Culumkia Dtmtitrnt
EDITF.D Y LEVI J,. TATE, rROritlETOlt.
BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
SATURDAY MORNING), EErTEMBER 14, 1061.
DEMOCRAT I C NOMINATIONS.
REPRESENTATIVES)
JLEVI li. TATE,
Of Columbia.
GEO. S. TUTTON,
Of Wyoming.
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SHERIFF,
JOSIAH H. FURMAN.
ASSOCIATE JUDOE3,
JOHN McREYNOLDS.
STEPHEN BALDY.
TREASURER,
JAMES S. McNINCH. .
COMMISSIONER,
CHARLES II. HESS.
CORONER,
JAMES LAKE.
AUDITOR,
JOHN F. FOWLER.
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Th Chairman of tho Democratic Standing Committee
or Columbia county Having written to Judgo daldt in-
quiring whether he would accept or decline the nomlna-
tlon tendered him by tho Convention of Republicans,
tyling themselvei tho Union Convention, which asscm
bled in Bloomsburg on Saturday, September Ui, replied
as followa:
CiTTAVMsa, i4th Sept., ldtii.
To r. H. lni.tg atim.tii!
Pim-in reply to your
note of th. mi, I have only to .ay-That having received
the Democratic nomination for Associate Judge. I can
,notof courie become tho candidate of a second party.
They have not glv.n me the opportunity to decline their
nomination, not having even notified ineof the fact J but
your letter hai enabled me to lay that I am the candidate
of the Democratic party, and of the Democratic party
only i knowing it to be thoroughly for the Union, the
Conititution and the i,awi. Very reipcctfuiiy,
Your obedient servant,
STEPHEN BALDY.
4e3r Dr. John announced with a great
flourish of trumpets that Judge Maynard t
was going to bo here and address the
Republican Convention : But Judge May
nard having had his cyo teeth cut some
time ago, and smelling a very large 'mico,'
of course did not come near the concern.
Woulln't take the buit. Maj. John
Beiciiard, who was nnmin&tcd, by tho
mongrel Republican Convention) for Asso
ciate Judgo of Luzerno county, says ho
cannot bo placed in a position of hostility
to his political friends and under a convic
tion of duty and self respect, with his re
gard for Dcmoeratio usages, withdr aws
from tho contest.
'Tho Republican Convention that
met hero last Saturday put in nomination
a ticket composed wholly, except the can
didate for Coroner, of members of tho
dcmoeratio party. Thoy protested , through
their orator of the day, that their intention
was to nominate only '' good union men ;"
and tho result shows, that in order to find
that kind of material, they wero obliged
to como into tho party of their opponents.
Tho conclusion therefore is irrcsistablo,
that thoy could not find "good union men"
in tho republican ranks. Having thus, by
their action, admitted the fact, thoy must
sot be surprised if the people tako them at
their word ; and vote for tho " good and
true union men " put in nomination by the
Democratic Convention, tbey being now as
ever for the Union.
Traducirs of the Tress.
In common with tho Dcmoeratio press
generally, tho Columbia Dtmoc.at has
been subjected to every variety of misrep
resentation, the offspring of hatred and en
vy, and equally tinctured with meanness
and mendacity. It would be useless to
notico all tho varied charges, which would
be ai recklessly repeated after tho most
triumphant refutation. Thoso who read
our paper know its courso thoso that do
not would not be benefitted by any expo
sure of tho falsehood of the charges'. Wc
shall continue to follow the course that
principle and patriotism has marked out
for us, leaving our traduccrs to work ou
thoir own condemnation.
Two Pictures.
Dr. John's masters have forced him to
admit that he made and published a most
infamous and malicious libel, when he ut
tered through his paper tho following :
1ST" " Wo attended tho Democratic
"pow-wow"in tho Court House, on Mon
rf. Uro ni l,.,., wo ii,.i
up our pocket-book, as wo felt that things
of that sort might not be safe among a
crowd who endorsed such men as Cobb,
- . ti-'-bi "'-.""
i..UJu,.uu ucri-Lui ckliuvi iuuri,
custom houses, arsenals and forts, and re
pudiators of debts."
