Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-04-08

which will be secured to our cause by re
versing the policy of the Administration
by establishing other and truer oclrins
than those Just examined the Democras
cy can take into account as one of the
agencies for restoring the Union, the pow>
erful and invaluable aid Of allies in the
Border and Confederate Statesmen who
have gone into revolt reluctantly, or who
now stand with divided inclina.ions, un-
certain Of the position they shall assume.
The issue of war has always depended
as much on the determination and union
Of the Confederate States as upon the
magnitude of the efforts put forth by us
against them. Manifestly, therefore, our
true policy has been to divide them; to
conciliate part OF their population, and
to dampen the ardor of the revolutionary
spirit by subjecting it to conservative OPP
position in the very communities where
it arose. The subjuga,ion Of the South
by the mere exertion of physical force
against it, assuming it to really united and
in earnest, is a work of extreme difficulty,
and requires an amount of wisdom and Wig
or which our administration has failed to
exhibit. In a war OF invasion upon The
South, most formidable natural obstacles
are to be encountered, and also the pow
ers of the enemy, and our strength must
be, or be made To be, adequate to over
come both. In short, allies IN The encmy'S
country were necessary to certain or prompt
success, and to secure them all the arts of
policy and the means of Cancellation with
incur power, should have teen exerted.
But what has been the policy of our ru~
lers Is it not written in the history of
the Crittenden Compromise and of the
Peace Conference Resolves? in Congress,
ional enactments and in Presidential
! Proclamations? No concession, no concil-
istion, but only sheer trce to compel COM
plete submission This policy, at once
incalculating and impassioned, was per.
sisted in until repeated disasters came to
exhibit its folly and inpotency. Yes
the necessity Of allies, utterly secuted in
the outset, became demonstrated on the
plains of Manassas and in the swamps OF
the Chickahominy. The course of events
taught Us that assistance would be useful,
if not indispensable, to the great work OF
subduing rebellion and restoring the ino
tegrity of the Union.
Recognizing this truth, the men in pow
er have turned their attention to the ne,
groes the subject race of the South and
propose to arm and employ them as allies
in the war. This experiment is likely to
be carried out, to be fully tested, and TO
produce results which, to say the least,
will be instructive to future times.
In marked contrast TO this desperate ex>
pertinent, conservative men look for reli,
ance and aid to the white race our own
stock aud kindred-and propose to secure
their cooperation in restoring the Union
by policy of coEciaiton and by the ex-
ample Of return by our own government
to true constitutional rule, uninhuenced
by fanatiacl passion, and regardful of all
Stale and individual rights as established
by our fathers. In their policy, the con-
servative element along the border and in
the South is to be encouraged and devel-
oped, not repelled, spurned and insultcd
Great allowance is doubtless to be made
for an Administration charged with the
conduct of a great war. The difficulties
to be surmounted are great and often the
course to be persued is buta choice be-
tween evils. At such time, generous
mind will not seek occasion for offence and
can overlook small points of objection in
reviewing public affairs.
But the subiectn now brought into debate
by the policy Of government are funda,
mental and vital it is impossible to be
indifferent to them, and il would be unN
manly to evade them. Frank, full, open
debate upon them will lead to useful cons
clusions, and give due direction TO our eff
forts as citizens OF a broken and afflicted
country
1t results from what has been said, that
the Administration now in power may ex,
pect from the great mass of those po!iti-
cally opposed to it, acquiescene in legi.
innate exercise Of the powers with which
il is invested, whether relating to the war
or TO internal administration. But they
will claim and exercise the right Of dis,
cussing the wisdom and corstitutiouality
ofits policy, and will resist by all lawful
means any attempt to peryert the war
from its true object, or use the war power
as an instrument for introducing arbitrary
rule amongst us.
Aud they will labor to prepare the way
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