Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-20

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IN C5nclu3ed.l I
Now, Mr.. Speaker, if we are 10 be dc
y, prived Of this Constitution, what sheet
10 anchor OF hope have we left? When thi
% Constitution is gone, to what do we ow
10 loyalty and obedience? Certainly not l.
10 the power which has been brought int
. existence by virtue of this Constitution
y ccrtainly not TO Abraham Lincoln, or an,
~ Of his satraps who 60 round the country
q annoying and expressing the citizens
5 No, SIR, we owe allegiance to nothing bu
the Constitution of the United States, anl
!. when we cease to owe allegiance to that
we do not need to owe allegiance to any
# thing.
d Here | am reminded that few days a
60 some Of the gentlemen on the othel
side were very anxious to have printed
along with the Farewell Address Of An
drew jackson, some other emanaton, |
believe from him. Now, let us see what
Andrew Jackson said Of the Abolition par.
ty:
The Abolition party is disloyal or
gani11tion. lis pretended love for fce-
! dom means nothing more than civil war
and dissolution of the Union. Honest
men Of all parties should unite to expose
! their Intentions and arrest their proGress." ."
Andrew Jackson was a pretty good
! prophet. Our Abolition friends on the
other side are welcome to all the comfort
winch they can get from this language Of
the man for whom they now profess so
much reference.
else did not prophecy our present state of
affairs. read language which was uttered
10y one ofour great statesmen years ago;
81 these Internal fanatics and Aboli-
IionIsts ever get the power in their hands,
they will override the Constitution, set the
supreme Court at defiance, change and
make laws to suit Themselves, lay violent
nands upon those who differ with them
IN opinion, or dare question their infalli-
3liity, and finally bankrupt the country
and delugo it with blood"
Now, sir, who could have drawn a moro
vivid picture Of the present time than that?
Who but one cndow ed with the gift Of
prophecy, or who, al least, understood
thoroughly the workings Of this Govern
ment, and the designs of those who would
destroy it? That prophecy was made by
no less person than Daniel Webster, the
great light Of the Wing party-the great
eXPounder and advocate of the Constitu-
tlon-the man who, on account Of his hon
nsty wns sacrificed by the Abolition party.
In 1850, when the cloud of disuniou was
lowering over the land, he stepped forward
md announced upon the floor of the A
ncrican Senate the true principles Of the
Constitution and the Union. He it was
Who stood by General Jackson in the
;reat notification controversv-who was
indeed the colossus Of the Constitution
md the Union upon the floor Of tho A
ncrican Senate, rs the elder Adams was
he COLOSSUS Of the Declaration of Inde-
oendence upon The floor Of The Congress,
'nch man could not prove false to the
noble promise Of his early career. q
ono this rock shall hy q
From its firm base rs soon rs l." I
Mr.. Webster was one of those rairiots S
Who are assailed with so much lcrocity at t
he pe"sent day by the party in power r. 5
me Of those patriots with regard to whom I
his Administration would saw, "OT with Y
heir heads"-ono of that class Of men I
Who, in the present day, are hunted into ;
he pravacv OF their own household, and S
ragged off to bastiIes and dungeons for i
he purpose ofiustfyinC the vindictive |
ceiling OF those hounds who are ever up r
m the track for political victims Had G
lr. Webster lived till the present dav. he b
Tould have been in bastile long ago for
have no doubt he wonld have advocated t
oddly these principles of the Constitu- .
ION. and so obnoxious TO our friends up
n the other side. Il
But, DIR. Speaker. the cry has been made G
ere that we are preaching disloyaltv. mob ID
lolence and mob law. Sir. such proceed a
Nc nave not been justified bv US. while 81
hey have received announcement from +
he language adopted by gentlemen on 81
he other side. They did not directly saw Il
hat these things ought TO be done-that 81
ewspapers ought 10 be Quilted but thew N
i'll marvel, in the innocence Of their O.
carts, that more newspapers were not p
'rn out. Nv friend from Chester alwavs. "
w-abiding II have never before heard
I'M utter in this House a sentence which tC
'culcated any thing else than obedience d
the law dsclaimed .justifying any act st
that kind but when he wondered. in ei
Ie innocence Of his heart, why more of it
Ioh things did not occur, il appeared TO pt
Q that be would have desired 10 see n W
Tile more of it Why? Simply because ht
oSe papers spoke out against what ".
ey believed to be the encroachments yc
the Administration upon their rights be
imply because they did that which as di
lS'uen they had perfect right To do. &c
srenIiemen so upon the other side apnear tit
lorget IN this controversy, of the same co
ZION are arrayed against each other Al
G1v appear to forget that in lsIe ard 4,
ti,i' when this country was strur,l;no po
IN foreign power-when during Lee tir
mlnistration of Democratic PresidorI tic
ar had been declared against Mexico bu
ben our brothers had been sent 10 on,or Co
eXico-that valley Of the shadow Of dii
ath' where lay bleaching the bones of
ousands OF brave spirits--they forget al oh
at time, upon the floor of the American IS
ngress, those who are today the mouth. as
eces OF their party, told those Mexicans str
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