For in the issuo of the following week
he takes tho water in tho most amusing
possible fashion. Just hear this wholesale j uu "'u y court martial m-
vilifier.and pity ths man for once. 1Io ,stcad of grand jury ; justifies marches and
8aya . j seizures of pnvato property, and the taking
'We had uo fears from the mass of tho possession of publio highways and other
delegates, for we know them to be HON-(means of communication. Involving tho
EST aud WELL-MEANING men." j highest exercises of sovereignty, it is, of
This is of a pieco with his foelish de- course, capablo of great abuse, and is only
nunciation of the democrats last Juno at to bo justified on emergencies of tho most
the Congressional election, and which his imperative and perilous naturo.
owners forced him to tako back tho fol- j 1
lowing week. Wo should think they had Martial Law in Missouri. Major
almost got tired keeping tho Dr. straight. General Fremont issued a proclamation,
As it is he is doing tho dcmoeratio party on Saturday last, establishing Martial
yeoman service. IIo handles the scalpel Law throughout the entire Stato of Miss
most vigorously and most blindly every ouri, confiscating tho property of rebels,
cut is in tlo bowcU of hii party. and declaring tho fic ilom of their slaves,
A Now Daniol.
Sinco,-upon a certain occasion, and for
n locnl purpose tlio Dcmocrntio partv
nominatcil and elected John Staley of
1 1 i r i - rr . I
uiccuwugu, iu n viouny oinco, ino luca
teems to havo entered his head, that their
action was duo to hU merit and abilities,
rather than to the question and its impor
tance ; and Binco then, upon every occa
?ion,hc has assumed the duties of a censor,
and has moro than onco endeavored to
usurp that position in tho county, which
was his by sufferance only.
His venom, hatred and malice against
tho democratic party for the several de
feats they have given him,-havo at last
culminated in that remarkable, letter to the
Ncio York Tribune, to which a correspon
dent, in another column, calls our atten
tion. Read it. Its mendacity and impu
dence aro unequalled. It exceeds in ef
frontery tho most malicicus slnndcis of tho
republican press, and it is easily seen that
tho ten years reading Mr. Staley has given
to tho iYetp York Tribune have mado him
a most accomplished . How unblush
lngly ho refers to tho almost murder com
mitted by his friends on two pcaceablo
citizens, members of his own party 1 Ho
forgot to add that tho villains fled the
country, lest the hand of justice should
reach them.
Mr. Staley is in HO personal danger
from any democrats they love tho Union,
tUCy rcSpCCt the laws, they rOVCre tho
Constitution. And while Mr. Staley ad
mits his own friends to bo rowdies, the
, charges and insinuations which ho makes
in bis letter, against tho democrats, not
I proven and false, constitute tho payment
and manifest tho generosity of (he man,
, ; indebted solely to tho democratic
t J
party for what little position llO has. He
not only dcsirCS to prolong tho war, but
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to spread and intensify it. Ho Seeks 00-
cag;on for abuSO anJ misrepresentation;
ho strcngtltons tho hands of the Southern
traitors, and gives aid and comfort to those
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who are carrying on this wicked rebellion.
H I'M earned the contempt of his neigh-
bors, and thoy will leave him to wallow
in tho mire ot his degradation.
We repeat lo him what our Correspon
dent has so ably demonstrated THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE
UNION PARTY. Wo appeal to tho
past not a battlo field from Quebco to
Mexico has not been bathed with demo
cratic blood nowhere have tho glorious
"Stars and Stripes" been unfurled, but
strong armed and stout hearted Demo
crats have been there to fling them to the
breczo. Wo appoal to tho present. Se
ven tenths of tho soldiers are democrats
and they aro led by such democrats as
Butler, and McClcllan, and Patterson, and
Wool and Dix ; while on the stump ring
the clarion voices of Dickinson and Holt ;
and Seward himself has said :
" I know the Democracy of the North.
I know them now in their waning strength.
I do not know a possible disunionist among
them all. I believe they will be as faithful
to the Union now as tbey wero in tho by
gone days when their ranks were full and
their challenge to the contest was always
tho war cry of victory."
Our Representative Candidate-
Geo. S. Tutton, Esq. is tho nominco for
Representative, and will undoubtedly, re
ceive tho hearty support of the Democracy
of this District. We have known Mr,
Tutton, quite intimately, from our earliest
boyhood and have ever known him to be
an honorable, high minded gentleman
At so early a day as 1839, wo believo it
was, ho crino from New York State into
this section of Pennsylvania, residing
portion of the timo in Wilks-Barre, Ber
wiek, Bloomsburg, and Cattawissa. In
1817 he was admitted, at the Luzerne
County Bar, to practice law, and almost
immediately removed to Tunkhannock,
where he has resided ever sisce. Mr,
Tutton is a gentleman of fine ability, stcr-
Keg integrity, and withal a sound Union
Democrat, he has no sympathy for Disu
nionists, denounces secession and treason,
and will support the administration in all
constitunional and proper measures to put
down rebellion. If elected ho will do
honor to himself and to his constituncnts.
