Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-04-25

lOTUlcTS COuHCCJCu WlJn JDc oyoJeH VI CS~
pionagc adopted by the AdministI ation,--
The period 10 which | alludc has bbtt
known ever since in the history 81 the
country as the "Regn Of Terror" I'm
view of recent events in cur midst, it may
be designated as the first reign Of terror to
which the citizens Of the United States have
been subjected since the Government of
the second reign of terror, which far e2-
ceeds in Nervousness and atrocity the first,
aud from which we pray kind Heaven TO
grant US q safe and speedy dGliverancc.
But that Administration was driven
from power by the indomitable Democracy
of lSO0,and Thomas jefferson was elected
to the Presidency, and with him Demo
cratic Congress. The obnoxius and tya
rannical laws above alluded TO were all
repeaed-thc rights of The people under
the respected AN the country entered up
Oh an unbrrkon career Of prosperity,
which continued, with slight interruptions
for the long period of sixty years, and
until the advent Of the present sectional
party to power. The glorious old flag of
the Union was respected at home and
abroad, and everywhere in all parts Of the
civilized world 10 be known as a citizen
of the Great Republic, was as much of a
passport to favor and consideration, as was
the to be Roman citizen during the i'm
perial sway of Augustus Caesar.
The influence of our example OF self
government was silently but surely work
ing its way into the minds and hearts Of
the down troddcn masses of the old world
and the monarchs and despcts Of Europe
stood aghast at the giant strides We were
making in the arts and stienccs-in com.
merce and manufacturcs-in agriculture
and the mechanic !. ts-and in the vat
wealth and power we were rapidly accu
mulating under the benfcent rule OF a
Just and free Government. The princi-
pies Of civil and religious liberty, SO admi-
rably and forcibly cnunciated by Mt
Jefferson in his first inaugural Address,
and so faithfully adhered to by all his
Democratic and Wing successors in the
Presidential chair, were the watch ords
for the down troddcn millions Of despotsm
in Europe, and had imprcgnate public
and premeated the minds of the masses
there 10 such degree, that kings and po.
tentates had been forced, at the risk of To-
sing their crowns and their heads too, to
make large and important conce .son TO
the great principles of Magma Charta.-
The American Republic was becoming the
wonder and admiration Of the whole world
civilized and savage. Like city set on
4 hill, it could not be hid. Itwas the OBJ.
served Of all observers amdng the nations
and like the sun at noon day, it sheds its
light and fructifyng heat in turn over both
hemisphcrcs, aud its blessed influences
were everywhere felt and appreciated
The principles of Mr.. Jefferson, to which
allusicn has been made, were,
Equal and exlct justice to all men, Of
whatever sect or pursuasion, religious or
political.
"Thc support Of the STATE Government:
in all their rights, as the most competent
administration for our domestic concerns
and the surest bulwarks against antirc
publican tendencies.
"Thc supremacy of tie ctrU over tht
military authority.
ECONOMY in public expense, that la
Dor may be lightly burdcncd.
"FrceCl0m Of religion, freedom Of TN
press, and foedOm Of persons umier h
protection Of the habeaS corpus, and ria
by jury impartiuly selected,
Bat how changed is the aspect Of things
now! Dark and pottcntous clouds hang
in sombre gloom over our once happy anl
still beloved country. The bloody dram;
Of civil war and dcsolation has beer
, opened 10 our astonished vision in all it
long and irightful catalogue of horrors
For two long years the country has draul
the blood OF its sons ia fratricidal war
Hundreds of thousands of the bravcst o
. the brave sleep the sleep that knows II
waking. Hundreds of thousands NOR
0 have been crippled and manned for life
or breath the sickcning and peslilentia
atmosphere Of the hospitals. The natio
reels load Of debt; and taxation-oucrou
and almost lnsupportable-taxation 70
= generations to come, is the picture loomn
up in the future. We have real, terrible
, sanguiLary, and unprecedented war,
f war of such dimensions as finds scarccI
' parallel in history, aud at whose va,
, proportions the civilized world stand
, amazed and conloundcd. Brother is al
t rayed against brother in this fearful strii
. between men Of the same lineage, speakin
] the same language, worshppiug the san
q God, and bound to the same iudgmer
seat. And what is it all for? Why a
y these lavish expenditure of blood aud tre
: sure! Could we not have continued
II, live together in amity and friendship ;
= our athers and grand fathers did bclol
V us ! Are we wiser than they Are v
: better citizens or better Christians Al
c the men now in power purer or abb,
: statesmen than Washington, Jeiicrso
= Madison, Monroe, jackson and Polk ?
d Is not the government that was so su
II cesslully administered by them in pea
y and in war, in prosperity and adversit
r good enough for us g-or must we, in q
y language of the Press, of your city, "col
e bine the toms OF Republican Cover
is ment with the POWERS of Mouarchi
N Government, or, in that of its twins
, ter in infamy, t c North Amre,caa, co
re tend that "the power of the Governme
ID ought to be and must be UNLIMITED" ="
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