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Saturday, October 10,1808.
DEMOCRATIC'STATE NDlII.ViriJV S
I? Oil GOVERNOR,
GKORtitt W. WOODWARD,
OF LUzEtlNE COUNTY.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
WAIAklt IK. IjOWfiSIli,
OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
FOR SENATOR,
DAVID IS. MOXTtiOillERY.
OF N011TIIUMUEIILAND COUNTY.
FORASSEMnTiY,
OEOIlftU II. JACKSON,
OF SULLIVAN COUNTY.
JOHN C ELLIS,
OF MONTOUR COUNTY.
rjlOTHOXOTAIlY,
JESSE COLEMAN,
OF OtlANOE.
REGISTER & IlECOnDER.
JOHN G. FREEZE,
OV BLOOM.
TREASURER,
DANIEL McIIENRY,
Or FISIIINaOREElC.
COMMISSIONER,
TI10S. J. VANDERSLICEj
OF HEMLOCK.
AUDITOR.
JOHN R. Y01TE,
or MiFrr.iN.
CORONER.
WM. T. SIIUMAN
or CATAWISSA.
Democratic Meolings.
The following Democratic meetings will
be hold in Columbia couuty, between this
and tho election-;
Beaver, at F. L. Shuman's, Oct. 10, '63.
KonnsBuua,
10,
1 1
(i
Espytown, Monday evening, 12,
Good speakers will be present to address
the people on these occasions.
Eepeal of tho Tonnage Tax.
Let every voter, every honest voter and
tax payer remember that Governor Curtin
Bigned the bill repealing the Tonnago Tax.
By this ona act an annual income of near
ly a half a million of dollars was taken
from tho State and given to a mammoth
corporation. Nor. was this all; tho ac
cumulations of years was also bestowed to
the same, while the taxes on tho farmers,
mechunics, and business men were increas
ed !
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The MonsterMeetingin Luzerne
Tho largest and gratost Democratic
Mass Meeting, ever held in Ncrthern Penn
sylvania, convened on last Tuesday, in
Wilkcs-Barrc. Good judges estimated the
audience at 20,000 ! Meetings were hold
in tho afternoon and evening, on tho Pub
lie Square, and speaking was conducted
from fivo several stands.
Addresses were delivered by Ileister Cly
mer. Mr. Kane, Jos. C. Buchcr, 0. Deni
Bon, John G. Freeze, S. Jenkins, Levi L.
Tate, S. S. Winchester, II. 15. Wright,
D. Lambert, and others. It was a proud
day for the Democracy of Luzerne. She
will, it is believed, give about 3,500 ma
jority for "Woodward, Lowrio and Lib
erty." Look Out fox Spurious Tickets !
Wo havo recently been shown a num
ber of spurious tickets prepared by tho
Abolition leaders to injuro tho Democratic
ticket. Wo trust that our friends, at
every poll in the county, will bo on their
guard and watch all such attempts to de
ceive tho honest voters. Lot every man
examine his ticket, from top to bottom, and
seo that it h the regular Democratic ticket,
in full and unmutulatcd, as it is printed iu
this paper. CSrBo on your guard, voters
and be not deceived by false statements
oeo that your ticket is right, and then put
it in tho ballot-box and when you have
done this, sec that your neighbor does tho
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Another Dralt Coming.
Tho papers aro already contemplating
another conscript draft as probable to take
placo at no distant day.
Tho conscription draft proenrcs so few
men (all the war Abolition Republicans
who ought to do tho fighting, if anybody
does it, buying themselves off) that if tho
Lincoln and Curtin policy of pushing on
tho war, without proffers of conciliation or
compromise, b continued, it may bo ne
cessary to keep on conscripting, and if so,
it will not bo long until every poor man
in the country u forced into tho array, and
tho last 8300 is squeezed from hundreds
and thousands of men who aro really illy
ablo to boar it.
What say tho peoplo tho farmers, me
chanics aud laboring men oi thc country
to this?
Remembeu, tho freedom of tho peoplo is
in their Constitution, and nowhero elese.
TVLnntrni- i'i,lfifni thn dnnstittition. violates
freedom. Whoever seeks to destroy the
Constitution, seeks to destroy freedom.
EDITED BY LEVI l. TATE, fROriUETOR
emrN. & E. W. Wynkoop's next lermof JKSThe Safest "Government" iu tho
fielcot School, will commenco in this placo world is tho ono that RIDES from tho
on Monday Oct '-iOlh, ie03, ttea Advor- Whito Houbo to the Soldiers' Home, un
tlKonni. due "A MTTJTARY ESCORT."
