Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-09-03

our party, we speak OF but the history of
rights and privileges which form the foun-
datlon of our free Government (applause),
and when we speak of the achievements
OF our party, we are speaking of only the
history OF our country and our Govern
ment, ard only of those things which
have made our Government great. and
glorious, and powerful in all that she is
great, and glorious, and powerful. Cap
! plause.) We have ever thank God, from
our foundation, been party of the law
and of the Constitution. (Cries of that's
so, and applause.) We have ever been
the party 10 defend an individual when
assailed III the exercise of the least of his
constitutional rights; we have ever been
/ the party TO defend a class when assaiied
In the exercise of the least of their consti-
/ tutlonal rights we have ever been the
! party TO defend State when assailed in
| the exercise of her constitutional rights ::
and notwithstanding the ISLANDERS that are
/ put upon us, we have ever been. and will
now be the party, and the only party, TO
defend the power made up of the Union
of all the States, in the exercise of its
constitutional rights. (Deafening and
prolonged applause.)
The forbearance, Mr.. President, which
we have exercised, it Is fitting | should
say word about We have exercised a
forbearance which, perhaps, for the first
time in the history of our party in this
| country has shown how much we love,
and how strongly we are attached to the
Constitution with its powers and its guar
antics (Applause.) L have no desire,
gentlemen, 10 discuss questions with which
you are all well acquainted, and even
leading questions are at this moment in
volved in the terrible struggle going on.
But what | want distinctly to do is this.
and YOU Will find that our resolutions dis
| tinctly declare the position the Democrat
tic party holds in this Commonwealth.
and, as we believe, in all the States of the
North ; | desire to say that we will not
allow the foul slanderers to say 10 us that
we are lacking or falling IN our fealty to
the Federal Government that we are not
loyal 10 the Federal power, and that we
are not willing 10 put down Southern trca-
SON at the point of the bayonet No
party but an Abolition party. with It's
superlatIyc, its Sublimated inSolence zap
plause and laughtcrl, could charge Us with
such a foul thing as that.
We have ever been the party of law
and legally constituted authority. The
country has never wanted defender that
did not find 1t in the Democratic party.
(Appiause-) We are, moreover. the
only .tl9ht,Hg party in the country. (Great
applause and chcerS.) And that, happily,
Is not figure of speech 80 much as il is a
figure of arithmetic; because, if YOU take
up the rolls, you will find we have sent
four or five Democrats for every one cow
arllv Abolitionist.
When we are told that we are wanting
in fealiy to the Government, and do not
want to see this Union restored. YOU can
hurl tine foul lie in their throats and show
what the Democratic party does when it
goes on Southern soil and pours out Its
life's blood freely for the defence of our
Government (Great applause.) For
our Southern brethren usurped power and
attempted To break down the Constitution
and destroy the Union, and when they
did this they became our enemies alike.
whether North or South (ApplauSe-)
That they were once our friends Is true,
but it WAS when they were loyal, or when
we believed they Were loyal. But when
they became disloval To the Constitution
and sought to break up the Union, they
became our foes. Great applause, and
cries of ..That's." That's the point"
&c)
Gentlemen. | made some reference TO
the exercise of civil rights in this time
of war. i want TO say n word or two on
that subject You will remember that no
war can be successfully prosecuted here
unless the civil power co-operates with
the military Although the service is dis
tine in one respect, yet they are insepara-
bly, connected in almost every other.
In 1912, when we waged war against
foreign enemy. the civil power co-ope-
rated with the military, and we were sue
cessful. In 1913, when we waged a war
against another foreign Power, the civil
and military authorities again co-operated,
and we were successful again 1t is very
! true that we had enemies then In power
in Washington, who were against the war,
as we have enemies now in power there
who are opposed TO the present war.
When this war broke out, Pennsylvania
gave her own free will offering of honest
hearts in this great contest, under the i'm
! preston that the Government would sue
cessfully carry on this war TO restore the
! Constitution and the Union: and | will
do Mr.. Lincoln the justice 10 say, that in
] the declaration which he made in the be