Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-07-02
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Wednesday Morning July ?, 1862
CLEARFIELb, PA

Wednesday Morning July 2, 1862
bsy-The late Democratic address Issued
by the members Of Congress, seems 10
have alarmed Jeil DaVis very much. A
number Of union newspapers in Virginia
and Tennessee, having published the adj
dress Of the Democratic members Of Con
gross. jeff, profting by tho Lincoln plan
of II free press" has sqlslChed all such
papers, .tccalEe the address advocates the
Constitution as it is and the Union as ii
was.
We learn also that while Davis and the
rebel leaders are engaged in suppressing
union newspapers FOR publishing Demo-
cratic addresses aud speeches; they are
jsst os busy in circulating the Ne~ York
7riGuns end other Abolition journals, md
tho proceedings of the rump Congress at
Washington, to still further exasperate the
people of the South. In those proceed.
ings we have another illustration Of the
fact, Il at aLolitionism and Secession
Wade, Sumner & Co., so hand in hand
with jeff Davis & Co.; the one 10 free the
negroes and the other to enslave them,
but both seem determined to break up
the Government, and thus labor to ac>
conf lish the snme end.
RgtF y sNy that we must not interfere
with the institution ofslavery in the States
where itexists, because the Constitu-
ton forbids it, and the general welfare
docs not require us to do o."-LmcohI in
1859.
How strange it is that Mr.. Lincoln can
now treat the insG!Nton of slagery, just
like the potter uses his lump Of clay
press it to any shape to suit his customers.
What has became of that oath registered
in Heaven, to preserve, protect and de-
fend' this same Constitution, to which he
called the attention Of the American peo-
PIE at his inauguration. He also said 81
take the official oath to-day with no taen.
tai reservation and with no purpose 10
sspstrue the Constitution or laws by any
bvpercritcal rules"
Notwithstah ding all those voluntary
declarations and admitted rights of the
citizens, the Constitutional rights and
liberties Of the people are being murder
Ell in their infantile ssote, in the very cra-
die Of civil liberty, by the same men who
but sixteen months ago gave a solemn
pledge to God and man "to preserve, pros
tect and defend" those principles.
40 Liberty, what crimes are done in thy name"
Bss-New York was thrown into consil,
cradle excitement on the Oath ultimo, by
the unexpected arrival of the Rail Split
Ter" from Washington; and that in the
short space Of eleven hOurs. The excite.
ment however was soon quelled, when the
populace were informed that he was on q
visit to West Point. Many feared that he
had taken passage on the "Under-
ground Railroad, and WAS on his way TO
Canada. The movement of "Old Abe"
WAS SO fleet and unexpected, that the New
Workers were as much taken down" by
his arrival, as were the good people Of
Washington at the time of his moonlight
trip from Harrisburg in 1860. Honest
old Abe" Is great on a surprise and fleet
movements, and he may yet, if he has not
already, astonish the Europeans, some
morning by an arrival among them. As
he travels on "BuIl Run" time, and under
the Influence Of scare" there iS no tels
ling where he will turn up to aston-
ish the natives with his "blab."
paA-Our crotchety neighbor Of the Jour
nal found fault with us last week for pub
fishing an account of the battle before
RichmorA taken from and credited to his
bible the New York Tribune.
We are we'll aware that more than half
the editorials that have appeared in the
Journal for the last four years, were taken
from this same paper without the usual
credit; but we were not aware that il was
wrong for US to copy from the same paper,
and give the usual credit,
The Tribune having made and LED the
m isserable attacks made upon General
Mcclellan, we copied the article from the
Abolition bible to prove shat what Gen,
Mcclellan had said about Gen. Casey's di-
vision was true. The editor of the Jour
nal may as we'll qsrrel with his own col.
umns as to attempt to rofute the facts
given by his prompter-Greely.
rRp The Government money mill, will
soon commence shelliug out to the peo.
pie currency as safe as their own gov
eminent" as Abraham says in alluding 10
tho oyeen hacks