Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-01-18
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compromises calculated to barter away the
principles for which this war is wagcd,-
We will oppose Peace ttsey till the success
of the war insures the permonente9 Peace.
Columbia county Rtpublican.
The compromises of the Constitution
have always been held sacred, save by that
crew of incendiaries who have always
held that "thc United States, constitution
was league with death and covenant
with hell" Among those compromises
protection to the slave property of the cit
izens. If this is . war for the preservation
Of the Union under the constitution, then
prote ction to slave property and the rights
of slave owners must remain untouched
You dare not destroy the constitution, nor
Charter away its provisions, What are
"the principles for which this war is
waged, in the opinion of the Editor of the
Republican d? And what is that success,
and it, extent, which will in his judgment,
ENSURE the permaneRce Of Peace" The
constitution and its every provision, even
to the protection and perpetuity of slavery
must stand, SO long as a single State or
citizen desires it. You cannot Charter
away any OF it.
We are not alone in this opinion. In
1912 Daniel Webster uttered the fol.
lowing, which furnishes lesson for the
times
off l have attempted to cxpound the
Const tuition, l have attempted to cxpound
that which l have studied with diligenc:
and veneration from my early manhood
to the present day. II have endOavor,
cd TO defend and upheld the Union Of the
States, it is because my fixed Judgment
and my unaltcrablc affections have impcl-
led me, and still impel me, to regard that
Union as thu only security for general
prosperity and national glory Yes, gem
Usman The tonsti'MiUa anH tie u, in
Ibllce Mtm t2gethsr II they stas,I, they
must st7nd together; # &ey CN, M'g
must taN t2gaher."
That shows where Mr.. Webster would
have been found, if he had lived to the
present time. lie would not belong to thai
school of politicians who believed the
Union can be saved by destroying the
I Constitution. Mr.. Webster believed they
must stand or fall together,
OUR REPRESENTATIVES, On Monday
last the Representativ es to the State Leg
islature, from this District Col. L. l.. Tate
and George S. Tuition, Esq, called in al
our Office to paw their respects, while on
the way to Harrisburg to attend to theil
duties. We happend to be absent at thu
time, and missed the pleasure of seeing
them. These gentlemen passed a scathine
ordeal during last fall campaign, both be-
ing denounced as secessionists but thu
sovereign people of this District put a
qcietus to these slandcrs of a reckless press
and mobocratic politicians, by eccting
them to their present position, by hand
some majorities, Col. Tate and Mr., Tut
ton, we have reason to believe will make
excellent Repr"sc scntatives, bot being book
ed mp" as to the wants of the District ant
being SCUM in the Democratic faith the,
will prove safe Gus odians Of our interests
We shall watch their course attentivcly
and whatever of interest tranSpires in tn
Legislature, we will endeavor to lay befor
our readers DaavW Intfhigencer.