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

not allowed TO speak on the subject
How can they show the mischievous effects
Of bad laws and bad proclamaiions if they
be not allowed to discuss and condemn
them? If ever there was a time IN our
history when free speech was necessary,
it is the present (; for never had the Ameri-
can people such grave and momentous
questions to discuss. Before our country
can DO eXlricated from its present sad
condition, and BE secured in the enjoy,
mvut Of pernuusur peace, II VIII be nec6s-
sary, have 70 doubt, for the people OF
the several States to act on the subject
through the t-bOX, aud who will con,
tend that they should be required to deal
with such vital considerations without dis
Observation-Disclosures discussiun-in the
press and on the rostrum. Many al tho
poor men Of Tie country regard that
clause Of the cOnsCrIptIon act 4 hIch pre-
senlS ready escape .or The Tica from tho
carnage of he field, whilst it 90 ms them,
because OF their poverty as exceedingly
unequal and unjust, ana think j.. should
be repealed or changed, VIII I ae MAIN
tanned that these men have ~ right TO
express that opinion, and 10 ask Their .Cl,
low citizens, when they come TO The polls,
/ TO displace those who adopted he otfeG-
siye measure? ! trust not. Thl5 right Of
! free speech is the very essence Of or s,s,
! TEN of government, and hence The clear
and emphatic protection thrown about it
! by the Constitution. It's freedom must
be maintained and vindicated in this crs
is, or the country be abandoned 10 despot-
ism The Democratic party are for free
speech and free press, for low. for order,
/ ipp fpaa al1ntinnC and tpp tho | ~ "a II
was and, with the blessing of GOD they
will maintain these priceless objects TO
the last.
| 1t was not shown tha. Mr.. VallandiS,
ham had advocated treason or dlsunion,
much less that he had committed the
overt act of treason. lie had not boasted
his laboIs OF twenty years to break up the
Union. lie had not denounced the Con"
sutuuon as covenant with hell and
league with the devil" IL was not even
chafged that he had al any time main
tanned that our hayward sisters of the
South should te allowed to depart in
peace" aud yet the men who said these
things are enjoying the'liherty .! speech
in the midst OF their friends, whilst Mr.
Nallandigham is bani5Ar d from ais uome
aud his many ardent admirers. No sen7
timsnt OF disioyalty 10 the Government.
or ufdelity TO the Uni)n. hiss been traced
to him His difference with the Admins
IslrE ton was as to the best means OF sus-
tanning the Government, aud saving the
Union This IS precisely the difference
between the Administration and the
Democratic party everywhere, as y also is
between Mr.. Lincoln and many al those
who assisted tn make HIM Plesldent.
Yield tOnone IN devotion Ia the Union.
and yet could not reconcile support Of
the Administration with that devotion,
because believed that many Of lis lead-
ing measures were calculated to destroy
rather than to re.est lullsh The Union; and
| am surely rot one OF those who rate the
Government and the Administration MS
the same, and hold that because one is un>
friendly to the Administration, lac j. nec'
cssarly untalthul TO the Government. 1t
would be about as sensible 10 claim that
rsilrc ads nd the agents who manage them
are one and the same. aud that he who
would condemn and dIsplaCe an incompe~
tent engineer, because lie was about 10 Iun
the tram of the track and Kill the pas"
sengers, was therefore a traitor to all rail-
road enterprise. So too, resistance 10 an
Administration, its usurpstioDs and its
aggressons, may be true fidelity to tho
Government.
The history Of the world is 50 full of les
sons on this subject, that one would sup>
pose that Mr. Lincoln would be readily
convinced that every effort to auppiej5
free speech would be fIel 10 the flames,
and that his true policy IS to invite free
discussion aud defy criticism. Should lie
do this, have NJ doubt that IN short
time the county would abound with
more liberal sentiment toward lis Admin
istratinn aud it's measures. BIT the peoN
pie will never submit to restrictions on
the freedom Of speech and the pres; and
If they cannot convince Mr. LincO.n and
his friends of this determ., alton in nuy
other way, they will do So with the ballot,
Now, gentlemen, have already said
much more than had intended, tor The
cond ition OF my throat reuGIsl unsafe
for D,e to make a long speech in tho Uight
air Indeed | was strongly Inc.l"r l. wAeA
| came here tn say no more thai tuaJ the
late letter of Governor Seymour, " ich !
am confident you have ali read. expresses
in better terms ilan can com mRnd, NY
own views and sentiments toIchiug he ar,
re,t and bauishment Of Mr. .Nallandigham
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BATTLE FLAG FOR CoLoRED SOLDIEas.--
The design of the new dag 10 be pre- snt,i
10 First District of Columbia oolorod r.gi.
meNl, il a novel one The Goddess VI
Liberty stands with her feet oA a snake,
which is biting itself 10 death. IL one
hand she holds Lincoln's prooia naiioni
in the other a mlsket, whicd she c.fe"s
bareheaded and dusty buck Niger Ban
ReR. 4 Western poet writes song Ter
the Dayton Empire, commencing
"I wish | was negro,
really do indeed;
1t seems u me that negroes
Get everything they need"