Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-08-20
EBENsBURG PA. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20. 1862

! become totally incapable of anything ike
true craftsmanship. Last winter when
saw my venerable friend here from Ken
! lucky, together with Mr. Crittenden-
men who had been associated in davs gone
by with Clay and Webster and Benton
occupying seats upon the floor of Congress
amongst these intellectual pigmies and
One-idea men, the poetry of Moore s,lg-
gested itself very forcibly TO nay mind as
peculiarly applicable to their situation:
- feel like one who tr-ads alone,
Some banquet hall deserted. lied.
! Whose lights are gone. whose guests are
And all but he departed"
When we pass into the page of history.
as we soon shall, l fear that not one of ali
the representatives of the Republican par
! ty now in Congress will ever have been
found to have produced paper-to have
been guilty OF a thOught-that Is worthy
of the great Cause and the great interests
that are committed TO their charge
Now, if you send these men back to
Congress, the history of the Republic i
written. Our davs are numbered. and we
are numbered with the past. UNANIMOUSLY.
inglOriously, without Il struggle, we passed
away, and became - a school-boy's tale
the wonder of an hour
| / have heard good deal said about the
- conservative Republicans in Congress. -
| These So-called conservatives are excel
! lent men, judging them by what they say !;
/ indeed, they talk the best TO vote 80 badly
of amy set of men ever saw. We did
think at first that Your Representative
with Us all the time. bat we were sadly
disappointed when the time for talking
( passed and lac was called upon 10 vote
| That l. the way with ali these men. For
/ time they would make GOOD Union
/ speeches, talking tolerTlbly conservative
all the time, and voting just exactly ike
| Lovcioy and his friends.
/ | came To the same conclusion about
these - conservative" Republicans that n
Yankee once came TO in regard to the Sia-
mese twins. The SiameSc twins had
: come TO Boston. and the old Yankee had
/ paid his MONEY and went into the show
/ lie examined the ligamcnt> that bound
| the Young men togethe-, and. as soon a.
he had satisfied himself that il was a real
thing, and no humbmg. he said. - Well.
! rather guess them fellow. are brothers -
Just 80, my feiIow-citizens, have been
compelled to conclude that these - con
/ Servative Republicans and Abolitioni~tS
/ are brothers. Cheers and laughter. I
! One Is about as bad as the other, or. If
/ there Is any difference, IL i IN favor of the
Abolitionists. Lovcjoy avowed his policy.
] Ike bold man. II lac l. wrong in
2 \ L.
are which enables him 10 ayow himself
! | ALWAYS could n i.rSiand Lovejov, but j
never could understand vour Representa-
/ tive from This Congressional District
/ Laughter If, during the last Presiden-
/ tial election. these :. conSerN alive" Re
| publicans had avogvcd the sentiments t,ler
I expressed by their votes, the country would
/ not have been in the condition it i NJ pre-
| sent Now. let me urge YOU, if vou are
/ going TO send Republicans TO Congress at
all. let us have the full-blooded fillows.
/ and none of these men who talk one way
and vote another. l know Loveioy will
not cheat me. L hate 10 be cheated. -
would rather have the fiIli-blooded Aboli-
/ tionisiS to deal with. l understand their
/ position. The danger of the country
arises not from these men, because YOU
can strip them but it arises from these
:. conservatives falsely 80 called
There Is a class of men who are ALWAYS
very busy-who go about the country de-
nouncing every man who does not agree
with them a. traitor 10 the country. You
talk to one of these men, and ask him
what he Is for. and he will tell YOU. If he
tells the truth, that he Is for divertiHg this
war from Its legitimate object, 50 as 10
make ii war of emancipation Ask him
then" Are YOU for the Constitution -
He will answer, .'Oh, no the CorSti-
tuition Is played Out the South has over
thrown the Constitution Sir. that man
is no more nor less Than traitor. and
whenever it becomes his interest. no mat
ter where he may be, North or South,
East or West, he will betray the country.
Such men occupy n double relation In the
first place they are towards, for they vii
not enlist in defence OF their principles
and, secondly, they are traitors TO the
Constitution of their country. for they de.
clare it is no longer binding upon them
Now, it's plain that if we wait for sucl
fellows as these and for the negroes to pu
down the rebellion, we viii all die before
ii Is done. When this rebellion is pu
down, it will be put down by men who
are devoted TO the Constitution and tbs
Union.
One thing is certain--if these Republi
cans maintain the power in Congress, our