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

| WoFh OF the rebellion 1t was 10 be an
Initiated at a single blow. So said these
men. Well. how does the matter stand
now! We have already mustered in six
| hundred and ninety-three thousand, and
still there is room for more Laughter.
All, my friends, these men were never
more mistaken in their lives than when
| they assumed TO place such slight value
/ upon the strength of the rebellion and the
courage of the people of the South. 1t is
no particular credit to any American to
! say that he will fight; that is one quality
! that Is common to the whole American
race. They have always displayed that
characte istic wherever they have been.
/ These men, therefore, when they told you
that Southern people would not fight,
either did not exactly understand the sub
ject, or they wilfully misled you.
! Well, what next? They come now,
after they have found out that the South
ern soldiers will fight, they come TO YOU
/ again and CRY, s.Ne have been mistaken
/ this time, but we have it now-iust arm
| the negroes. and the work will be finished
! i'll short order" Fellow-citiZens. rs often
! as | hear a man talk in that way, | come
! to the conclusion tha! he wants 10 find
some excuse for changing the issue so as
! to get some one else TO do the fighting
! He don't want to volunteer. Laughter. I
| No man of common intelligence can be in
! duced to believe that the negro, naturally
an inferior race, and debased by ignorance
/ a. he Is, can ever compete with the white
man upon the battle field. any more than
| he can anywhere else Set them against
each other, three 10 one, and the white
man will be all the time the victor
| In Mexico where our soldiers fought a
mixed race, they were victorious on every
battle field, although outnumbered in the
! ratio of five Ia one Now. If the African
/ Is afraid OF anything on this earth. 1t Is
gunpowder. In what estimation can You
/ hold that man who tells you that the lib
| erty, independence and constitutional GOV
ernment of the country depend upon few
miserable, ignorant. cowardly negroes
| We have a population of twenty millions
OF white people, and immense wealth
properly directed, we are capable of beat
! ing any army the world ever saw or ever
! Will see, and he who has the etfrontcrv 10
/ say that we cannot maintain our govern
ment without the help of negroes utters a
/ libel upon the American nation.
1t Is false that slavery Is the cause of
/ the preSealI unfortunate condition of things
| The r.iuSe does not lie there: it lies i'm an
| other place. The mischcvious legislation
of these abo!itiomiSts in Congress is the
cause and the only cause / speak plain
ly, but | speak precisely what L think
Now. one thing:
| When we met one year ago III Congress.
both branches pledged themselves that the
war should be prosecuted for the preser-
walton of the Il UniOn and the Constitutions
and for that alone. All of these aboli-
tionists either voted for the resolution
which was adopted embodying that senti-
/ ment or ran out of the House to avoid
voting at all Well, the resolution was
adopted. The President issued his rall
for volunteers. ard six hundred and nine
ty-three thousand rushed TO arms, upon
the faith of the solemn pledge which Con-
gress had gwen to the people, Time
rolled ON, and success seemed 10 smile
upon our efforts. Our Western armies
had won great and glorious victories The
Southern people were still divided. ,iUsi
at this juncture Congress meets The
dominant party goes Immediately to work
to undo all the wise legislation of the call
ed session Every proposition that is
brought forward Is for the negro. 1t soon
became apparent that the majority in Con
gress was no longer bound by the Consti-
tuition. Instead of coming forward with
measures of peace and Cancellation, they
come with coufiscatioR, fire and sword.
and by these measures they nj once fired
and united the hearts of the Southern
people.
Thus far we conservative men had gone
hand in hand with these hypocrites, in
good faith but here we left them. We
parted from them with great sorrow and
pain. Then ii was that L became satisfi-
ed that the majority controlling Congress
meditated the destruction of the govern
ment-that they preferred a divided gov
ernment, with the chances of power and
plunder.
History is full of examples that 90 to
show that governments arc never DESTROYED
by means of either rebellion or foreign
foes without some fault upon the part OF
their own rulers You NAV turn 10 the
Scriptures and you will find numerous in
stances in point. The children of Israel
ded b. the wickedness of Jeroboam, the
son of Nebat, who rebelled against the
government but it required the mad folly