North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-08-19
ADDRESS
d DEMOCRATIC STATE CEN-
TRIAL COMMITTEE.

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TRIAL COMMITTEE.
To the People Of Pennsylvania:
An important election is at hand, and the
Issues involved in it may now claim your at
tention. The tide of war has bee rolled
back from our borders and with thanks tc
God, and gratitude to the skill and valor
which. by his favor achieved the prompt de-
liverance of our invaded Commonwealth, We
may now give our solemn consideration to the
causes that have brought to its present con.
dition country once peaceful, united and
secure. 1t is now the scene Of great C ivil
war, between States that lately ministered to
each others prosperity in Union found ed
for their C ,mnD gool. 1t was their Union
that gave them peace at home and respect
abroad. They coped successfully with Great
Britain on the ocean, AMI the doctrine" ut
tered by President Monroe warned off the
monarchs of Europe from the whole Ameri
can Continent. Now, France carves olt of it
an empire, and SHIPS built IN England plum
der our commerce on every sea. A grea'
public lebt and conscription burden the
people. The strength aad wealth of the ma
ton are turned from p,ductive industry and
consumed in the destructive arts of war.-
Our victories fail to win peace. Troughout
the land, arbitrary power encIoaches upon
civil liberty
What has wrought the disastrous change
n natural causes embroiled the North an
the South. Their interchangeable products
and commodities, and various institutions,
were sources of reciprocal benefit, and ex-
cluded competition and strife. But an artifi-
cial cause of dissension was found in the posi- :
ton of the African race and the ascendency
in the national councils cf men pledged to an
aggressive and unconstitutional Abolition
policy: has brought our country to the cOndi
| ton of the cause divided against itSelf"-
men had forseen it : it began in the triumph
Of a sectional party, founded on principles OF
revolutionary hostility to the Constitution
and the laws. The leaders of this party
were pledged to conflict " irrrepressible;"
and whenever one party is determined to at
tack what another is determined to defen d,
conflict can always be made 'irrepre ssble."
They counted on an easy triumph through
the aid of insurgent slaves, and in this reli-
ancc were careless how soon they provoke
collision. Democrats and Conservative
strove to avert the conflict. They saw that
Union was the paramount interest of their
country, and they stood by the great bond of
,, Union, the Constitution Of the United States
They went to leave debatablc questions un-
der il TO the high tribunal framed to decide
them they preferred it to the sword as an
arbter between the the States: they strovc
hard to merit the title which their opponents
gave them in scorn-the title of" Unon-sa
ers" We will not at length rehearse their
efforts In the Thirty sixth Congress the
! Republican leaders refused their assent to the
; Crittenden Compromise. On this point the
testimony of Mr.. Douglas will suffice. He
said
"I believe this to be fair basis of amicrble ad
justment If you of the Republican side are not will
ing to accept this the proposition of the Senator
from Kentucky (Mr. Crittenden), pray tell us what
you are willing to do? / address the inquiry to tht
Republicans alone, for the that, in the Com
r rniHee of Thirteeu a felo days ago. erery member
from, the South, including those from, the Cotton
Sta es (Messrs Darts and Toombs., expressed heil
readiness to accept the proposition Of my ven erab
friend from Kentucky, Mr.. Crittenden, as final set
ement of the controversy if rendered and sustained
by the Republican members. Hence the sole respon
sibilty of our disagreement and the only difficult
in the 1ray Of an amicable adjustment, is nth :h
# Republican party."-Jan 3. 1861.
y The Heace Congress was another means b.
v which the border States strove to avert th'
a impending strife. How the Republican lead
ers then conspirped against the peace of thci
: country may be seen in a letter from Senate
Chandler, of Michigan, to the Governor o
that State:
& To His Erceuency, Justin Blair
"Governor Bingham and myself teiegaaphed yo
on Saturday, at the request of Massachusetts an
New York. to send delegates to the Peace or Compro
mise Congress. They admit that we were right ant
that they were wrong; that no Republican Stat
should have sent delegates; but they are here AM
cannot get away. Ohio, Indiana and Rhode Islan'
are caving in and there is danger of Illinois; AM
now they beg us for Gods sake to come to thei
rescue and save the Republican party from rupture
hope you will send stif-backed men or none Tn
whole thing was gotten up against my Judgment anf
advice, ard will endiip thin smoke. Still hope a
matter of courtesy to some of our errng brethren
that you will send the delegates.
Truly, your friend.
81 CHANDLER"
"P S--Some of the manufacturing States thni
that fight would be awful. Without little eioo'
etting this Union will not ia my estimation, be Wor'
a rush.
"wAsHrNGroN, Feb, IL, 1861"
i, In Pennsylvania, too, the same spirit pre-