Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-06-10

"TntitohotH W1hbf'-A eiaaifu,Ft
.ITtsr-ln n of the towns I'M Connect,
Ic1l. Just previous io our State election,
several persons were lisc1asine tho nen.
sutes aud candidate u pattioa. The Re-
puhlcaus, one Of whom was the Toyn
CLERK, we're bitter against Governor Sey,
mour, calling him n%ltraitor and q friend Of
the South, asserting that he was In favor
of the plan Of the rebellion. which wRs
that the people OF tho South should gov,
ern themselves Independently Of tho
North. "Woll, said a Democrat, "do you
Oppose sentiments Of that kind ?" I'VE
do, replied the Town Clerk "no one exS
cepl a traitor will utter sentiments of that
character" "Let me read them here,
word for word when correctly reported,
you may not feel 20 bitterly hostile to the
words uttered they are as follows !"
Amy people, anywhere, being inclined
and having the power, have tho right TO
rise up and shake of The existing government
and folm q He0 one that suits thcm better.
' Nor is this right con
lined TO cases in which the people Of an
existing government may choose to eSer.
else 1t. Any portion of such people that
can, may reyolutionize and may make their
own OF so much Of the territory as heg
tnha6H. More than this, a majority o. any
portion of such people may revolutionize,
putting down a minority intermirgled
with or near about them, who may oppose
their movements"
alt is rank treason" said one Of the
Republicans at is Tom. Seymore cops
perheadism," said another, and the man
who uttered those detestable words ought
TO be confined in Fort Lafayette, and he
fed on bread and water during the war.
lie is traitor"
The Democrat laughed, and quietly said,
Gentlemen, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the
President Of the Uniei States utterei those
C9ras !"
Its alie-Tom Seymour is the trailorl"
exclaimed the Republican
mo! gentlemen" cody replied the
Democrat. Abraham Lincoln is the au.
thor of these words you now pronounce
as uaitorous language. lie uttered them
in a speech delivered in the House of
Representatives, in Washington, on the
18th day of January, 1913, on a question
Of a reference Of certain portions Of the
Presidents Message. The speech is re-
ported, officially, in the Congressional
Globe and you may find it on the Oath
page of the Appendix, among the debates
OF the first session of the Both Congress-"
The Republicans denied it, and a bet Of
ten dollars was finally made that the words
were not Sc reported in the Globe, in one
of President Lincoln's speeches. The bet
was decided in favor Of the Democrat on
the 2lst inst, on an inspection of the
bourd volume of the Globe, in the State
Library at Hartford, containing the speech
of President Lincoln and the words we
have quoted.
What q commentary upon the senseless
parrotscry of "traitor," uttered 10y fanatics
who are generally quite ignorant of tie
meaning and bearing of the epithets they
so frequently use.-Hn tord Tines.
"a PEACE PARrY."-"The Democratic
party is for peace. 1t will hail with satls>
faction the ending of the war, whenever
that can be done uron the basis Of a res
toration OF the Union. But it will not
consent 10 n separation of the States.
Upon this platform il stands, prepared to
resist every assault and to advocate peace
with a restored Union."-N. Y. WEEKLY
irgus.
The above principles are those Of the
Democratic party throughout the country.
They constitute the platform on which it
must stand or fall, ard with which we ex.
pect to sweep the present Administration
from power. We claim the privilege of
opposing the Administration aud of adj.
herring to the princsples of the Democrat,
ic party without being either conspirators
or traitors to our country. We are deter
mined to exercise the rights guaranteed to
Us by the Constitution and to act as free
men in submitting to the majority at the
ballot-boX. But the ballot. box must be
kept free. We want no mock elections,
bu! shall cheer!ully submit to the honest,
unlrammeled expression of the popular
will. We are for law, order, the Constitu>
tion, aud the restoration of the Union on
terms honorable TO the North and the
South philadelphia Age.
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