Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-05-31

nc messages ana speecheS OF tue fres'
identi the proclamations Of his Generals
pledging the public faith to the people of
the invaded States, and Of which his mere
silence was an approval and confirmation !;
the resolutions of Congress passed almost
unanimously, only two Republicans voting
against them in the House of Representa-,
tives; the language of the press and of
popular meetings-all united in declaring
that the war was to be prosecuted not to
subjugate the South, nor to change South.
crn institutions, nor to deprive Southern
men of their property or rights, but simply
to establish the authority Of the Constitu-
ton over all the States. Such were the
appeals and assurances under which the
war commenced. But when We had half q
million of men in arms when our armies
were filled with Democrats and others who
volunteered to fight for THIS CAUSE and
not for abolition; when Maryland, Ken
tucky and Missouri, relying upon our
promises, had sent loyal men to Congress,
opened their territories to our troops
and placed themselves in our power-then
first we heard, that slavery being the cause
of the war, Slavcry must be Destroyed. 1t
is notorious, that at this day large por-
ton to say the lcasD Of the Republican
party ropudiato these pledges and trample
even on their Chicago platform. They
are the open advocates cf the abolition Of
slavery in the States, and Of measures Of
confscation so sweeping and relentless
that their like has not been known since
the days of William the Conluercr. They
have theories, several theories. Some o!
them maintain that the seeded States arc
out of the Union, and therefore have no
rights, They adopt the doctrine Of sec
ession, attaching to it a consequence that
enhances its absurdity. The States they
say, are gone as States, but remain as
Territories, subject to absolute power
This is the theory Of Mr.. Sumner. 1t is
the theory adopted by great meeting in
the city of New York, over which a son
of Alexander Hamilton presided. Others
derive the power to abolish slavery from q
different source. 1t may be done, they
say, by the war power. Who can bound
the war power? And to what miserable
state must that country be reduced, where
it shall be thought a justification of every
violation of constitutional law to say thai
it may be done by the war power
know that all these gentlemen claim
to be prominently evcn) the friends of the
Union. They would sooner abolish sla
very than that the Uhion should periSh--
They would exert a military des-
potism ip the South for The sake Of U
Union. They are so passionate in thei
love that they would sacrifice law, liberty
the Constitution itself, to SAGE the Union
Well, the Union to which they are so de
voted, is one for which I confess 1 hav
no respect or attachment. | kno,
no Union but our constitutional
Union Of free and equal, States
1t is an abuse of words to ca
anything else The UusOa. Upon the ney
platform, Phillips, who declares that 70
twenty years he has been the enemy {
the Union, and G arrison who formerl
stigmatlsed it as q compact with He'll, ar
both Union men. 1t is the opinion {
these gentlemen that the law of God an
the Constitution of the United States ar
at variance with each other, and therefor
they have become converted since it hi
been discovered that one may be an enem
of the Constitution, and yet friend of til
Union. So, Mr.. Gerrit Smith, who S;
iu seat of honor at the New York NEE
ing informs us in his circular though L
hates the Constitution lie ioUeS the Unaou.
The legislative address invites to til
proposed Union convention call Republ
cans, Union Democrats and other log.
citizens" This implies that all Rcpubli
cans are loyal that disloyalty may /
found among Democrats and other citzer
but nowhere else. Such is not my opir
ion. We are in arms against the disIoya
men of the South, and none here ol
pose the war. I believe that individua
may be found in the North who sympa
thise with the rebels and wish them success
But it would be absurd to organize a p,
litical party against persons so few an
Insignificant, and who dare only speak
whispers. The disloyal men of the Mort
from whom danger is to be apprehende
are they who seek to convert the war in
: war for the emanci patton Of the blaC
race by means of the overthrow of Il
Constitution. Where are these men
he found2 SnmnOr Is oua of tham Wot