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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
Original Poetry,
For the Columbia Democrat.
THE CONTEs4ABAND DAEs-
ESEiY.
BY GpMBO SNOW.

Dis nigga away, from old vrgina's shore,
And to Massa Lnkum; I'll tell you what It's for
| heard dat Massa Linkum and his cabinet had sej,
Dat all dc darkey contrabands should b. clothes and fed
Aud now, Massa I.inkum, have cone to see
What you will have to say to a runaway like me;
! hope dat MaSsa Lnkum will take meath his wing
For do not like to workld rather dance and sing.
Some told me dat da heard good Massa Lnkum tell,
II d. dar.ies came to him he'd keep dom berry well
Da should live upon tie best, and have bills to pay,
for Massa Lnkum's ricl aud will pay anodder day.
I'm sure dat Massa Linkum is u ngtty king,
Don't care for constitutions or any such thing;
lie makes proclamation dat de niggas all am free,
For he's Massa of de country, you may plainly
He's making hcaps of money and can buy all farm
Where may live in clover aud not take any harm
Wen git de hateful white ash de cotton for TO hoe,
And have darkry obcrsecr for to Rlake 'cm go.
] guess dat Massa LinSun will dress us berry fine,
And wild de coorcd ladies we'll cut Il mighty shine
Wen play pom de banjo, and rattle on tic bones,
And dance till niggus heels git harder den de stones
Wen be lccted Congocss and TO de too,
And in de great cration for equality we'll go
Wen sit wd Massa Greeley, and wild Sumner viii
talk,
And in dc grand parade wild Massa Iinkum walk.
I.or bless Massa Linkum for what he's made of me,
For now live in Washington, and more den dat I'm
free;
think dat Massa Linkum is a berry clever man,
'Cansa he's gvn to Us darkics all dc fNors dat he
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
VOLUME 27

9th. The Executive has assumed now.
ers that belong alone to Congress.
10th. Both the Executive and the Leo.
islature have assumed powers that are not
delegated by the Constitution.
llth, They have disregardod the Ju.
dietary, and have made and executed
laws contrary to the decisions of the Su-
premo Judges.
18th. They have assumed fearful pow
ers under the plea OF military necessity,
ana irampled the laws and the Constitu.
ton of the States under their feet.
18th. And finally, they have from the
manner in which they have used power.
proved themselves incapable of so high
trust, and il let alone would rule the
country with despotic sway, and wrench
from us our blood-bought aud highly
priced liberties.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
General Franklin.

The following from the NewYork Times,
an administration paper, is caudid tri-
butte to General Franklin.
"Ne publish in another column q state
mcnt Of the conduct of General Franklin
at the battle of Fredericksburgh, in reply
to an impeachment of it contained in q
letter from the Editor of the Times, writ
ten as Washington on tho 9Th of Janua,
ry. In that letter the impression was
given, as our correspondent states, that
Gen, Burnside intended his main attack
to be made by our left wing, under Gen
Franklin, and that the battle was lost by
Gen. Frruklin's failure to make that at
tack, with the force and vigor contem-
plated by his orders, and which were es-
sentinl to success.
sit is due to Gen. Franklin, as well as
to the public, to state that We have seen
the orders, reports and other documents
referred to. 1t seems to US clear, after
examining these papers, that Gen. Frank
lin not only Performed all tie Service en-
joined apOa linn IN has orders, but that
he did more than was contemplated by
them in pushing the attack upon the enc
my in his front. 1t is to be presumed
that the Government does not consider
his cond uet in that affair obnoxious to
censurc, or it would have given him a
Court of Inquiry, and ii this is the case,
he ought to be relieved from any implied
ccnsurc and placed in position where the
country can again have the benefit of his
unqueStioncd ability in the prosecution Of
the war"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
NJ MBER THREE.

