Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-08-06

| like the rebellion, is their work. not ours.
As the honorable Wm. NJ. EYarts, said at AL
! bany in 1860, as he advocating Mr. Lin
! eoln, "Gentemen of the Democratic party,
you say you have a majority in the c 'untry-
] why don't you unite, then, and defeat us at the
| polls.'' But the rebels divided the Democra-
cy then with the deliberate purpose of divid-
ing the country afterwards. Tor do they de-
sire to escape this double responsibility
! They wish to cut loose from the free States
! in order to enjoy their institution OF slavery
/ alone, and il was to save that institution that
| induced them TO prepare for and precipitatc
this war; The only act of emancipation car
/ ried by the Republicans is the abolition Of
| slavery in the District OF Coumbia and if
! the Republicans had not done that, they
/ would have deserved the contempt of friend
! and foe. They were invoked to it by their
own platform and by the authority of the
! great publiciSts OF the South. The power eX-
isted, and they exercised it. What has been
the result The emancipation of the slaves
! in the District of Columbia has improved
them. Thus far the experiment has work ed
! admirably. The repeal of series OF laws,
operating alike upon free and slave, has made
them ambitious 10 do we'll, and they are now
more orderly, more peaceabie, and more
thrifty than ever.
SO much for several of the most difficult
questions growing out Of this war
The sympathizers with Sece esSion who call
themselves Democrats undo ubtedly desire a
peace with the rebels, and to bring this about
they industrious in dividing the Northern
! people, well knowing that the success Of this
| plan must con Solidate and encourage the trai-
tors. No doubt when the uncle of the gen
tlemen who is now fighting against his couu-
try in the army of the SOUTH mean Francis
w. Hughes of Schuylkil county-Ras presid-
ing over the Breckinrdge Convention on the
4,h of July, the hope that stirred his heart
w hat iph ba livb, ,h.
we'll known platform of himself and his neph-
ew. i perceive that he Is so anxious TO effect
this object that he has taken command OF the
campaign himself, and will doubtless make
the State ring with elaborate orations on the
basis of the Breckenridge platform. The OBJ
ject of this peace is simply to degrade the
people of the free States to fill them with fac
tions, to carve their domain into provinees
and TO make all their great interests subord-
nate and oOedient TO a slavebolding despot-
ism. Does any man suppose that such
peace would end the war 1t might, indeed,
realize Mr.. William b. Reeds grand scheme
of division and separation eDunciated Oh the
18th OF January, 1861, at National Hall,
while Maj or Anderson was besieged in Fort
Sumter; it might make New York a free city,
independent OF State and General Govern
mentS. With our Pacific empires los; to us
with the great West seceeded, and Pennsyl-
vania bound, like captive to the chariot
wheels Of slavery. Mr.. Reed and his compa-
triots would eXult in the fultiments of their
prophecies and plans; but there would be no
peace. 1t would be long and stubborn
and eXtermnatiDg border war-a war of sec
tions-a war making the South powerful and
the North powerless. What foreign nations
would say 10 such person this it requires
Anthony Trollope to predict.
| cannot refrain, Mr.. President, the express
sion of my sincere respect of the manner in
which the Republican party of Pennsylvania
has come up to the good work to day. 1t was
the duty, and it will prove to be the interest
OF that party to act with prompt patriotism in
such crisis. But it is SO rare for men who
have just elected President, and who dis
pense such enormous patronage, to exhibit
such magnanimity have seen to day,
that the evidence of it deserves to be highly
commended. L have seen so much crime and
falsehoOd, such utter disregard of solemn
oaths and obligations, as the fruits of tue So
called Democratic rule, that when Mr.. Lincoln
was elected President hailed his triumph
with all the more joy because his hands were
clear of these intamies because he was un-
der no covenant with the slave aristocracy.
In the coming campaign, although victory
is, in my opinion, certain and sure, we shall
have bitter and a reckless foe to put down.
Should we fail, our defeat will be accepted as
a declaration in favor of the rebellion. The
Administration will be arrested in the prose
with Secession will insist that the machina-
tions have been triumphant and their treason
confirmed. The Breckinridgers expect vic
tory because they have been so generously
treated and 50 kindly tolerated. Fulmina-
ting their hatred OF the country's cause in
public and IN private: corresponding with for
eign monarchists who pray for downfall,
some of those who had hidden themselves in
Paris and London quietly returning to
their homes. As to these men we have a
right to demand that the Administration of
the Federal Government shall put the strong
hand OF power upon them. The sympathi-
zers with Secession, whether our elegant
friend Mr.. Haldeman, from this neighborbood,
whose correspondence with the traitor ennis
sary, I. Butter King, has only lately seen
light, whether the editor of a newspaper, who
is only saved from punishment by his own in
Significance, or the faithless representative
who looks for reelection by the votes of a
people he has deceived, they should be ad-
monished that there is limit even to the in
dulgence and forbearance of great Govern
ment and that they cannot at the same time
enjoy its protection and intrigue for its over
throw.
He who is false to the flag of his country,
and yet dares TO live in the loyal States, should
either be compelled to go to foreign land,
or to be driven with the seal of condemna-
ton on his brow among the rebels themselves.
Let the Administration treat such as
enemies, and with firm and consistent policy
the war will terminate VIGOROUSLY, and the
ballot box will record an emphatic verdict in
favor of the friends of the Union.
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