Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-28
CLEARFIELD, PAr WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 1866.

the language OF Governor Brownlow,
of Tennessee. 1t was not original
with me.
Mr.. WALLACE. The Senator by
using it becomes responsible for Its
sentiment
"They have no rights; they arc to
be hung and TO be damned Alas !.
Is this the nineteenth century, and
are we enlightened men? Sir, go
back to subiugated Hungary, to con-
quered Poland, and see there men,
troddcn in the dust, with the heel of
tyranny upon them; see there the
sore oppression of the Austrian and
the Russian upon the neclls of those
men, who dared TO rebel against
government that was above and not
Of them and say if you want TO re-
peat in this country the scenes that
have been there enacted | trust that
your soberer moments, your more Sc
rious reflection will cause You to blush
at such language, to shudder at such
doctrines and to remember that "to
err is human, 10 forgive divine" Sir,
the Senator had upon his lips at al
most the same moment the expression,
"beauty for ashes, the oil of Joy for
mourning" If, with the ability that
know he possesses, and out of re-
spect for the vocation that he profess
es, he had proclaimed the doctrines Of
the sermon on the Mount and of that
glorious salutation of the angels"
peace on earth, good will to men,"
he would have been nearer, much
nearer the position that he should oc-
cupy Sir, the hour for hate has pass
ed and the hour for forgiveness has
come; they who arc statesmen should
rise 20 the heighth of the occasion !;
anu however much their vindictive
=, passions might wish to wreak upon
these people just punishment, yet the
good Of their country, the good Of
+ their race, the future prosperity of
four millions Of blacks and five mil
lions of whites, depend upon the adop-
tion of some othcr policy.
PLASTIC GOVERNMENT.
Sirs, the Senator says that the Gov
crnment is plastic-a most convenient
word--pldStic-that it may be formed
} and moulded by the hand And, truly,
il is a plastic Government--aye, n
: plastic Government when now, in
obedience to King Cautus, ut Wash
ington, cabal of men rule the nation
irrespective of legislative or executive
functions, and take upon themselves
, the power ola French Directory.
Well may you say the Government is
, plastic Go back TO the times Of l7S9,
and remember that then the French
Government was plastic, ,too;that il was
moulded and manipulated to suit the
ideas Of designing men, and used TO
oppress and destroy the people; and
out of it came bloodshed-fearful,
awful, horrible bloodshed No, sir :;
as has been well said by the Senator
from Berks, (Mr. Clymer) this is no
= tplastic Government, It's govovern-
ment of law that you and ! swore to
support when we took upon us our
duties in this chamber; and they in
+ Washington have upon them the same
obligation. There is to be no plastic
government in this country there
/ are rights recognized by the Constitu.
ton that arc to be maintained tho
rights ofindividuals and the rights OF
: States. Sirs, the sccesSionists il 1861
undertook, by war and bloodshcd to
break up this Government, and they
failed; four long fearful years of strug.
gle saved the Government But your
plastic Government would now seek to
> Observation-Disclosures do what
the sccessionist failed to do in -four
years of war. Is not tins soy Sirs
where no,o is your rallying cry? Arc
you nor for the Union Or are you, in
obedience TO this cabal of men at
" Washington, under the lead of Stev.
: ems, Immortal from hls deeds in these
halls moulding your plastic Govern.
mcnt 20 sever and divide the Union
: Is this so ? or is it not so 7 Are you
: for this Government as a whole,or are
YOU on the other side of the issue
: This is a question that must be answer
cd sometime and somewhere.
. THE coLoRED SOLDIER.
The argument that the colored sol
dier took his muskct and did his mite
4 for the protection of the Government
, has been used, and is the great shib
! bolcth in his favor. The whole mum
!, Der of soldiers called for from 1861 &c
!, 1865, as found in the report of the
! Secretary of War, was two million:
! seven hundred and tfty-nine thousand
!, and forty.nine men, (2,759,049;) and
the whole number received was two
= million six hundred and fifty-eighi
thousand five hundred and fii(y-thrcC
(2,65s, $3.50. The whole number o.
o colored troops enlisted is one hundred
r and seventy-eight thousand nine hun
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