From the positions taken in the forcgo-
ing "Ink Drops we come to the follow
ing conclusions
lst. The object bad in getting up the
Government was the good of the whole
country.
I'd. Good laws, well administered, arc
essential to tue prosperity of any country.
Sd. Unparalleled prosperity for long
series of years, proves the correctness of
the principles in operation.
4th. The United States have prospercd
beyond parallel in the history Of nations.
9TH And the fact that the Democratic
party and their policy have governed the
country most Of the time, proves their
principles to be correct, and that they are
adapted to the prosperity of the country
am u Democrat, for these reasons:
lst. believe that the Constitution of
the United States contains the only gov.
ernment adapted to the country, and the
Democratic party has always been and
still is the constitutional party.
I'd. That the more nearly we can car
ry out the plain intentions Of the Consti-
tuition, the greater will be our prosperity
and the Democratic party has always been
in favor Of adhcring strictly to its provis-
ions.
Sd. The more closely each State at
tends to it9 own business, and to the de-
yelopmcnt of its own resources, without
meddling with the rights of others, the
better will it be for each State and the
whole country, and this the Democratic
party has always contendod for.
4th. That while the identity of the
States and their rights are maintained,
the more closely they are united on gen.
oral principles, the better for each and for
all; and the Demo cratic party has always
been and is now a Union party,
9TH. The more closely each department
of government confines itself to its own
legitimate power, without assuming the
prerogatives of either of the others, or Of
the whole government, the better it is for
all and this is a cardinal doctrine of the
Democratic party.
9th. The calm, considerate voice of the
people is the voice of God, and the voice
of the people has been in favor of the
Democratic party.
7th. That whenever party leaders have
persuaded the people that a change was
necessary, the term of four years was
sufficient to remove the deception.
sth. The object and the tendency o.
the opposite party has eliminated in the
present administration, and the result is
the dismcmbermeut of the States and Tho
ruin of the country.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28

interests OF the country; for, while the
Constitution lays down the principles, the
citcumstantial application has a wide lati-
tude, Here is where men have differed.
Two lines of policy have been adopted
The one straining the Constitution to JUS
tify the exercise of doubtful powers, the
other holding to the evident meaning and
intent Of that instrument, and strict ad-
herencc to its requirements. The one to
concentrate the powcls of government in
certain departments ; the other to preserve
its constitutional distribution. Tho one
locking to the interests of certain classes
or sections the other to the good of the
whole country. The one tending in its
very nature to despotism the other to
original democracy The different poll
cies have found embodiment in different
parties. These parties have been in the
majority or minority according to the
changes that have taken place in the pop
ular mind. These parties too, have as
sumed different names, according to the
object they have had in view. The one
has been known by variety of names =,
as Federals, Wings, Republicans, &c.
The other has always retained the name
originating with the party. There are
really but two parties. All organizations
on outside issues belong to the same par.
ties, separating, it is true for awhile, but
converging again when q united effort is
necessary to accomplish soNo principal
object. They have all aimed to accom-
plish some one of the objects stated above.
The parties stand now, Republican and
Democratic, and to every thinking mind
the question arises, which of these parties
is right, and to which shall attach my
self? For no man can love his country,
with the right of suffrage, as we all pos
sess in this country, and not feel more or
less obligation to use that suffrage for his
country's good. Nor is it necessary to be
booked up in all the minutin of politics
in order to determine which way to vote,
for there are certain general principles, the
operation Of which is to decide which line
of policy is best.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
For The Columbia Democrat.
Questions for The Editor Of the "smut
Machine

MIR. EDITOR The aippant facility of
the editor of the Republican in answering
questions induces me to ask
lst. Does the editor of that paper de.
noance all as copperheads who think and
declare that it was inpolitic, unwise and
unjust 10 remove Gen. Mcclellan from the
command of the army
I'd. Does he class among the copper
heads all who believe and declare that
Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan will be the next
President of these United States
3D. Does he dcnounce as copperheads
all who disapprove of the low iosts, the
vulgar jokes and the fckloness of Pres
dent Lincoln, as undignifed and i'm.
proper
4th. Does he include among the cop.
perheads all such men as have denounced
as pitiful, mean, eontomp,ibIo and tyran-
meal, many of the acts of the Secretary
Of War of these United States!
These are specific and direct interrog.
atories direct answers to which will not
only show achat DR.. John means by a
copperhead, but also who are included in
his frequent denunciatons.
A DEMOCRAT.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
Slate Of tbs Gountrn
b BIBLE VIEW OF SLAVERY
BY HON. AMOS KENDALL.

