Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-07-30

not been prolonged or hiudcred by or ac-
tlOn on this or any other measure. We
must look for other causes for that lamcnteG
fact We think there Is not much difficulty
not much uncertainty. in pointing out oth~
rs far more probable and potent in their
agencies TO that end.
The rebellion derives its strength from the
union Of all classes in the insurgunt States;
and while that union lasts the war will never
end until they are utterly exhausted. We
know that at the inception Of these troubles
Southern society was divided, and that 4
large portion. perhaps majority. were op-
posed 10 Secession. Now the great mass Of
Southern people are uuitcl. To discover
Why they are so we muSt glance 1T -SoUth>
crn society, and notice the classes into which
1t has been divided. and which Still distin-
guIsh 1t. They are in arms, but not for the
same objects: they sTc q oTeI 50 4 common
end, but by different and even inconsistent
reasons. The leaders, which c0Inrrcheu6s
what was previously known as the State
Rights party, and Is much the lesser class,
. seek to break down national independence
! and set up State domination. With them It
IS a war against nationality. The other
class Is fighting, Is it suppose, TO maintain
and preserve IFS rights uf property and DO
mCstic safety. which H. has been made to
I
This latter class are not disunionists PR Sc;
they are 50 only because they have been
made to believe that this Administration is
inimlcal TO their rights. auG IS making war
on their domestic Institutions. AS long a.
these two classes act together they viii never
| assent to peace. The policy. then, TO be
pursued is obvious. The former class will
! never be reconcilcd. but the latter may be.
Remove their apprehenSionS; satisfy them
tnat 10 harm Is intended 10 them and their
| Institutions; that this Government IS not
making war on their rights of property, but
Is simply defending lis legitimate authority.
and they viii gladly return to their aIlc~
glance Is soon Is this pressure of military
dominion imposed 10y the Cenfcderatc au-
thUlty Is removed from them.
Twelve months ago both Houses Of Con-
! gross, adopting the spirit Of your message,
! then but recently sent in. declared. with
| singular undnimity, the objects of the war.
and the country instantly bounded TO vour
| side tn assist you in carrying II on If the
/ spirit Of that resolution had been adheled To
/ We ale conf lent Jl.at We should before now
+ have seen the end ui his dcplorahc cCutliCt.
1 But what have we suenl IN both Houses Of
/ Congress we have heard doctrines suhv-r~
sive Of the principles Of the Constitution.
and seen measure after measure founded IN
substance on those doctrines proposed and
carried through which eau have no other
I effect than to distract and divide loyal men.
/ and exaSpcrate and drive still further from
I us and their duty tic people Of the rehc'lious
4 States. Military officers. following .hesc
| bad examples. have stepped beyond the lust
( limits i their authority In the same direc-
/ ton, until ht several instances voU have felt
/ the necessity Of interfering 90 arrest them
! And even the passage Of the resolution ~
/ which You refer has been ostentatiuu>ly pro
/ Claime! as the triumph Of 4 principle which
. the people Of the Southern States regard as
ru:uOus T. them The effect of these mea-
/ sures was foretold, and may now be seen n
/ the indurated state OF Southern feeling.
! To these causes. Mr.. President. and not 90
/ our omission to vote for tie resolution re-
/ commended by you, we soie'nnly believe we
are 10 attribute the terrible earacstnCss &C
/ those IN arms against tie Govern. ut. AMI
/ the c1ntinuancc f the war Nor DO za
/ pcrmit Us II Sav, EIr. President, with all
1 respect ta ynu) agree that the las. itutiun of
{ slavery Is 1.-the lever Of their power hut
we are of the opinion that 1.-THE lever uf their
( power Is the apprehension that the powers
. uf "a common Government, created for com
. mon and equal protection to the interests Of
I all, viii be welded against the the institu-
tions of the Southern States.
There is one other idea In your address
/ we feel called on 20 notice After stating
tie fact of your repudiatioL ol Gen. Hun
I tcT's proclamation. V u add:
Yet. in rcpudiating IL. gave dissatis-
I faction, if not offence. to many whose sup
! port Tie country cannot afford to lose And
this IS Tot the end Il 1t. TIE pressure III
this diycctiou is still upon ne and is iucrca-
/ sing. By cuncelin2 what I NOW ask You
car, relieve mo 7r1 u3rrl IN are .a8T7 l-a-fn,a
/ the country I'm this important point"
We have anxicrj5ly looked into this pas
sage t. discover its true import. but we aFy
set in painful uncertainty. How can we,
bv coYce,ling what vou urgy ask. relieve Won
and the country from the iugIess'a., pres UEe
10 which You rgiorl We viii uut allow
ourselves TO think that the proposition IS,
that We consent 10 give mp slavery, 70 tho
end that the IIurtg- proclamation may hs
let loose on the Southern Pcop.o, fur 1t /
too well Known that we would rot be par.
ties to any srch measure and we have u.
much respect for YOU u imagine you would
propose ii. Can 1t mean that by sacrificing
our interest in slavery We appeSss the spirit
+ that controls that pressure. cause 10 to b
withdrawn, and nd the country of the pcsti
lent agitation of the slavery question: V,
, are forbidden 30 70 think. for that spiTi
would not he saiisiiel with the liberation O.
seven hundred thousand slaves, and cease it
agitation. while three .1.illiuns remain in b1r
dage. Can it mean that by abandouiR.
slavery IN cur States We arc removing th
pressure from you and the country. by pre-
! pairing for a separation on the huc at tn
, cotton States2 We are forbidden - 10 thinl
he ause II Is known that We are. and We hC
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