Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-06-21

BRowN RAID"
Commusi.I
Is there not An idea under thats His
language is "in strict conformity with
their" tmeaning the Federal and State
Goyernments) Irrespective constitutions. ."
lie lntmates that two thirds Of the States
can amend the Constitution: that the
North Is to so on in conformity with the
Constitution until slavery shall be narrow
ed down to less than one third or one
fourth of the States, and then amend the
Constitution, and obliterate it at once.
Is not tha: the plain Interpretation
Cannot we understand that? You talk
about southern men being alarmed. They
are not alarmed, but they see the advance
they see the enCroachiug doctrine: thew
zee the principles laid down by which
an institution that is dear TO thpm !,
to be uproo;ed and blotted out of G ,is,
tence' Then ought you to thiak q .onlh-
ern man violent, and call lin r.sh ,yLer
re declares that he vii. not ,e wiiIing 70
see TINS man, or sor..e o,ner man enter-
tanning and adVc catiag precisely the same
assumes S.dmiuister this Government
nnsn ., > 10 be administered to the des-
= lion Of the Constitution, and the des-
auction OF the institution that is most
dear to him. Call US fie.eatels, ! am
no tire-eater | am not pauiC-slricken /;
but because | an neither, should b.
blind and not see the advance; should
be deaf, and not hear the roar Of the ap-
preaching storm? eau we lie mistaken
What is COY yered up there? You see he
speaks Of the idea Of consolidation, lie
speaks Of the manner of amending the
Constitution. lie refers 70 the time when
he believes that freedom will universally
prevail. Then what more does he say:
Having spent my manhohd, though
not my whole life, in free State, no ar
istocracy Of any kind, much less an aris-
toCracy Of slaveholders, shall ever make
The laws of the land in which | shall be
content 10 live. Having seen the society
around me universally engaged in agri-
culture, manufactures and trade, which
were innocent aud epe6cient, | shall
never ke q denizen OF State where mcn
ard women are reared as cattle, and
bought a:,d sold as merchandise"
Ought O man who entertains these SEN
timeuts, and looks to the consummation
of these ends, 10 be willing to rule A peo-
pie under whose laws he says be wOuld
not be content to live? And he says, too,
if this can be the case, where liberty
dwells, there IS my country" Can we be
mistaken in the meaning Of all this?
Would not the promotion and elevation
Of men entertaining these doctrines, and
who intend to carry out these principles,
be contributing to the destruction OF the
Constitution, and Of the Union which Is
based upon it, and of the institutions
which are secured and guaranteed to the
South?
have already referred to john Quincy
Adams's declaration, that, under the trea-
ty-making power, in the event OF an IN
surrectiOn of the slaves, and the Federal
Government should be called upon to IN
terpose. this Government could emanci-
pate the slaves. Their look at the doc
trines ofthe speech from which | have
lust quoted. Now bring into power a
man entertaining these sentiments, and
send some more John Browns on their To-
rays against the South let this Govern
ment in the hands of such q man be call
ed upon for force to put them down, and
where shall we stand? Are We prepared
to submit to encroachments Of this kind,
and see them openly proclaimed by the
elevation and installation into power Of
mon entertaining such doctrines? | do
not wish to be panic maker; | do not
wish to alarm any body; | do not suppose
could alarm any one, if | were disposed
10 do go; but tell gentlemen Of the
North and of the South that there Is a
state Of things in the country that never
existed before. There is no outburst,
there is no passion, but there IS deep de-
cded feeling in the country and the idea
is obtaining too much currency that this
Union is TO oe dissolved. That seems al
most to bo a foregone conclusion, and 1t
has got to be, in the minds Of men, be-
lief that it is simply a question OF time.
DO we not see what the inevitable re-
.suli of pressing such doctrines upon the
country will be, in this state OF the pub
lie feeling? For myself, am no dlssolu-
zionist; am no madcap on this subject.
Because we cannot get our constitutional
rights, do not intend TO be one of those
who will violate the Constitution. When
the time comes, if it ever does come,
when it shall be necessary and God for
bid that il ever should come-l intend to
place my feet upon that Constitution
which have sworn to support, and to
stand there and battle for all its guaran-
tees and if the constitution is to be viola
ted, if this Union is to be brokon up, 1t
shall bo done by those who are stealthily
and insidiously making encroachments
upon its vefy foundation. | intend to
stand upon the Constitution TO the very
last, and | tell the North it is with them
they haye ihe Union ia their own hands,
and if it is broken up, it will be their own
work, and not that Of the South for all
we ask is the Constitution of the country
and the fulfillmept Of its guarantees, and
upon them we intend TO stand, be tho
consequences what they may
God forbid that the time should ever
como when this country shall be involved
in a servile or a civil war. / trust that
that day may be postponed 10 some far
distant future and / hope, in the ginoerl-
ty of my heart, that that future may new