Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-03-29

Gal plCt!lnCutc Juet NSh' ~
yhenle Tor rellection"-a text from which
any preacher might preach. Every thing
outside of the "Shoddy arisiocracy" wears
a melancholy" aspect. 1t i, "melan-
.choly" 10 think that great party, har-
ing just elected President, end major
ity ofCongress, in the winter Of lS6O-Gl,
pursistenty rejected the appeals at the
,people OF both North and South TO call
National Convention to adjust the. diff
oulties then threatening the rupture OF
Abe Union.
1t is "melancholy" to record that news
yoapers which, in December 1850, decIar-
ed that they were opposed TO "a war to
compel any State to remain in the I'm
ion," were within four months thereafter
IN fapor of just such war.
IL melancholy" to !hink that the
partv that declared in the halls Of Con-
,rress that for the North to whip the South
was mere breakfast job" have found it
necessary to send over lhros millions of
their feNew citizens to the fold Of battle
over one-sixth OF whom arc rotting in
,tbeir graves-and the end is not yet,
1t is "melanchoty" to think that the
second Officer in our Government declar-
ed, in April, 1851, that the war would not
last over ''a!ney days." It has now lasted
four years, Is IL not a melancholy" fact
that the man whose knowledge Of his
country aud his felloW-countrymen, PER
mitted him to make such a monstrous
mistake, is unfit to assist in the Admins
lration of public affairs
1t is melancholy" to think that the
ruling party claim this to be a 'PopHlsr
war" sustained by the people for the
preservation of the Government, and yet,
n order to keep the ranks OF our armies
supplied with men, four or five hearlless
1o1zcriptions have had to be enforced,
and each one promised to be The last
Il is melancholy to see men crying
out at the top Of their voices in favov Of
the war and for ropes and tho lang
men for those opposed to It,--who haYe
Been ever careful not to be found among
The "heroic men whose bones lie bleaching
in the swamps OF The Chiclahominyp
If there is "record that has no pagel-
lei in infamy" in store for those who are
opposed to the war, it is lamentably mel
ancholy" that 50 many of those who pro
fess 10 be in favor oft fail to seek honor
in facing the foe. ....
lis melancholy" 10 see so many oI
these war patriots, who are drafted, cali
ing upon Democrats 70. money to help
them buy substitutes, or pay Tor yolun-
teers, in order that they may remain at
home.
1t is melancholy" to think that while
our rulers have sunk The Government
hopeleSsly in debt, in pretending to war
for the Union and the Constitution, they
have violated its most sacred provisions
Ills "aelancholy" to see citizens
some OF them old and infrm-seized in
their peaceful houses in the dead hour o
the night, manacled and thrust into pri
son, tried and condemned for imaginary Of
fences before tribunals having not the
shadow of right 10 try them even If guilty.
All ! this is melancholy" indeed
1t is melancholy to think of the tax
es now opposed upon the industry of tie
country. No farmer any longer owns
the broad acres over which he tolls and
sweats. He may think he does But he
is mistaken. The Government owns it,
for it is mortgaged for tares
But our country is filed with scenes OF
the most melancholy" and heartrending
character. Where is the family whose
hearts have not been lacerated by the sad
iidings froa the battlefield? Go nov
Through our valleys and over our hills,
and you will find weeping and wailing in
almost every hamlet, for the heariless
conscriptiou is about to drag from the
family circle loved boy, or perhaps a
husband or father. And for what purpose
o, this is the most "melancho!y" part
of it! 1t is for purpose that God never
car sanction the placing of the negro
upon terms Of perfect equality" with the
white race. Had it not been for this idea
there never would have been war; anC
were it not for this, we could now have
poace at any time. If, in the beginnin
of 1861, the present party in power haG
consented 10 a reference of the question.
in controversy between the North ant
she South, to Convention Of the People
war would have been averted, all Difficult
ties would have been settled, and The
bonds of Union more firmly cemented
than ever. But, forgetful that the peopi
were the source Of Gil power in our Govern
ments, both States and National; Gorgeifulo
the teachings of the Fathers of the Reput