Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-01

relent aud hearken to the cry, and give
cent to the modern representatives Of
fallen greatness as one OF old begged,
saying while exhibiting his torn purple,
"oJohlm paperi Belisarlo.'
And here, perhaps, ought TO stop yet
| cannot forbear to expose the miserable
Inconsistency of one who will abuse an
humble servant of the Lord because, for>
sooth, he will not believe with him in his
political creed The gentleman from Hun
tiugdon belongs TO a party which was
made by hends incarnate, who pretended
to preach the gospel in New York and
! New England. and taho balie~e the. IA
! Constitution is "a covenant with death
and an agreement with hell" and who,
more than all Others, are responsible for
this cruel aud unholy war. They have
! for years descended to make common
cause with those who have published the
gospel ministry of the country as broth.
erhood Of thieves, by whom the commus
nifty have been urged to trample on the
laws and TO crush the Constitution oftheir
country under foot. Need | say that
allude TO the Beechers, the Cheevers, the
Chapins, and the whole rascally brood of
those who, Sunday after Sunday, preach
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disohedence to God Yes, Mr.. Speaker,
they are the founders of AbOlitlonism and
the beings from whom the gentleman from
Huntington has learned his creed
We should look at this subject as stew
ards Of the great gifts bequeathed to us
by our forefathers. If there are dangers
abroad, they threaten the whole commus
nifty alike. That there is an evil in our
borders, a great and perhaps an increasing
evil-one which we must unite in check
ing or removing, if removal or check be
possibe--is well known 10 US all. mean
the Pandora box of Northern fanaticsm,
uncovered by the gentleman who preced
ed me. 1t is impossible that we can be
deceived on this subject. The signs of
the times are too portentous TO be mis-
construed or unheeded, Already we hear
the muttering thunder coming from the
cloud which is stretching far and vide
above our moral horizon, speaking a tone
too deep TO be unheard-a language too
plain to be misunderstood. 1t tells us we
are called on TO defend from PROCLAMATION
the ark Of political and religious liberty
, to preserve from encroachment that Con-
stitution which has poured upon our land
| the abundance of prosperity. "A powe:
2 subtler than brute force, and mightiel
r than armed men, is at work"-the power
! Of Abolitionism-theo omnipotence Of re
r isious fanaticism. Let the people Slum
Der ou-let them sit Win stoical apathy
] beneath the wide-spreading branches o
G this Loh,m lgpaS-let them fold their arm
in quiet-and ere long voice will breal
E upon the ear in a storm of ruin.
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3, right that We should know our friend
s and watch our enemies, Who, then, ar
- thes who scatter ruin and desolatiou, mil
e dew and blight, havoc and death in tn
e Euen bowers of our once happy land2
t answer, fearless of contradiction, land
: can speak plainly in this House the lead
, ers are the ministers of the gospel Of tn
Beecher stamp. They are those who 70
d? years have been aiming at supremacy il
e church and state-they are those who hav
d been turning the world upside down b
II their unholy schemes of personal aggran
& dizement. All other plans having bee
a blasted in the very bud Of iniquity, the
y are now endeavoring to gain power an
i, wealth by keeping up this ungodly wal
n and keeping their hands in the plunder
: ing business. For proof of my assertion
h look to the LIST Of officers and members c
IS the Abolition loyal Union (heaven save th
i mark y leagues. ln nine cases out OF ter
a they have reverend" prefxed TO taei
uames. Look at their public lecturer
1t and preachers. 10 q man, one after anc
Il ther of the New England CLERGY is leavin
e his flock prey to the deyourIng wolf, t
1t engage in this reasonable conspirac
10 against the rights OF the South Man
is instances could be cited of men who hav
ly abandoned the people of their charge fc
u the purpose of exciting the most uuhol
ne passions of the human heart TO deeds
Is madness aud murder. Well may it /
asked, blessed Jesus whittier are I'll
e. followers straying|
So Yet my friend complains because n mil
u. lister dares TO be honest and TO do mob
u act. What has the gentleman from Wayr
n done that so oflends the Christian feelin,
~ of the gentleman from huntingdon II
n, voted for law TO prevent the immigri
at ton OF negroes and mulattoes into tn
a, State this is tho "head and front of h
offending" and for this offence this mi
90 erable apologist of John Brown declar
,el him an an outcast from grace and merC
no forever. Will charity never begin
o. home 7 are luBTb upl thouEb oAaNtS hbi
sw of the Potomac2 Are there no white !
ed borers at the North, bending under q
nd load of poverty and the letters of igno
in ance, toiling on, in sunshine and stori
| | for miserable pittance-their master
ow will their supreme law, their childr,
rus growing up in some instances in though
ms, less and unprovded ignorance? Look
to- the cotton mills OF New England, whe
he we see half million of females, most
De> them Of young and tender years. grow
.he to womanhood, away from the fosteri
nd care of their parents, almost as ignora
gh of the world and of the great duties Ii
lay maj devolve upon them, as the machine
der which they attend. Yet the people he
ith cry out, because the Southern slaves q
the uneducated / will venture to affirm II
an. there are more slaves in Lowell and \
the shua alone than could al any time
the found south Of the Potomac or west of t
Of Allegheaies. At the South there is
md tween the master aud slave a mutaa! {
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