North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-01-14
EDITORS EXEMPT FROM DRAFT.

Fortress Monroe telegram, received re.
ceived recently, informs us that the newHMi-
itary Exemption Act" passed blythe Rebel III
Congress on the 4th ult., secures the liber-.
ty of the press by exempting editors, and such
help as they require in their business" We
consider this action on the part of the Rebel
Congress, eminently wise, and we'trust that s
our Congress will pass similar act exempt-'
ing the above useful class Editors should
be exempt by all means, for the following ex- =
cellent reasons: l "a ,e.,s u
1st. Because they would sooner stay at ,
home than goto war. -" ass;s.
End. Because there 10 more fan writing
about the war than /" "jining inn and helping
10 stop rebel bullets. saeez.a
Sd. Because if they haven't all large fami-
lies Of small children depending upon them
for support, no one knows but that they may
eventually be placed in that responsible posi-
ton. -. sis
4th. Because there are enough "dead
heads" in the army already. -
5th. Because it is pleasanter to die for oaes,s
SUuutly al AOHC, @nAi0 tAG DudOiuS AOWG16
of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
with familiar forms around you, and to be.
buried in the family burying ground, than to
be knocked into the middle of next week by
four hundred pound ball, and left on the
field to help manure some miserable secesh
farm. -. .f.t. r.
9th. Because as we remarked before, they
would much rather stay at home. -
We trust the Government will attend to
this matter at once. If Congress will only
exempt us fellers, we will esteem it a great
favor, and do as much for them sometime
THE ADMINISTRATION A FAILURE
All parties agree that the present admins.
tration-supported though ii has been BY the,
hearty sympathes and active influence of the
whole people of the entire North, and fur
nished promptly with all the men and money
1t has asked for-has proved q most magni-
fcent fzzle. the last quarter of the second
year of its reign, finding it unfruitful of other
results than universal mourning throughout
the land, national bankruptcy, unprecedented
taxation, worthless currency, and present
or threatening, ruin on every hand. This
terrible failure, being in no sense attribut-
able to the people, who have made every
needed sacrifice to uphold the authority of,
the government and preserve the. Uuion,.
must be chargeable directly to nismange-
ment of the President and advisers and agents
growing out of gross incompetency on the
part OF others. An Executive without pre-
tentions to craftsmanship, falling naturally.
into the error of organizing Cabinet out of
the mort incongruous material-one interest,"
ed for the restoration of the Union under the
Constitution, another for letting :" the Union
slide" rather than restore it with slavery ir
it. with majority of both interests holding
the integrity of the nation as an object alto
gether secondary in importance to the con-
tnued ascendency Of the Republican party
and what, we ask, could be expected but dis
graceful failure, from an administration thus
constituted 2 So says the Owego Gazette,
which has supported all the military and po--
itical measures and candidates Of the admin
istration party since the war broke out.