His nomination, wo think, will bo a popu-
lnrono, as he 13 well and favorably
kuown, all over tho District.
.What is Martial Law?
Martial Law, says Chancellor Kcufc, is
founded on paramount necessity by a mili
tary despotism. It is an arbitrary law,
, originating in emergencies. In times of
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cxtrcmo peril to tho State, cither from
'without or from within, tho public welfare
j demands extraordinary legal delay. Jus-
. U sSDendcd bv tho militarv nntrnn.
which for tho timo become supreme. It
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suspends tho operation of habeas corpus :
enables persons charged with treason to
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Republican Convention.
The Bepublican 'Convention met in
Bloomsburg and parted, wo confidently
believe, never to assemble again, Tho
time has como for a change of programmo
and n change of name, and very soon re
publicanism will bo as dead as whigism,
nnd know-nothingism aro now.
Isaac S. Munroo of Cattawissa, having
been mado president, and vice presidents
and secretaries appointed, tho play began.
Dr. John moved this, nnd Dr. John moved
that, and Dr. John moved tho other thing;
tho meeting dancing as he pulled tho
strings. Finally Mr. Martzof Ligbtatrcct,
an ambitious gentleman, fearing Dr. John
would usurp all 'tho honors, and that his
own natno would not get into print at all,
moved for a Committeo of ONE to hunt
up Mr. Clark, and extort a speech from
him, as Judgo Maynard was too sharp to
bo caught in this trap. Mr. Martz has
thus immortalized himself.
The Committee on resolutions reported
tho Committee of ONE reported Mr.
Clark reported and finally the Commit
tee nppointcd to report candidates to the
meeting reported. They got along very
well, as nobody was ambitious of the honor
of being beaten for tho sako of tho repub
lican!), until the namo of Stephen Baldy
was proposed for Judgo Then camo a
storm. Baldy was incontinently voted
out. Tho leaders grew pale and trembled.
Tho no-party Convention to defeat a man
ou party grounds most monstrous. And
then came speeches, begging and pray
ing. Dr. Lott protested ho had always been
a republican, which nobody was disposed
to deny ; but he was now for Baldy.
Mr. Munroo was very much distressed
that Judge Baldy should bo so shabbily
treated, admitted that ho felt himself a
little out of place, something liko a cat in
a strange garret, but ho could endorse
Baldy as a " Union man."
Dr. John averred that ho had always
been opposed to Baldy, that it would bo a
bitter pill for him to voto for Baldy, but
it would have to be taken.
Wo wero very much surprised at this,
for wc supposed it could not bo a very
" bitter pill'' for a man who professed to
bo for tho Union to vote for a man who
really teas for tho Union; but as Dr. John
asserts that it is so, wo have no doubt of
the fact. And it fully accounts, to our
mind, for tho venom and rancor with
which Dr. John assails all the Democratic
nominees. They being all good Union
men," of courso they aro a very "bitter
pill " to tho Dr. Judgo Baldy doubtless
will feel very much complimented, and
very much amused at tho ugly faces tho
Dr. is making at tho doso ono " good Union
man '' makes for him.
Tho whole thing was a capital joke for
tho boys, and tho trick was so transparent
that everybody saw through it. No demo
crat will be caught by it, and such a dres
sing as thoso gentlemen will get at the
October election, will bo a caution to them
tho balance of their natural lives.
"Strengthening tho Government."
The Boston Post, a Dcmdcratio journal
which, in tho present crisis, has given to
tho Federal Government its earnest and
able support without pledging its adhesion
to tho political principles on which tho
present Administration camo iato power,
in referring to certain conditions which :t
deems essential to the preservation of the
harmony and confidence of tho loyal pop
ulation of tbo country, takes occasion pa
triotically to say :
"It is tho obligation of each true citizen
to do all iu his power to render tho Ad
ministration as efficient as possible, that
its ability might bo adequate to tho task
bcloro it. It there do a rotton plank in
the ship, take it out, if possible; if there
bo a leak, plug it up ; but never desert
the old craft, sho is bound on a glorious
crtiiso, and whether her chart bo exactly
correct in ovcry minute or not. sho is
freighted with tho most precious cargo that
over Boated upon the sea of tiino, she will
surely find a safe harbor and ancorago af
ter buffeting all the storms of civil commo
tion." The Democracy proposes to strengthen
tho Go vcrument by taking out tho rotton
planks in the ship and substituting sound
timber, so that sho may moro safely pur
suo her perilous voyage.