Tlio Bloctiou Laws.
As wo aro informoil that -a number of
persons havo boon assessed in Conyngbam
township, wlio are not legal residents of (
l0WU9,"P' "lie
aud somo of thorn not evoulJohn Urover, on 1 uursday ovening tlio
twzuiis oi mis ouiiu, wo lumii it umoiy
to call attention to tlio subject of tho clcc
, tion laws. It is to lolloped that no fraud
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is iutonded at the election there, but there
is ground of suspicion that it will boat-
unJ ;ho law.al)idiDg c!liz0U3
should bo on the alert to prevent it
Tho Constitution and laws of tho State,,
so far ns tlioy apply to elections, mutt bo Sea claries. Geo. A Honing, Sam
honestly observed, or wo shall fall into ucl Neyliard.
utter confusion. I Lieut. A. B. Tate, was called for and
In order to vote n man roust havo benn
a cit;zcn 0f this state for oc ivhole year,
'unless in case of a citizen removing from
J tho State who may becomo qualified, after
! resuming his citizenship, upon a residence
of six MoNTtis. A citizen of New Jer-
soy or any other State cannot vote here
unless ho scttlo in this Stato intending to
rcsmu in it uuu uucoiuu a Giuicu iuuil'ui,
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rtim .u uuuuuui, uu iiulu. v, ww-
izenship in another Stato. And then ho
must reside in this Stato ono whole year
before ho can vote.
xn auuition to btatccmzcnsnip, as abovo
stated, he must have a legal reidenco in
tbo Electron District where ho offers to
vote lor ten uuys immediately pheoe- tooling, lor near two uours, anu was anon- lying, cheating and bloodshed: lint ano
dino tub election. Tko Supremo Court ' lively liftencd to throughout by tho on- thcr change, tho most respectable portion
of this Stato have said in the oaso of Chaso ' thusiastic audienco. He showed that tho 0f tuo Ou.iiuo Whigs, such as believed in
vs. Miller, (5 Wright's Pcnn'a. Law Ro- j Abolitionists controlled tho Republican luo patriotism of Henry Clay and Dan
ports, pago 403) that ''residenco means party and exercised such, nn influenco over jel Webster, havo left tho party, and
the placo whero a man establishes his President Lincoln that ho was compollcd BOllght shelter elsewhere. Now those
abode, makes tho seat of his property, and by them to change tho character of tho romaining in tho black republican party
exercises his civil and political rights." war and make it ono for the abolition of aro as far from being a decency party
In a legal sense, tho residence of a man slavery. Thoy removed tho gallant Mo ai tho EastU from tho West, or the North
in the meaning of tho law, is, whero he Clellau because he could not bo made an from tho gouthi T,ioy do nQt prctonJ t0
has true fixed and permanent homo and ; Abolitionists, and by placing incompetent treat apy one, even neighbors or relatives,
principlal establishment, and to which proclamtion-generals in command of tho y-jth any kind of civility. They con tin
whenever ho is absent ho has the intention army caused defeat and disgrace to our mly uttcr thc mMt bUt'or invcctivcs a.
of returning. Tho presence or sojourn of arms. Ho said that tho only theory upon gainst cvcry porson wll0 do03 0t subscribe
a man in tho Stato, or in election district, j which this war could be justifiably carried t0 thc administration of Abraham Lincoln,
does not give him a legal residenco in on was to enforce obedience to the Consti- m0 j ancunocan D0 too bad.. Six months
euucrj umcss uo maKc tuo atatc or district .
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uis permanent piacc oi aDoue anu employ ,
incut, i ins is usually testea or snown by
his having there his family and a fixed
habitation, or that ho resides thero with
his parents. In any caso he must intend .
to mako the place his permanent homo.
As to tho case ol soldier's or persons in,
military service, they can vote in their
proper homo districts aud nowhere else,
just as in tho caso of other citizens. Tho
Supreme Court determined in tho caso
above mentioned, that "tho right of a sol-
dier to vote under tho Constitutisn is iu i
the election district where he resided at
tho time of his entering tho military ser-
vice," if ho have thc other proper qualifi-
cations. And they say, "when a soldier
returns to his election district ho resumes
all tho civil rights of citizenship, and his
residenco being- unimpaired by his tempo-
rary absence, ho has a right to vote on
election day ; but under the Constitution,
to which his fealty is duo, ho can acquire
no right to vote elsewhere except by a '
change of residence from ono district to
another, that is, by changing his pcrma-
ncnt homo. Of course citizens of other,
States in military scrvioe cannot voto in
this Stato at all, and one who is a citizen
of thc Stato can only vote in hi? proper
home election district, whero ho has his
permanent place of abode.
