Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-09-14

| selves TO be divided luto conflicting factions
| and parties at this hour uf danger, we will be
destroyed ss a nation, with the Union dlvi.
ded into petty and hostile confederacies,
between which continual war will exist, with
immense and endless expense of blood and
treasure; Therefore. be it
| Resoiced That for the maintenance OF the
Union. and the support OF the government,
we will unite ourselves as q band OF brothers,
| laying aside, for the present. all party de
| tihctions and differences, having no other
object than the enforcement of the Constitu.
| tioD and laws, and the suppression Of that
wicked rebellion which, f it succeeds, will
! destroy the best government ever formed,
! and reduce this once happy Union 20 q col.
lection of contending petty states, like those
OF Mexico and Sonth America, whose people
| will be the victims of endless war and taxa
tion, aud the slaves of military despots.
Resolued, That we will stand by our con-
stltutloOal government and our legally elect
ed President, in this conflict with treason
| and rebellion, to the last extremity and at all
! bszzards.
ResolUed, That the spediest aud cheapest
way to put an end TO the war, to repress this
causeless rebellion. aud to restore the Union,
is for the government to exert its fullest
power, and Tor the people to stand united in
| support of the government, contributing with
cheeriulness aud zeal the necessary aid 10
men and money.
Reselred, That we fully agree with the
| words of that eminent patriot and Democrat.
! ic Statesman, Joseph Holt, of Kentucky,
who said 10 bis speech to the people at New
York, on Tuesday, the Sd inst ;-"What we
need is patriotism, which rises fully to the
comprehension of the actual and awful perile
in u mat nj.
which is eager to devote every power OF body
and mind and fortune to their deliverance "a
patriotism which, obliterating all party lines
and entombing all party issues-says to
the President oil the United States, Here
are our lives and our estates use them
freely, use them boldly, but use them success.
fully for, looking on the graves of our
fathers and on the cradles of our children
we have sworn that though all thirgs else
shalt perish, this country and Government
shall live"
Resoired, That we deprecate and condemn
all attempts to divide the loyal people into
cootendng political parties and factions,
when desperate enemy is arrayed to destroy
our free institutions, believing that if we are
divided we fall, as expressed by Jndge Dou
glas in his speech ut Chicago, on the first of
May last, when he said that "tbe rebels hoped
that in the NortherD States party questions
would bring civil war, between Democrats
and Republicans, when the South would step
10 with her cohorts, aid one party to conquer
the other, and then make easy prey of the
victors"
Resolved, That to prevent the disastrous
state of affairs thus pictured by the lamented
Douglas, and to keep from our own midst the
horrors of civil war, it is absolutely necessary
20 oil inH
eradicate for the time being political distiuc.
tons, and unite on one great issue, the sup
port OF the government and the suppression
of rebellion.
Resolved. That we agree with the words
of the patriot Lewis Cass, who says: HE
who is not for the country is against ber.
There is no neutral position to be occupied
1t is the duty of all zealously to support the
Governments 10 all its efforts to bring this
unhappy civil war to a conclusion" An0
with the words OF Daniel 5. Dickinson in his
Tupkbannock speech where be says "lt will
be time enough to struggle over who shall
administer the Government when we are
sure we have one to administer He who it
not for it is against it. | have determined to
fight this battle out, but on no political
grounds.
Resolued, That while we desire that the
| loyal people of the South should have every
aid and encouragement possible, We can in
10 way consent to a compromise with armed
rebels, believing with Daniel s. Dickinson.
who said in bis Tunkhannock speech, that
"there is no peace until you can put down
rebellion by force of arms"
| Resolved. That we endorse the acts oil
President Lincoln 10 bis efforts to put down
the rebellion, believing that they were the
| 10, . thot Lo -. L l.
position, and 10 the dangerous emergency
which be was called upon to meet, and in
this connection we need but use the words oi
Daniel S. Dickinson, who said at Tunkhau.
mock IL know not whether Mr.. Lincoln has
observed the Constitution indeed, for all the
purposes OF resisting the rebellion, care not
1t is due to him to say, however, that he has
seemed to be 10 good faith attempting to pUi
down the rebellion. lie has not done al
things as | would have done them, because
| would have multiplied his men by about foul
and when he has struck one blow / would
have struck dozen"
ReSoired, That in regard 10 the suspension
of the writ of habedS corpus, the Pre- side o.
acted 10 conformity with the interest OF tbs
Constitution, which says "l'he privilege of
writ OF hdbeds corpus shall not be suspended
unless when IN Cases OF rebellion and invasion
the public safety may require It," And W,
endorse the language of Hon. Daniel 5. Dick
lnson in this regard, who says "lf we're il
command, and had good reason to believe tha
| had possession Of u traitor, would suspenl
the writ, aud the individual too"
Resolved. That we can have 20 political fel
lOVsblp with those who, by their syDpatb
with rebels, tend to prolong the war; aud 10
crease the bloodshed and expense, and that "
believe that division among the loyal peopl
of the North will encourage the rebels TO con
tiuue the struggle, which will necessarily in
crease the taxation and extend the period G
bloOdshed prostratOn OF business. That ou
duty us patriots, as well as our interest b
citizens, urge US to conduct this war with sue
vigor, and to bring it to such @ conclusion
that we will not be compelled TO assist in pay
ing the bonds of the so called Confederut
T States, but will force the rebels who cause
the war to bear the principal burden OF tn
expense. The rebels Of the South cou
mpnced this civil war without cause, and ju
tlce requires that the expense of suppressln
the rebellion should be borne by those wh
/ precipitated IL upon u.s.
Resolved, That secession is revolution, an
that the alleged right Of any State or State
to withdraw at pleasure from the Union, woul