Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-08-29

~Wdys nus peeu JhdI person cOulu
honestly differ from the "powers that be"
in times Of peace and in times of danger
Had they believe otherwise they would
have hung tho Hartford Convention -
Tom Corwin for saying he hoped the Mex.
leans "would welcome our soldiers with
bloody hands to hospitable graves."-
Mr.. Lincoln for factious opposition -
Kansas aid Societies, Abolition orators,
editors, etc. During the dark days Of
lS6O, papers with the motto, " Free
! Speech, Free Press and Free Kansas" at
their heads called the President "traitor"
coward ;' and now they threaten with
tie halter and actually incarcerate in
dungeons or Danish men, who, in loyal
States, free from the taint of rebellion,
dare intimate that Lincoln is not a second
"Daniel come to judgement "
Another quaint theory of the Demo-
cratic party is that Presidents, Congress
and Governors are placed iu power by the
people to act as their agents, and that
they arc accountable to them for the ex-
ercise of that power. Executives "are to
execute the peoples will, not their own"
If they see fit they can make Chicago
Platforms, or even create e Constitution
on an Abolition basis but the agents can
not do this unless specially authorized,
much less can he dictate to his principal
This is the real foundation of our Govern
ment, consolidated by practice, by de-
csions Of courts, and the opinions of the
people. The opposition have gone even
further than monarchial governments and
not only maintain the doctrine that "th9
King can do no wrong" but hold that
even his ninsters-his Stantons, Fre-
monts, Hunters and Burnsidcs, are equally
immaculate.
So much for gencralities let US ex-
anime more attentively into the designs Of
the opposition. Senator Wilson of Mass.
has declared and the sentiment has been
adopted by the party and is the standing
platform of their Party Lcagues--that
"thc men who believe in the emancipation
proclamation, who mean to make it a
practical reality, the irrepealable law of
the nation, must prepare for mighty
confict-a CONFLICT that will stir the coun-
try to its profouudcst depths. Beside
this transccndant question: Of the enforce
ment of the Droclamatiou in the rebel
states, all other questions, growing out Of
the existence Of slavery 'si.sk into utter
insignifcance; for its success carries with
it everything else ancp patton in Della
ware and Maryland, Kentucky and Ten.
nesse, fugitive slave Law and all"
There is the doctrine to make The
tenets CT abolitionism "the irrepealabl(
,, law of the Nation" Even the suppress
J. sion Of the rebellion is considered a secon
dary matter, the reinforcement of the pro
"a clamation" being "the transcendant ques
II ton Further on he speaks of emanci
puuol III tuc pOIucr DtatCa. HIS, tueu
is to reward the fidelity Of tho,e States
T. which have stood firm amidst all the raw
ia ages Of civil war, and which have bee
le assured of Federal protection. Even thei
le exemption by the emancipat tion proclama
ct ton is to be recalled and the Fugitiv
IS Slave Law,-on Of the compacts OF tn
c. Consttuti on-a law passed by Congress-
upheld by the Supreme Court--juStifc
ne by long series of precedents-is to be
lg dead letter. lie also says that "the issu
is justice TO wronged race - not the re
do soration of the Union, and the enforce
10 ment of the laws as declared by the At
!" ministrrtion and Congress when the troor
- were called out, and which also declare
- that "whcn these objects are secured II
10 war should cease" These doctrines
y Wilson's have been published with al
~ ~ proval in long editorial by the "Wasl
= ng:on Chronicle" the organ of Presidei
=, Lincoln.
bo If opposition to these sentiments col
a. stitutes 'embarrasment to the Admin
60 tration," it should be the endeavor
T. every patriot 10 increase the ensbarraS0ee
,ot until the doctrines SO pernicicus to OF
in safety as a nation are blocked.
,oI 1t is idle to call Democratic principl
he treason, when they have conducted o.
I'VE nation to all the greatness it ever attane
,co and the failure of those "principles invc
nd we'd US in our present calamities. III
to whole history of the party proves it
the have been law-abding. If not, why a
be VIC taunted with being ".sticklers to Il
d? Constitution" 'adherents to obsolete law
on. etc e! Did We ever favor "higher law