Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-05-21
THE WORST ENEMIES of the UNION

lut WOThl eHtllllch Ol llle lnlOnt hIt
those that prate the most ncesantly A.
bout its preservation Mark them Look
at Phillips, Greeley aud men of thaLstamp.
They are as loud in landing the Union as
were the Pharisees in the time OF our Sa>
viour, in lauding the Mosaic law yet
Christ frowued upon them as the worst
enemies Of that law cursed them as the
viiest oppressors, and denounced them rs
a generation of vipers'" And do not our
modern Pharisees of the Tribune order de-
serve the fate Of their foul. tongued, long
faced, hypocritical predecessors Are
they not tire most determined enemies Of
the Union Let facts speak for them
selves.-To view the course of these men
for the last twenty-five years Have they
not, during that period of time, been
most sedulously engaged in spreading
fire brands, arrows and death" through
out the length and breadth Of the land
The great idea they have endeavored to
propagate is that one Of the primary OBJ.
jects provided for by the Constitution,
namely the rendition of fugitive slaves
involves an act which is morally, relig-
ously and politically wrong. Every mode
which ingenuity could invent TO propa-
gate this position, has been put in opera
ton Societies have been formed in or>
der TO raise ample funds papers have
Jeen established in the most prominent
points Of the country books have Leen
published lectures have been sent forth,
who, from their ample compensation for
| their services, were able TO devote all their
time to their mission in word, no
stone has been left unturned, the motion
of which was in the slightest degree cal
culated TO disseminate the sentiment com
mon TO those propugandists.
How can any man be the friend of the
Constitution who denounces its objects
As we'll might it be said that he is the bo-
som friend Of man, who ever and anon
derounces its character Can he love an
individual, who continually subverts his
interest Words of affection are dan,
gerous reliance when acts of opposition
are met at every step. Yet, i'll defiance
of principles thus seli"evident, these men
are loud in proclaming themselves the
especial friends OF the Union. They have
for the last year bowed the knee seven
| times a day 10 the Constitution and the
| Union, and for the last quarter of cen
| tury they have never existed a day with.
out denouncing the former as league
with hell" and doing all in their power
TO destroy the latter, by constantly casting
! the seeds of discOrd broadspread over the
| la aud. tod save us from such irlenbs.-|
The love of such men is like the fang OF q
viper There i. poison III their very
touch the sting Of the asp is bene ith their
| tongue; theil habitatIons are the abodes
Of cruelty pesce is IL stranger 10 their
councils. 1T is the yilest hypocracy for
such men to talk Of maintaining the I'M
ion, while they promulgate ideas that are
adverse 10 its ob b,ectS, or alien to its spi:-
it. During the entire period OF their his
tory they have never placed the mselves in
! such redicu.ously foolish position as that
which they nov so psrtinaciously main,
J tain, in claiming TO be the exclusive
, friends of the Union.
Al one time, these so called philanth ro-
rists came out plainly and said 1.-THE Con,
/ stitution provides for wicked objects it
sanctions slavery il allows their masters
TO retake fugtives from Southern taral>
dom. In doing these things there is a
yiolati)n OF every principle Of morality
and religion As the advocates Of Chris
tianity, we therefore are compelled TO de-
nounce that instrument il is a vile COM
pact, formed to minister TO tue lusts of
men, and calculated 10 sustain an abhorr
rent system of injury and outrage. We
consider all slave. holders to be fneu steal
ers-worse 10y far than thieyes-more q.
| bandoned than robbers-deserving fate
as horrible as pirates. From such men we
turn with unutterable disgust, and we con-
slider them as not having received their
dues until they dangle from a scafiold p
Since we cannot properly carry out our
! views. while the Constitution is in force,
we deny its Obligation in morals, and con
! tend, as politluons, for It's utter abrogaN
ton We are openly for dissolution OF
the Union" Such were the sentiments
which were promulgated some fifteen
years ago 10y Abby Kelly aud vast group
of kindred spirits that spread like locust
over the land. Yet, strange TO say, these
people arc now the most violent and un-
compromising friends OF the Union =
! Gracious heavens what summerset they
have turned But can any one. in his sen,
ses, believe that the Constitution is
strengthened by the support of friendship
of such people They are just what they
always wers. They bless or curse for
dollar Out OF place or out of power, they
hurl their anathemas at government as if
they possessed Divine commission to
denounce vengeance and desi gnate the
objects upon which it should fall. Put
them in office, the lion is at once trans.
formed into lamb the lips that cursed,
curse no more Government is an ordi-
nance Of God; passive obedience and nom
resistance are duties and every good citis
izen owes to men in AUTHORITY Well
may every American exclaim, Heaven
save Us from ulIraism If ever nation
in an age of the wo:ld went through a
more frey ordeal from the prevalence of
this evil than has the United States Of A.
merica, we should like any one to point
us TO it. We have felt the scourge in ev-
cry form. 1t has scattered It's ills in every
city and State, village and vale. 1t has
been ceaseless in its action there has
been no repose under its pressure. Years
have increased its intensity, unlil its ac-
cumulated evils have burst in mighty
torrent upon the land, bearing away in
;,s draodEtl surpe all that was delightful