Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-29

Piled the damp mould 'er his head.
NoHALF.WAY HoUsE.-Thc Pac,fc
Echo published at Napa, California,
says "The political halfway house
sc&s gone in, died out, met with its
grave, and now lies buried with the
past One must now be eithera Dem
ocrat or AbOlitionist either for white
man or for negro all over either for
intellect, mind, education, civilization ;
or for wool, black skin, and igno-
rance. There is no use denying the
fact for it is as plain us the MONDAY
sun. The Aboitionists, under the
names Of Republican and Union, have
got possession of your national and
State administrations ; and what are
they doing? Creating laws constantly
for the advancement of the negro, and
the hanging Of millstones about the
necks of white men"
Senator Richardson, of Illinois in II
late speech at Chicago, thus aIludes to
his contemporaries in Congress:
ii thank Heaven that no such body
OF men as the last Congress can meet
again until the trumpet of the Arch
angel shall summon all the bold, bad
men--all the friends Of dcspotism, aid.
ors Of tyranny and enemies of liberty
that have polluted the face Of the
earth with their presence, to answer
before an allwise and just God for their
black crimes, and receive the punish
Hnent due their guilt"
THE CRIME OF SILENCE.-Thc Pres.
idcnt, in his letter to the Albany COM
mittcc, says:
"The man who stands by and says nothing
whom the peril OF this government is discussed can
not be misunderstood"
The New York World asks, "was
anything so extraordinary ever before
uttered by the Chief Magistrate of a
free country? Men are torn from their
homes and immurcd in bastiles for the
shocking crime of-suENcE Citizens
ofthe model Republic of the world are
not only punished for speaking their
opinions, but are plunged into dun
geons for holding their tongues, , when
before, in the annals of tyranny, was
silence ever punished as a crime ?
Citizens who disapprovc of the acts OF
the Administration are denied even
the refuge Ola dignied silence, and, on
a.maIicious and partisan conjccturcs
Of the motives of such silence, they are
deprived Of their liberty. Few among
us ever expected to live to see such
things done; and nobody, we are sure,
TO see them sounbluShingIy conttsScd."
8sE' The party inpower have a pol
icy to put down rebellion and restore
the Union. Many good men are sat
isfed that the whole programme is
wrong, not adapted to the purpose !;
that it will ruin the cause instead of
promoting it. If they say so, and de-
clare they will not aid such pro-
gramme of ruin, then they are set
down by these inialliblcs as traitors.
We must look on and see the destruc-
tion OF the Union going on by these
suicidal measures and practices and
say nothing. Aye, We must aid them,
or be branded as enemies of the coun-
try Howe Enormously great has grown
the folly and wickcdness of the hour
Valley Spirit
bay- Mr.. Lincoln, it is said, when he
heard the news Of The Confederate raid
into Pcnna., was in his room smo-
king his segar. Seward entered and
told him tho facts, and then turned
and asked him if he had another segar.
MrLineoln's face, which before looked
uncommonly grave was lit up with IL
ghastly smile, as he said. al am sorry
| haven't another, Bill, but you can
como behind me and help pull, if you
like, for this is tarnationhard 10 draw. ="
This joke is otseiqt, and can be relied
upon.
GIN MEADE, the Eew leader of the
Army ofthe Potomac, is The grandson
of George Meade. OF Philadelphia, an
eminent Irish American merchant,
whose firm Meade a. Fitzsimmons)
contributed in 1851, $4,000 to fund
for the relief OF the famishing army of
General Washington.