The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-09

point this reasonable hope. Whatevei
their opinions may be, they will fearlessly
| obey the acts of Congress, and stand by
the Executive in enforcing these acts
There is, besides, a class Of public men
| not in the army, and not Republicans, wht
| give the proclamation their warm. cordial
and grateful sanction. These are Cover
nor Todd, Judge ,Jewett, and, it is said
| William Allen, of Ohio; Dickinson, Ire
main, and Busted, of New York; and the
well known independent Democrats IL
PENNSYLVANIA, Of whom Judge Shannon
of Pittsburg, Judge Champneys, of Ian
caster, and the Muhlenbergs, Of Berks
are specimens 1t ought to seem reason
| able that, with all these opinions and
elements at work, the whole mass should
soon be rightly leavened. But your read
ers, who know the obdurate bigotry and
unforgiving hatred of the Breckenridge
leaders, know, also, how difficult it will
be to induce these men to extend help
mo hand to the Chief Magistrate of the
nation. SO long as they think they can
disaffect a single vote against the war,
and against the Executive, just so long
will they toll in the interest of the com
mon enemy. The question now presents
itself: "Will the Democrats who have
followed these bad men before, follow
them in the stand they have taken against
the Government on the Emancipation of
the slaves of the rebels after the first of
January, 1868 ?' If this question is an
swered in the negative, our future viii be
a future Of victory and conquest if in the
affirmative, it may be future of defeat
and separation. An awful responsibility,
therefore, rests upon these Democra ts
They have the future of the country IL
their own hands. 1t is astonishing to me
that, with such an Issue, there should be
any doubt as to the ultimate judgment of
the people but SO far as the class
referred to Is concerned, there is double,
and very great doubt at that. We have
only to look at the votes of certain party
leaders in the last Congress to see assu-
rance of this 1t is true that every day
renders the attitude of disaffected men
more dangerous to the country, and there
fore, more unsafe for themselves. 1t is
also true that as the rerils of the Repub-
lie multiply, the preiudices OF partisans
decrease. II the doubtful leaders can
realize that the people they have lei will
be led no more, save in the right road
their own interest and ambition NAV
prompt them to turn upon their record
and 90 for tie country. There are, un-
doubtedly, many men who would do right
if they did not fear the vengeance of the
so-calied democratic" leaders, and dread
the anathema of the SO called Democratic
party" How many viii dare to offend
these rotten and wretched shans? There
ought to be hundreds OF thousands; and
if there is any force in the appeal made
to our peop.e by suffering country, there
will be- | have always believed that the
mass of the old Democracy were loyal to
the heart, and | believe so still; and
cherish the hope that as all the immortal
principles involved in this struggle, and
all those calamities that must ensue if it
should be decided adversely, and all the
treason Of their leaders is made to appear
beyond iispute--as all these invocations
are felt at their firesides and in their walks
of life, they will see in the Administration
the only embodiment Of an imperilled
Government, and will give the President
the comfort aud the strength he SO urgent
ly demands. And God grant that this
hope may not be disappointed.