Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-10-12
Correspondence.
FOF nc I0ThW5ld DeM0ernt.
Reply to Mr. Republican.

MT. hcpuDllCau StdTtS OUT Ill MS laSJ
issue with the idea that Thomas jefferson
held the same views in regard to emanci-
patton that Helper does, (excusc me, Mr..
Editor, for mentioning their names in con.
nection) for 1 consider it an insult to the
memory of the illustrious founder of the
Democratic party, to be spoken of in the
same sentence with the author of that Sec.
tional incendary work, which tries to make
a white man out of an african Negro
the gentleman certainly cannot accuse me
of quoting isolated cases, for nearly all Of
the leaders of his party endorsed and re-
commended it, together with his own sane.
ton, that there was nothing in the work
but what he had perfect right to publish.
This book says "no cooperation with slave
holders in politics, no fellowship with them
in religion, no recognition of pro-slavery
men except as ruffians, outlaws, and crimi-
nails" Now, is not this an outrage, lie
Of the deepest die, to charge such men as
Washington, Jefferson, Madison and 9TH
crs who were the founders of our Govern.
ment, with such contemplate epithets.-
Now see the position of Mr.. Republican,
He says Helper had perfect right to
publish this. In his last he says the press
has no constitutional right to lie. Now
chose either horn of the dilemma. His
reference to the influence Of Abolitionism
in separating religious bodies is extremely
smart he wishes to know if the people
were prevented from worshping as they
pleased in any State where Republicans
mule or executed the laws; why my dear
sir, I thought we lived in country where
Church and State were separate. This
separation of our leading churches was
not the result of any Legislation, State or
National, but there is no doubt but it had
something TO do in embittering the sections
and contributed largely to produce the
present awful calamity that is now upon
us. This religious enthusiasm assisted
largely to form and make up the Republi,
can party, for the institutions of the South
were rediculed from the pulpit as well as
the stump, 1t was said by your orators
that the South had always been burden
to US, and that Massachusetts, could not
make boots enough to kick them out of the
Union. Such stuff, together with wide
awake demonstrations, &C., &C., carried
your party into power. Your men said
all the time they asked but one year in
power to show that their principles were
right; free homes for the homeless; the
millennium was now within our reach ;
elect Republicans and all is well. We
must have a change, was the cry; well
we have a change, that change l will not
undertake to describe. | doubt if my
friend, with all the superior knowledge he
has reserved from the author of all
good" (Which enabled him to know more
than the Supreme CourD can depict the
horrors and miseries of our country from
Maine to Loui ,ianna. How drowning men
will catch at straws lie refers to few
scattering votes Lincoln received in the
South, to show he was not sectional. How
could they possibly vote for him when the
party was built up upon the very principle
of no more Slave Territory, thus endeav-
oring to force them from the common
domain, which if left as the democratic
party platform had it, we could have vo-
ted slavery out of the Territories upon
their admission as States, and saved the
country from blood and carnage, for upon
this principle Of equality in the Territories
Bell, Stevens, Davis, Toombs and Critten,
den were willing to strike hands with
Douglas, Bigler and others of the North
who opposed this, Look at the vote on
the Crittenden Proposition. he gentle
man is mstaking about the eleven seceed
ed States casting their votes for Mr.. Brec
kinridgc, Virginia and Tennessee think
were for Bell, and many of the Other
States were very close, Who are Nc
Clellan, Dix, Butler, and other leading
Generals but good sound Democrats .
They do not fight for subjugation or Abo'
litionism, or for carrying out the principle:
of the Helper Book, or the Chicago Plat
form but for the maintenance OF the Govern,
ment The Administration begging to APP
preoiate this in restricting Freemont'
Proclamation. am glad to see my
friend ignore knownothingism, for he say
he has left it, but still holds on to his sec
tionalism. He is not aware that his party
are not known by the name Republican,
Look at your own paper, it states thcr,
was no Republican Convention this fall