Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-08

She should break her present seal and ad
opt another more true to the fact The
new one should represents in the foreground
a slave.dryor whipping his drove to the
field in the background Gov. Wise hang
Il ing John Brown, and the motto should be,
death to all champions of equal Liber-
ty"
From the Tribune, Dec. 8, 1869.
Let whoever would first cast stone
ask himself Vhstser his oaoa nobiest act
soaS equal IN grandeur and nobility 10 that
tor wh'ch John Byoaon pays The penalty o.
deoth on The gailoOs. 4 n John
Brown dead is verify power. \ n
SO let US be roverently greatful for the
privilege of living in world rendered no.
bic by The daring of heroes, TIE suffering
of nsaytgrs, among whom ietno one doubt
that history sOt0 accord an hono'ed niche
TO John Bro,on.
Readers would soon weary II we reprint
ed one in hundred of the Tribune's ar
ticles against Union, Constitution and
Law, and in favor of slave instructions,
and the murder of women and children.
When the prospect of civil war was at
hand, this paper lent its uttermost force
to the side of secession. Its long cherish.
ed scheme of disunion was nearly accom-
plished We quote again -
From the Tribune, Nov. 8, 1860.
If the cotton States shall become salts
fed that they can do better out of the Uni
on than in it, we a"s,St on hnsng them
go IN pe7ce. tIe r gW to secec(e may be
q reU0t,ctg ,orY enc, bit IL er,sS ncUtr-
MetesS. .Fcmust ever resist
the right of any State to remain in the
Union and nullity or defy the laws thereof.
70 aoith1raao .from hhe Union Is quite an
other 0tdtt2r; and tclitneVeT u considerable
section Of on Union stall deliberately re-
solve TO go out, zee shall resaa all coercive
measures designed to keep At IN. We hope
never to live in republic whereof one
section is pinned to another by bayonets.
From the Trib une, Nov. 20.
If the cotton States unitedly and ear
nestly wish to withdraw peacefully from
the Union, we think they should and
would be allowed to do SO. Any attempt
to compel them by force to remain would
be contrary to the principles enunciated
in the immortal Declaration of Independ.
ence, contrary to the fundamental ideas
on which human liberty is based.
From the Tribune. Dec. II.
fit (the Declaration of Independence,
justified the secession from the British en-
pire of three millions of colonists in l7T6
we do not see why it would not justify the
secession of five millions of Southrons from
the Union in 1861.
| Such was the Tribune's position up tc
the opening of the present civil war, which
it did so much to bring about. 1t favor
ed Secession as the means of accomplish
ing its darling object of a dissolution O.
the Union-as the .hor test and easies
method of carrying out its motto of enc
Union with shareholders" But the events
which Immediately followed the fall o
Fort Sumpter convinced the traitorops con
ductors of the traitorous sheet that thi
people of the North would never tolerate
peaceable secession-that they would new
er consent to dissolution of the Uniol
without desperate struggle to preserv
it. And seeing this, the "moral traitors
were not slow in trimming their sails t.
the popular breeze, and seeking to max
the earnest patriotism Of the North snbseF
Went to their reasonable purpose. Henc
they at once changed their tone, and full
some praises of the Flag and loud d-mouthe
devotion to the Union took the place c
such sentiments as we have quoted abov
in its columns. Finding they could nc
delude the people into peaceable and vol
untary dismemberment of the Union, thes
"moral traitors" at once determined
become the most violent and vituperativ
foes of secession, and the most jealous ad
yocates of the war for the preservation {
the Union; and at the same time to ad
fOcutt suCu IltaS UItS duu luslSb Olf ouCu
policy in the management of the war s
would be sure to result in the accomplish
ment of its darling scheme of dissolution
). Here is the secret of the Tribune
change from an open advocate to disunic
to pretended devotion to the Union.
found that peaceable secession would N
: +, be tolerated oy the people of the Mort
J, and it aw rIat i could secure its obje
: by making lho war m abolition crusad
e And 10 this OBJECT it has devored all
y energies from the beginning Of the war. :
E Its real design, in view OF the record abo'
(! presented, cannot be doubted by any il
: teligent person. 1t has never retraced
single sentiment above quoted from
y y columns, and It's fair to assert that t