Union. Tho Douglas wing of tho Dom
ocratio party in New York Stato having
refused to coalcsco with tho Republicans
upon a singlo ticket, and called a State
Convention to meet at Syracuse, on tho
'1th of Soptcmbcr, tho Breckiuridgo Com
mitteo met last week and resolved not to
call a State Convention this fall, but to
unito with tho Douglas Democrats in tho
election of delegates to tho Syracuso Con
vention. Thus has tho Dcmocraoy of a
noblo Stato risen abovo the petty divisions
of tho past, and nobly joined hands for tho
purposo of rescuing tho Constitution and
their counlry. All hail to Now York
Democracy I Let their cxamplo inspiro
others to liko acts of patriotism, until tho
truo sons of human freedom shall havo
replaced their banners upon every uioun
tain top of America.
ll'jomlug Democratic Nominations.
Representative Georgo S. Tutton.
Assoeiato Judges Henry l.ove, John
V. Smith.
Commissioner Jobu Niver,
Coroner Paul 0. Clayton,
Auditor T. D. Spring.
Malicious Slanders.
Dr. Brou-cr, tho know-nothing Editor
of that delectable shcct,cntitled tbo "Mon
tour American," perpetrates threo distinct
lies upon tho Editor of tho "Columma
Democrat." Ho also announces that ho
is, himself, a cindidato for tbo Legisla
ture, and is "confident of success 1" Wo
know tho Doctor toboft"coMI'iWicc.mfin,"
and if wilful falsification is to bo the game
of tho "Know-nothing Union Republican
mongrel party," no wonder at his hopo of
success."
Wo quote, among many others, throe
sentences from his last ''budget of blun
ders." ''Col. 'I'ato is a Breckinridge Democrat
ono who designates tho war as a Black
Republican an unholy war.'
Col. 'I'ato has participated in "Pcaco
Meeting'," or "urged a comproraiso with
traitors."
Wc never denominated this as an "un
holy war," cngagod in "Pcaco Meetings,"
or "urged a compromiso with traitors."
Hence, Brower's every assertion is a false
and malicious slander. Wo never yet met
a single Democrat hero who oven intima
ted for a moment, his willingness to havo
any other than an honorable teace,
such only a3 was endorsed by the Resolu
tions of our Democratic County Conven
tion. And wo havo always discouraged
an amalgamation with tho Know nothing
opposition, because wo aro religiously op
posed to all and every "COMPROMISE
WITH TRAITORS."
No peace mooting has ever been held in
Columbia County to-our knowledge ; and
tho meeting at Benton, to which wo sup
poso Brower refers, was called without any
consultation with Democrats in Blooms
burg. For that meeting wo arc not re
sponsible; but having attended it, wo are
responsible for the utterance of tho follow
ing sentimenU ; and wo defy any nun to
torturo them into any thing opposing the
government, or entertaining any other idea
than of the successful putting down of the
rebellion, and tho continued union of these
States. Col. Tate said :
"Ho regarded the teachings of abolition
ism and modern republicanism as perni
cious to our cxistenco as a Naiion, and
counselled peaceful deliberations for the
adjudication of our existing difficulties and
appealed to tho friends of tho Union, by
all tho memories of the past, nnd all tho
hopes of tho futuro to rally with prompt
ness and vigor, within tho perview of tho
Constitution, to the defence of the country
against all its foes whether at homo or
abroad. In conclusion, ho referred to tho
DEMOCRATIC FI.AO, of 34 Stars,
which waved over tho Speaker's Stand,
onco in triumph but now in humiliation
as the emblem of the Nation's Freedom, in
tho full and firm belief, that on its prcscr
vation depends our nationality, and tho
only security for tho rights, liberties and
power of our own people and tho highest
hopes of oppressed humanity throughout
tho world. Ths speaker resumed his sent
amidst rounds of applause and music by
the liana.