The other qualifications arc, that the
elector shall be a whito freeman, twenty
one years of age, and that ho shall have,
within two years, paid a Stato or County
tax, whioh shall havo been assessed at least
ten days before the election ; except that
young men, between tbo ages of twenty
ono and twenty-two years, can vote without
having paid tax.
Wo recommend to our friends in Con
yngham and everywhere else, to watch
their elections and sec that they arc fairly
conducted.
Black Republican Loyalty.
They prate about LOYALTY 1 You,
tho peoplo havo made sacrifices with pure
and generous hearts. You have sent
your sons to battle, and you have given
money that you havo earned by hard toil
in your fields, But what sacrifices have
theso men made ? Nono ! No.vi: 1 1
NONE ! 1 1 They get high office, aud call
it LOYALTY ! Tlioy enrich their famil
ies, and call it LOYALTY ! They buy
lands, and thny build fino houses, which
your hard toil pays for, and they call it
LOYALTY !
When Govornor Curtin called on the
President for troops to defend tho Peun-
slvania border, ho was told to tako caro of
himself, tho President had as much as ho
could do to defend himself at Washington,
Now, when Roscernns meets with a terri
ble disaster at Chattanooga, and Rich
mond is open for an attack inconsequence
of thc absenco of Leo, thirty thousund sol
diers aro sent to Pennsylvania, not for
military defence, but to olect tho thieving
shoddy Curtin, a complitnont to his cring
ing at the fcot of Lincoln.
DEMOCRATS remember that tho
2nd Tuesday of October will soon bo hero
and that nono should fail to bo prepared
to voto, Tho most important oleolion ov-
er held in the State takes placo then, and
overy man should bo Ready for Duty,
Democratic Jlccllllg ill Centre.
A largo and cnllmsiastio meeting of the
pooplo of Centra towii8hlp,0oltimbia coun
ty, assembled at (ho public houso of Cnpt.
Oth inst. Tho mooting was organized by
tho selection of the following officers, unan
imously approvr d by the meeting s
President, Peteii Mii,r,t:n, Esq.
Vice Presidents. J. E. Frederick, Sol.
Neyliard, Lafayette Creasy, Jeromiah Ila.
gonbuch, John Diotterich, Wesley Hess,
Daniel Noyhard, Jacob Sanders
nddrcssod tho in net! tic in a brief and snir-
itcd manner, llo exposed the hypocritical
pretensions of tho abolition party to bo
called tho Union party, proving thatthoy
were the first disunionists, and by their
own mouths convicted them of encouraging
tho rebellion. Ho portrayed in an olo-
quent manner tho evil results of abolition
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ruic ana caucu upon mc pcopio iu uuu
nuin jiu,i lutu jjn-oi;..!, uuu iuib.ii uum
placo in tho State and National adminis -
jtrations, Democrats who aro tho only true
Union men and who aro loyal to tho Uon-
stitution.
E. II. Little, Esq., next addressed tho
meeting lie spoke in earnest and great
tuuou ami laws 01 tno country, auu u it
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was carneu on w.m inai viow uiguuuoro
wero men enough in the bouin willing to j
return to their allegianeo to bring back
tho Southern States. But an abolition war i
would unite them, and givo them, in the
eyes of tho world at least, a color of right
to continue to fight against us. Although
every patriot would be willing to sacrifice
his property or his very lifo for thj good
of his country, yet wo must consider the
cost and pauso before wo inflict a grievous
burden of debt opon our posterity forever,
Wo might bear a great deal if we Kpew
that our government under tho Unio'-. as
it was, and thc Constitution as it is, ij to
bo preserved to us, but shall the peoph of
the North heap this endless burden upjjn
their children for a mens fanatical idea jf
abolishing slavery. He then showed tl-o
monstrous debt upon the nation, were tLj
war to stop now, and how tho pcopio of
Columbia oounty would be taxed to pai
this debt; and called upon tho people tc.
arrest tho present policy upon whioh the'
war was conducted, and to placs ablo mcr;
in power who would knowjiow toman,
ago the affairs of the country, to vote fc;
tho Democratic party and rcstoro th.t
Union.
Tho meeting then adjourned with cheers
for Woodward, Lowrio and Democracy.
Signed by tho officers.
For tic Columbia Democrat.
