Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
ADDRESS
OF TIE
DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF PENN'A.
OF TIE
III tbe P,ople of PennSylpani1 -

sylyania is close at hand. LIS Importance
to the masses cannot be overrated, and its
influence upon the Presidential contest
cannot be to highly estimated. IN view
of these facts, the Democratic state Exc
cutive Committee invokes the earnest at.
tention of all who are attached to the vital
interests of Pennsylvania, and are anxious
to maintain inviolatc the sacred eompacts
of the Federal Constitution.
The influence Of Pennsylvania has al
ways been great and controlling IN the
political history Of the country Her peo
pie are always willing to throw themselves
into the breach when dangers menace the
inheritance derived from their fathers
When pcrils threaten to oyerwhelm, them
they become q band Of brothers, lighting
for Il common cause and common coun-
try. This truth has received additional
proof within the past few weeks. fulIy
impressed with the consequences OF discord
and dis :entous i'll their ranks, tie Oe"o-
uotit pDiy of Pen"syiva"'a has oee0".e
q u',h IN support Of He"y u. roster ,the
noa.,nee Of tie Re,4dins Conreattonl lie
has been accepted by the entire D1mocra-
cy as their leader and their CHAMPION
Thousands of loyal and conservative men,
scattered throughout the Commonwealth
and untrammclcd by party organization,
will aid In swelling his majority in October.
The cheering prospects OF his success have
stricken with terror the foes of the Union
and the Constitution throughout the eoun-
try and the Republican column are now
beginning to waver before the vigorous
charge oil the united and enthusiastic De
mocracy. 1t is patent to every one at all
conversant with the history Of the times,
that the election Of Henry d. Foster will
be the certain defeat of Lincoln and Ham
lin in Pennsylvania. 1t is impossible to
disguise the fact that the great battle in the
Old Keystone must bc fought in October,
and not in November. \ fearful respon-
sibility therefore, rests upon the treemen
Of this Commonwealth, as the election of a
Democratic Governor will insure the defeat
Of Nepublican sectionalism. 1t will pro
ducc united Democracy in every State in
the Union. Its irresistible force and pow
er will everywhere combine tho elements
of true conservatism, and induce the soy
crcign people to demand with fearless voice
Il solid union Of all their forces in oppo-
sition to the spread of those dangerous
principles which at this time form the ba-
sis of the Republican party.
1t is folly to close our eyes to the perils
which surround our Contederacy. The
election Of Lincoln and Hamlin, if consum-
mated, NUT be productive of the most dis
astrous consequences. The doctrines OF
the Republican leaders are in direct antag.
onism to that equality of the States, with
out which we cannot hope to preserve the
Union and the Constitution. This positior
cannot be successfully controyerted. II
was plainly established when Mr.. Seward
said, at Rochester, that there was "an IT,
rcp/e:sttLs ctnFUt Lctseeen o,posi"g oao
e during 10 { S,' and that 'Ihe UHHeo
Nt0ieS ntuN a'm triH, S00,.er or later, be-
lOme ClHiys(y II siars Ao'dtng n0toa. O,
emtany Il J'ec.AGr uation" Mr.. Lin
coin, the Republican candidate for til,
Presidency, expressed the same sentiment
when he said, IN his canvass for the Sen.
ate Of The United States that the agitation
| OF slavery 'WW not cease until crisi
shall hurs been 'tocAtl a,M passed. II
ho"ss d'riole'l against itsey caano. StDnG.
1 GeteUe the government CUnhOt end,nt
psr".aaentLy h0t Stare, unt halt lrte."
Under local laws, aud tho Constitution
Of the United States, fifteen States claim
} and now enjoy, the right to hold negroes
as property right which cannot be in
, tertercd with, directly or indirectly, with
out destro ying their equality, and weak
cning the bonds of Il common union. The
election OF Mr.. Lincoln will indsputabl,
$ add new impetus to the agitation of tn,
r slavery question in the NoIth-Hirare !
will end, the future can only determine. =
1t may give birth to new disciples, imbucc
with the spirit Of ohm Brown, who ma,
again carry the torch, the pike and tn,
1 rife to Southern homes, and disturb til,
: shades of Mount Vernon and Monticcll,
by seryile Instructions Why shoul,
y Pennsylvania, by her vote, give encour
agcment to this dangerous agitation ? The
: men of the South are our breth: cn-thc,
c have their rights, and only ask for thcil
: maintenance under the Constitution ant
b the laws of the Country. The people o
4 this State only know slavery as a tonst
tutional question; and, as such, they fee
n that its settlement belongs to the Court.
S of the United States. There it should b,
IS left, in all time to come. The decision
# of the Courts must be respected and en-
. forced. All our property is protected b,
the laws, as construed by Judicial tribu
mails. Debts are collected, wrongs art
!, punished, and rights are enforced, by tn,
t same Judicial authority. Why then ,shoul,
the people of Pennsylvania aid in the per
petuaiion of strife and agitation upon
', subject which belongs to Constitutional lay
and Constitutional construction In two
d weeks an answer mus be given to thi
C important question. The vote Of this Stat
n cast in favor Of Henry D. Foster, will b
:. an invitation to New York and New Jer
IL sey, already anxious to unite against Re
IS pubicauism and Abolitonism, TO ioi,
n with ponns vlvauio IN ,ho ,rro,, -. = 4,