Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-09


ter.)
Our Democratic friends, and I am al
ways very happy to give them the right
hand Of fellowship, for my relations with
them have always been of the most agree
able personal character, have heretofore
been exceedingly adroit and skilful in the
selection of their timber and the construc-
ton Of their platforms. They have mana.
ged to hit the temper ofthe times, and there
fore been most generally successful. But
it would really seem now as if their master
workmen had gone away (laughter), and
unpractised journeymen have so botchcd
the material and bungled the construction
that their fair edifce is likely to be rent
in twain from turret to foundation stonc.-
ca Vaice--"that's true!) Their stately
ship is on the wide sea, tempest-tossed, with
open mutiny on board They are loudly
and iercely hailed to pull down their false
colors, and to throw their old log-book
overheard, or else be forever submerged
beueath the dark waters of the Southern
ocean! (Cheers.) We hope to save them
all, and now as their loud cry of distress
Ellis the air, our humanity is excited, we
point them to the lighthouse of Constitu-
tional Union. (Cries:: of "that's the ticket!")
Our Republican brethren are at this time
in Wigwam at Chicago, holding their SOL
cmn pow WOW over the great question of
availability. They will there solemnly
determine how far it is safe to run the eb-
onylinc through the troubled waters of our
political sea. For years they have strug.
gled to perform that work of modern SYs-
IpHUs of rolling the rock of African civili-
cation and African equality and universal
suffrage up the steep acclivlty which VII
at last, with crushing weight, fall back to
break and destroy them.
Believing as we do that the great mass
of Democrats and the great body of Re-
publicans are sincerely and honestly patri-
otic in their purposes, We hope they may
see in time the extreme tendencies of their
respective organizations, and that they
may yet, in defiance Of past discipline and
Of present clamor, join the great army Of
the country. (Cheers,) 1t has been well
said that party is the madness of the many
for the gain of the few. We hope that
now, like the Prodigal Son, after years OF
riot, they may come to themselves. What.
ever shall hereafter be left of these two
antagonlsms, we trust they may be made
to answer the same useful purpose of equal
quantities in algebraic fractions-that is,
that they may oxtinguish each other.-
Cheers and laughtor.)
There is fellow citizens, in this country
a large conservative element which has
hitherto escaped public attention, because
it has been listless and indifferent, so far
as tLcir right of suffrage is conccrned.-
There are in Pennsylvania fifty thousand
voters who have never yet attended the
polls, and with the other States their NUN.
Der can be hardly less than million
Absorbed in the occupations of business,
secure in the protection of the State, they
worship their household gods alone, and
never enter the great temple of our ma
tionality. They neglect the solemn service
there. 1t may be that they arc disgustcd
with the trickery, the falsehoods and cor
ruptions ofpolitics, and arc willing to leave
public concerns, therefore, to those whom
they suppose will make them trade
They have as much disregardcd this con
stitutional duty of suffrage as did the in
vited guests to the marriage supper spoken
of in the Good Book To such an extent
have they neglected the duty of self-gov-
ernment that it has recently been y sub.
jcct of Parliamentary discussion in the
English House of Commons. And in that
one Of our owa fellow-citizcns
was alluded to in terms Of deserved com.
We hope now to reach this
body OF men---suTely, the "form and pres
sure of the times" must shake their nobili,
ty. We hope to see them awaken from
their lctlargy and make gallant battle for
the security Of their homes and the pro-
lection of their best interests, as now rep
resented in the cause of Constitutional Un-
ion. tremendous applause.)
There is another body of men in this
country who sometimes 60 to the polls, but
they never yet have voted for Wing, be-
cause he was Wing, Democrat because
he was a Democrat, an American because
he was an American, or Republican be-
cause be was Republican, but always for
the best men and the best principles, ac-
cording to their judgement. Those VIC
shall have, of course-every man of them
(Cheers) Where else could they go! A
voice, Nowhere else,)
This brings me to speak of the action of
the recent Baltimore Convention, whose
we have assembled to ratify,
Look at their platform Every man can
read as he runs! The Constitution! The
Union! The enforcemens of the Laws =
(Cheers.)
What honest man will not stand on that
platform? Who dare stand apart! The
Constitution on that rock there is safety
apart from it we tread with uncertain feet
on breaking planks and shifting sands
Our candidates! They are known to you
all. JOHN BELL, of Tennessee! (threc
cheers. For thirty years he has served
the country; his ability and fidelity have
both been tested; his qualifications come
up to the highest standard Honest faith
ul, able, he will make good President,
and his election would bring us back that
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