From llic Army of lho Potomac.
Cami on the Potomac Va. ;
October ad, 1803.
iMij Dear ou-:
Thc rclativo position of tho rebel army
aud ours remain unchanged; Just now
it is raining very hard, and ono of the
consequences will probably be that thc
Rape dan will raise so high as to compel
those of tho cnomy entrenched on this
side, to abandon their position.
The only stream of consequence in our
rear is the Rappahannock, and that is
well bridged.
An attempt to advance to Gordonsville
by this routo would be futile, if opposed
by tho enemy. In a former letter I sta
ted tho character of tho defenses. Sinco
then thc 11th and 12th Corps havo left us
to reinforce Rosocrnns, and it is possiblo
that another Corps or two will bo detached
to join other armies. This will so weaken
us that a serious advaneo of tho enemy
would compel us to seek tho protection of
thc defenses of Washington. Tho opinion
is general that tho truo way to conquer
thc rebellion is to defeat its armies in tho
field, and not to capturo cities and towns,
when a small force can hold a largo one
at bay. In tho field, numbers and man
agement toll j in cities, fortifications and
sufficiency of ammunition and food.
Thc coining elections aro a matter of
much comment atnoug tho men. Being
so far removed from tho State wo can form
no definito idea as to who will bo tho suc
cessful candidates. Every man's judg
ment is tinctured by his preferences.
A presentation on a grand scalo from
tho Army of tho Potomac to Gon. Model
lau was on tho tapis, but I understand hns
been quashed. So great was lho desiro
on the part of both officers and men to
contribute, that many officrcd their earn
ings. To Prevent this tho contributions
were limited so that no privato could givo
inoro that ton cents, a scrgeut twenty-five
a lieutenant ono dollar, and so on
Even
at this rato tho contributions would havo
been enormous ; beyond preoedont. So
enthusiastic and devoted is this army to
Hs old commander that nineteen twentieths
aro uis supporters.
Whothor tho maltor was dropped at Ins
suggestion, or by orders from Washington,
I know not. If tho fornior, it shows still
further his modesty and disinterested pa
triotism if tho latter, it proves that tho
Administration fears his immense popu
larity ; aud tho list of names nccomptuing
tho contribution, by its uuan. unity, would
bo ibo severest rcbuko tho Administration
has yet received. It would provo to tho j
world that we, his soldiers, still consider ,
him as a patriot,and tho moi: accomplish-1
cd officer in tho service
ARTILLERIST
For the Comjmbu Dimociut.
'Whom (Joil will Destroy, llo first
juiakcs Mad."
Col. L. L. Tate,
Dear Sit ; Tho party now opposed to
Damocratic principles havo heretofore con-
eidcrod thoniselvos fafsuneriorto tho nartv
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professing Ihoso principles. Wliilo tuoy
wcrocaitcu ttio v u ig party , tticy assutneu
o be tho all-decency party, and in some
oas;C3 woui,j comi0iCO:1(j t0 ''sloop to con-
qmr. but there is a very great change,
not only in tho Stato of affairs, in our
onco jjani,v and nrosncrou, countrv. to a
6tat0 of anarchy, ruin, taxation, robbing
ago, every ono who did not approve of j
lho prc3ent administration, was called a
BreckinrMgcr; but generally speaking,
Democrats cared nothing about that kind
of giaDg) bcoau3(! they know lhey wcro
,nnrst Sn ,..,;. Tir-nLSnrSilcm for tl.n
Presidency. Besides, wo all knew that
had John 0. Breckinridge been elected
President of tho United States, our coun
try would not at this timo, be speckled
with tho graves our sons, brothers, fathers,
friends aud neighbors. Wo also know
that had Breckinridge been elected Pres
ident, wo would not now have to pay 40
cents a yard for muslin instead of 10 or
12 J, and thc same rato for a pound of
coffee, nnd almost everything else in pro
portion. I am not lho advocate of Breckinridge's
conduct since tho war, but wc do know
that thero would have been that difference
in tho affairs of our country. Wc would
not seo our friends and neighbors, all
young and ablo bodied men, traveling
about the country, trying to raise three
hundred dollars to purchase tiiei true
dom, when thc prico of any kind of nig
gers is just three hundred dollars, aud
that paid by thc Government for their
'rcedom. v
Now, any man who dares to support
G;orgo W. Woodward, for Governor of
Pennsylvania, in placo of our own inef
ficient, cmbecilo incumbent, has heaped
upon him, thc odious epithets of fool, tory,
traitor, copperhead, and everything thai
slimy, lying tongues can utter.
