North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-09-02
VOL. 3, NO. 4.

Pe'So"" ~ compromised, 6y undeFkuhin0 e.
labor so Hercuiean as this.
The question then comes at last, wbetbor
there are any OF the delegates inclined to thu
support Of Curtin, who would consider n tri.
uuph no1, as mUre Important than a ,r,unnb
at Tie election, aud a sufficient CONDENSATION
lor a defeat at that lilne-or womb h.. w,ll,no
" STAKE the Result UPON dvubl2 Ifit be
'rue' as Charged, that lie insists on playing
Tue P"rt oi Tie dog in manger, aud sacrifice
'he party, Ut which, it ls 80 be claims To be
The builder, to himself, Ia there any man in
The Convention who will allow himself to be
USED ior such purpose What is to be
gaInedby 1t tor the advantage Of any body but
the rebels and their Northern sympathizers
we have stated more than once--and We
Cannot rcpea. II too Viten-that whatever nav
oe The opinion ol the Convention, and wheth-
er right OF wrong, the feeling against Cor.
Curtin in tie country ut least -groWtng out
II h'S OWh acts and pot.cy-is so strong
hdt ICE c0utd no more control ii, eren If zoe
rent Of the Niagara with our hands. We
mi9hl rum ourselves by ddrocating his eLec.
tion, and nee c9uldht help h'm. 1t is not we
who are responsible Tor the existence Or ORR
gin ot that feeling. We reflect it only, and
nave but thrown ourselves into the current,
which was flowing as rapidly before we un-
uerlOOk To ia lhum or direct If
There were good men here who doubted in
1860, whether he could be trusted, and refus-
ed to vote for him, and yet his county gave
him majority of about 640Q votes. Less
than month aferward, Il gave Lincoln
10000. With a stronger man that Curtin
here should have been 5000 at least. with
an unexcep,ipnal candidate now We are
strong as ever-Wtth Cor Curtin, ,oe doubt
1chether ii could be caried at all, and those
VIII" reflect that his conduct al the session of
1861, brought in Democrat even here, at the
election which followed, will realize the mis-
chief that such nomination may inhict.
1t is not this county only, however, in
which 1t is important to make the machine
run smooth. There i'll be like difficulty
elsewhere, and particularly IN those those
counties where the strength of the Repubi-
| can party lies. IF he should be nominated,
will not be by thevntes of those districts,
which will beexpected TO elect hun. 1t
will be Counties like Bsrks, we suppose,
that are TO he cast as make weights into
the scale. Would it not become them 10 re-
fleet, that if they want us to do the work they
must put us into condition TO run without
weighIs2 Are not even the prejudces of
our people-if they choose to call them So
to be considered If they can find man
who is free from objection-and we are in
bad condition, indeed, It they cannot what
Is their duty aS nen-aS patriots-as lovers
"i their country? How can they excuse
themselves iur insisting-trom mere pride of
sell wilton one of the opposite kind, who
Is known to be unpaIatable To any restecta-
bic sec'"n of the party? We shall ouage
Their patriotism by the uay in which the
deal D'sh The difficulty With men of hero
&c st"mp-nlen suited to the times, 1t can
prOre no serious difficulty at all.