Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-08-01

PoiociNo hoW Ihc sPhi' "a 'S'oA"''o"
that is of disregard and opposition to law
has worked to our injury how it pres
ses upon US with heavy hand at the
present moment, and threatens our iutu re
welfare. And wo discover also the par.
ties or Interests, who are, in this connec-
ton, chargeable with guilt. The picture
is dark and gloomy enough to create both
adherence and fear.
Unfortunately there is no certainty of
the amendment of our affairs by parties or
administrations now in possession Of pow
er! The Abolitionist stands implacable
and insolent as of old, and gives perverted
direction to the war. The Republican
party, incapable and prone to abuse, has
control of the Federal Government and of
most of the State Governments North and
: West and the Confederate Government
} inimcal to reunion, holds position in the
South. From non, of these can we expect
/ the firm establishment Of Union, order,
liberty and law. We are not to look to
the guilty for salvation, nor to those who
break the laws for their restoration The
Abolitionist, the Secessionist, and the Re-
publican Administration and party, have
each gone away from the laws ofthe land,
and il is because of their unfaithfulness to
duty that wasting war and the other evils
| hoc ,,,cpt;opoJ o(l;,k tho II &c
idle to expect from either the restoration
of good government, and firm Union
based upon the affections of the people.
But for all the wrong that has been done,
and for all the consequent calamities that
have fallen upon us, the great majority Of
the people of the United States are not re-
sponsible-at least not responsible in the
sense of having intended them. And there
!. can be no question that if that majority
could now act directly and fully upon
, public affairs, they would decree immedi-
ate peace, union and lawful rule, as they
existed in former times, and would put
down, or put aside, all who would venture
to oppose, or would seek to delay, the re-
alization Of these great objects. The Abo-
litionists proper never commanded majo =
ity, even in the North; the Republican
party was in minority Of nearly a mil.
lion of votes at the Presidential election Of
l. 1s6O and it is believed that majority of
the Southern people were opposed to Sc
cession even after that election, and aban-
doned their Unionism reluctantly, under
the pressure of subsequent events.
y In point Of fact, active earnest minor-
ties, North and South, have seized power
and controlled the course of events, and
D the great mass of the people have appear.
S ed to be unable to direct their own des-
: TIMES and secure their own welfare. They
e were prepared at the outset of the rebell-
It ion to have maintained peace by some set
e tlement of existing difficulties, and if the
: Crittenden Compromise had been submit
!. ted to them it would have been promptly
: and gladly accepted. But that occasion
It was permitted to pass by those who could
S have improved it. War came, and for
more than two years a great, intelligent
: and free people, most earnestly desiring
y peace, have been slaughtering each other,
< K accumulatng enormous burdens of debt
u to press upon themselves and upon future
{ generations, and have not yet been able
to extricate themselve from the difficulties
= that surround them.
c What then is the remedy for these evils!
Il One would think that he that runs might
e read it,. Surely our eXperenc should light
4, up the road of safety, and cause willing
= feet to turn away from the paths Of error
+ to tread it. The remedy is, TO caH u pla
i. ces of p0Wer the men Vho hare kept Me
- laaOs, and to eject from poa0er those whC
l. haze broken them. The right Of suffrage
IF yet exists 1t has not been stricken dowr
/. by military force, aud it remains 10 US as
10 the great instrument of sovereign power
IF prepared by the care and wisdom of ou
ID ancestors not only for prosperous time'
If bu. also for the days of misgovernment an(
lie calamity. BY wisely exercising it, we
ID may yet redeem our lame, and secure th'
,s future.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania stan(
n upon this necessary and rishtful principle
% of public morals and Of national rsdemp
ton: The restoration and the support o.
+ aN the la,o, o. The Iandas they Oere agreed
N upon ietVeen the States, or haze been en-
# acted by Congress. This excludes all nul
,f litcation, secession; proclamation-law, ar
v bitrary arrests, abolition mobs, and Chi
e cago platforms. But it is not iaconSlsten n
W with the repeal or amendment of Particu
~ lar statutes, or with the amendment of th