Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-10-15


deso.ated our homes violated our fields
laid waste, our altars profaned, our prop.
erty seized, consumed or destroyed; our
citizens arrested, outraged, murdered
whilst the homes of our brayest and best
are saddenng in the sun or bleaching upI
on tie battle field Our signal and repeat
ed victories, nd the generosity which has
characterized our treatment Of prisoners
in this unequal struggle,so far froD awak-
ening the magnanimiiy Of our adversa-
ries or predispoSing their hearts 10 peace,
seem to engender towards us a more re-
morseless malignily, to invoke the crem
tion of larger armies, and to inspire the
construction and energse the preparation
of more terrible engines of warfare with
which TO annihilate and subdue US; whilst
the entire property Of the South, by an
act of legislation, has been coniscrted
and forfeited to our foes. Infatuated by
continual defeat, maddened by reyengeiul
passion, and exasperated by despair Of eff
fectinG our subjugat;on through the mode
of civilized warfare, our brutal foes at
length seek to light in our land the tanes
| ful fires of servile war by emancipatinc
amongst US four million Of negro slaves,
with design Of efiectiEg an indiscriminate
slaughter of all ages, sexes and conditions
Of our people. A scheme so atrocious aud
internal is unparalleled III the blackest
and bloodieSt page Of savage strife ,surpass
ses in arocious cruelty the most signal
despotism that ever disgraCed the earth,
and reveals the design of our enemy to be,
regardless Of the laws Of God or man, the
subjugation or the annihilation OF the peo.
pie of these Confederate States. We are
thus confronted with the dire alternative
of slavery or death, and must decide not
only with reference to ourselves Lut our
posterity. determination by the slaugh'
ter of free people is preferable to their
extinction by subjugatlon, The path OF
duty opens before us, and we now prepare
to tread its dangerous track obedIent to
the dread necessity by which we are i'm
psled, and sustained by an unfaltering
trust in that God who has thus far shell
tered our infant republic beneath the
protecting shade OF His Almighty wing,
Therefore,
Be itreSolrcd By he Congress ofHe Cogtcl>
cjate States, That from this DAY forth, all
rules Of the future defense of cur country
and our liberty and our lives, against
the fell design now openly avowed by the
government of the United States, to an
lhilate or enslaVe Us. and that war of
extermrnatIon should hencetorth be wa
ged against every invader whose hostile
foot shall cross the borders of these Con-
federate States.
On motion OF Mr.. Semmes the do3u-
ment was ordered to be printed, and made
the special order for Thursday, the I'd inst.
1t was taken up again at tie time ap.
pointed, and transferred to the secret cal.
endar.
MOVEMENTS Oh THE REBEL ARMY.
The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday,
October 4, says
Passengers by the Central Cars last ev~
enlng some additional information in r.
gard TO the movements OF our army apd
those of the enemy. The stragglers had
nearly all returned to their different com
mands, and the army is now reported in
excellent condition and spirits. The en-
envy, in forcs was ut Martinsbprg, with
Lis left extending to Harper's Ferry
General Lee with a strong force, was rap
idly moving towards Martinsburgh. and
there was every probability that as despe-
rate battle was about to be fought. Per-
sons of intelligence, from Winchester,
state that Mcclellan cannot avoid an en-
gagement unless lie withdraws his army
across the river move which he is next
to impossible for him to make, as he was
evidently being urged forward by the
Yankey administration and the clamors
of the aboltionists. For him TO retreat
now, in the face Of an enemy who had
thrown down the gauntlet 10 him, would
tend as much to dcmorallze his army as
would defeat.
. It is evidently the design of Mcclellan
TO land large force-probably raw re
cruits-at FrederlcsLurg, with theview Of
retardiug or operating against the move
mepts oil General Lee IN that direction.
and thus open the road for himself to ad-
vance down the valley. We are confident,
however, that ample preparation has been
made for him even in that quarter.
General Lee has already given too mg
ny assurances OF his ability, aided by his
gallant army, TO thrash the invaders oil
our homes on any and every field, for US
to entertain fears of doutt now, and we
therefore feel warranted in saying that,
when he strikes Mcclellan and his grand
army" will again be beaten back in utter
discontinue and confusion.
. ALLEGED ourRAGEs- SEVERE PUNIsBNENTs.
The Richmond Wing of the I'd says:
7 On Monday last resolution was adCpNl
ted in the rebel Congress for the appoint
ment of committee of thirteen to take
testimony relative to alleged Yankee
outrages, 1.-THE evidence to be collected
and preserved in permanent form. in
order that the truth Of history may be
vindicated. and the perpetrators deliver.
ed TO the just indignation Of the present
and future generations" 10y . 4
4 bill has been introduced making
counterfeiting of Confederate notes pun,
ishable with death. This is to apply to
the officers and men of our army, and I'm
ion camp followers lound with such counr
terfeit money in their possession, or who
can be proved to have circulated it in the
South
In the Virginia Legislature a bill has
been introduced exempting from arrest