Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-11-25
rut txonANoE on PRISONERS.

1HE EkUHAhuh VI PHlhOhbhs.
There lea good deal Of discussion
going ON now in relation 10 sloppage
of all exchange of prisoners Whose
fault Us w Are the Conlcdcrntcs TO
blame, or are our own authOntics7
Some so-called Democratic papers nrc
making great clamor because the
"rebcls' will not accode to Mr. Lin.
coins terms. Now, what are these
termsy Why, that the Confcderatcs
shall acknowledge negro equality and
negro citizenship! Thus it will be
seen that, turn which we will, try to
avoid it rs some people do, and dc.
clare as loudly as some people will,
that tho war does not hinge on the
negro question, yet Sambo will come
back, like Banquo's ghost, in spite Of
all efforts to put him down The
question Of negro citizenship and
equality has got to be met, notwith-
standing the amiable efforts of some
good-naturcd Democrats to avoid it.
Now, how do they stand on this ques-
ton? DO they say that our white
officers and soldiers ought to be kept
in Libby Prison, simply to enable Mr.
Lincoln to compel the southerners to
acknowledge negro equality? At
first, Mr. Lincoln established a cartel
Of exchange upon the basis Of that
existing between the United States
and Great Britain, in the war of 1912.
Matters went along we'll enough until
Mr. Lincoln called out negro soldiers,
when the Abolitionists raised n great
hue and cry that Mr. Lincoln must
demand for them the same rights as
are given to the white soldiers. Bnt
as there is no clause to this effect in
the cartel, noe ddjJcratelv Jrokc our
agreement because the southcrners
would not recognize negro equality
There arc other troubles Of q minor
| character but this is the main one,
Notwithstanding the efforts Of tho Alb
olition papers to suppress the fact
They do not like to have it generally
known that tho reason why orr sol
diers are now suffering in person in
Richmond, is simply because the Con
tederates refuse to exchange white
men for negroes that Lincoln has sto.
len from plantations and dressed in
"soior clothes" And what can be
thought of so-callod Democrats who
arc now encouraging our young mon
to 90 down to suffer, perchancc, all
the horrors Of II protracted confne.
mcnt, in order to enable the Abolition.
lists to carry out their negro arming
scheme? There arc now $4,000 Fed.
eral prisoners in Richmond, which
! the COnfedoratcs are most anxious tC
get rid of, if they can do SO upon the
terms agreed upon. But Mr.. Lin
coin absolutely refuses TO cxchang,
white men for white mon, "a he agreed
! to at first, and demands that the car
I tel shall be so amended as to embrace
negroes. Great suffering is said Il
exist in Richmond among our officers
land men, and where thero is such
body Of prisoners more or less Of it il
inevitable. We do MT believe i
would be purposoly inflicted upon ,
helpless body Of men, but, at an,
rate, the Administration has the rem
cdy in its own hands 1t has only t,
f comply with its own agreement an,
, abandon the negro tomioolory whicI
f tho Abolitonists demand and thes
t captive men can soon bo restored t
+ their homes and friends, and save,
from incalculable suffering and PEI
haps death. The cruelty Of an,
. Government refusing to cXchang
, those who have gallantly fought 10
r it, is crime closely allied to init
+ manity and barbarism. These me
arc not ncgroes-thcy arc whit
men, and though wo may regard then
as mistaken on the war question, We
We are not inscnsiblc to their suffer
T. ings. There ought to be indignation
Y meetings in every town in the North
= until Lincoln was compelled, by th
; force Of public sentiment, to rcstor
these men to liberty, and abando
, his criminal position that they are n
f bcttcr than negrocs.-Ddy Book.
I WOODWARD AND CURTIN AT HoMl
9 -Luzcrnc, Judge Woodwards county
+ gave him majority of 2,7S6! Cci
d tire, the native county Of Govcrnc
d Curtin, gave Woodward majority
+ 344. In 1860, the Democratic maio
. ity in Luzerno was only 254, an
q Curtin's majority in Centre was 81
# 1t is a singing rebuke to Govemc
r Curtin that his majority Of 81 IN h
If own county in 1860 is changed to B.
Vt against him in 1868, while Jud,
u Woodward, among his old friends al
y noighbors, who know him best, gail
:. 1882 votes over his party majority
n 1860 1t is little facts like the abov
10 coupled with the rascalty and fral
,e perpetrated at the late election, whiC
ar trovnnta tho Abolition ,,ort,. G,o