Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-10-03
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1863.

cintic vote at your next election Uudoubt-
cdly. Suppose, on the other hand, that not
only Charleston has fallen, but that the re-
belion should give its last gasp, can there
he any doubt about the election of the Union
ticket in Pennsylvania 2 There can he only
two parties at the present time. The oppo-
sition to the Government does not come
! from the old Democratic party. That party
has always been for the country in the past.
| There are honest. conscientious men in the
Democratic party who still vote that ticket
because they believe the party is still for the
Union. They cannot fight against their
Southern brethren because the South is still
part of the Union. Let us look at this u
! little. Are they in reality our brethren :
Are they our enemies, or are they not ?
They had no right to secedc, but they did.
If we find man with his throat cut, we say
he has committed suicide He may not
have had the right but he took the right.
| Ihe rebels in arms are not our brethren.
! They were our brethren, but the Late be-
tween us now passcth all the hate ever
know between enemies. The Democratic
party cannot 90 for the Government, because
it is not for free speech. Every man, he
agreed had the right to his tongue but he
believed also that other men had right to
their cars, and when one mans speech be-
came offensive to another mans cars, it was
time that it should he stopped He was a
sticklcr for free speech himself but we are
engaged in great war now, and if anybody
complained about an outrage upon the liber-
ty OF speech, let him shoulder his musket
and put down the rebellion, and free speech
will be restored. Applause. 1t is com
planned that the President suspended the
labeas corpus Now, the suspension of the
nabeas corpus is essentially Democratic
idea. 1t never was recommended to he sls-
pended until by Thomas Jefferson, in the
Burr rebellion. Who actually did suspend
1t General jackson, and he was good
Democrat. General jackson not only sus-
pended it, but arrested the offender and i'm
prisonId the judge. Applause The sus-
pension is, therefore according to Democratic
practice. But, without stopping to defend
1t upon that ground, how can wc~get rid of
it 2 End the rebellion Do not interfere
with the Government. If it is weak, give it
your strength; if it is weak, give it your
power; II anpatrotic, give it your patriot
ism. Go with me, and end the rebellion
and there will be no further suspension of
habcas corpus. End the rebellion, and all
our woes are ended. There will be no fur
ther drafts no more increase of taxation, no
more infringement of the liberty of speech
Therefore, in conclusion, he would say if we
wished this war stopped, and substantial
peace again restored. work with and for the
Government. We in Pennsylvania could
do as much at the ballot box as our brave
soldiers can upon the battle-felds of the
South.
Gen. Butler retired from the stage amid
great applause. lie was followed in clo-
qucnt speeches by Mcssrs. Morton Nc
Michael, WILDER Worthington, Lewis r.
Broomall, Wayne McNcagh, and Others.
Before leaving the grounds Gen. Butler
was presented with handsome bouquet
and pound cake, by the Ladies' Soldiers
Aid Society of Oxford. The presentation
speech, and II very happy one it was, was
made by Mr.. McNcagh, to which the Gene
raj briefly replied, saying that the gift, CON-
ing as it did, from the patriotic ladies of
this county, would long be remembered by
him, in whatever field he might hereafter be
placed.