Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-08-19

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rte.iioit oi the United states hhs ho au,
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niiitnt, law laid down in ths net y Con.
eiess Yesiabli.hinr rulcs and org slcs iur
the tnytrnnrnt NJ the arnie. vi tho Uni.
ted states" Yet hy his proclamation oi
September oath 1862, he has assumed to
mike all citizens nmenable 10 military
courts. lie has violated the great princi'
iie of free government on which wash
inpton conducted the war Of the Revolt
ton and Madison the war e lNl2-the
princire of hc sltlordiualion of the mil
itary to the civil power. lie has assumed
TO put martial law. 3" which /, the rule Of
force at aspoi where all .awsare esllcnccd.
in tho place OF civil justice Throughout
the land and has thus as-niled, ~ some of
the States, eycu the freedom OF the ballot
box. These are not occasional acts, done
in haste, or heat, or Ignorance but new
system Of government put ~ the place OF
that ordained and established by the peo>
pie. That the Queen could not do what
ile could, was Mr.. Stewards boast to the
British Minister. The "miitary arrests
of Mr. Stanton received the hearty com
.menda,ion" Of the Convention that re.
nominated Governor Curtin and tpledg-
ed linn and his pa, iyto" hearty CO. opera
tion " in such acts Of tie Administration
In future Such islhe degrading platform
on Which n candidate for Chief Magistrate
Of Pennsylvania stands before her people.
TIrese pretensions to arbitrary power give
onlinouS significance TO late change in
our military establishment. The time
honored American system Of calling on
the States for draIts from their militia, has
been replaced bya Federal conscripior, on
the model OF European despotisms. We
would not minister 10 the eXcitemen,
which ii has caused among men of all
parties lis constitution ality viii be test.
ed before the courts. If adjndged to bG
within the power of the Congress, the peo-
pie will decide on the propriety ofa stretch
of power ON which the British Parliament
/ styled onlnipotent- has never ventur-
ed On this you will pass at the polls, and
the next Congress viii not be deaf TO the
voice Of the people. Forall political evils,
constitutional remedy yet remains, in
the ballot box. We MIL not entertain a
fear that il is not safe in the guardianship
of free people If men in office should
seek 10 perpeuate their power by Wrestling
from the people Of Pennsylvania the right
OF sulfrage-if the servants of the people
should rebel n 5ainst their III mdster--on them
will res the responsibility of an attempt
at revolution, Of which no man can forseee
the consequences or the end. But in now
addressing you upon the political issues of
! the times, we assume that the Institutions
OF our country are destined to endure
The approaching election derives fur>
thcr importance from the influence it will
exercise upon the policy of the Govern
ment. The aim of tnen not blinded by
fanaticiSm aud party spirit would be to
reap the best fruit from the victories
achieved by our gallant armies-the best
fruit would be peace and the restoration Of
the Uniou. Such is not the aim OF the
party now in power Dominated ty its
most bigoted members, it urges war fol
the negro and not for the Union. It
avows the design to protract the wartill
slavery shall be abolished in The South
ern States in the language of one Of l.,
pamphleteers, "how can man, hoping
and praying the destruction Of slavery.
desire that the war shall be a short one?"
/ Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens, the Republican
I leader in the last House Of Representatives.
declared, "rhe Union shall never with my
consent he restored under the Constitu~
tion as it il, with slavery to he protected
by it," The same spirit appears ~ Mr..
, Lncoln's late answer to citizens OF Louis
lana VINO desired the return of that State
under it's present Constitutions Mr.. lIin>
coin postponed them till GtC0nstitutiou
shall be amended. The Abolilonists de
sire tue war to last till freedom is secured
to all the slaves lIordes Of politicians,
and contractors, aud purvevors, who fat
ten on the war, desire it TO last forever
/ When the slaves are all enancipated by
the Federal arms, a constant military in
ventionwill be needed to keep them above
OF equal with the white race in the South. b.
Crn States Peacr has no place IN their
| platform. 1t proclams contiiscation and
abolition as the objects of the war, and the
| Southern leader catches up the words TO
stimuille his followers to fight TO the last,
| il is not the interest of Pennsy lVania that
a iauatical faction shall perYcrt and pro-
| tract the war, for rdinous, perhaps unat>
| tainblc ends. What the North needs is the
return of the South its territory, its
staples, to complete the integrity Of our
common country. This, and not mere de-
vaslation and social confusion, would be
the aim of patriots and statesmen. The
Abolition policy promises us nothing bet
ter than Soutern Poland, ruled by a Nor.
thern despotism But history is full OF
examples how wise rulers have assuaged
civil discord by moderation and justice,
while bigots and despots, relying solely on
force, have been batiied by feeble oppo-
aents. That temperate constitutional
policy viii fail, in our case, to reap the
fiuil of success in arms, cannot be known
till it is tried The times are critical -
! France, under powerful ard ambitious
monarch, is entering on the scene, willing
again to play an important part in an A.
merican revolution. The English Govern.
ment is hostile to us it has got all it wants
ed from abolition, and will have nothing
more to do with it, The secession leaders,
and the presses under their CONTROL op.
nose reunion, prefsrrinE, perhaps, oven