Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-06-01
Restored TO Liberty.


Commerce, having been suspended by tho
Government for publishing II bogus proc
hmation of the President, resumed oper.
a,ions on Saturday-it being ascertained
that the proclamation was nm Abolition
forgery perpetraied by one OF the Times,
ana at present local eCitor OF paper in
Brooklyn, land withal one of the pillars
OF the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher's
Church. for the purpose Of influencing
gold and stock operations in which he has,
us II good loyal" citizen, been largely en-
gagged. What will the Express OF this city
and other Abolition newspapers, which
charged the forgery upon "Copperheads, I"
say 10 the startling revelation made in the
following briof article which wo copy from
the New York World - Lancaster Iatelh-
geacer.
"ihe alleged cause OF this military U.s.
urpatlon and outrage was the publication.
on Wednesday morning, in the daily is
ue OF The World, Of Proclamation, pur-
porting to be by the Precedent Of tho I'm.
tied States, calling for four hundred thou.
sand more men. but which proved to be a
bold and audacous forgery porpetratod
by Republican loyal leagucr, an old city
editor of the Tribune and Times, a member
Of HEHRY WARD BEEcHERs S church, an in.
Innate of President LINCoM's, n guest at
the White House, namely, JOSEPH How
ARD, dr.-w widely known as "uoWADD of
the Time" and ski!liuly palmed upon
the newspaper press. lie has confessed
! his crime, aVows that he h d no complici-
| ~ with no newspaper employee. This
document was received at Tho WorJ oF
flee at late hour on Wednesd.y morn.
ing Just as tho paper was soing 10 press.
written on manifold tissuo payer with
cvory appearance Of coming through The
ordinary channel e. ,elegraDic negs II
was Immediately pn, in type bv all the
FapeFS' ana me N0r4 and J5araa! Of Com
".erfs 'S'Etd their od!,jous in part before
the 'orgcry was discovered. The o'her
papers made the discovery Just in time to
suppress their lasueS--sOme Oflhem being
already priutcd-6ut the publication in
two Democratic pape,2 furnished the pre-
text whicn the administration had long.
been seeking 10 wreak their partisan ma.
lice upon their most persistent opponents
and geoure, If so they might. the silence
.0i Tree press. and thus prevent the dai.
ny ana weekly exposure Of their own
IcrImcs against liberty and law, We make
these charges boldly; and, among many
other reasons, for lhi1 roason: that Presi-
dent LINCOLN, Secretary Stanton and
Secretary SLHARD, before tho order for the
,uPpreSsion Of The Worli was sent, kncy all
the facts in the case, except the name Of
the guilty party knew from General Dix
hImSe!f the bamelessness Of The WOrai
and its employees. Yet the order was
sent, and, in spite of protests from govern.
.ment officials, faom tho whole press of the
city, and from an indignant public. was
kept III force two and half DAYS. II was
not until Saturday that we were a-ain put
IN possession of oGr oiiiGe and enabled 10
proceed with the printing OF our large edl-
ton Of The Weekly World. three doy3 be-
mind lie regular uay of publication.
Fsss 9rEEcu On tho expulsion of Mr..
Long, q ohio, for words spoken III 4eoaio,
Nr Scoheid.- or 70 Use the soft and fu'-
some language Of the Washington Corre..
pondent of the Warren Nlti -'tallenteq
Member from the Wild Cat district, dodc.
ed the question.
Such conduct could hardly b, expected
from Nj Scotleld, who preached and pray
ell aud w"pt crocodile tears over free
speech and freedom, and told all those
heart-gending stories concerning boz der
rutlian and bleeding Kansas This time,
however, it was somebody's else OK, con
seqdently our talented member could not
cry without the aid Of an onion 10 fact
our member could not see it at all SIch
kind Of dodging ought not to be tolerated.
for if Mr.. Long was 10 tho right, neither
party, policy, or pdrty-sCrews ought to
have kept Mr.. Scohcld from voting against
the resolution of expulsion. The people
OF even this ovcr-go@n Wild Cat district
like bold man, and nota skuHkcr, and
If Mr., ScofeId thinks to win the Demo.
cyats by silence on the question of thisi i'm.
portance, he will be much mistaken
what few Democratic friends he hsd. have
torsaken him entirely, as old Thad. Ste.
yens has hardly excelled him. in sinking
lower in Black Republican Canaticism. and
negerdom generally. He may continue
with tmpunity, to vote as his masters tell
him, for whole life spent in Congress
would not atone for his silence when I. ee-
dom Of debate was about to be stricken
down by set OF political mad men. who
seem determined to destroy every yestige
oflibcrIy.
Oh! Mr. Long.
You went it strong,
But S:cfeId couldn't see il,
SO to his house he did repair