Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-10-01
c-.,. tet us Reason Together.

-,-r General 10 an lLCSuSeN Sp'Ai 'Ah- Inc
,.-s5;,n was listened to, and Greece saved.
Md that we could in like manner.
-,;1--or rather that our fellow-citizens,
L... times. when our country is beset
- --a,ter perils than Gre -ce was by the
-. n.- s,rasion. would listen before it is too
t. :,rst;cism Of portion of the people
l.. ~. cnlv plunged the country into a
-..-s, and bloody frat-jCidal war, which has
- --sst,v weakened the resources Of
,.srr7trv. and sent up a wall of NO from
=. p,-:fc 70 the Atlantic, but threatens 10
---r # m for an definite period. az the risk
: f-Tf7Ust:ag the North and South alike of
1s- whole active male population; spread
;,,resoIs,ion over more than half the fairest
---.,,-s # tbeloval and Confederate States
z..iGrg a debt upon the nation that will
r, be raid for centuries, if ever; and bur-
.11g the people with taxation. under
ysc5 they will groan from generation TO
e--ratiyn, with no prospect OF delIverance
zsueiyratIon.
And tits terrible calamity Is TO be endured
t-vlat The preservation of our Govern
-s-.--tGe restoration Of the Union as 1t
r.-.le re-establiShment of the Constitu~
Il. II full vigor. oveI thirty four united
>a.s,l o, no, II these were its objects.
al t.a.r cunsUmmatICn required the saCrI
rs ---lt as it i, it would he endured-for
..yE gnverIueLt, such as ours JcGS. under
tx VIZ. ana temperate rule If the Fathers
d.. tie Apostles Il the Fathers, l. MT dear
lay Price.
But i IS 9,f .tis for which the war is to
Z hon I'd. -
us- AMI means: for which thousands &
E;ss are to lie converted into grave-va-ds !;
- 4 thousands a.IiUel. q limp in po-
I5-.v through remnant Of lie shortened 10y
exposure; aud tie lamentations uf bereared
EywanH, tire 7g,:liZea shr!ekN Of youth,
,-t the wal:uE T tender infants, made or
!-ars BY the bloody experiment. float into
-r CarS on every breeze No, it IS not for
Il tbs; ~ II wuuil u byyue patiently, calmly,
not cLeeEiully.
II Y y Mt " vs>ta'e ttse MON and maintain
the supremacy { the Constitution the fana-
;t> tell =; tHr the Jnjcu, as Il JCdS, =. is
-rNe, ANT the Constitution is " a cove
n'aJ with Death ana in league with Hell"
AtA them tlls war-which i only sacred
2 Us OBJECT Is r-f5tenGs-is made damnahle.
slsl they aTJw that its object Is, mainly,
. sLAT THE MASTER AND FREE THE SLAVE.
Ia.se who talk Of restoring the Union
is aughed at; those Who appeal 10 the
.--Sutuuon to stay tie hand of lawlesS
ave, lie Abolition Stna or. Wade. tells us
~ tutorS; and tie attrociuus sentiment. is
ecaoed by every radical aud Abolition
r. IN the land
""'t al Var ~agtG upon principle
Aara purpose III direct conflict with the
Hituton-aS the Abolition fanatics tell
must DC waged-reS,jlt III, bat an over,
'T OF the Constitution And what l.
'cT,hrow Of the Constitution but an end
laeGuyerumeut
ANar wagcd against the Constitution is a
''.us war-a rcyolution-aud, if the
~. .tI"n theory prevail. We will be no less
s.'ouS than the Secessiuui>ts Of the South
may END IN the establishment of a Go
'--eh; tar more Objectionable aud oppres-
's man tGat which they have set up; if.
'7'' It do not first result in anarchy and
-"-a'ey, as refuge from that worst of
,-FscS, deSpotism.
~ sustain war necessary to restore the
l aud maintain the Constitution, with
N guarantees and reserved rights, we
F4iy to Pleuge all we have Of pro
ana HE. II this is its object. such is
,,on III which we stand in the present
While conducted on Christian prin-
- within the limits of the Constitution
ASKED for by the President To crush
rebellion and bring back the seeded
1Fs INTO the Union as it was, shall be re-
WIN our consent. But once change
IL Ia r-fs
-. an unconstitutional war for an uHc0H-
,e1r ,n ~, purpoSe-make It a war for the
Tg9sIt.i Tg5-t ION OF SLAVERY and the SUB.
-'-I0A OF THE CONSTITUTION
n - VIII pledge ali we have Of property
% crush It, and to punish as trai-
Mianous wretches who were the
Z. lls,igators.
,-,,-. must look the perils that environ us
10 the face. They are great. terri
- ,,.ey must be encountered; and. i
IN hereafter live free and happily
.->t re overcome. The question o
t-''on raised by the AbolitiCnist:
s5,- dangerous as the question of Sc
.a'>ed by the Southern fanatics TIVE
L. = = was then. Both are heresies tina
,sv eAtermlnated before peace, pros
@I0 good government can he restored
y Secession cried the South tw,
o-and they seeded.
= bs was Unconstitutional, and TO main
=, =. HCUvernment and restore the Unio,
2, constitution, war was necessary
0s%.Ist the SeceSsionists.
a.Rsr1t,! must be abolished! say the Aboli
gGohcans to day Constitution or n
e So9,S tt,on, the four million negro slaves
II ~ must be emancipated-that
>.l war Is for, and it shall not en-
= p,Ii,;!! negro Is free and raised to civ
Tbis a equality with the whites
10 u .ue Abolition theory. which the
. Or ,pp.actically carry out, if they inflI
n, 'oerce the President.
,ss. Secession cried down by Il
'0i0s Of she North. and BY lar,