Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-04-05

much oI tue loyalty which still exists n.
mong the Southern masses, but which
dares not avow itself for fear of the ven
geance which such ayowal would provoke.
mere can bo but little vitality in prin-
ciple incapable of maintaining ITSELF and
the loyalty Of those who profess il in the
South is hardly worth The name. Ifa man
have an abiding conviction of truth, it is
extremely apt to find expression in Ian
guage. Yet from Vicks burg to Brashear
City one might listen in vain for the sliaht.
} est expression of fealty 10 the old bond
: ,of Union,o Of loyaltyto the Constitution.
from the mouth Of those who constitute
me Old resident part Of the population
J 0u might believe yourself in some re-
gon whcte law as ineXorable as that of
the Modes and ersians forbade anv hint
toward the possibility of reconstruction
or reconciliation
, Negro Eqaality!-Tho Whole Thing Out.
In q late debate in the Senate of the
United States, Mr. Sumner indicated
quite distinctly, that the object of him
self and friends in their Efforts in behalf
.oi the negro, will not cease till perfect
equality Is effected hear him:
Mr' henderson (I'cp. Mo- advocated
the proposition, holding that both Houses
ought to admit the members from Louisi-
ana, each without consulting the other
In the course Of Mr.. IIenderson's re-
|, marks short dialogue took place between
him and Mr.. Sumner. Mr. Henderson in
qnired of Mr.. Sumner If he believed tie
/, Southern States were out of the Union.
F Mr., Sumner (Eep. Mass said he did
not They had lnn, r
Union.
! Mr.. henderson (Rcp. MOI inquired if
that was so, why not let Louisiana be rep
resented in Congress?
Mr.. Sumner replied because the GOV
ernmont of that State had been subrerled.
and there was really no govern mens there
now
Mr. Henderson said The loyal men of
Louisiana had recognized the existing GOV.
ernment. Then why should not the SEN
ator recognize it?
Mr. Sumner (Rep. Mass. said that when
the loyal men white and black. recognized
it, he would do So not until then.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep. Mo- Does the
Senator from Massachusetts assert that
Congress has the right TO interfere with
the right of suffrage?
Mr.. Sumner replied that under the Con-
stitutlon Republican fern Of govern
ment was guaranteed to the citizens of
overy State. 1t was the duty OF Congress-
to guarantee pcuect and complete free
dom from al oppression and equality be-
fore the law TO every man.
Mr.. Henderson said that if no State
government was Republican in form that
did not permit negroes TO vote. then the
majority Of the States in the Union were
not Republican in form, and Mr.. Sumner
ought to move for an exclusion of the SEN
ators from Connecticut, New York, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Ma
ryland, and many other States. He lMr.
Sumner,) would have q very small Union
before he got through. While Mr.. Hen
defson was speaking of TIE rights reserved
to the several States by the Constitution,
Mr.. Sumner said; May ask the Senator
II he remembers the words of Geo Wash.
ington, when he transmitted the Consti-
tuition Of the United States to Congress.
when he undertook to declare the desire
which the Federal Congress had nearest
its heart to see these States consolidated
into one.
Mr.. llenderson-"The Union is consol-
Il
| am in favor Of"
Mr.. Sumner said the government in
Louisiana that Mr. Henderson was ia "a
vor Of was an oligarchy, and he was oppo-
sed to any such thing as this, The troub-
lie in Louisiana was that all the loyal citi-
zens were not allowed to vote
Mr.. lIendersOn-What does the Sena-
tor mean by all the loyal citizens?
Mr.. Sumr er--ALL THE BLACKS OF
THAT STATE.
/ A ToAU's ToILEr.-Audubon relate.
that he once saw toad uudress himself.
He commenced by pressing bis elbows
nard against his sides, and rubbing down
ward. After n few smart rub' his sides
began to burst open along his back. He
kept on rubbing until he had worked all
his skin into folds on his sides and hips
then grasping one hind leg with both
hands, he hauled of ono leg Of his pants
the same rs any body would ;then he strip
ped off tho othcr hind leg in the same
way. He then took his cast oil cpticle
forward between his fore legs into his
mouth and swallowed it; then by raising
and lowering his head, swallowing as his
head came down, he stripped of the skin
underneath until it came to his fore legs,
and then grasping one of those with The
opposite hand. by considerable pulling
stripped the other. and by single mo-
tion of the head, and by swallowing, he
drew it from the neck and swallowed the
whole.
EXECUTIONS IS THE ARMY OF THE PoToNAc.
- Executions are plenty. John Nicholas,
q private Of the 69lh N, Y. was hung
day or two ago. lie WAS n simple looking
chap and, being lightly built, died pretty
hard. Next day | was called to witness
another execution. that of James Kelly,
Of the 9th p. ". lie was shot. The
rule is TO shoot those who desert to the
rear, and hang those who desert to the
rebels. Executions are only too plenty
There is hand large number ordesertors
who have not yet been tried the MAORI
ty OF them arc foreigners, mostly Cana
dians, who are induced TO desert by the
general order" of General Lee, who