Judge Woodward has had sons in tho
army continually, since thc commencement
ol the war, yet they denounce him as a
copperhead. At ono time it was said by
tho Republican papers, that Judge Wood
ward's sons who aro in tho service, lived
in tho West, and that ho had no influenco
over them. Another time, thoy contradict
that allegation, by stating what Judge
Woodward should havo said to his son,
Moj. Georgo A. Woodward ; all of which
wcro infamouf lies, becauso a better friend
to tho Union than George Washington
Woodward never lived ; besides, ho is a
man of undoubted ability, and an orna
ment to tho country in whioh ho lives.
VOX POPULI.
For Woodward.
A young soldier who has served moro
than two years in tho gallant G8th, of thc
Army of tho Potomac, and whoso only
brother was killed in tho battlo at Gcttys
burg, in a recent letter says :
"The coming election in our Stato is
looked to with a great deal of auxiety down
hero, and tl tho soldiers ot tho "Old Key
stone" had a chance at tho polls, Wood
ward would bo sustained by a majority
vote.'' ik
TUM OUT !
DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICANS'.
ON TUESDAY NEXT.
You will bo called upon to docido between
and (lie Constitution,
AND
Curtin and Abolitionism ! I
Turn Out I whether it rains or shines l
Work early and lata I Givo ono day to
your Country I You will never itEaitEr
it I TURN OUT I!
JCQy President Lincoln has issued a pro-
olamation appointing Thursday, tho 20th
of November, as a day of thanksgiving
and prayor.
To the (ircnt Meeting nt WHItcs-Unrrc, Octo
ber Gth, m.
Gentlemen of Luzerne :
The Republicans hnvoondoavorcd to sub
duo tovoll by war, but thus fur have failed
though backod by tho wholu powoi ol tho
North and West and by most of tho power
of tho Holder. And tlioy havo (ailed lor
two reasons: ftni, Because tlioy havo been
wanting in ability in gcnoral capacity
for conducting. a great war; and sttond, Be
cause they havo had an improper purpose
in tlio war, which tlioy liavo taken pains to
publish and inako well known to tho ivhulo
Southern country. Thoy havo not tailed
becauso ol opposition at homo, In tlio North
and West, for lliero has been nono notio
of itnportaneo nono to impede military
operations. Tho largest armies of modorn
times havo been at their command, com
posed of bravo men, willing lo serve, and
devoted to tlio cause of tho Union in tlio
tiamo of which, nnd on behalf ol which,
they wero summoned to tlio field. Nor hat
money been withheld
They havo ha
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conipielo control 01 ino puuuc ciuuu unu
resources. ISO pecuniary am nas uecn
wanting. Tlioy havo expended money at
their pleasuroand in proluso streams. Noth
ing therolore can bo more false and ground
less than the prutoiico lhat Democratic op
position has prevented the succcsslul con
clusion of the war. Its failure has resulted
from tlio causes above mentioned and fiom
them uloue.
In regard to ihoss causes of failure, as
Kcpublican inuompetency is Ioj nntorinus
for denial, I shall pass ii anil speak of the
other cause, to wit, the existence of an im
proper purposo in the war.
That purpose is emancipation, which,
though denied at first denied by both Pres
ident and Congress has become a leading
object in '.ho policy of tho administration.
Being thus prominent, and being the main
obstacle lo peace and reunion, its discus
sion ii demanded.
Undoubtedly, in ourca'p, emancipation,
and especially sudden emancipation, i a
great evil an evil ol- the first magnitude
and ihe necessiiy must bo clear and over
whelming which will justify it. It ia not
n nupstinn In h.il.mpn in ihft snnlpft nf nnlici-
ald dolermine upon ,emporary cnnsulera
lions without regard lo future results. For
it must bo counted a guilty act to deliver
over four millions of an ufelul but subject
and inferior race permanently in the domin
ion of indolence and vice, in order to ac
complieh a temporary purpose, or any pur
pose which will not outweigh the evil. And
when the act is not accompanied by meas
ures to allev iale it, but consequences are left
to take caro of themselves, the objections to
it are still greater
A good man, a wise man, standing out
side lho passions of this contest and looking
to .the future, cannot wish success to the
abolition policy iu this war. Alter it is over,
aro we to have wars ol extermination bo.
tvvoen the black and white races in the
South or are the whites to abandon thai
region Or are the races to simabnma'e
These arc tho possible results, and the only
question upon idem is, which is tlio most
intolerable and dreadful As to the depor
tation of the blacks llieir shipment out nl
the country it i irn possible from their
number : anil as to Gen. Wiidsworlli's no-
lion lhat they may become a "fine peasan
try," it is simply absurd. In imposing
emancipation upon ihe South by war, we
must be held aa intending all its conse
quences, and therefore Mr. Wendell Philips
properly enough selects amalgamation with
its concomitant of hybridism, as the hope
ful conclusion of his policy. A war of
races is a more likely result, but is no! more
horrible.
