Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-17
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We received the following note, in
which was enclosed our brief comments
on the Presidents message to Congress,
from ST. Augustine, signed .'Dcm-i- /
crat."
Jas S. Todd. we return such aboninable
slang as this your Office should be bloan
higher than a kite Dimicrat.
We are not i'll the habit of noticing .
fictitious correspondence, but as the above
Is short, and expresses in few words the |
lawless policy espoused by the present .
Administration, anil endorsed by its ad !
mirers, we give it consideration, believ |
ing that its author is, either no Democrat !
ut all or else one who does rot know the
fundamental principles of Democracy,
otherwise he could not subscribe TO doc
triues, calculated only to fan and continue
this unnatural sanguinary strife, which is
fast depopulating our country and subycr-
ting the great privileges of 4 free Govern
mcnt into a mercilcss despotism. by the
word Democracy is meant that sovereign
power which is lodged in the collective
body Of a free people, and in the good old
days of yore, when our country prospered
under Democratic rule, the Chief Execu-
tive was considered the servant of the
people, but alas, nowadays the Prcsi-
dcnt of the United States, if we Judge by
his acts, backed up by an Abolition Con-
gress, assumes to be master of the people:
who, without precedent or law. sets aside
the sacred injunctionS of the Constitution.
and at the dictates of fuctuating policy
suSpends the writ of hGbeds corpus, incar-
ccrates unoffending victims and declares
freedom TO four millions of negro slaves.
Are these the doctrines that our St. Au-
justine reader would endorse (?) that he
becomes incensed at our mild criticism of
a public document, which Abolitionists
and Republicans themselves are ashamed
OF, as will be seen by the subioincd ex-
tracts, from these sources The fact is
we would be the last to attack the clumsy
style of the Presidents svntax. if we
thought as VIC once believed that his mo-
tives were pure but we now not only be-
hold the long ears from under the lions
robe, but can plainly see, from under the
skirts of the sleeps skin, the wolf-hke
cunning that would decoy the msuspect-
ing, by the plea of necessity" If Mr.
Lincoln BE- honest in the fulfilment of hi:
duties and sincere in his motives for In,
welfare of the nation, why does he agitatc
civil war by stirring up new strife? WHY
does he waste breath BY inhictinr tho
public with four or five long columns q
soPhistry and utopian schemes OF nner,
equality, which, he himself short tim,
ago admitted, are as available rs th,
"Pope's Bul! against the comet ," VIII,
does Mr.. Lincoln suggest amendments t,
the Constitution for the convenience of TN
negro, TO the detriment of the white man
the taNpaycrl Why has he not
word of encouragement for the poor sol
diers who are Drawing the har,iships q
war in the sickIy swamps of Virginia
Tennessee, South Carolina and elsewhere
Why has he not Il word OF comfort an,
consolation for the many bereaved widow
and orphans of deceased Union soldiers
who are reduced to ponrry in consequence
of the war? Mr.. Lincoln, by proposin
amendments TO the Constitution for I'm
emancipation of slavery, confesses TO tn
world that his proclamation is in violatio
of that sacred instrument. We subioin
couple of extracts from Republican paper:
and we could adducc many more from tn
same source, to show that the oppositio
-tlncoin's own party, are becomin
tired and ashamed of his vacillating policy
the first is from the Indiana .IcS$eaye7.. a
out and out Republican paper; the sccon
Is from the Commonwealth. an open an
avowed Republican paper, which is prin
ted in the city of Boston under the ilnme
lialc control ii Mr. Sumner