Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-20
NEW SERIES-VOL. IV.-NO. 40.

, ~ Martal law declared throughout
the United States, not limited 10 Tho
sphere OF the operations of the armies in
the field, but extended all over the lovoI
States where the civil tribunals and in
the unqnestioned legal execution Of their
power.
70. new aud extensive deparLmert
oil the Government, consisting of Pr,
vost-Mariial General, and special or spbo,.
dinate Provost Marahals, and military
committees in all the cities and counties
throughout the several States with duties.
powers and salaries of office all created,
Instituted and prescribed, not by law. but
10y the mere edicts Of the President and
Abolition State Governors.
2G, Leading and influential organs OF
the RepubI lean party proposing the sus-
pension OF elective franchise, the post
ponemcnt Of the elections, and n prohibi
tion OF public meetings among the pco-
pie.
y. The military made supreme over
the civil power even in the loyal States,
entirely removed from the operations in
the field.
- The President intcrposng the Fed.
er1l power to aid in revolutionizing State
| Governments, and even assuming TO an
! point Governors to administer State Gov
eTnments Tor the people Of the State.
| ~. The admission Of Senators and Rep.
resentatives in Congress to repre,ent the
State OF Virginia elected by new and
revolutionary government created bv
small fragment OF that State.
30. The !nterpostion of the military
power and authority Of the Federal Gov
crnment TO influence and ABSOLUTELY. in
some States, control the People ut the
elections.
81. Actual dismembermont OF tho STATIC
OF Virginia by the admission Of a mere
fragment O! that State into tho Union as
new state, thus creating, in defiance OF
the Constitution, an inseparable barrier
TO the restoration Of the Union as il
was.
-. The intelrosit:on Of the arbitrary
power Of the President to prohibit the cir
calati0n Of newspapers, &C., through The
mails, because they were opposed to the
political views of the Administration.
80. The decisions of the judicial tribu-
nails when at variance with tho yiews Of
AboIitionsm, de.ded and disrcgardea
and the decisions Of the highest judicial
tribunals in tho United States not only
set aside and disregarded by Congress, but
oYcrTu'cd and reversed Ly the Attorney
General.
81. The passage Of a hill forced through
the House of Representatives with inJr-
cent haste, 30 protcCt the President and
ms saii7Ps, provost marshas and police
men from all suits for damages or other
redress for lyrannical inyas!ons of the
rights OF citizens, and ourrages and on
ples'lons such As hrve been rarely heard
OF in any age or nation.
%. The arbitrary interference or militia.
'y power with matters Of conscience and
religion, debating forms and modes orwoy
'hip, and banshing and mprisoning clor-
yymen Tor refusing 70 conform to the die
ateS OF military commanders as 10 the
orms Of church worship.
80, he substitution OF aboltionisol.
)lgotry and ianaticism for religion.
". The conversion of war commenced
'Ith the view Of maintaining the Consl
utlon as IT is and restoring the Union as
I was, into a war 10 carry out the fanatical
logmas of aboltionism to the utter sub
er5on of the Constitution and the total
Oandonment OF the obligations of the fed
raj compact.
IS. The solemn declarations Of the Gov
rnor OF this State in his auuua! nlossarn
hat mans capacity for rsclEgoygrnmcuI,
ct unsettled.
e9 The discovery that The Office of m
Xecutiye proclamation is not simply r.
ommand obedience to the law, but lo
laGe law, aud also to overthrow both
institution and law,
d.. The censorship Of the Adm;p;ur,
on over the press and tine telegram lipeq
prevent the free communication AMI
rculation Of truth among the people.
And finally, 10 crown all these acts or
'spotic power, we have the Prosidcn,
quest to one-tcnth of any State fn
iange their form Of government to sui,
Icir will and pleasure, thus completely
siTonchlsing the great majority Of ,he
,oplo Of the State.
There are some OF tie acts OF Lhe p,rl..
~ IN power, which We clarr, bav.
reatened with destruction The iihcr,ic
ms Ieo county But, sir, / do no
spar Of the preservation Of the Rcpub.
e place my trust in that BODY Of IN.
untry which is stigma,izcd here as "di,
yai' SIR, 1t is party which is capable
.eIevaing itself TO a sufficient hejrbl L,
ke IN the whole horizon Of these rreaf
Ieslion7, 1t is the party which, j1 all
r. rdiiiicultie', has been able to internos,
ID save US from destruction. Itell YOU.
, that if the ship Of State weathers fh.
1rm land think he will The relurp!r.
ason OF the people wi, place in pc.
en- who will guide the helm wish m1ru
Ill than the party who have shaped lhu
ut7c Of the Government for the last lhrr
ars. If through the Providence ,t
I'd, tho slip OF State wcather5 tho storm.
know that she will hereafter ride casil.
on the billows She will DO ready
in, as she vas Of old, to max world
dc voyagc--to dihuse American in1.
ces into distant lands and by tho moral
wer which she viii exert, riyoa new i'm.
lse to tho forward movements o. ns
man race everywhere.
\ ow, sir, shall we disappoiul this high
tiny? Shall We fail to fulfil our rrest
'son Shall we make our history ,
ndrous tale OF human greatness brought