Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-09-16

From Benczet took private conveyance
and passed over the Bennets branch coal
field to ITS northern rim, and left il ON the
hlghlands OF the mountain. Thence oyer
table land, called the Barrens, an appro-
pirate tenn for nothing worth grows there
on the surlhce-"nor are there minerals
underneath. These barreaS extend in
width some seven or eight miles, and in
length many more, and they divide the
Bennetts Branch from the ST. Mary's coal
fields. Having, in my descriptive tour,
reached st. Mary's, and taken upmuch of
your paper and probably tired the reader,
leave the continuation of this subject
for future letter.
Respectfully submitted.
Specimens OF minerals sent to the
Philadelphia S,ndgg Mercury office will be
submitted to the inspection of William
f. Roberts, and his opinion of their value
will be given to the parties interested
~ Seward on Free Speech.
We can show in no more oHectual man
ner the glarine inconsistency of the oppo-
siti0n on the subject Of free speech, than
by quoting from the speeches and letters
of their accepted leaders during the cam
paigns which led TO the election Of Mr.
Lincoln One Of the most prominent adj
vocates for freedom up 10 the wear 1851
in the whole county was William H..
Seward now Secretary Of State. II did
not take long for this officer after his ad-
mission into the Cabinet, to abandon all
his old convictions on the subject Of free
speech, and he now enjoys the unenviabe
fame of being Il e originator Of the shame
less system Of arbitrary arrest which Tor
Two years has disgraced the nation. What
Mr.. Seward thought in 1860 may be seen
in the following extract from his speech
at St. Paul, Minnesota: Oh. a
"Sileuce on matters of State. the ab-
sence of freedom of speech and freedom
of the press what klnd of freedom is
that? Is there a man in Minnesota who
would for one day consent to live in it, if
he were Gcpcived Of the right to hurrah
for Lincoln aud lIamlin, or hurrah for
Douglas, to huIrstll for freedom, or to hur-
rah for slavery, Just as he liked? think
that these two hundred and eighty thou
sand people who inhabit here. would be
seen moving right out East ana West, in
to British North America, or into KAN
schatka, or anywhere on the earth 10
get out Of this luxurient aud beautiful
valley, if any power human or, divine,
should announce 10 them that henceforth
they spoke and voted their real senti-
ments and their real choice al HeTpera qf
Imprisonment or dCatA. ..... .....
Now, fellow-citizens, you need only
look around through such a mss OF
American citizens as see before me, and
you may 90 over all the free States of the
Union, and you will find them every day
Of the week some where gathered togetb-
err, expressing their opinions and prepa-
ring to declare their viii just exactly as
you are doing Does this happen to be
so ? Is it mere chance2 Is it, indeed,
a mans work, or device, or contrvance,
that in this land, on this side OF the great
Lakes, on this side Of the Atlantic ocean,
on this side of the Pacific ocean, men may
all meet or stay apart-may all speak, Hi0k,
act, write, print and cote, JUST EXACTLY As
THEY PLEASE?
Manifestly it is not of mans device or
contrivanee, but it is the work OF a supe-
riOr power that H r.
Nd