Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-08-13

1hus the faith of the President and
Congress was pledged to every loyal man
IN the North that the war was to be car
RED on for the Constitution as il is and the
Union rs it was. Under the inspiration
OF this high, patriotic. and holy purpose.
our gallant countrymen have marched
TO the battlefield, keeping step TO the
music OF the Union, enduring privations
and Sutfcrlngs that would have utterly ap-
palled less patriotic and devoted soldiers.
The enemy, although massed in formida-
bic bodies, and supported by an energy.
aklil, and munitions of war that evinced
an Increased concentration of sentiment in
behalf OF the rebellion. vet. before the
mighty shock of our arms-inficted by
the soldiers of the Union-thev for n time
were v;lnqulshed their forts, towns. and
other strongholds were rapidly taken. and.
amid the shouts of the exuItant and tri-
umphant soldiery who had enlisted for the
mere purpose of re-establishing devotion
to, and the protection of our proud national
ensign, the Star-Spaneled Banner there
again spread ont Its folds AT the bcain-
mng OF these successes much attachment
TOR the Union WIS developed among the
people where such successes occurred. III
was hoped and believed that. with few
more similarly important blows inflicted
upon the rebellion, Its force would have
been spent, and that the people OF the re-
beilous States, being assured that the
pledges OF the President and Congress
would be faithfully observed. would have
relaxed their efforts in behalf of their
usurplnG government, and that the Union
men OF the South. and the returning sense
of the iHeStimablc value of the Union TO
all divisions OF population there, would
complete the restoration of respect and
obedience to the Constitution and laws of
the Federal Government These hopes
have not been realized, and the cxplana-
ton of this disappointment, in n great de-
gree at least, l. found in the evidence at
tordcd of the terrible fact that the AObli-
tionists in the North are determined that
the white population of the South shall bc
cNtermina:ed or held in subiugation, and
that our Government shall be overthruwn.
and these union of these States finally and
forever broken up. Yes; erfeT-AuaQte the
whites OF the South. or govern them as a
suIiugated people, and oceIfilo,c the Go
vcrnment and destroy the Union. Is their
purpose. And we ask your candid con-
sideratiOn for a moment, until we present
TO You u few points, from which you will
sec that the inference Is irresistible that
this i the design of this most di>loyal
band
The Constitution and the Union were
early regarded by the Abolitionists as the
barriers that stood III the way OF nero
emancipation. Hence, such Constitution
WAS by them denounced rs covenant
with death and an agreement with hell
80 late a. the 10Th OF June last a portion
ot The members OF this band, at meet
Ing in Massachusetts, passed a formal
resolution. VIZ:
ReS0ice,i. That iS AbolitionistS devoted
TO the great work OF overthruwing slavery,
we renew and repeat our old pledge, ''No
Union with Shareholders. No support
to any Administration or Government
that permits slavery on any portion of It's
sOil-amd we value this war only Us we
believe it must lead to emancipation by
order OF the Federal authorities, or TO Il
dissolution OF The Union, which must
speedily produce the same result.
1t Il unnecessary to even specify the
prominent evidences that, from time 10
time, have been afforded that the Aboli
tionists had firmly resolved upon the de-
struction of this Government. \ few of
them are found in the unconstitutional. 50
called. personal Liberty Bills OF several
States; the repeated declarations OF prom
inent party leaders. even in the last PreSi
Dental campaign, (see the speech deliver
ed by Frank L. Blair, at Franklin Hall,
in the city of Philadelphia, on the ID Of
/ October, 1860, one week before the cleo
ton, in which he, quoting still higher au
! thority, declared that the object of the Re
publican party was :. The ultimate eXtimc-
I ton of slavery, jim the avowed deter
/ mination to resist the decision of the Su-
| preme Court of the United States, in the
/ Dred Scott case, and in such declarations
as made by Senator Wade, ga Union
{ where all men are equal, or no Union at
all" Acting upon this original purpose,
/ and upon the conviction that a return to
/ Congress of Senators and Representatives
from the Southern States would result in
their political overthrow, the Aboliuonists
in the late Congress have pursued a policy
that has alarmed every loyal man IN the
I North. and has forced the conviction that
our gallant armies III the field, and the
whole nation, were 10 be thwaFted in their
patriotic purpose. The resolution above