Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-05-15
Who Are Union Men


From !org rgmarnle of twaddie in the
last .Blairsvile Jour nai' concerning US.
gather that the fact that we supported John
{. Breck inrid ee for the Presidency last fall.
is the head and front Of our offending. Let
Us Examine how far this sustans the original
charge made against by the ignorant quack
and living scnundrel who edits that paper
In his issue of the 24h ult., under the cap
ton of Secession 10 rnals." he asserted
thar the Greensburg Eemocrnt and Argus
the Carlisle I0iunteer and Ebensburg Dem
ocrat d .Sentinei "bang out the rattle snake
flag, and encourage rebellion" aud very
plainly limited that the editors of those pa
pers should be treated like the towards anf
tories Of the Revolution, Called upon to sus-
tain this infamous charge. as far IS we are
concerned, be has sigualy failed in doing so
All he can say is. that this was Breck in-
rikge paper last year. With such a misers-
bic subterfuge as this. he attempts to bolster
up his malicious and incendiary falsehonds
concerning US Who now will doubt that
he is liar Of The first magnitude-a wretch
low, vile aud meat enough
TO Peep and botsDize upon his mothers
grave,
Or sell his sisters bones for filthy lucre p
10 our controversy with him we have used
more plain rough Saxon than is our wont.
for the reason, that in matter of this kind
We think it best to call things by their right
names.
Il is true we supported John c Brecken-
ridge for the Presidency last fall. We did
50 because We regarded him as the only coD-
didate ID the field who stood on a thoroughly
national platform. He was ruu as Union.
not as secession candidate. and the Uuion
and the equality Of the States was the rally
ing cry of his friends during the campaign
He was pledged. if elected to know DO North
South under the Constitution in admins
tering the Government In lsboring for his
election felt that we were laborirg not for
the dissolution of the Union, but for its pres
ervatiOn-to place it on a bss is never 70 be
shaken. As We never do things by halves.
1t Is true We supported him with all the zeal
.ion that We resorted TO fslsehooGs to sustain
him, Is another lie manu- sctured by DIR, Get
ty. out of the whole cloth.
After the secession movement In South
Carolina, We we're among the first 10 denuunce
the secession doct:ine as uneou.titut onal and
IN dec.arIGg our determination to stand by
the Union. We endorsed IN uumistakrable
terms the Message of Presidcn, Bu hanau,
in which the failacy of the secession doctrine,
and the duty of the President to enforce the
execution of the laws in all tile States. was
proved TO demonstration. Believing that
our national difficulties could be adjusted by
an honorable compromise, aud anxious to
avert from the country the horrors of civil
war, we advocated the adoption of the Crit
enden Compromise. In this we were labo--
ing not for the destruction. but for the pres
vati of the Government. and were acting
with every true friend of the Union in the
land With regard TO coercion We have only
to say, that President Lincoln has never ad-
vocated or countenaneed any thing of the kind.
In declaring bis determination 10 execute the
laws wherever bis jurisdiction extends. be is
merely complying with the requirements of
she Constitution aud laws. aud in carrying 1t
out ho will not be coercipg the Southern
States, but dischargiDg the duties of his Office
which be has sworn to perform The rebels
Who will oppose him in doing this. will be
individually responsible for their own treas
oesbis ate. and not tbs States of which