Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-06-03

for these we have been and are TO be ar
rested. What then? Why the right which
we exercise of supporting or not support
ing & particular Administration, which Is
shortsliyed and passing away, and which
is not the Government or supporting the
Constitution. which is durable and which
is the Government. In short, diSloyaI prac.
tees. in the estimation of the present ru .
lars, is being a free man, thinking for
yourself being man at oil or anything
you see proper, except an Abolition niger
worshipper, and this hold, neither the
sense allows any man 10 be.
/ But to return. What has been the
course Of the present party in power, and
what is the evidence Of It's loyalty 10 the
/ Union since the inception Of this rebel
/ lion? Immediately upon the convening
/ OF Congress it was resolved by that body
"that this war should be carried on strictN
| ~ in accordance with the Constitution
/ that il should be waged, not for the suhju~
| CATION Of the Southern States, not for free'
dom TO the black race, but for the resto.
ration Of the Union, the maintenance Of
the Constitution and the supremacy of the
laws and that when these ends were at
tanned the war should and ought TO cease y
The first gun was ired-the President is.
snnS an oder calling for seventy-tive
Ibonsord troops. Under this guarantee
piven by Congress to the people, nearly
twice that number of patriotic men rushed
10 arms. You, sir, and all OF US remember
how the American heart was fired how
the public mind was infatuated with war.
Nearly every man could boast that war
was his glory" Thousands of our most
cool-minded and moderate men, irrespec'
| tive of marty, were carried away with this
outburst Of public enthusiasm. and every
thing bid fair to the people being united
as one man in support o' the Admlnic'r7-
! ton, aud that the rebellion would he
crushed as these wise acres declared, IN
sixty days. Again, and again he called Tor
more men, and as often did the people re.
spond to these calls, with bravery and
natriotism that have ever characterized
| The American nation. Then came, on the
22nd Of September, 1862, and again reiier'
Ialed on the lst Of January, 1868, the tar
NOUS Emancipation Proclamation, which
entirely paralyzed enlistments, that already
had become q slow process, no doubt IRON
the many encroachments made upon the
Irights Of the people By the Administration,
and the hoards cf military officials placed
under it So directly WAS this proclamation
in opposition to the former pledge given
hy Congress, that enIistments entirely
ceased the result ofwhich was the gov
Iernmen, had to offer bounlies to volun-
,eers, aud finally, resort to a draft in order
to raise the quotas Of the States. And yet
during all this time loyal citizens were
al rested for diScourGgng enistHsntS, while
Abraham l. ncoln, himself, had done more
by his Emancipation Proclamation, to
discourage enlistments, than any one man
in the Uuited States. Notwithstanding
he goes unimpeached, and by the late In
demuity Fill, uaimpeacla But again
as an evidence that these men are the en-
F emies of the country, let me cite you to
lust one instance. We hear ThaddHus
IStevens. Il blush that Pennsylvania should
send such tr ,iloI to our legislative halls, }
the leader of the Abolition r publican par
ty in Congress, declare, after deScantlng up
Ion the 4jsuraiV of restoring the Union up'
lon the Constitution, THAT he does not de
sire the restoration of this Union with sia
very in il, and with his consent it never
shall be" Can there be 0 traitor more
black, treason more unadulterated? AnC
We. this is the man who was sent to Con
qress bv the Abolilionists To represent, II
/, part, Peunaylvs mia. Thank God he doe
not represent the Democracy. But al
lege they have violated the Constitution
and in what way | cannot better shov
. this, than by reading from the speech oi
, Hon. D W. Voorhees,. of Indiana, deliver
, ed in the House Of Representatives, Feb.
| 18th, 1868. In speaking Of these viola
. .tians he uses the following language:
v I'm violation of the Constitution, Amer
!, lean citizens have been arrested tor uslnI
, the freedom Of speech.
s "In violation Of the Constitution, thei
II houses have been torcibly entered
/. "Iu violation Of the Constitution, thei
d persons have been seized with armed Vi
= olence.
p, In violation Of the Constitution, the
: have been deprived o! liberty without du
process of law.
:. "ln violation Of the Constitution, the
4 have been hrl to answer infamous accu
I sltIon. wllhodt presentment or indict
, men, os Il grand jury.
=, "ln violation of the Constitution, the
4 have been denied the right to a fpeed
n and public trial by ar impartiaijury.
. "In violation of the Constitution, the
A have been carried out OF theState and di
trict in which their otienses, il any, wer
,f committed.
Il I'm violation Of the Constitution, the
e have been kept in ignorance OF tue nalur
,s AID cause OF the accusation against ;heT
e 'ln violation OF the Constitution, tue
N have not been confronted with the wii
,e nes>e> against them
y, And IN most supreme and wicked Vlo
y. .a,ion Of the Constitution, they have Oee
Ia denied counsel for their defense. and in
" formed in all the insnlence OF fanatica
n disregard OF every principle Of humanit
le rs well IS law
S, That tn general government will nc
lr recognize any one as an attorney for poll
" ical prisoners, and will look with disirus
:. upon al applications for release throug
e such channels and that such application
q WI be regarded as additional reasons fc
o. decHning to release such persons"
n And to use his language still furthe