But it is said, grievous though it be,
emancipation is a just punishment upon
those who havo rebelled This is a
short bifehted and groundless remark tlio
language of passion and not of reason. It
cannot be regarded as just punishment upon
l!io guilty for it strikes ihe innocent and
guilty alike its consequences fall indis
criminately upon both unionist and rebel.
Manifestly therefore it is a question of gen-
I oral policy rather than of individual punish
ment.
I3e.-ides,ii is lo be considered that the dis
organization of southern bibor will affect '.he
general interests of the country in ca-io the
Union should be restored. The $200,000 000
of annual Southern exports will be requir
ed as a basis for our commerce and mercan
tile, business, aud the general wealth of tho
South must contribute assistance to us In
beaiing lho enormous bardun of Ihe public
dobt. Therefore, whatever of injury we
inflict upon its producing and tax-paying
capacity for ihe future, is an injury inflict
ted upon ourselves in common with tho
South. A civil war differs from a foreign
war in the fact that overy blow inflicted by
the patties upon ouch other does damage
to their future common interests. I know
that such considerations havo no place in
the passions of ihe hour and are not regard
ed by the mass of men, but lhey should bo
regarded by men in power whose duly it is
to look lo tlio future of ihe counlry.
Aslo the negroes themselves, emanci
pation, by violonco is not desirable. It will
bo to Ilium a curse instead of a blessing.
Remitting them suddenly to a condition fur
which they nro unfit, is r,nt favor but In
ury, and is condemned by true I'hilanthro
phy. And if it lead to future wars of ex
termination, it may bo characterized as
inhuman.
Is is becauso emancipation bears lho
character I havo assigned it, (indnpondont
ol the legal question involved,) that the
South is united against us in tho war,- and
that tho liorder Slates although holding to
lho Union are politically opposed to tho
administration. This policy has made tho
struggle ono of sheer forco, and accounts
for its magnitude and continuance It pro
longs tho war instead of concluding it. It
intensifies tho passions which accompany
the war, and induces determined and des
perate resistance lo our arms, It repels
from us tho Union men ol the South, and
gives to the Confederalo causa its only
plausible argument,
As things 6iand, the Republicans will go
on with all their ex'reme measures of poll-
cy. Events push Ihotn forward, and their
passions and interests precludo tho Impo of
amcmlmoiit. Mr. Lincoln conceives that
ho can make nrTpoaco with tlio South ox-
cep.onoold.siinion-.l.at ho must go on
with tho war and wo know it can goon,
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and irregularity, unless thero bo a change
ol tlio Influences which bear upon hlrn.
Wcio lie In spurn from him r.i.llc.il control
and with it radical support, he would break
his party in pieces, lie says so 'himself in
acknowledging tbo "prHssuro" brought to
bear upon him by oxtromo men. There
aro iu his party both radical nnd conserva
tive dementi), but tho former must domi
nate therein, because they nro most ear
nest, determined, active and violent, Con
servatism allien 10 euuii uii niiuiKj,,,
must yield lo it and bo ruled by it The
Cowans must givo way lo ihe Wilmots.
This fact, renders it necessary to' turn tlio
Republican party out of power in order to
asuccosstul and satisfactory administration
of the government, and, until Hut can bu
done, that thoro be brought lo boar upon it
the wholesome influence of public opinion
through tho State elections, A regeneration
ol its policy as a party, from tlio action of
causes within il.-telf, cannot bo oxpeced.
