Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-08-19


Hfaisf ne a1tifsfy W De hn6 Wah b teiuilhy
ltmont,ihli ihal iht rebellion 6firihsiai ehitnf
uph ne non ilasei 91ofa ttadahi iu tht tHlnt
hodt " ilo iuiiiie'lbn, noi sptlteue h0Fetti,
from any love " ratefy tui from an HHias so1ifm
of race nnj hostility % ito iith Of eluiluy thh
NE blacks involved W 'imple Emancipation"
II wns he triumph of ihe Aboliiitnisls
oycf the Democrats pnd Conservatives of
the North. ihal secured like triumph lo
the sccessionisls over the Union men of
the South The John Brown raid vas TAX.
on ~ q practical exposition ol the doctrine
ul irrepresslble conflict" The exulla.
iiou over us morcniaty success, tho lam.
cnlalion over its failure, had been swclled
by tie Aboliliori,t4, 80 as to seem gen.
eial expression of Northeru feeling Riots
ard fetcues had mhi'tied Tie constitution,
al provision ior The return of iugiiiyes,--
The false pretencs that slavery would
monopolizr the territories, when we hud
no ter tories in winch W could exist, HAD
been used Ns a means Of constant heitai
tnn ncainsisavery in the Southern states.
A nlan oiattack upon II had been pub,
lished in Helpers book formally en-
dorsed and recommended 10y the leaders
OF the party that was about 10 assume the
Administration ot the Federal Govern
ment --leaders who onenly inculcated
contempt for the Cobstnu ion, contempt
for the Supreme Court, and pruiessed to
follow higher law mThus tue flame
of revolution ut the South was kindled
! and fed with fuel furnished by the Aboli.
! tionss II might seem superhuous to
advert now to'what is past and irrevocable,
were it not that 1t is against hesane men
a. Il.
the councils of the Administration, that
m appeal Is now TO be made to the n.eL
ligeuce Of the people. The Abolitionists
deprccate these illusions to the past. 10
cover up their own tracks they invite US
TO spend all our Indignation upon the
Southern traitor " but truth compels
us 10 adj, that in Il he race of treason, the
Northern traitors TO the Constitution had
the start They tell us that slavery was
the Cause of the war; therefore the Union
is to be restored by waging war against
slavery This is not true or only true
in the sense that any institution, civil or
religious, may be cause Of war, il war is
made upon it, Nor is it "a just conclusion
that if you take from your neighlor his
" man servant or bis maid, or anvthing
that is lns, you will thus establish har,
!mony between you. No danger TO the
Union arose from slavery whilst the pco.
pie Of each State dealt calmly and intelli
gently with the question within their own
State limits. Where little Importance
attached TO it,, it soon yielded TO moral
and economical considerations, leaving
the negro il a position of social and pos
ltical subordnation no where more clear
Ily marked than in the Constitution and
laws OF Penn ylvanih. The strife began
when people in States where it was an
Iimmaierial question undertook to pre-
scribe the course of duty upon it TO states
in which it was question OF great mpor.
tance and difficulty. The Interference
} became more dangerous when a.tempts
we're made to use the power o. the Gener.
NJ Government instituted for the benefit
of all the States, 10 the injury and pro-
scriptlon Of the Interests Of some Of the
States. It was not merely danger to the
institution of slavery, but TO our whole
political system, in which separate and
) distinct colonies became, by the Decara
ton OF Independence, " Tree and Gdepen-
deutStates," and afterwards established a
Federal Union Under the Constitution OF
/, theUnited States. That instrument, with
scrupuous care, dscriminates the powers
delegated TO the General Government
from those reserved "to the States res
pectiyely, orto the people" And let it
, be noted, that in speaking Of the powers
so delegated and reserved, we refer to no
vague doctrines or prctrnstous, but TO
the clear provisions of the written ipstru
ment which it IS the duty ofCycry citizen,
and especially Of every public iGnc,iJnary,
to respect aud maintain. The protection
Of American liberty against the eucr0ach -.
mant Of ceutreli6aAon was left to the
States by the trainers Of the Constitution.
| Hamilton, the most indulgent Of them to
/ Federal powe", says It may be safely
/ received as an axiom in ouf political sys
/ tenn that the State Governments will in all
possible contingencies, afford complete
security against iuyasions Of public liberty
/ by the national authority" Who can be
/ blind 10 the Consequences that have fol-
/ lowed the departure from the true priu-
c;plcs OF ouJ Government abolition q"
yies " tn " secession " in sapping the very
| foundation Of he structure reared by our
fol etathers. In ennsyivania, the party
on whose acts you will pass at the ballots
box has trampled upon the great rights
I of Personal liberty aud ths freedom
of the press, which every man who
can read. may find asserted in the
/ Constitution Of the State and the Consti,
tuition of the United States. The dignity
/ of our Commonwealtl has been insuled
in the outroges perpetrated upon her CHI.
zens. AT Philadelphia and at Harrisburg,
propretors Of newspapers have been seize
at midnight and hurried of to military
prisons beyond tho hm:ts of the State
/ gainst acts like thee, perpetraled be,
lore the eyes Of the municipal and State
authorities. thereis neither protection MOI
redress. The seizure OF journal at West
Chester was afterwards the subject offs suit
for damages III the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania. II came to trial before
Chief Justice Lowrie. Rehearsing the
ancient principles OF English and Amer.
can justice, he condemned the acts Of the
Federal officers as violations Of the Jaw
that binds alike the private citizen and
the public innctionary. lie said q" II