Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-09-02

the South, so have they been suspended by
the same kind of power in the North. =
II the people of the South have been inn
poyerished Imprisoned, and slaughtered,
so have We of the North also. The curse
that has fallen upon our country has des-
cended upon all and every part OF il, II
the mourners 60 about the streets in
every Southern city, 30 do they in every
Northern city. Ii poverty, and want,
and anguish, and death are there, so are
they here, For every Southern heart we
break, q Northern heart is broken too
II we have made their hills red with their
blood, their valleys are also red with our
own. The business we are carrying on is
"au eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth" So il stands. o that some angel
OF wisdom would descend upon the de!u-
ded people Of the Soulh, and put it into
their hearts TO lay down their arms, and
return TO their pieces in the UIionl By
so doing they will not only save them
selves, but US. We cannot 90 ON TO crush
them, without crushing ourselves also
Commerce, trade, and every artery OF
prosperity have made us one body and
whatever crushes the life out Of them,
tlhsllto ~ Nlll ~ N6 as we'll llt eidllNlN
demagogues at Washington do not com
prehend this, for they are mad but the
people are beginning to FEEL it in a hun
dred oppressive ways Though the dema-
Eogues Succeeded, for time, iir complete
ly abolishing their reason, yet they could
not abolish Their five hungry senses, and
these are now already beginning to preach
and argue, and demand IN fashion that
must be heard by-and-by.
Another ding the people are beginning
to understand is that the peace and
prosperity can never be restored to this
Union until abolIionism is efieclually ST.
leEeed. 1ha. is the first foe 10 conquer.
Get th. feud under halches, and we
shall be rid of that other rebellion in no
time. XIII the mother, and the sucking
cub must die. If there had been no
abolitonism there would have been no
| rebellion: this is what the people are be
| ginning to understand, which also leads
! them on to comprehend the fact that aJO-
6tiOH,Sn and not Sl0uvy, is the cause Of the
war. Slavery was here before our con
! stitution. The constitution was !ormed
as much for its protection, as for the pro
ieci:on Of any other Kind of property
| The abolilons,s understood this vel.
enough, and, therefore, they boldly de,
nounced the constitution as covenant
with death" They knew that slavery
existed under The solemn sanction Of the
laws. But atolitionism, SO far from en-.
joying such high sanction, is an organized
warfare against the constitution and laws
II was sediton and n rebellion from
the beginning. H. is lho cause of all oul
woes il is The Gist devil that must be
caught aud cbalned, preparatory to re
turn of peace and prosperity to this sui-
fering and blo0d-stalped laud.
To the God who judges all men we ap
peal, when We declare that there is one
prayer burning in our heart dav ano
night that the rebellion may be forever
ended. and our beloved Union restored
TO ts old foundations and to that enc
we direct our best and hoieSt powels tc
he destruction OF the lawless and bloody
fond aholitionism, which is the fountain
head of all the rebellious crime in our
land.