The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-06-11
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should any Democrat be asked to leave
the party and forsake its teachings wheu he
country needs her restoration To power; sa
| help me God, [ can see TO other means of
| restoration to our country. There Is 30
more ardent war man than [. We are
expected to fight this rebellion through on
fair terms, and what we ask is, that the
President will bring back TIE country to
the state in which ne fUund it. When
| .his war commenced your country was
diers, because the Democratic party was
instructed that it was IA war for the Con
stitution, to put down rebellion and save
the country, and the iamented Doug las,
, whom ti,e Republicans hunted to death,
stood in his place in the Senate and advo-
! Gated the same principles we now advu
| ca:e-that war was disunioa, that our
country could not be saved but by an
honorable peace lie did more, he left
his seat In the Senate and went to Davis
and Toombs and Induced ,hem to say that
they were satisfied with the Crittsntien
Compromise. but the Republicans said no,
We must have wa. That war is now upon
| us; let the President bring back the
country t, what it was before that war
was precipitatej.
There has been a conscrip!ion law
passed. l advise submission TO it, the
| take it 70 be law the most difficult to
be appreciated by the people OF any other
If Thaddeus had 80. up that law for the
purpose oi grieviEg and annoying the men
OF the armies, it could not nave been more
obnoxious-it is putting $500 against a
poor man S blood -one mans gold against
anothcr's l;ie-it makes the poor 70 Fl .ht
for the rich nothing but madness could
induce a man to pass law oi' that kind /;
it throws the burden of fighting those
battles upon the poor. The Democrats
are the sufferers TIE Republicans are
making money enough out of the war to
evade it, But if the conscript mu>t go
on, ie; i, be made-we arc our cpuntrvs /;
but there was a time when the Govern
ment had more soldiers than it wanted.
When the war was for the Constitution,
willing soldiers We're turned back TO their
homes. They found in the South as
manv Union men as disunion men they
welcomed our soldiers, and received them
as triends-now, instead OF divided
| South. there i u united South and a disi-
ded North. But if more men are to be
offered up on the shrine of .anaticism, let
them be ready; if more blood is deman-
dcd, still let it flow. [ say, however, that
if the President brings back the war to
where it started ont, he will have enough
men, not conscripts but volunteers, to put
down the rebellion but be there war or
peace, there is one thing we must have.
Pennsylvania is sovereign STATE, and we
must have peace at home While the
courts of justice are all open, it must at
least be SAID to the people OF old mother
Huntingdon that they are .aw-abiding; It
,-ill surely never again be attempted To
de>e,.rase and deiraud her fair character
hv MOI in the streets OF Huntingdon
You must Lcve Democratic paper; as
we'll mi. ht yeru,.se grow without dew as
party exist without an organ. those
who encourage these rhihSS are respohsi-
blc for those acts, but it mL>t never hap
pen again l intend to subscribe Tor the
lnonitor for twenty-five years, and i'*Y Tor
it in advance The right of the Const'
tuition makes every man sovereign, aud
if we do not exercise our right, we are
traitors indeed. We must be prudent.
wise, and law -abiding-wiSc "a serponts
aud harmless as doves. As you are Mi
Copncrheads, you will exercise the former
virtue, but CcpFar.icad revcr win SUD-
nit to be tramplcd on. You must stand
by the stars and stripes of your country,
and by the old banner of the Democratic
party; let it float high, with the deterni-
nation that the Union be established,
ant! If ever this is done, il will be done by
the Democratic party and is principles.