What Constitutes Trorson.
fudge Catuon, of the U. S. Supreme
Court, iu a recent charge to tho Grand Ju
ry, iu St. Louis, laid down explicitly the
following propositions as tho law of tho
laud ;
1. That to constitute treason, there
must bo treasonable intent, as well as a' multitudes hero m tho -North, who sym
trcasonablo over act; and in order to make ' pathizo.with them, and who aro ready to
out treasonable intent and overt act, the 1 a3sist tUcra ; tbc'ir abominablo work? It
party accused must have been leagued in
a conspiracy to overthrow tho Government.
2. That there aro certain constitu
tional guaranties which the passion oc the
trenzy ot tuo hour cannot touoh, aud a
mong them is the right of expression and
discussion and the freedom of tho press.
3. That no sentiment, however hostile,
can be held to bo treasonable,
4. That the right for every citizen to
bear arms is an inalienablcright that cannot
be infringed ; and thu tact of a citizen
having arms, without being in league with
a hostile forco, was not an act for which
his liberty could be abridged.
H. That it is the duty of the grand jury
to protect the citizen aud the Government,
and that they should not, on account of
any fear, favor or affection, shrink from
the discharge of that duty. As an arm of
tho judiciary, the grand jury should dili
gently inquiro into all offences brought to
their knowledge, and bring to tho bar of
tho United States Court all who havo been
guilty of unlawfully uniting against tho
Uovcrnmcnt and the laws oi the land,
COJUIUMtATI'D.
.Messrs. Editors Democrat :
Happening in town last Saturday,
curiosity induced me to stop into tho Court
House, to witness tho process of ro-eAm.
cning tho RErtinncAN Party. I was
somewhat amused to hear tho voluntary
offer of a nico littlo gcntloman to stump
Columbia county to abuse and endeavor
to defeat tho Democratic paity. When,
a few years ago wo made Mr. Clark Dis
trict Attorney of Columbia county, wo
supposed wo were then voting for a gentlo
man of at least conservative principles.
Wo aro now to bo paid for that misdirected
kindness by being abused and denounced.
Would it not bo well for him yet to re
member, that for all tho political position
ho ever had, he is entirely indebted to the
Dcmoeratio party ?
ONE OF THEM.
An Excellent Mote. Major Gen.
McClellan has issued an order for the
better observance of the Sabbath, in his
command. Ho directs that all work shall
bo suspended on that day, aud that noun
necessary movement shall bo made ' unless
incaso of attactby tho cnciny, or soino
other cxtrcmo military ncccs3ityi"
Correspondence.
Pot the ColutnUa Vtmotrat.
Oranoevim,f., Sept. Oth, 1801.
C01.. L. L. Tate,
Dear SinWhilst looking
tho "New York Tribuno" of tho1
2nd inst., my eyes happened to fall on an
articlo in Baid paper, headed, " From Co
lumbia County, Penn.," and which I found
to bo a lcttor from our friend John Sta
LtY, of Greenwood, to tho N. Y. Tribune.
It is so good, that I think every Democrat
in this County ought to sco and read it ;
and as tbcro aro very few Democrats in
this county who tako tho N. Y. Tribuno,
thoreforo if you think it worthy of notico,
please publish it in your next Colu.miiia
Democrat. Tho following is tho letter,
verbatim, viz :
From Columbia Co., Ponn.
Corrtrpondcnce ff Tkt .V. 1". 77la.
KoiiRrfBL-RO, rnna., Augtitt77, lt!Gl.
Tbcro is a vile Bhcct published in your
city called The New York Day Book,
which is getting a powerful circulation in
this county nmong the Brcekinridgo Demo
crats. Ono Republican had ten copies
sent to him for circulation. If this thing
is to continue the Government will havo .
to send troops hero to protect the loyal
citizens, for in tho northern part of this
County Joff. Davis has two men to Lin
coln's one, or which is tho samo, two
Breckinridge men to ono Lincoln man.
Thoy aro holding peaeo meetings, as thoy
call them, in the day time, and secret
meetings at night, something liko the K.
G. C. They have two companies formed,
and aro forming two moro, who call them
selves Dcmoeratio companies, and refuse
to be organized under tho laws of tho State.
Ono company is arming with largo knives,
mado out of old scythes; report says tho
others are to be armed with revolvers ana
dirks. Somoof tho Union men arc a's0
arming, with tho expectation of being nt -
tacked So we may look for bad work if
such papci s as The Day Book aro allowed
to poi.-on the minds of tho people.
