North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-06-03
Loyalty.
LOYALIST. A person who adheres to his sover-
eigu."-[Webster's Dictionary

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Who is a loyalst? This question now &C
cupIes not little the attention of the North,
and we will therefore, conscious Of our own
loyalty, give our opinion about it. If howev-
er, we unfortunately should differ in the in
terpretat,n Of this word from the Republi-
cans, we think we are able to present good
and ample reasons for 1t.
Webster defines a loyalist to 6e a person
" who adheres to his sovereign" We hear
tily accept that definition, because we believe
it to be true ani correct We are loyal to
"our sovereign - and sovereign Is not
Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet, but the
people Of the United States. The President
is nothing but the servant of the people. his
and our sovereign. All power he possesses
emana'es from the people, whose agent he is,
But what constitutes the sovereignty Of
the people in a RepubIic2 Nothing but the
will of the majority of the people OF the ceun-
try If, therefore the President, or any o her
person, disobeys or osTesards that Will, he is
disloya, and not those who attack and op-
pose HIM for doing SO.
The great majority of the people Of he
North are in favor Of supporting and main
tanning the Constitution Of the United States
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the press and Of speech. TIA habeaS corpuS
etc. ctc-vioated and offended They hate
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tn rs s,v,ra,gn .ha 1e,,,l. or the T,it.d
States, by violating the above pr,v,,ion, OF
the Constitution. found out last fall thai
States such rs PENNSYLVANIA. New York. Obi,
Indiana. New Jersey. and piinois comnrisin~
| nearly two thirds of ,he people .f the whole
! North. declared AGAINST the violation IF the
/ Constitution. AGAINST the RauuhIic,n Marty
( that sauot,onnd II. and for the Democratic n,r
/ ~ that on, ,spd y This fac, certainly w,ii
/ show that the Admin,Si olinn was even in TIE
/ North IN = mipor,tv and as the will ,r tLa
majority Of the pe,nle of 4 Ranublic i th,
only severe On, and Webster declares those
! that are against their sovereign, to be di>Iny
al. the Administration and lis followers are
those that ought certainly to be cla>.el
among the disloval persons Of the country.
That is our opinion. But if :he RepublI-
cans represent the Administration to be the
sovereign, and the people the subjects OF the
same if they maintain that a minority, such
as the Republican Abolition party. have a
right to rule too plant majority with the
iron rod of military and bnreaucratical des
notism. worse than ever seen before--va ore
in the wrong. We are lovaI. as long as low
altv means freedom aad liberty: but we are
disloyal. if it means despotism and tyrrany.
We are loval. as long as the Constitution IS
our standard. and obcyed bv those at the
head of the Government but we are disloy-
al when these servants of the people assume
illegal power and tramDIe upon that sacred
instrument. We are loyal. ifthe present war
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