Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-12-02
A Democratic Jubilee. Hon. Fernando
Wood on the War.

had an old fashioned Democratic festiyel
al Faramas on the 9th ult., at which sew
! eral able and out-spoken addresses we're
= delivered by leading Democrats-allonr
= the number Hon. Fernando Wood. mem
! Der OF Congress from New York, spoke as
follows;
Mr., Wood, after a few unimportast in
, troductory remarks, referred to the high
position which New Jersey had acquired
by her constant devotion TO the true prin-
lcipIes OF the Government, and the unaual-
itied avowel she had at all times made in
behalf Of Peace. lie felt sure that if hor
example was followed, the Union would
be restored.
lie said he did not propose on this oc-
caslon to enter into any discussion of The
great principles at issue before the Amer
lean people. His views on these cues
tions were fully known. lie would be
called on, in iew days, with others, to
express hs sentiments in another direc-
I ton, when he hoped TO be able to give at
least an intelligent version OF the duty Of
the Democracy at this crisis. We have
fallen on evil times, The war is defended
by some, because it is said TO be the only
way Of restoring the Union again Others
sustain It because they think it will crush
out slavery and again Others hound on
the fight, because il creates an unnatural
expansion OF the currency and conduces
a. they think, to their individual interests
With the motives of men have moth
ing to do, whatever may he the secret or
avowed grounds Of prosecution of this
war, rest assured, my friends, it | ads to
result that Till engulr all alike in one
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not whether it is prosecuted for patriotic
purposes or not-the objects Of men or Of
the Government are nothing, in view OF
the fact, that the effect tendency and fl
male will Of necessity be fatally disastrous.
II is folly to prate Of motives, however
high and ennobling, when the effect is the
reverse. may be as well said that q man
Is justified in jumping from an eminence
though he falls TO the ground and breaks
his neck-beCauSe lie did not design do
ing injury to himself Whatever his in
tentions he is lost IN the effort SO with
the war. Whether We will or not, its con
tlnued prosecution is certain destruction
/ War is dlsunion and national dis;nte-
grafton. No man in his senses disputes
this. Every man who favors it directly or
indirectly, iavors the dissolution of the
American UniOu-promOte the establish
ment of central despolism and advances
the fortunes of the most desperate and
unscrupulOus knaves that ever cursed a
country. The advocates Of the war may
well be classed as the evil disposed and as
the simple minded. These two classes
comprehend the whole war party of the
country. The Democracy cannot follow
either. What if the late elections do look
as if the people favored war. Admitting
/ IT, rely on 1t this apparently popular yer
dict can, if honestly declared, be but a
| temporary cstrangement The real ratri-
otto sentiment OF the country will yet de-
clare itself in thunder tones against it
| But If 1t be true that the people are in
| favor of tho war, let the war Democrats
remember that the Democratic party will
not be trusted with power to prosecute it.
! Therefore, let the Democracy remain true
! to itself and its time-honored PRINCIPLES,
and if it fails, let it die battling for the
ever living truths proclaimed by the faith
ers Of the Constitution.
Pe:sislency and consistency in politics.
il founded in justice, law and right, will
sooner or later assert its power and be
triumphant. Let US, therefore, adhere
closely 70 the theory of government upon
which the Union was originally founded.
The present delus;on must subside. Like
the French Revolution the dreadful era
of carnage and fanaticsm must run its
course and have It's termination. AN
civil wars, founded on social or moral
ideas have produced the same excite
mentS, been pregnant with the same pop
ular outbreaks, and eliminated as this
will in the downfall and extinction of the
men or party which advocated them.-
Rely on this-history will repeat itself in
/ this instance as it has il thousand 9TH
ers-our nature has not changed men
are now, as in the days Of Robespierre and
Cromwell, bloody, treacherous. fanatical, |
selfish, and unpatliotic.
| The speaker wanted to know if New
York wanted to secede, what power
should say that she had not the right
to do so? Virginia, when she came into
! the Union reserved the right to secede if
she chose to do so. Applause,
. 1t was the duty Of the American people
not to give the present Administration
another man or another dollar Most on
thusiastic cheers The Administration
must be taught that they must not at.
tempt, while putting down the rebellion,
to crush out the liberties o. the North. /
Cheers. The men in power must be told
that thus far shall they come and no far
ther, The State Of New York had meyer
delegated to the government the right TO
arrest one Of her citizens and carry him T.
out her borders. Applauses, and cries Of
that's 30.
IL there had been one State Executive
with brain ana nerve enough to have done
his duty under the Constitution, the war
would have ceased long ago. Mr.. Wood, |
alluded, in most eloquent terms, to Mr.. :
Vallandigham, which elected a round of
most enthusiastic cheers for the Ohio mar I
tyr. The war, continued Mr.. Wood, is
disunion. Every man who favors il IS an
enemy to his country. He believed how g.
ever that, in spite Of tho high-handed
work now being carried on, within two
years from the present time We wall have
Democratic Administration which will
restore Tho iInion 10 us as we received il