Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-02-19
MR. sEWARp,s NOVELTIES.

over q soil it proposed TO invade at tn
first blast of war, would be something uoi
cl in the history Of States. Imagine Rus
sia asking permission Of England to max
Malta a Depot for its navy during the Cri
mean war; or France transporting il
troops for the Italian campaign by way o
Salzburg, Vienna and Trieste !-Ere,lb.
Journal.
Mr.. Seward is the fruitful inventor o
novelties.
The frrepressible conflict which pros
claimed that free and slave States could
not live together in the same Union, was
a novelty Of Mr.. Stewards. Nostatesman
from tho days Of Washington down, evel
dreamed oft.
His speech to the Duke of New Castle
we must insult YOU was novelty.
His threats against Canada were nov
elites.
His promise to the South Carolina Com
missioners, that Fort Sumpter should be
peaceably evacuated, was novelty and
its Justification was another.
His prophecies that the war would be
over in thirty days was novely as have
been all his prophecies since. The fulfil,
ment cf one Of them would be an agreea,
blenoyelty.
Ills invention Of the idea Of bockading
ones own ports was a novelty in interna
tional law and his treatment Of rebels as
foreign enemies, while denying the belllg'
erent rights was another.
His letter to Gov. Hicks, sneering at the
representatives Of mouarchies, was nov
city in diplomacy.
iIis circulars 10 the governors Of States,
on the subject of frontier deiences was
another novelty.
Ills declaration. that the recognition of
tho Sopth by European powers would Le
resented by MS by a general war upon all
Europp. is Il novelty in doctrine, and
would be n prcater one in practice
m, arrest of loval citizens, in loyal
Stqtes. by telegraph is a novelty which it
/, TO be Iopcd may return to plague the
.uysntor,
Ills invention of a passport system,
,yithou, law. which anrovs loyal citizens
and ci,cs free srope TO traitors, is another
noyCItv
III, Lang rop]v-to 4 demand never made
IN tbr G6la,I and Mason case. and his
,lcy,crous moving our riclt to seize and
our dutv td surrender those enyoys. is q
noyeIy aI.o.
Hls couutchahco oil universal corruption
al 'I'"e oi sren' Ha 'oil'i necessity, IS
great ho'e'.E u Tue minus OF all true
PATRIOTS,
MS se!ec'l"n OF sucH IipiomaIG repre-
tenla'Iye5 a' uiudihSS, Helper Bdrllng'
anne " Co'' Is aio'heF ho'e.ty'
Ills proposed surrender OF the right OF
Wiyateeriug, without an equivalent, Is a
novelty.
His Abandonment Of the Monroe doc
trine is 4 novelty.
llisirritating dispatches 10 foreign courts
ure novelties in manner and TEN. er ard
substance.
His invitation to EngIahd TO send her
troops to Canada, through Name, Is mas
FiraIly Nr Sa,yard scting os q s,o.es.
man al n,,,,oa;r,, ,ho aa5;rs ~ a yroot
ns,jon in a greSt crisis i a novelty thai
,Ia r,a,IJ lie ns,or ,.i s.o,,' tho lilo or
and nrobablv never viii acajn.
Payioying Mr. SeyarJ7s l1bors for the
Lost voor We doub! If Dpmos or Walter
Scott or tbe inexboustable Sylvanus Cobb
,,,,, oIr ~, lie, ,o,,aI;st as W., II
Saved "D 1,@I' N ." y Jra,o ne O'''' - '
- - -
G4vAN HONEST LIFE.-Ihe poor pitt
tance of seventy years is not worth being
villain ior. What matter is 1t if your
neighbor lies in splendid tomb? Sleep
you with innocence. Look behind you
liz, oHsuin retrosnect wearied ,yi,b ,,,ro yoors
and sorrow thew sink from the walks or
man. You must leave them where tbev
fall and Won a e to 90 a little rur.her. and
Won will find eternal rest. Whatever YOU
nav have to encounter between the cradle
and the grave every moment Is Gis WIN
events "hlcn come hoI III succession, ouU
pursuing iorcipiy from teVol'lng anu un-
known i.ii cause ny over 'H'' o'o Will u''er'
siueu influence. .-.-
He4-A good loke' says the syracuse
STANDARD Is reiated OF MISS ~ a laughter
loving goou hatureo iaSs' VINO was spenu,
ing the afternoon win a n.eigIoor' ana
SGurlng supper the conversation turned on