Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-04-18

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as high crime and sin, when r
knew in your hearts that every re,,
scntation you made, as to our posit
was simply false But the resouti
OF the Senator from Washir rgton
uncarthed you 1t has stirred IN
fearful commotion amongst the ran
Of the faithful. You gnash your tee
in lmpotent rage, and are swollen
with undischarged bile. You rave
fumc and sweat--all to no purpo
gentlemen. We intend to expose yo|
duphcity and we have done IL. Hen
those tears. | advise you to GOV,
your Intentions in some more skill
way, or ! shall again draw aside Il
flmsy veil which shields you from op.
contempt
PAY TIE PRIvATE SOLDIERS.
But, sir, what will be the effect
the resolution should Congress ena
a law in accordance with its spirit
Will it not be precisely what yo
gentlemen forced US to vote agains
when you attempted usurpationl Tb
soldier will be paid in coin or Il
equivalent that is to say, his wagd
will be increased by the difference b
tween gold and greenbacks. If gol
at the end Of any month is sixty ps
cent. above greenbaeks, common so
diers will receive twenty dollars an
eighty cents, instead of thirteen dol
lars, for his months services. If voI
were honest in your opposition to ID
crease his pay, how can you object
When he entered the service, his pai
was thirteen dollars per month in gold
for then gold was not above par. ThI
resolution simply proposes to keel
our plighted faith with the most mer|
torious Of all public servants; will
him who defends our homes and fire
sidea. Tell me, gentlemen, were vol
honest or dishonest in your propost
ion 7 You shall not evade an ansye,
by calling me disloyaI. The word ha.
no terrors for me. Three years aga
yon paid the foreign minister and III,
private soldier in gold. Why, today
DO you continue to pay him who i
basking and revellingin the smiles d
loyalty, and refuse it to him who .amit
the roar of cannon and storm O
bullets, is battling in your defence
Answer me if You dare. We will no
be deferred from making the inquir,
by threats or denunciations. We or
this side of the chamber claim for our
selves MS much interest in and devo
ton to the Government founded upol
the Constitution as You claim to pos
sess. We donot impugn your motive.
you shall not ours. We are not to b,
cajoled or intimidated here or else
where, We are your peers and equal
here and every place. We know ou
rights and will maintain them. w
will stand by the Constitution an,
! Union of these States, and we tell You
aye, we charge il upon You, that yol
are tho only men aho would destror
both.
Charges arc constantly made agains
us of a want Of fidelity to the Govern
ment, of sympathy with treason. an,
of aiding the rebellion. We defy Vol
to make them good. This matter ha,
better be understood and settled her
and now. 1t is true, we are not tn
slaves OF any administration. Yor
shall not set the blacks free and en-
slave white men. We know no Gov
ernmcnt which is not based upon th
Constitution, and we will neither ODE
nor be "loydf to any other. Is m,
language sufficiently precise +? is
clearY | do not wish to be misundel
stood. / an not "ioyaP TO any ad
ministration am ever so to tru
government, founded upon and actin
in accordance with the Constitution
OF which it Is the mere creature ant
exponent. More than this, You no
any living man can demand of nm,
one. To do so is 10 make yourselyc
masters and those of whom YOU maxi
the demand slares. We wish YOU Il
fully understand that You shall nevd
exercise any such power over us. It'd
history Of the past should teach vol
that the race to which we belong mai
possibly DO exterminated, but nerer cd
Sldrcd. fi1
Senator Clymor and every othe
Democrat voted for this resolution
and the Dis-union Senators voted I,
Kill It by amending it, and having
majority, effected its amendment, an,
thus defeated the original proposition
ssS~ The government has again hi
forney rap over the head, much {,
the annoyance of his loyal soul. Sec
retary Seward has ordered the adver
tising of his department, to be take,
from the Chronicle, one of Forney'
papers, published in Washington. OF
account of ito nhnea &c ~