As to no-partyism, to bcliovo in it is ut
ter madness. Thoro is no such thing and
thero can be no such thing in this countiy,
so long as public affairs arc considorcd and
p"ssod upon by the peoplo in their sover
eign capacity as electors. At this moment,
thero is not only a party of opposition but
of administration also; a party for the ex
isting policy, made up of apologists and
upholders of all that , and all that is to
bo, in government of men whoso devo
tion to authority is complete and unques
tioning to whom Executive Proclamations
aro tho very Gospel of truth and tho Consti
tutinnofour fathers more obsoleto than a
Mosaicdispensation. Thcscaremen who in
worshiping power arc startled bynonbuso,
offended by no outrage, appalled by no
public calamity, who almost think a great
dobt a great blowing, and with true cour
tier sycophancy proclaim loyalty to rulers
as tho supreme virtue of lho citizen. By
their philosophy thero can be only patriots
and traitors, no independents, no neutrals,
all aro destined for heaven or doomed to
hrtll. When to this clean-sweeping dogma
which exhausts tho field of debate which
leaves nothing to be said upon classifica
tion it be added, that these philosophers
are themselves the patriots, it follows lhat
the character of all others distinguishable
from them in po.it.on, is fixed as reprobate
and guilty. No diversity of thought is to
bo permitted no difference of opinion
no dissent-no qucst.on-uo hesitation or
doubt silence even is cuilt and to do
nothing is to commit crime ! These things
aro not dreamed they aro not recited
out of some book of horrors they
arc the Current speech, tho impassioned
utterances of men in our midst the
discourses with which social lifo and
social iutercoarsc aro regaled. 'Join
us,' (this is tho cry.) 'bo with us,
'think as we think, do as wc do, forgGt that
you foretold these hortiblc evils as results
of our policy and wo scouted the warning;
forget that wo had platforms which we
have falsified, and made promises which
wc have broken ; forget that you were
freemen before wo mounted your backs,
and ruled you by decrees, and put. you in
prison by telegraph, aud tent you tax
gatherers to take you earnings aud Pro
vost Marshals to seize your sous for the
war! Po.rget all this, and do our bidding,
and hold up our bauds, and bid us God
speed or you arc sccc ssionists traitors
copperheads worse than thc enrmy in
arms and saved of graco and not by merit
from most condign and pitiless punish
ment !'
All this falsa 'and frantic declamation
clearly indicates a consciousness of wrong
in the declaimers, a senso of rosponsibil-
j ity, of error or guilt, in bringing upon
thc country tho enormous evils which
scourga it. Ths man who fiels himself
wrong iu a discussion which reviews his
conduct, is apt to lose his temper, and
bluster, and propound extravagant propo
sitions, aud pour out abuso upou his an
tagonist, happy il ho can thus hido his
own weakness and escapo censure.
But whatever tho inducing cause, these
aro the utteranco of tho party in power,
and they fix upon it a charactor for vin
dictivoncss which will cling to it forever.
No other party of this country, lias over
shown such intolerance such passion
malice, hatred and fury as tho Repub
lican ; and its character in this respect is
as fixed and notorious as its practice of
corruption and its violations of law. It
"will notcseana history. ' Tho lash of
justice in the historian's hand will pursue
its memory as long as the dark records of
' national calamity aro kept for tho instruc
tion of mankind.
Gentlemen: Wo havo been instructed
by adversity and arc now in a situation to
judgo tho claims of parties to public
favor, and decido between them. And wo
may concludo that if tho Democratic party
be placed in power it can restore tho Un
ion and dispenso with armies in maintain.
ing it. For it has uo policy no mens
urcs hostilo to any section of tho coun
try or to any class of its pcopio, nud it is
thoroughly devoted lo lho causo of Union
and capablo of wielding great moral as
well as material forces in its favor. It is
qualified and disposed to tho work of re
construction, nnd is embarrassed by no
fanatical creed, nud by uo memories of
past misconduct. That its defeat in 1800
, , . ...
lod to all our calamities no man can
now deny All this blond poured forth
upon nn hundred fields of battlo ; all
thC9U (cnrs tlC( by thousands of firesides j
jj fhfs heaping up of mighty masses of
fobi f0 press upon tho back of labor for
B thoJO bUlcr , ,
f . - , v . ,
looso 10 "Morlo peaceful communities
. '
tucso outrages of power upon tho citi-
zcu
all this prostitution of tho pulpit to
I tho purposes of faction ; nil this corruption
which shames the nation aro tho foretold
I results of the elections ol 1900, And doci
not good senso and right reason dictate h
reversal of tho decision then tnado ngainsl
tho Democratic party, at tho first fittiiijr
opportunity ?
But it is said thc question of the war
now presses upon us, and its successful
conclusion is tho single point to which at
tcntion must bo directed. I agreo that
tho inquiry shall bo, how can tho war ho
most surely nnd successfully concluded!
or, in other words, how shall wo reliovo
ourselves from it without dishonor and
without disunion, neither of which aro to
be tolerated ?
You may therefore inquire of mo, 'How
shall wo get out ol this war ? By itn
'vigorous prosecution' upon former plans ?
