Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-10-15

, " " w nlh Nllillnh Nh"N thNit was hbl
majority for Secession in any State
Of the Union, except perhaps South
Carolina. lie was right Nine tenthf
of the Southern people were then as
true to tho Union as any part of The
! North, aud far truer than New Eng
land ever was. The North was rs
nearly unanimous as any equal number
Of people could be on any subject.
Where now are Union friends in the
South And where is the Northern
enthusiasm which two years ago mar
shalled the whole population into
franks and squadronf, and right forms
of WARP" Let tho Conscnption law
answer Away then with these negro
measures sigssas. hack cur cons,itn
ton and our laws--lol us have these to
fight Tor, and million OF true hearts
will leap to the conflict, whore now
there is nothing but apathy or some
thing worse.
i Tho mon whose influence brought
about this fatal policy have done it
with the willlul and malicious intention
to prevent the restoration of the Un,
ion. 1t was not mere blunder, but
n crime against tho country deliber,
atoly performed. Let us do Justice to
our opponents. The masses of the
Republican party $50 called did not
mean it; even their leaders were mis-
lead. The President is technically
responsible, but not in the sense Of in
tending all the consequences. 1t was
done by that ultra abolition party
whose principal seat Of power Is New
England, with disciples tbinly scatter
cd over the Middle and Western States.
That is the power behind the throne
greater than the throne itself; that is
the influence which shapes all our
measures Of civil administration and
regulates the fow OF our blood in the
field. These are the men who rule us
for their pleasure and plunder us for
their profit,
They avowed their purpose Of de.
stroying this government more than
thirty years ago. They made no secret
OF the malignant hatred they bore to
the institutions established by our
Revolutionary ancestors. They
wrought earnestly in season and out
Of season to excite insurreetion and
murder in the Southern States. They
did not wait for war TO legalize blood.
shed. When one Of their number, as
coarse a ruflian as they had among
them, an impostor, a thief a traitor
and a murderer, sneakod at midnight
into peaceful village to organize a
general system Of butchery, and
actually commenced shooting down
the unsuspecting inhabitants, while he
plundered tho Government property,
the Abolitionisls of New England
clappod their hands, applauded and re-
joiced with exceeding joy. Thoy ut
tered tho most furious maledictlon
against tho authorities for arresting
him when he was hung they mourn
ed him as a martyr; when he was
buried they pronounced funeral oulo
gics over his grave at this day they
worship his memory and sing hymns
in his honor By their fruits ye shall
know them. There can be no mistake
about the patriotism, the honesty, or
the benevolence, Of a party that can.
onifes traitor, n thiefand murderer.
While other parties were discussing
questions Of policy which concerned
the prosperity Of the country, the Alb.
olitionists were planning the destruc-
ton of the whole fabric while others
wrangled about tariffs, banks and inn
provements, they kept aloof, cautious
ly and cunningly contriving how they
might engulf the whole nation in sea
OF blood. AS tiger crouching at the
edge of his Jungle waits for the right
moment to spring upon his victim TO
crunch his bones and lap his liie.blood,
so Aboltonsm waited and watched
for the opportunity to make its fatal
spring upon the Federal Government.
The Constitution stood IN their way
and they spurncd it as m agreement
with hell. The Gospel of God was
opposed TO them and their conventicles
resounded with rbald blasphcmies
against the Christian religion. Com
mon honesty forbade the gross breach
of faith they contemplated, and they
invented now system of morality
called "higher law which when it
came to be defined meant nothing but
the impulse Of their own unregulated
passions. The Democracy saw through
their designs and warned tho country
against them and they slandered us
with all the brutal strength of
criminals.
The adhcrenis and sympathizcrs of
this party attempt TO excuse their
hostility to the Government of the
white man by ascribing it to love for
the negro. But of all the cauts that
were ever canted in this hypocrtical
age, the Abolition cant Of humanity
to the negro is the most disgustingly
hollow and false The men who have
no drops Of mercy Tor their own race
cannot possibly have any human feel
ing for another. Besides they know
very well that contest for negro
equality in this country must ncccs-
sarily terminate in making the negro's
condition q thvu---.-l times worse.
They cannot hope to sec the Anglo
PSaxons Of America sink in their own
blood as the French inhabitants of St.
Domingo did before the negroes of that
Island. No; they know that whom
their policy is pushed to the last ex-
tremity, the negro can have no ulti-
matc chance against the white man.
Their object is intensely and purely
selfish. They desired to kindle the
flames Of civil war throughout tho
country, reckless who might suffer so
that they could but remain masters Of
the burnt and blackcned field
think there can be no mistake in
saying that these Aboitionists are op.
posed to the Union, and that the
measures they sustain are intended to
prevent its restoration. Ask the man
who is their undoubtcd leader in this
county and State-thc man whose
talents cntitlc him to that bad cmi-
ncnce-and be will tell you what he
has often said, in public as well as in
private, that it sickcns him TO hear of
the Constitution as II IS and the Union
as IL was. Think for u moment Of this
most atrocious sentiment. The "Con-
stitution as it Is" is the fundamental
law Of the land, which they sworo to
obey and now they would insult the
God who was their witness, by declar.
ing that oath to be sham, and their
solemn covenant with the country a
deluson and snare. The Union as il
rds results from The Constitution as il
ie and thio ,otinn which has Mod for