We take the following from the Nhion-
al Mtel'gens', in which piper it appeared
as one of series of Letters to the Pre-
sident.'
To AbuLam Lincoln thc president Of the
Unitcd States:
RESPECTED My object in these
letters, be it distinctly understood, is not
to commend slavery as a desirable insti-
tuition, nor to migigatc in the least the
crime or the penalty of the Southern re-
bellion but it is, by the light of truth,
to disarm, in some degree, a set of North
crn fanatic, whose insane hatred of ala-
very make them equally hostile to our
glorious Constitution. 1t is to show the
honest people of the free States that, as q
political question, they arc not responsible
for it, and have no rightful control over it,
and that, as moral question, there is
nothing in it which justifes their inter-
ference by virtue of any 'higher law than
the Constitution of their country Rebel
masters may be dvested of their right to
the labor of their slaves as punishment
for their treason, just as far as they may
be divested of other analogous rights, and
no farther but for the United States TO
abolish the institution because individual
shareholders head the rebellion, would be
as gross an usurpation as sweeping act
to divorce all wives from their husbands
ana free all children from their parents in
all slaveholding States for the same rea-
son.
Not from any other motive than to bring
home more wildly to the minds of the
reader the Bible truths developed in my
last letter, address myself to a Reverend
representative of u class.
say to him, do you, in common with
all or most Christian teachers, recognize
Noah as a prophet of God who spoke by
inspiration! If so, it was God himself
who doomed the descendants of Ham to
perpetual servitude. If, therefore, slav-
cry be sin, G cd in this case is response
bic for it; and when you attempt on that
ground TO rescue the African from slavery
you assume to be more wise and just than
God Is it not so!
Abraham bought servants with his
money, and had hundreds 'born in his
house lie was Il special f4yorito with
God, who not ouly hcapcd blessings upon
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
NUMBER TWO.

The Constitution Of the United States
contained the principles it was intended
should govern the country. it contained
the sum Of the power delegated by each
State for the good of the whole, and there
the delegation ended. The remaining
powers were preserved to the States re-
spectively' Or to the whole people" This
reservation OF power to each State, is lin
tied to its own internal affairs. The Con-
sttution defines the powers of each de.
partment OF government, and limits each
to its own sphere of action. All laws
made by the legislative department of the
general government must be within the
range ol the powers given by the Cons,i-
tuition. The judicial is to explain and
define the powers of the Constitution, and
determine whether the acts of Congress
are according thereto. And the executive
is to give practical application to these
laws, and thus execute the will of the peo-
pie as expressed in the Constitution. II
would seem that the government of the
United States is plain and simple after all
and it needs only that each State and each
department Of government understand its
duty and do it. The only difficulty there
can be is in applying the principles of the
Constitution to the extended and varying
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28

RIVERS OF BLOOD. Tho circulation in
the system is not unlike the flow of rivers
to the sea, which move smoothly until they
are clogged or obstructcd. But when
drift wood or alluvial dams them up, then
comes the tearing devastation that follows
the obstruction of force which cannot
be stayed. So the blood circulates insen-
sibly through the system until it becomes
elogged by disease then burst out tho
ulcers, sores and disorders which follwo
that condition. Take Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla and purify your blood, to save yours
self from the foods, lreshets and deluges
which sweep unnumberod multitudes out
upon that shoreless sea which swallows
all mankind.-Lancaster (Pa.) Register.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY PENNA, SATURDAY, MARC

