Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-08-22

snail Oe snort one !! Mr. Ihadoeus Ote-
vens, the Republican leader in the last
House of Representatives, declared, "The
Union shall never, with my consent, be
restored under the Constitution as il is,
with slavery to be protected by it," The
same spirit appears in Mr.. Lincoln's late
answer to citizens of Louisiana who de-
sired the return of that State under its
present Constitution. Mr.. Lincoln post
poned them till that Constitution shall be
amended. The Aboltionists desire the
war to last till freedom is secured to all
the slaves. Hordes Of politicians, and
contractors, and purveyors, who fatten on
the war, desire it to last forever. When
the slaves are all emancipatcd by the Fed
eral arms, constant military intervention
will be needed to keep them above or
equal with tue white race in the Southern
States. Peace has no place in their plat
form. 1t proclaims confscation and abo-
lition as the objects of the war, and the
Southern leader catches up the words to
stimulate his followers to fight 10 the last.
1t is not the interest Of Pennsylvania
that fanatical faction shall pervort and
protract the war, for ruinous, perhaps un-
attainable ends. What the North needs
is the return of the South, with its people,
its territory, its staple, to complete the
integrity OF our common county. This,
and not mere devastation and social con
fusion, would be the aim Of patriots and
statesmen. The Abolition policy promises
us nothing better than Southern Poland
ruled by a. Northern Despotism. But
history is full Of examples how wise rulers
have assuaged civil discord by moderation
and justice, while bigots end dcspots, re.
lying solely on force, have been bahled by
feeble opponents. That temperate
constitutional policy will fail, in our case
TO reap the fruit of success in arms, cannot
be known till it is tried. The times are
critical. France, under o powerful and
ambitious monarch,is entering on the scene
willing again to play an important part il
an american revolution. The Englisl
Government is hostile to US it ilas got al
it wanted from abolition, and will hav,
nothing more to do with it. The secession
leaders, and the presses under their con
troll, oppose reunion, preforring, perhaps
even an humble dependence upon European
powers. But from many parts of tn
South, and across the picket lines, an,
from the prisoners and the wounded, ha
come the proof of desire among tn
people Of the South to return to constitu
tional relations with the people of th
North. Early in the contest this desir
, was shown in North Carolina, one of th
old thirteen associated with Pennsylyani
. on the page of Revolutionary history. Br
= the majority in Congress made haste t
r show that Abolition, not reunion, was the
aim. In moment of depression, on IL
O 22d of July, 1861, being the day after th
S battle of Bull Run, they allowed the pas
age of resolution, offered by Crittendel
c defining policy for the restoration of tt
1t Union. But they soon rallied, and file
i the statute-book with acts Of confscatiol
abolition, and emancipation, against IL
e remonstrances Of eminent jurists and co,
e servative men of all parties. Mr.. Lincol
If too, yielding, he said, "to pressure p
= his proclamations in place of the Constit
l. ton and the laws. Thus every intere
e and sentiment of the Southern people we
,e enlisted On the side of resistance by t
policy of party which, as Mr.. Steve
le said, will not "consent to restoration
ar the Union with the Constitution as it is
a 1t is this policy that has protracted
TX war, and is now the greatest obstacle
m its termination.
Of The reunion Of the States can alo
le give them their old security at home a
IN power and dignity abroad. This end C
t. never be reached upon the principles
an the party now in power. Their princip
ut are radically false, and can never lead
al a good conclusion. Their hope of setti
D. up the negro in the place of the white m
TO runs counter to the laws of nature. Th
craftsmanship has been weighed in
or balance and found wanting; their '1l
r. bloOd-lettlng" has proved deluge.
. Their interference with our armies |
IN often frustrated and never aided their 81
st cess, till it has become a military prove
ur that the best thing for general is to
be out of reach from Washington. The pa
. was founded upon the political and mo
II. heresy of opposition to Compromise, VIII
RS, is the only means of Union among Stat
or and of peace and good will on earth anne