Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-08-07
The namnorat and the War.

The Democrat and the War.
We publish below some extracts OF a let
ter of the Hon. Edward Everett, as to the
causes of the present war, from which it
will be seen that he AYERS from his own
knowledge that the Southern traitors have
been at work for a period of thirty years
in bringing about the present state of at
fairs. Here are the extracts:
1T j. well known to you t!.at sustained the South
m the almost total sacrifice e lnduenee ana aYoI Z:
home as long a. thought she Tas pursuing constl-
tnrioul! objects This did although the South haa
placed the conservative north IN RAISE anu hdelel-
;IIa r,sjti,u b the repe. Of the Missouri Conlprom-
e and the perSeveTing attempts 70 force slavery INTO
the Territory of Kansas by surprise fraud and vio-
Ieuce. against the known wish of an overwhelming
aEa II .trenorheppp the hands of the patriotic Tn
ion men at the South GIt.Opgh cds trst H3r7f pdtP
fran fGcts ,rbia mn personal kaociaige that leading
Southern politicians had for thirty Years 5le resottfd to
break uD the Union, they ce1Sed u control me
United States C0rsusleat and that the slavery ques-
ton was but pretext for keeping up agitation ami
ralying the South.
I certainly deprecate the choice Of President ex-
clusyely by the electoral vote OF one section ol the
country, though cOnseHtng with the greatest feuc-
tance to be myself upon one OF the opposing tchetN-
1t was however. faly III the power OF the South TO
have produced different result B@t me dSbH'9h'SS
Irsy fr,at To hare fhcf o,rt candidate though mis-
taken trust IN the Jeijf that he shared thei dtstogqi
rtecs make tijs csgrqs against thc rthoat Scfatc
ffaf 5y subsequent fcdts. lceY tg the aagUcge u
tks sRtir, Jaioa press South ioaiay tts scGfnroSs
Alter the election WAS decided the disunionists
would not wait for Oce5 acts because they knew none
could or would be committed They knew that there
was an ant-Repubhcan majority in the senate, a. ana
that there would bc in the present House. They
"precpiiatod tie rupture Of the Union because they hcc
that il they ,caitoL src TIE pretet for it lcopld fail
To this testimony can be added the dec
laration of Senator Latham, of Gen. Wool,
and many others who aver the same thing,
and there is reason to believe that Mr..
Douglas made similar declaration previ-
Gus to his death, yet the Democrat contin-
ues to publish flash articles charging the
Republicans with being ab9litionists, enc
mics of their country, and that they are
the traitors. The editor Of the Democrat
knows as well as any one that abolitionists
are few and far between, and that the
whole excitement has been produced by
the very men whom its editor until very
recent period worshipped as demigods Of
democracy Their studied falsehoods
throughout the South, both in speeches
and in the press, infamed the public mind
until ignorant men there really believed
that the North was bent on the extirpation
Of slavery, and to such an extent is this
carried that at the present day it is noto-
rious fact the sOutherners curse the north
ern democracy for abolitionists as much as
they do the Massachusetts, men.
Again we find the Democrat insidiously
charging the prospective taxation and in
creased duties on a change Of rulers made
by the people in all the forms called for by
the Constitution, and even taunts them
with language like this {:
The American people are exceedingly fond
of change. This is particularly true in poll
tics. 1t often happens, however, that the
change brings naugkt but evil when good was
promised, a d the harvest reaped is but the
Dead Sea S fruit-dust and ashes to the lips
that press it, In the late contest for the
Presidency, the people loudly ciamoreG for a
change, and a Republican Administration
soon took the place of Democratic rule. One
Of the changes induced by that election and
seriously affecting the people is change in
the Tariff. Again, We
have another change in the way Of DIRECT
TAXATION. Here is an
interesting change for taxpayers! But so we
60. The people aroud have change-they
got it-and of course they are satisfied.
We ask every friend of his country, of
its laws and its institutions, whether this
is the language Of patriotism? The per
jured traitors who had been retained in
cabinet Offices under Mr.. Buchanan with a
strange faulty until they asked for the dis
grace Of the American flag, when he was
finally, but too late, aroused to a sense Of
his duty and his oath, had disarranged the
finances OF the country, scattered and de-
moralized the army and navy, and created
millions ola public debt in a time of peace
and partial prosperity, and then attacked
forts and arsenals, and like thieves and
robbers seized upon every description Of
public property. They next made war on
their government and its institutions, and
their minions treated those who rushed to
their defence as none but cutthroats would
treat living men. In proof of this let any
man ask the Logan Guards what they think
of the hellhounds in the employ of the
Goldfish aristocracy of Baltimore in April
last? And yet because President Lincoln
and his advisers, seconded it is said by
John j. Crittendcn and all ether good men
who love their country, are, in pursuance
of their oaths, endeavoring to preserve our
institutions and our flag, they are held up
as the causes of all this-and that too by