Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-22

ann LINCOLNS LETTER on NALLASDIG,
HAMS ARREST. This famous, ocular anc
nterestlng epistle would heve produced q
uost amusing effect in these regions. had
IL not been for the rascaly raid of the
rebels into Pennsylvania. In their fright
over this rand very few of the radical pa,
perS have noticed the Presidents letter at
all, Poor Greeley, who seems TO be repo,,
ing IN conscious security behind his nine
hundred thousand men, devOtes consider
aO:e attention to the subject, and thinks
the letter a good defense of the right OF
the President TO arrest and exile anv man
for his opinions, without an overt act Of
treason, during time of civil war Well,
we taka the world as it comes, and gov,
ernments rs we find them. If poor Gree.
Icy Is satisfied, we have nothing TO saw
against il. But 1.-THE President can exile
lie can also hang or shoot any body whose
opinions are di'tasteful to him.
Ihere Is a'ways certain stage ir the
history OF every commonwealth when this
doctrine is promulgated 1t was practic-
ed in Rome under Sylla, Caesar and Au.
gustus in England under Cromwell -
in France under Napoleon Bonoparte and
kobesplerre and perhaps there is no
reason why II should not be practiced un.
der the present and future AdmmiSlra,
lions We must accept history, ancient
and modern, as it is manufactured for US
by the iates. In 1865 a Democratic Pres
ident may take the Conduct of this Adj
mlnistraIion as a precedent, and exile,
hang or shoot, ali the Abolitionists, be.
3 nnlng With those persons who declared
The Constitution to be'a covensnt with
death and an agreement with hell, and
the editor of the paper which called tue
Star-slaugled Blnner of The Union a
Haunting lie Greedy and Garrison will
then be obliged to dod their neck cloths
and put on the halter, or submit TO be
driven out OF the country. That is he
line di'h they are cooking and spicing for
themselves. But, if they are content, 20
are we. II Is a very poor rule which will
not work both ways.--NeO York Herald
s<iTSlavery being the cause of the war
abolish slavery and it will cease. This is
strategy. liza man takes up arms against
you, under the apprehension that YOU are
going % destroy his properly, the policy
ia 10 take all his property away, and then
he vii have nothing 10 quarrel about.and
will la, down his arms. !f he take up
arms TO defend his home, burn his home
up, and then he sill be your friend for
he viii nave no home 10 fight for.
ii nan taxes up arms TO defend the
Constitution, destroy the Constitution, and
he mus quit. lie must be great goose
to quarrel about thing that is rubbed out
and that exists DO more.
We nave always been struck with the
wisdomof this strategy. The South took
VI arm because they apptehenden slavery
was IN danger. Destroy slavery and they
will bSe no object to make war about.
Who isso shallow that be can't see the
wisdom of that p Louisville Democrat.
BlBLIs FOR me Confederate ARNY.-A.
mong the grants of books made by the
Americn Bible Society, AT its late meet.
ing, wa one to the Memphis and Shelby
County Bible Society Tenn, of 10000 Bi
blcs aud Testaments, by request of their
Secretary, "for the Confederate ARMY in
the Mississippi valley" Special permiss.
ion TO transmit them across the lines has
been reseiyed from the secretary of the
q, S. Treasury Department