OhilsiduSJ Wudt ulVislOuS VI cnuICuos
what sectional antipathies what excite.
mcnt and connections and, finally, what
desolaion, bloodshod and mourning have
your unchristian teachings aided in bring.
ing upon our lately powerful, prosperous
and happy land
And, not content with the aid you have
given traitors in involving your country
in devastating civil war, you arc now
moving earth and hell to prolong it, to
render it more bloody, and perhaps in
sure the success Of the traitors-certainly
to afford them the only chance of success
by converting the war for the Constitu-
ton into war against slavery. You are
as hostile to the Constitution as the rebels
themselves, and you prefer their success
TO the preservation of the Government
transmitted 10 US BY our fathers, simply
because the Government recognizes an in
stitution which God has sanctioned, and
the rights of masters and the duties OF
servants, as prescribed by the apostles Of
Christ. In short, you are not willing to
live under Government which protects
| SHAREHOLDERS, though it does not know
them in that character, and has no power
over the institution.
wonder that you do not openly rebel
against the government of God because he
'sendeth his rain on the just and on th C
unjust
To be consistent you ought to object to
living on the same earth and under the
same sky with shareholders, 10 being
warmed by the same sun ard breathing
the same air. And surely you will pray
for heaven by yourselves; for those who
think that STAKEHOLDER cannot be fit
associate for them in Christian church
cannot be happy in heaven peopled with
such shareholders as Abraham, Isaac and
jacob, Moses, David aud Solomon and
such associates Of slavery as Paul and
Peter. How can you be happy in that
heaven whore that God is who expressly
authorized lis people of old to buy slaves
and hold them in bondage forever. or
that Christ, an essential part of whose
religion is the cheerful obedience of the
slave to his master!
Yes, in your 'doting about questions
and striies of Words you not only pro.
mote revolution and bloodShcd in your
country, but you arc sapping the founda-
tlons Of your country's religion. When
you prove that slavery is in itself sinful
relation, you prove that the Bible is false
that the God of the Bible is Il God of sin,
and that Christianity, as taught by the
disciples of Christ, is but cloak for the
sum Of all villainies.' Truly has it been
said on another occasion, 1T is hard to
believe such men sincere. If not infdels
already, they are on the highway to that
bourne
Now many weak minds, having been
first imbued with the dogma that slav cry
is in itself sin and a crime, when they
come 20 find that from Genesis TO Rcycla-
tion it is recognized as a lawful and not
unchristian institution, will be induced to
reject the whole Bible as fable, and the
God OF the Bible as an imaginary being,
AMOS KENDALL.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28

Bss- A letter from "Parson Brownlow,"
dated at Nashville on the 9th instant,
among other things, says:
81 told the people of the North in my
speeches, as thousands of them will roools
lcct, what | n>w rcpeat-tbat is to say,
one half of all the slaves in the seeded
States will fight for their owners, and fight
to perpctuate their own bondage
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28

BY" Bishop Clarke, of Rhode Island,
closed his discourse two weeks ago last
Sunday in these eloquent words, referring
TO our national troubles:
elbow from the South, o winds of God,
and bring us tidings Of reconciliation and
love ! Blow from the North, 0 winds of
God, and carry back the message of fra.
ternity and peace, Scatter the darkness,
roll away the clouds, and give unto us all
once more the sunshine of tranquil rest
Under the shadow Of thy wings we make
our refuge. o God, giUe us peace"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-28
Reading the Signs.

Henry j, Raymond, editor of the New
York Times, (Abolition) in recent
speech, said:
1--WE are about played out as a party.
We played the Maine law, good enough
Morgan for the time being--but it was
played out, and SO Abolitionism is played
out. It may last Lincoln S time out-but
if we hold on till then, there is not one Of
us living, that will ever get into public life
again. Weed is wisely getting out of tho
scrape. Greeley is fol enough to hang
on. The only hope there is for any Of
us, is to keep on the war until the Union
is SO thoroughly split up, that it never can
be got together again. A reunion with
the South on any terms is death to all
this generation. But, at any rate, the
taxes, which the people have not bugun
to feel; the debt, and the conscription,
not yet begun, but to come, will damn
every man concerned iu levying them.
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produce emancipation swelled and tense abdu.
men gnawng and turaing pain ~ the stomach
ana bowels Irregular and derraved appetite.
4 pale and siCkly cuunteusnCe loul tongue
ieted breath, Itching ut the nose, ieveish, 4,
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Children YiD ATE lronb,ad with WORMS oftc /,
awake, awake suddenly, screaming and fro.
qucntly observed 10 grind their teeth. Bat
none OF these symptoms or all of them combin.
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They may be produced by irritation or sui
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1liEArMENr.-ThG first thing to- he done,
Is TO ehdeavOr To restore the digestive iunc.
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PRAYER.


Fill up the void spaces of your
time with meditation and PRAYER.
They arc tire safest who are most in
their closets who pray, MOTTO be seen
of men but to be heard of God.
1t is comfort to Christians apart
to think their prayers meet before Il
throne of grace, and their persons
shall meet before q THRONE of glory.
There wants nothing but belicy-
ing prayer to turn promise into
performance.
. God is n great God, and therefore
he'will be sought he is a good God,
and therefore he will be found
The breath Of prayer comes from
the life of faith. ,....
Whatever you want ee 10 God hr
faith and prayer, in the name of Christ
aud never think his delays arc deni-
ais. i' ..' .,u
They who spend their days in faith
and prayer shall end their days in
peace and comfort. j. MASON.