Last Thursday, !2a inst , wc hau a
Union meeting to counteract these peace
meetings. On tho road home, two men,
who were out fishing, hurrahed for Jeff.
Davis, when they wero attacked and stab'
bed by two young Union men. Tho
wounds, it is thought, will not prove mor.
tal. A rccruitiu" officer who attended our
meeting, stopped at a tavern near by at
night and was insulted ; ho drew a revol
ver and was prevented from shooting the
Secessionist who insulted him only by the
interference of the Union men present. I
havo been a subscriber to your paper for
ten years, aud havo dono all 1 could to
inoreasc its circulation, but The Day liook,
in thrco months, bus far outstripped it
20 copies camo to Rohrsburg, to ono ad
dress, 30 to Stillwater, 22 to Benton. I
have lived 53 years in this country. The
times look tho darkest now.
JOHN STALEY.
'' Whom the Gods wish to destroy they
first make mad.'1 Can it bo possible that
our friend John is so ignorant, that ho
does not see, that to perpetrate such a
letter as tho above, and to havo it publish-
cd in such n sheet as tho N. Y. Tribune,
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is aiding and abetting tho enemy ? Can
ho be so green as not to sco that the pub
lishiug of such ft lett-.r is comforting tho
Rebels, and giving them encouragement
to carry on their diabolical work, in try
ing to destroy tho best Government tho
sun ever shone upon 7 Does ho not mako
the Southern pcoplo believo that thcro are
is giving the Southern pcoplo to under
stand that in the northern part of Colum-
; bilJ county'. at.loait two't,,irdj of the F00Pl0
aro secessionists, lie states " lor in the
northern part of this County Jeff. Davis
has two men to Lincoln's ono, or what is
tho samo thing, two Breckinridge mon to
ono Lincoln man." Now if that is not
I giving comfort to tho enemy, then I do
not understand what is. I do not believe
that thcro is a real secessionist to bo found
in this county. If those who voted the
Democratic ticket last fall are secessionists,
then will 1 agrco with our friend Staley.
I will agree that there aro even more in
the northern part of this couuty than what
ho says there arc ; hut no ono but a down
right fool will believe that to be a Demo
crat is to bo a secessionist. Wo claim.
friend Staley, that the Democratic tartv
is tho UNION PARTY. Docs ho not
remember that the people of tho Dcmoeratio
party wero sneered at by tho opposite par
ty, and wero called " Union savers I"
Can he show us ono instance whero any
man, or men of tho Democratic party
trampled tho American Flag under foot ?
Can ho show us one instance where any
man or men of tho Dcmoeratio party bur
ned tho American Flag? Cau ho point
us out or namo any instance whero any
man or men of tho Dcmoeratio party in
tho North who called tho American Flag
a "Jlwnting lie," and who oricd " tear it
down'' 1 Can ho tell us of any one instance
where tho Dcmoeratio party carried a flag
with but sixteen stars on it 1 Wo claim
that tho Dcmoeratio party is and has been
a Union party from tho foundation of this
great Republic The Dcmoeratio party
always were opposed to a dissolution of
the Union, always wero, and now aro,
opposed to secession. Who were tho dis
union men eight years ago I Who wero
in favor of secession four yoars ago ? Who
said let the South go, wo can do without
them, only ono 3'car ago I Who said last
fall aud last winter, that States had a
right to secetlil Uan our friend btaley t mtcrlcro with slavery in tho States. I did
answer us ? I supposo ho can, for ho has n"t supposo thcra was any man, (sinco tho
read tho New York Tribune for ten ' death of John Brown) who thought of in
yoarsl , torfering with slavery in tho States. Tho
Our friend was egregiously mistaken in Republicans on the first voto even defeated
rogard to those companies, in tho northern that resolution i but tho fear of an rndiuant
(part of this county. They ara not scces-
sioiusts, neither are thoy arming them
selves with knives mado out of old scythes.
It is hardly possible that good knives can
bo mado out of old scythes. Tho mon
belonging to said companies aro all good
Union men,' thoy aro no " Jeff. Duvis
men,'"
Must a man bo a Lincoln man, to bo a
Union man ? Docs ho mean that wo aro
to fight for Abraham Lincoln, and his
darling abolition principles Tho way
his letter reads it would soeni so. I
thought wo wore fighting for our Country
and tho Constitution, and to put down
TREASON and REBELLION against
our Government, and not in particular for
" honest ON Abe."
