North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-02-11

followers; BY whom the administration is be-
leagured, importnned, and prosecuted.
have not opposed" but in all the ways
and means in my power sustained the ad
ministration. So far from having F." personal
feelings or motives" other than friendly, my
relations with the President and every mem
Der of his cabinet are cordial. They are all
exerting themselves to the best of their abil-
ity, and with integrity and fidelity, to rel es-
tablish the authority Of the government.
have referred frequently to the ncendia-
ry principles of the New-York Tribune, be.
cause that journal, by its vast circulation,
exerts a magn influence throughout the
whole North. | again admonish my coun-
trymen to shake off this incubus, to emanc-
pate themselves from their mental thradom.
before all is lost. Mr.. Greeley, the infatuat-
ed victim of the widest ambition, will soon,
amid the " crash of worlds and the wreck
of matter" be seized with "REuoRsE THAT
COMES TOO LATE" | speak not idly. This
"Architect of Ruin" has much to answer for.
First, while SlidelI, Toombs, Mason, Davis,
&c. &c, were maturing their scheme for re-
belhon, and the Gulf States, under their in
structions, were seeding, Mr.. Greeley Ap-
ARoyED, JUSTIFIED, and INVITED them to go
forward with their reasonable designs -
Here is the evidence from his own Tribune.
and in his own language
[From the Tribune of Nov. 6. 1901
| If the cotton states shall become satisfied
that they can DO better out of the Union
thar in it 're insist on the letting go Il, peace.
The right to secede may be revolutionary
one, but it e.ristS nevertheless.
We must ever resist the right Of any state to
remain in the Union and nulliiy or DEFY
the laws thereof. To WHhdrap from the
Union is--quite another matter; rhenerer q
considerable section Of our Union shall de-
tiberateiy reSoire 10 go out IRE shalt resist
all coercire measures designed 10 keep 1t in.
We hope never to live in republic whereof
one section is pinned to another by bayonets
From the Tubue, Nov. &c, 1901
Ifthe cotton states unitedly ana earnestly
| wish to withdraw from the Union, IRE think
they should and arOU!d be aI)lred 10 do SO.
Ang attempt to compel them by force 10 re-
main acould be coatrary 10 tie principles
enuciated ia TIE immortal Declaration of
Independence, contrary to the Fundamental
| ideas on which human liberty is based.
From the Tribune, Dec. II. 18G0l
If it (the Declaration Of Independence
justified the secession from the British en-
pire Of three millions OF colonsts in l77G, We
do not see arhy it acouH not justjJy the Sc
cession Of fire million Of southrons from The
Union in 1851
From the Tribune OF Feb. 18 1861
Whenerer 1t shall be clear that the great
body Of The southern people hare become con-
ct"sirely alienated from the Union, and
dn.riots TO escape from 1t, WE WILL DO
OUR BByF TO FORWARD THEIR
VIEW.
Here then, in the outbreak of the rebell-
ion, . the Tribune doing its best to for
ward their views" "Their views" were
forwarded with fatal celebrity. We all see
with what consequences.
When the rebellion, thus encouraged, be.
came reality, the Tribune, wi tn an lnso-
lence peculiarly its own, assumed a dictator
ship over the government and the army
Our first calamity was occasioned by its in
sane cries of " ON TO RICHMOND" After the
inglorious defeat at Bull Run, Mr. Greeley
became spasmodically repentant, confessing
that he had done wrong, and promising to
mind his own business. But this promise
was soon forgotten, and the Tribune became
as arrogant as ever, and ere long its inflated
editor put forth an edct in the name of hun
dreds Of thousands, addressed to the Presi-
dent of the United States demanding change
of policy in his administration of the govern
ment.
And now we are called to witness, with
amazement, new phase Of character start
ling change of switch
The editor of the New-York Times, in a
carefully prepared article, charged Mr. Gree
ley with seeking, through. Mr.. Mercer, the
French minister, foreign intervention! And
still worse, the accusation goes so far as to
impIicate Mr.. Greeley in a correspondence
with Mr.. Vallandgham We venture to say
that not ten of the Tribune's hundsed thou
subcsibers on any outside authority, would
have believed either of these statements.
And yet both are virtually admitted in the
Tribune of yesterday:
" But here follows the exact truth with re-
gard to our views on the whole subject, which
Mr.. Mercier, or Mr. Vallandigham, or any
one else can have for the moderate price of
six cents in Washington or three if he pur-
chase in New York:
|. We believe that the War for the Union
has now entered upon phase which in all
probability must prove inal--that we are on
the eve of movements, combinations, attacks,