortures by the cool, deliberate blows
# .heir murdtTers. H. viii bc dtliculi
.rnr the North to wipe away this ignomin-
i2us stain difficult for her, indeed, to Fe'
more from the hands tie traces oi lhi5
bloody deed difficult fol her to raise het
head even in the midst of trI~mph &no
; meet the teproyiuE gaze OF men. On th'
other hand, under the grim provoca'ior
r which such an act contains under the IN
=. lucno9 Of the fierce resentment, which Il
cannot fail to engender, the South WI
rise with renewed vgor to the ccntcst }!
J. which she is engaged, ardpeHcc will retire
e further from the bsllgcTanis than ever
% Va can readily conceive what n thrill @
horror, what cry Of wild revenge WI
ring at the announcement Of the iniel'i
Qnnce throughout the regions oi :h'
South. Old men who gazCd upon the Hat
that va, once TIE symbal ot exalted Tree
don, To- the world, viii curse tho deet
with bitter eXccraions. Woman val
weep over il, and the yourg and arden
VIII burn to RY0nge it and from !. WI
p ar.cnew horrors Of Increasing animoslty
10 deepen still further the gioou Ia whlct
! the present diSCsi.Ous quarre!S Is ohvc!
0, eI.
Thi. hide0us episode OF tho great ciVi
i war MAS not requisite to ronder the uh
'raiural struggle q sour!e ofgr!ct to oil az
i right men. II was sad enough to see III
% Great Republic which conferred SO ma
blessings on mankind, which was th
l., bride Of every generous soul, we%kene'
II bv disseutious, and shattered inn pet,
q fragments. 1t WAS so sad 10 eee star ate
@ star torn from the Dag ~hcse glor'es wer
= unrya!cd but sslder than national dis
Il memberulent, more disastrous than ma
q tional humiliation and defeat, IS thi
+. great crime, the tanetul memory ofwbic
q cSn never pass away. IL becomes the Gu
/ ty of the Cabinet OF Washington to con
denim the act aud gummarlIy punish II
h perpetrators. II it do not, II the veil o
= authority ba thrown over a crime worth
@ tive widest foray of the Indian, then in
- deed, xill the S0uthCruers justly hav
il cause TO say that ihey are bottimg agains
Q = tyrqnt the most odiOuS that over cur'e'
>. the eailh, and f.htinE for prize II
d which more than liberty is involved. IL
d eny case, as this foul deed cannot be uu
n done "a the grave has closed over the mu
n ulatcd remains Of the murdered men
= there will descend in connection With /
G to remote poNcrily legacy Of hate, which
like barrier Of fire, will keep apart th
n sections whose feelings are concerned in II