Tho battlo at Coon Run, as wo call it
hero, (and to which friend Blaloy alludes
in his letter) was merely " dog cat dog,"
thoy wero of ono color, ono party, tho
slabbers and the stabbed wero REPUBLI
CANS! A precious paper that N. Y. Tribune
must bo, if tho New York Day Book
could gain a far wider circulation in thrco
months than it The Tiibunc) could in
ton years, by tho powerful aid of our friend
Staley.
A Democrat of Oranqeville.
Fur Ikt Columbia Dtmctritt.
Col. L. L. Tate Sir: Again Mr.
Republican is out in a lengthy reply to my
article. His ideas aro scattered over so
much surface and with so littlo pertinency
to tho matter at issue ,that it requires some
sagacity to systematize them. In the first
placo ho strengthens my argument in his
' quotations from Jefferson, in regard to
emancipation. As I stated before, had
the North not interfered and assumed to
, , . c ., - t t.:i:. t,
, dictate to the South, in all probability the
Border States would havo freed their
slaves. When Jefferson, wrote, thcro was
a 00& feeling cutting between all sections
We had no John Brown Raids in thoso
good old times, mombcrs of churches could
moot and commingle thoir devout aspira
'tions around a common altar, without bo'
ing interrogated in rcgaru towiucu siuo oi
tho line they lived, or what kind of prop
erty they held. Thoy had not advanced
far enough in the sealo of civilization to
celebrate the anniversary of cut hroats and
murderers! !
It docs sound strange indeed, to hear a
man opologising for tho Helper Book; a
work that has contributed so largely to
provide such raids as above described ;
instead of cultivating amity and good feel
ing between the differen t parts of our loved
and onoc respected Union. All tbo bittorost
epithets tho vocabulary could furnish such
men with, have been used until finally wc
have sectiou arrayed against section in
bloody combat. From the Gentleman3
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hlm ,,own 8"',0"cr of Helpers
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wo
Book whioh makes tit), ni it has already
been recommended by all his principal
leaders.
If, as you say, the preent Republican
party is tho true Jefferson Republicans,
how happens it you aro not willing to bo
known by that cognomen ? We hear noth
ing of wido awakes and Republicans, oh
no they arc union ! union 1 union men 1 1 if
the principles that Lincoln was olected
upon are National, aro right, why change
your name! The reason is obvious.
Wido awake ncpublicanism is becoming
as obnoxious as Know-Nothingism ; the
name by which your Party was designated
a few years since. Your party are very
anxious for tho union and compromise
with the Democrats now I Last winter
when Democrats wero using their exertions
to save tho union, you then stigmatized
them as "union nurses" and "union sa
vers." Tho Dcmoeratio party havo al
ways been tho union Party. If tho Ro
publican party wish to join us aud ignoro
their sectionalism, we will as a matter of
courtesy rcocivo thorn kindly upon the eter
nal untnovablo platform of Dcmoeratio
principles, which know no North, South,
East nor West.
IIo attributes his wisdom , whioh enables
him to reject the decision of tho Supremo
court in tho Drcd Scott caso to "the au
thor of nil good, that he has given him
power to discidc" that tho Supremo court
is wrong. To this kind of argument wo
can make no 'reply. If ho has becu direct
ly inspired from abovo ,all terrestrial log
io will bo futile. This I supposo is the
higher law his party leaders speak of so
frequently. Our friend says he is with
Lincoln on tho Negro question, that thoy
aro mlcrior. Liucoln said he wanted to
see tho Government plaeod in such a posi
tion that the pcoplo would rest assured
that slavery was dung out, and that ho
wants artificial weights lifted from all
shoulders, (of courso Negroes and all ;)
and as to his ignoring tho habeas corpus,
suppressing the Pross &o,, I supposo ho is
with him in all these points too ! I
Ho says tho ohicago plafforn was a
otato rights Platform. How does this
oomport with your actions, districting tho
country without any regard to stato linos 1
what do your leading men say? After
this war, thcro will bo no Virginians or
North Carolinians, but all Amoricans.
And wonderful to telll ho says tho Ro
publioans had passed a Resolution not to
constituency induced them to re-consider
it ; and it was by tho strenuous1 exertions
of Stanton and Kcllog, who 6prang from
their scats and said if that was Republican
ism thoy wero dono with it,that it did pass,
and then barely passed. I havo reference
to the Resolutions which I think Stovous
offered.
