North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-08-20


tionists, when, by the underground railroad,
or other devices, they deprive the slasehold-
er of the South of that property to which
the Constitution and laws of his State, as
we'll as those of the United States, guarantee
protection. IF in the attempt to commit ar
son or robbery, life is taken, it is murder in
the first degree so too it is mur Ter of the
same degree to take life in the unlawful at
tempt to deprive the owner of his rights in
the services of his negro. And here, too, we
will remark that the present war, if Aboli-
tionists should succeed in diverting it from
its proper purpose of uphold;ng the Consti-
tuition and Union, and prostituting it to their
cherished object of freeing negroes by kill
ing white men, would become an atrocious,
murderous war, ,'that would justly subject all
who give IT such direction to the penalty OF
the law imposed against the highest OF
crimes.
The policy of AboIitionism, therefore, is
not only unsupported by one tensble ground,
even for It's pallation, but Judged by its OBJ
jects and it's effects, it is in the highest de-
gree criminal and disloyal. By eradicating
Aboltionism, we remove not only sectional
ism from the North. but the cause of section
alism in the South.
The fall Of AboltioEism, we verify be-
lieve, would IN short time be attended by
the fall of Secessionism. Although the i'm
aginary advantages of a Southern Conledera-
cy, entertained by many in the revolted States,
has secured for it unconditional supporters,
yet the desoation that has already attended
Upon their efforts at separation, the contin-
ued pressure Of our arms, and the recolec
tions of the blessings of the Union, will, up
on the removal of the cause of Southern Sec
tionalism, revive their sentiments of nation
ality.
We believe that upon the substantial ex-
tinction of Aboltionism, the Union certain
ly can he restored, but that without such
extinction 1t never can be. 1t is, therefore,
quite as essential that the energies Of the
loyal men of the North be directed against
the Abolition foes of the Union as it is
against Secession foes. 1t remains, there
fore, only to inquire in what way can these
energies be most effectively directed to &C
complish the desired purpose2 We only
reply, by supporting the organization Of the
Democratic partyr There is no other thor
oughly loyal party in the land it has al
ways been national it is the only party that
has no afiliaton or sympathy with section
alism-North or South-it is the only party
in Pennsylvania, that is not in the sympathy
or support of such fends as Wade, Sumner,
Greeley, Phillips, LovejoY, and Wilmot.--
The national men who supported Bell and
Everett in the late Presidential canvass, We
believe, may now be counted in the ranks of
:he Democratic party. The only other po.
litical organization in this State, is the ene-
my OF the Democratic party, who has raj
lied once more under the designation of the
"People's Party" This party held their
Convention at Harrisburg on the 18th inst,
and their true character is abHndantly shown
that in their resolutions they eulogze and
sustain Senator Wlmot while they condemn
Senator Cowan, both by the homage paid to
Mr.. Wilmot, and by refusing to Mr. Cowal
even the need of faint praise" The dis
tinguishing feature in the political course OF
those two Senators, it is well known, is that
Mr.. Wilmot has supported the EXTREMIST
Abolition measures OF the present Congress,
whilst Mr.. Cowan has won the admiration
and confidence Of every Union-loving patriot
in the land by his honest and fearless oppo-
sitlon to these measures-measures that
tended 10 make disunion perpetual.
Can any loyal man in the State, therefore,
hesitate which of the two political organiza-
tions is entitled to his support2 The STAN
dard bearers selected by the Democratic
State Convention are in every respect deserv-
ing of your confidence.
Isaac Senker, Esq, our candidate for Au-
ditor General, is gentleman of distinguish
ed ability and sPotless reputation. He is
native Of York county, Pennsylvania born
of German parents, and who were tIlEers' Of
the soil. The early political course and we'll
tried integrity of Isaac Slenker, is kno wn to
many of the people of Pennsylvania In
1884 he was elected to represent Union and
Northumberland counties in the Senate
of Pennsylvania; and while too many
Senators yielded to the influences that
were employed by the late Bank of the
United States to obtain its charter from
Pennsylvania Legislature, Isaac SlenkeT, with
eleven others, as honest men, resisted the in
Huences, and won the reputation of faithful
among the faithless. He was upon the Judi
ciary Committee of the Senate, and took an
active part in the revision ofour civil code.
At the expiration Of his senatorial tern. Mr..
Slenker returned again to the practice Of Lis
profession as a lawyer, and since then has
been out of public position, except that in
1856 he was one of the Presidential Electors