Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-03-25

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and lho thalfmun itclhted l4 adoption
Such % nplafious Transaction Wa netei
Dttteifuitd uUon the liberties of % hp0
tporlr, 10 we pHuupt that ht flirh The na
tiUnhliit 1f iceland was flcbod away w.
rofiupt Legislature. acting tudor tho Nh
ttUtipn oil man Whose namo viii be infl
nous throughout Ill cJmiug time. an,
whose death MAS u fitting termination I,
q life Of the blpckest crime.
Never had q legislative body such
glorious opportunity Of .uviry ihc life o
n nation and the liberties of q people, al
that with which the last Congress wa
presented but Instead Of losing It's powe
and is influence In the form Of mild and
conciliatory measures to win back the low
of the Sou bern people To the Union, II
did everything In its power TO render tn,
very name Ct Union hateful to them by
the adoption Of y policy which has result
ed IN uniting the whole Sontb in one com.
pact c~oufederacy. with n thoroughly Or
ganized Government, with All army who's,
bravery and heroism caLnot be doubted
and with statesmen at its head TO whom
the petty politicians at Washington are
pirmies IN comparison. Tho people dc
not forget that IL was through the compul-
sorry influence exercised by tins Congress
upon the Administration that Gen. Nc
ClellAn was removed, and that it was also
through its sectional and abolition legisla.
ton that q widespread discomfort has
been created in tho Union army. They
know, also. that it vas in compliance with
its demands the President issued his las
proclamation, and we think they are BY
this time convinced that they will be sat
with no other submission on tine
part of the South than that which would
lay her PROSTATE and bleeding at the feet
Of the newly created American despot.-
IT this is the Union in which this war is
to terminate, then t,reweil to the liberties
Of the people. The once free, happy and
prosperous nation known as the United
will pass away as did the republics
Of ancient Greece-hashing like a meteor
across the sky Of time, and lighting up
with dazzling briIliancy the surrounding
nations that ga1ed VITA wonder on the
startling phenomenon. Is this to he the
fate of ihe Great Republic ? The people
can answer that question, and upon
their answer depends the future destiny
Of the New World.
We know there are men in our midst,
for we have lately had disgraceful evidence
of the fact, who would aid the newly con.
st;tuted tyranny at Washington in riveling
its letters uwon the people. Such men
assume to be the mouihpieces o. the con,
s~ervative masses but they will find, when
too late, that the trlCkery Of the dema>
sogue to which they have resorted will
not save them from the judgment Of an
.ncensed and outraged people. Such men
may imagine that the liberty OF the nation
IS a thing Of trIillng value but as long as
he great heart of the people is right,
their lntrigues in the interests Of Ameri.
aLtoCracy will prove a wretched fail
IRE. These ure the enemies against
the great statesmen OF the Repub.
lie have warned us again and again it is
they who are ready to assist in pudoing.
the work Of the patriots of the revolution
by ignoring the Constitution and handiLg
over the rights Of the people to q military
dictator to put under bolt ana bar. Such
men can see no harm in the suspension Of
the habeas corpus, in the suppression of.
the liberty Of the press, III the overthrow
Of State sovereignty, in the arbitrary arrest
and Incarceration in goyernmeu:dungeonS
Of loyal citizens, in proclamations placing
and sovereign States under martial
and in investing the 50 called Presi>
dent Of the United States with supreme
power above the Constitution, above State
above all law, over the person,
liberty of the citizen. Such things, in
estimation, are q mere bagatelle.-
The liberty for which the infant Repub'
lie waged a seven years war against Great
Britain is 10 be battered away, and for
A military d~espotism even
such a dcspotism as they have in some
parts of Europe but 3 d espOtism directed
by men who have proved themselves weak
in else than the will to destroy. They
are ready to carry out the CONSUMPTION -
but so long US they are the w ners Of
three hundred dollars, not u single one OF
them, 8eventure tosay, will take TO the field.
They will leave that for the poor mao,
ia Ri!y is dependant upon him for
Tney are the heroes Of the ross
trum, and not of the battlefield, whose
dangers they are satisfied to view at a safe
distance. They are the men who Sill
look into Cath )licity when slavery is
disposed Of" for to them religious free,
dom is of still less importance than civil
But they must be blind to the evidence,
which is growing stronger day by day,
that the people are opposed 10 { var wag.
Ell for emancipation a war which, IL
successful in that object, Will ticoG the la>
Dor markets Of the North with black COM
petitors OF the white industrial Glasses, OF
dot u Northern land wIth poor houses
for the support Of an INDECENT negro pop,
ulation either unwilling Or unable TO work,
Despite Of all this, however, their voice
is still for war, but while they talk Of the
battle Iey act pace. They urge Others in.
To the field, but they are contenl to STAY at
TINT they may add new force te the
blow that is aimed at the liberties Of the
They accuse the advocates of
with tire lson, while they act treason ly
declining 10 fybL They can see no danger
to popular liberty 10y entrustirg the Press
ideEt with supreme coutrol over the