North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-06-24

alarm and deep Indignation that of our politi-
cal opponents claim for the President of the United
States power hitherto wholly unknown in America,
AMI never exercised in Europe Asia except by the
r.ost despotc monarehs meIy the po~cr to arrest
free citizens for the expression of their honest opn
ions on public affairs and that the President has not
only presumed to exercise this power himself with
! the moderation and mercy which his own nature
might prompt but has delegated it to many suborii-
mates and they again to Others in every part of the
country until its hdeous pr is and felt al
over the Iani.
RsscIsed That among the numerous officers to
whom the President has given this terrible power
above the laws and above the people, there must in
the natu.e of things, be large proportion who are
totally incapable of wIeting it either honestly or
wisely To- politicians, filed with partisan rancor--
knaves who do not for justice, and ruians who
delight in tramplng it under foot. and therefore
are not surprised to learn that the worthest
men have been torn from their families judges
knocked down the bench, ministers of the Gospel
imprisoned in loathsome dungeons, AMI respectable
women and children treated with II brutality which it
would be indecent to name; anl all this, in
many cases, without pretence of political
ofense, much less of any crime as tnst the law.
That Il free government cannot exist without free
press and the constitution of this state, we'll a
that of the United States has declared that it shall
be free. Those persons therefore, in the Office, who
attempt suppress books and newspapers by violence
are the enemies of this government and ought to be
themselves suppressed.
That we heartily thank the lion hearted Dcmocra
cy of Ohio for the manly vim LEGATION they have given
to the Constitution against the great crime commit
ted upon it in the arrest and deportation of VaIlan
digham, and them of our cordial sympathy
in the great struggle they making their unioubt
! ed rights.
That the plain duty Of tho chief magistrate of
this commonwealth requires him to whatever
power the Law hls pl1ced in his hands, to protcc
the state and the people from Il wless 1urages,
, from what quarter they may; and man is fit to
| lie governor of this state who will consent to hold
his own liberties AMI let the people hold theirs at
! the mere will Of the federal executive.
Resolrtd That the Democracy of Pennsylvania
has been true to the cause of the Union. It
in the name and for the sake of the Union that
our p pirty mlde that we denounce tie base
insinuation that the Democratic party cntert. ms
row, has entertained, or entertain the
slightest sympathy viii h the present gigantic rebel-
ion, with traitors in against the government
or would ever consent to peace on any terms in
volring dismem crment 1fthis Union as utterly
unjust AMI in proof of this we point with exultation
to the lavish contributions to the war in blood and
treasure heretofore AMI being made by The
hundreds of thousands of Democratic citizens, who
were among the first to fy to the rescue of the Tn
ion, and peril their lives in its defense.
Rc,ol ed That, the tue friends Of the Union,
and feeling profound anxiety for its fate, claim
AMI will exercise the right 10 consider discuss,
certain. and urge, in becoming terms upon the peo-
pie and the constituted authorities, whatever meas
ures WILL in our ju igment. be most likely to place
and keep the whole national Union together under
one general government.
ResOlred That when the war began VIC d the
solemn pledge IF the federal administration, AMI of
the p'ry which placed i; in power, as expressed in
the resolution passed by Congress July 22l, 1861,
that it is not waged their part in any spirit Of
oppression or for ar purpose of conquest su ju
gatlon, or for the purpose of rhrowIng, inter
feriEg with, the rights established institutions of
these states, but TO defend AMI maintain the surre-
macy Of the constitution and to Treserve the union
with all the dignity, equality and rights of the sew
eral states uumpared, and that soon as these OBJ
jects are accomplished the ought to cease But
the federal administration, acting under the inalrr
ence of small faction of ultra aboionists always
opposed to the Union, and without the consent of
the great masses OF the people, has totally changed
its grounds avowing and proclaimng its purpose to
| h. bnI a ~, IL h.,
our JUS hope Of an honorable petce.