Ho barely refers to ono of tho foreign
appointments, and says becauso his party
did not cloct Burlingnmo it proves thoy
are not abolitionists. What would be tho
inference wo would naturally draw then
from his appointment by Lincoln t In
ono important foreign mission, your argu
ment proves too much. That clement in
his character appeared lo bo n qualifica
tion. Carl Shurtz, nnothor foreign ap
pointment, sco what ho said in St. Louia
in 1800 "may.lho God in human naturo
bo arrouscd and picrco tho very soul of our
Nation with an energy that shall sweep aa
with tho besom of destruction, this abomi
nation of slavery from tho land. You call
this revolution. It is, in this wc need revo
lution must, we will havo it,lct it como."
Thoso mon, Mr. Republican spcakes of
as delegates to tho convention from Mary
land & Kentucky must have roprcscntod a
trorao ndons constituency, according to tho
votes polled. I think our friend must bo
mistaken and has given us tho number of
votes polled in thoso States for his Plat
form for the delegates from said States.
Mr. Editor, there is no uso in multiply
ing words. Tho Abolition clcmont ap.
pears to havo boon tho ruling olcincnt in
the Republican party ; and this clomont of
tho party being iu deadly hostility to tho
South, tho conclusion of sectionalism is
inevitable, and this principlo being in pow
er in tho North has caused irritation in tho
South whioh has resulted iu scccsiion
which is equally as bad as Abolitionism.
Thoso two dangerous dogmas will havo to
bo put down boforo tranquility will bo re
stored. How this desirable- stato is to bo
brought about is tho concern of all good
men. May it speedily como.
BACK TOWNSHIP.
No-. Tarty Contest Sow.
Tbo fitness, tho competency, honest;
and respectability of tho Dcmoeratio nomi
noes will not bo disputed by any prop,
man. As the Republicans just now dc
rccate party contests, will tbey show the
sincerity by voting for these nominees an
thereby escape that which they profess V
dread so much ? If they sincorely beliot
party contests to bo injurious to tho Na
tional cause, how can they justify tliorn
selves in getting up ticket that Is su:
to produco one ?
But thcro is no sincerity in what the
said about no-partyism. They made sui
a proposition only becauso thoy l:new thr
both their name and principles were di
gracod and would be repudiated by tl
people at the first opportunity, and th
ro.-ortcd to the trici of getting up
" Union " party to enable them to cscaj
their doom. No recognized, uudeubtt
Democrat would be put on such a tick
under any circumstances.
Wc want honest men and responsib
parties in power. That end can bo oc
complished by voting the Democratic ticket
Sullivan county Democrat.
Par ty Nomination. While it la rant
treason, according to the views of tho Re
publicans, to mako party nominations in
Democratic counties, we find that in Brad
ford, Snyder and other Republican ooun
tics, the Opposition arc making out and
out Republican nominations. If any of
our no-party sticklers don't boliove this
let them look into tho Bradford lleporter
and other organs of the Republican party
in thoso Districts, and thoy will find what
wo say to bo correct. Tho rulo is for Re
publicans in Dcmoeratio countias to insist
on a Union ticket, but in Republican coun
ties thoy want no affiliating with Demo
crats. Who cannot see through this trans
parent political dodgo I Sullivan County
Democrat.
St. Nicholas Hotel, New York. Wo
call tho attention of our readers to tho
advertisement, in another oolumn, of this
palatial Hotel, whoso Proprietors, with
view to meet the exigencies of tho times,
havo reduced tho price of board to Two
Dollars pey Day. Our friends visiting
New York can now uhtro all tho luxuries
of a sumptuous tihlo and a princely housa
for a very moderato per diem sum.
tsy Tho Republican leaders last winter
were too stiff in politics to yield ono plank
in their platform to save the country.
How can they now ask Democrats to yield
their organization in ordor to save tho Re
publican leaders ? Tho quostion U a porti
nont ono just now,
North Branch Democrat.
tB" Tho Ropuhlicans of Erie oounty
will nominate a straight-out Republican
tiokot on tho 18th of Sept. They havo a
heavy majority in that county, and thoro
foro need not resort to tho "union trap" to
catch Democrats. North Branch De in
crat.
Wilminoton Election. Tho city
muucipal olection took placo on Tuesday
last and rosultod in tho ontiro success of'
tho wholo Union ticket. Vincvnt 0.
Gilpin was ro-eleotcd Mayor hy a ma
jority of 722, out of 1300 votes polled-