Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-08-03

Probao!e event in the future. The rui
ana suffering which such an event woul
entail cannot be overstated, and to ave,
II, or to mitigate its force. is one of N
main objects which should be had in vie
IN settling our future policy. Upon que
lions OF currency and finance, we mus
revert TO the ideas of former times. (;
which alone can safety be found.
In speaking of financial prospects an
future pecunlary conditions, we do no
overlook the fact that opinions very diffe,
ent from ours are expressed by the friend
OF power. But the appearances of pros
perity to which they refer us, are de
, lusive.
= Production in the country is now de
creased, for great numbers of laborers ar
employed in the war, and distracted from
} industrial pursuits.
Increased rates Of value press hardl,
upon persons of fixed incomes, and upor
all who are disabled or engaged in up
profitable employments.
/ he war does not create wealth but con
sumes 1t, and consumes also the laborer,
by which it is produced. 1t devours III,
products OF past ard present industry
and checks the growth Of population upo,
which future prosperity depends.
Ard all the inevitable evils Of state O
war-the injury and destruction Of mate.
rial interests, the waste, spoliation apC
improvidence that characterize it-are
aggravated by piofuse issues of Govern.
meat paper money which incite to reck
less expenditure, public and private, and
disguise for time the fearful consump.
tion of wealth and the sure approach of O
day of suffering and retribution.
This expenditure and the accumulation
OF debts, public and private, cannot 20 on
indefinitely or for any considerable time
The day OF payment, which will be also
the day of trouble, will surely come.
Great suffering will fall upon the people.
Those who suppose themselves indepen-
dent OF the trowns of fortune, will realize
the retribution which always follows upon
excess, and even those wholly innocent oil
any completely with financial mismapage-
mcnt or other evil feature of public
policy, will be smitten equally with the
guilty.
The vast debt, created in great part by
prohigac and mismanagement,i is source
Of profound anxiety 10 the people, who
must pay it. and TO the capitalists who
lsaSy he'd y .. IL lie 9RiHia1
But to prevent its growth beyond the
point where bankruptcy threatens it with
destruction, the folly and corruption
which now waste and devour the wealth
of the people must meet with speedy and
condign overthrow.
FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
Another danger TO be apprehended
under our present rulers one which has
been speculated upon since the war began,
and which is possible hereafter, is the in
tervention of some foreign nation in the
pending struggle. There is an example
of such Intervention in our history, which
deserves contemplation by those who
would justly judge our present situation,
and make provision against future dan
gers. Our fathers revolted, and were
sorely chastised therefor by their mou-
arch. The sword smote them in all their
coasts their wealth was dried up, their
cities occupied by their foes, their land
ravaged. They were pushed TO- the ex-
tromi,y Of endurance they became spent
and exhausted by the conflict. But in
their hour Of EXTREMIST peril, France, Mt
the instance of Pennsylvania diploma
list, extended them her powerful assist
ance, and they emerged from the struggle
triumphant aud independent. Is this
war to be mismanaged and perverted and
protracted, until a foreign power may be
induced to assist our antagonist, rs France
assisted the revolted colonies Of the third
George? Unqucs,ionably the feetle,
changeful, arbitrary, and unwise policy OF
the Administration begets this danger OF
intervention, and will produce il if 1t ever
take place. Nor has its diplomacy abroad
been calculated TO avert the evil conse-
quences of its action at home. That d-
plomacy has not been wise, judicious and
manly, but feeble, pretentious, and often
sive. 1t should, therefore, be one of the
leading objects in selecting an Admins
traton for the next four years, to avoid
this danger of intervention by the selec-
tion of rulers who will not provoke it, and
whose policy will command respect at
homo and abboad.
DANGERS BEYOND THE WAR.
But other dangers menace us under Re-
publican rule, even if success in the war
be secured. And as these, in a still
greater degree than those already men
toned, deserve careful and earnes. atten-
tion, we proceed to state them distinctly.
OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT.
If already we have experienced the ar
bitrary disposition and unlawful practices
of our rulers, what may we not experience
after some time has elapsed, and when
military success has rendered them still
more insolent2 If their assaults upon
law and upon right be so numerous and
Hagrant while they are subjected to oppo-
sition and struggling to maintain their
position against an open foe, what mag
we not expect when all constraint upon
them is removed? In considering what
they have already done in opposition TO
liberty and lawful rule. we may exclaim,
"lf these things be done in the green
tree, what shall be done in the dry p
Let no one be deceived by the assertion,
that the arbitrary and evil acts of the Ad-
ministraticn indicate but temporary
policy, and founded upon necessities
which cannot long exist. Not only is the
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