By having plenty of Executive proclama
tions ? By having the laws suspended!
Uy professions of unconditional loyalty to
the President and his advisers V No I I
don't know that yoa can get out of this
war by these means. They havo been
tried, aud still, after two yoars and n half
of war, tho cry comes to us, 'Moro money
and moro men I The traitors who were
to be whipped in thirty days, havo shown
marvellous vitality, and thou . h sevorciy
chastised, fitill stand defiant nnd un
broken.' But there is another means of cxtriea
tion from the war (which' I have men
tioned above), and it if an appropriate,
constitutional and affective ono. It U to
voto out of power the men who occasioned
tho war who provoked it the men who
havo miMiianagud the war who have kept
it up and arc' keeping it up becauso they
have other objects in view bcMdc lho sal
vation of the Union. I ndvhu you to ro
sort to thi.s. means of relief from the bur
dens of the war. Commence, by your
own direct action through the ballot-box,
tlio reformation of tlie government and tlio
concili.ition of the whola country to the
doctrines uf reunion and lawful rule
Bixdn lliis work nnxt. week in the elitiim
of Q C0l(JJ Washington WoonwAnn a,
Govcrnor Cou.nmsiou that strong, true
lin , fpoa,. for you at Ma jllm.tun!(
wordsJ of courBt. all(l wUdoin,-w...ds of
stem reproof to all enemies of Couslitu-
tional rule, and of encouragement aud
j fellowship to all its friends. Nay, you
j will speak for yourrelvcs in electing him
j In that act you will send out a voice f
Washington, and to all tho .Status, whirh
will lie understood and will bo heeded,
It will he said everywhere, 'Pennsylvauii
has spoken and the end is nigh I Tho
reign ol'Proclamatious is over : Tho courts
arc to be opened that justice may be rcn
dcrcd to all who do'iiaud it: Tho hand
of the censor will be lifted from tho tola
graph that it may again speak truth, and
it shall never more convey a mesage con
signing flic untried citizen to Rjstilo or
banishment : Neighbor shall no longer
denounce neighbor for honest opinion ; nor
shall tlioio appointed to preach tho Gospel
of Peace becomo famous as thc trumpeters
of paity and the champions of violence :
Mobs aro to bo quito abolished, and all
thieves driven forth from thc treasury as
their predecessors of Judea wero driven
forth by tho Saviour from tho temple of
God !'
Hut especially, to the Union men of tho
Border States and of tho South, your
voice will be one of consolation aud en
couragement. It will bo hailed joyfully
by tho Tennessee and by the Catawba ,by
the men of Kentucky and by tho patriots
of Texas. A horriblo nightmare will bo
lifted from their breasts and they will
breathe agaiu, and will como forward, and
staud beside us, as brothers, to assist in
re-forming the Union of our fathers.
And not only with them, but also with
a great part of thoso directly involved in
revolt, will your voico havo weight and
influence. Pressed by the burdens of tho
war, conscious of all its horrors, they will
listen to a great central Stato speaking in
distinct, unequivocal language, fur justice,
peace aud reunion, anu possessing power
enough in the nation to cause her opinions
to be respected and her will to bo obeyed.
It is not tho voico ot Rhoilo island or or
Delaware, not a distant utterance from
Oregon or Maine, but ono from tho vory
heart of thc land and from a community
of three millions of souls from a Stato
which has given a quarter of a million of
men to a mismanaged war and can furn
ish as mauy moro to onforco a just policy,
free from abuso and from fanatical domin
ation. Resides, this Stato holds ono-tonth
of the Congressional voto (lower IIouso)
in a restored Union, and a much greater
proportionate vote as Congress is now con
stiluted. And who docs not know that
her voico is influential with tho West
that sho may, ordinarily, count upon tho
concurrence of tho Statos in that scotion
in any deliberate, wcll-oonaidcrcd lino of
policy sho may adopt.
Prom her contra position, from her
actual constitutional power, nnd from hor
large influenco in tho country, she is of all
lho States best fitted to pronounce tho law
of tho future And if sho choose to pro
nounce that law or policy, upon principles
of justice, with a broad minded tolerance,
iu uttcr disregard of all appeals to her
passions, and with truo devotion to the
interests of tho whole country now aud
hereafter, her decision will staud aud her
character lor honor aud wisdom bo estab-
lis t d otcl', , ,;
I am, Gentlemen, your fellow-citizen
and Obodiont Servant,
' C. R. BUCK A LEW.
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