Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-03-09
5000 Bounty


|missiurcts have yielded 10 the imporluni-
|ucs OF a few of our cll1ors and offered
bounty Of 5000 to each man who will
become a soldier and TO each soldier who
Iwill ro-enlist,
We doubt not tina! those who urge this
system Of supplying soldiers act under
! the belief that this will be the las, call.
If we can supply this demand" soy
they, the war will be ended"
We can tell them that this depends al
together upon a change Of policy in the
Washington authorities. If these gentle
men can convince Us that such change il
about to take place, we will then grant
that there is some reason to hope that
this is the last call. But, U,,R Such chmgc
Of policy is made, we feel perfectly sure that
Sanother, and another, and yet still another
draft will be ordered until 81 the last man
and last dollar - about which so much is
said-are forthcoming Therefore, if these
gentlemen desire to save the I" last man
(which may not be themselyes) or the
last dollar" (which may not be their own)
we advise them to 60 to work without a
moments delay, and do what they can to
induce change of policy at Washington.
If the object Of the war is for the eXter-
mination of States, and for the emanci-
patton of four millions of slaves, as many
of its advocates proclaim it to be; or
if it is for the purpose of securing the
reelection of the present Administration,
as many believe, and not for the restora-
tiou of the Union, then this system Of
voting away the money of a large class of
people who do not believe that such objects
are either lawful or honest, is all wrong.
1t is wrong not only because it misrepre-
sents the feelings of the people, but 1t
dcceives the AdmiDistration-for every
county that thus offers a bounty for sol
diers furnishes prima .Jacia evidence that
the people of such county endorses the
present war policy.
Without change Of policy, we repeat,
therefore, this procrastination is the very
worst we can practice. EVery man will be
called upon in due time, and we may just
as well make up our minds 10 this first as
last. How this change of policy is TO be
effected it is needless to point OUT but
the surest means will be to change the men
I turn out the fanatics, and put in men Of
sense, patriots, statesmen.
Our quota is said to be 344. AT 5000
each, this will involve our county in O
debt of SOS, 800 Even this we might
} stand; but what shall we do when the
, neat draft is ordered, which is very likely
to be done? bounty of 5000 may not
be a sufficient inducement, then, and in
, order 30 get men to enlist, the bounty
may have TO be doubled.
Bay"Our JdcoJin neghbor devoted nearly
q column Of his last issue in a vain attempt
to bolster up the blghted reputation OF
that "repentant Southern Brother "
Gen. CAN'T. 1t was truly labored effort
or would have been, had he not have
stolen the most of it from the Harrisburg
Telegraph.
But how comes it that this notorious
; rebel who did, in cool blood, boast Of the
elevation" of yankee" to 1.-The limb of
a friendly oak" in Arkansas, and who oc-
cupied position above the rank Of Colo
nell the rebel service, is so lionized in the
North? Did not Lincoln's proclamation
promise pardon only to those Jelos0 the
rank of Colonel-threatening with the
halter all others Th0n why is CAN'T
permitted to escape? Or why should he
be SO honored? Is it an evidence, and
notice to all rebeldom of the fact, that if
they, from jeff Davis down, will only
repent" and join the abolition party,
and fall 10 abusing Democrats, that they
shall be in like manner honored Sup
pose our neighbor elucdates this problem.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE LEA short time
since the Harrisburg Telegraph asserted
that Gen. CAN'T, in his speech in that
, place, had remarked that "the Democratic
leaders in the North had encouraged the
South TO rebel-had promised them
assistance-and more recently told HIN
" that if the rebels would hold out little
"longer they would be succeSsful-and
"hat he could givc the names Of some prominent
q" PcnnSyloanianS t,ohat he said waa dap,acd."
This was at once and peremptorily
denied by the Patriot d, Union, and the
lying 8coundrel of the Telegraph called
upon for the proof, and dared to produce
tho names. Like convicted felon, he has
nothing to say,
The same falsehood appeared in the
JacoJn organ Of this place last week
stolen, of course, from the Tlegapi.-