Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-24
To The Ereen,en Of tie Thirteenth Con-
gresSiOnaI District.


of Representative in Congress, | have a
few words to express to you, and shall so.
liclt for them due consideration and friend
y construction,
The unanimous nomination given me
by the Conference, was rendered under
circumstances prccluding refusal AL
though recommended by my county,
was in favor Of the nomination of a gentle
man Of much merit and patriotic SERVICE
resident in the southern part Of the dis.
sict, and would have been greatly graft
fed by his selection.
This becoming impossible have acced-
cd TO the wishes of the Conference cx-
pressed in my nomination, and have thus
become candidate before you for your
support at the approaching election,
AT an Ordinary time | should be reluc
tant to stand forward in my present att.
tudc and Assume all the responsibilities con-
nected with it.
At such a time the labor, expense, and
P rhaps untricndly criticisrn of a popular
canvass, ight well deter Que whose busi
ncs, pursulIs are ample 10 ongross his at
tentiou, and who h IS 10 keen ambition to
gLat(y, from entering upon 4 troubled
scene of political conteet as a candidate
But this is no ordinary time, "The very
foundations cf the great deep are broken
up" and our vessel of state is threatened
with utter destruction And it is not Tn.
ion alone which is put in peril in this war
but Liberty aud national prosperity also
The constitutional system established by
our lqthcrs, which Sc cu:od U.ion, Liber.
~ and Property, is struck al by many
impiuus hands, and its defence by patriot
ic srd lust men Los been hindered or pre-
vented by circumstances beyond their con
troll.
My conviction is that tho redemption
Of the country must come from the people
themselves by their effective i2terposillon
10 public affairs, not solaIy in tho election
Of chict Magistrate but also largely III
the selection Of members OF the Federal
Congress. The troubled field of public
affairs is now open before them, and they
can determine the policy of the future in
the selection Of agents to represent then!
in the Government.
| fully enacrso and Believe the doctrine
that tue Representative is bound by tbs
will Of his constituents. Giving promi-
nence TO this principle, you may rect as
sured that III case of my clcctto to tho
post Of Rcprrsentati'c, power will not
p,ss from your hands to be exercised
against your will, even for The brief space
Of two years and iu all questions whorc
your will is rot pronounced you may iiud
the basis of my action in tho habits aud
associations Of my PAST life.
Iwas born and have lived to mature
age among you, and have felt the security
of nv interests to be connected with The
promotion OF yours. la extensive inter
course with my fellow citizens in various
industrial emp'oyments but chiefly as Far
mer and Merchant have laid the basis
of opinions aud sympathies which are per.
manent and believe just.
Within the compass ofthis address there
is no room to repeat these opinions; Il
most of you they are not unknowu. Upon
the great subject that now engrosses th'
attention of the American people, | mus
however be permitted to express myseI
earnestly and freely.
In common with the mass Of my fellow
cillzens / am saddened and sorrow ovel
the actual situation Of the country Ic
say that the solution Of war for the sup
preston Of rebellion cannot be found in al
honorable peace, upon the basis Of re
stored Union is simply to acknowledge thu
we of the present generation are incapab bl
Of maintaining the form Of government be
queathed to US by our fathers, Eeace-
peace without dsunion is what above a.
things | most ardently desire, aud firm
ly believe it may be attained without tn
surrender Of our honor as a people.
Ifthat should be required as condillo
Of adjustment and compromise my pla'
will ever be among those who resist tE
requirement.
am now as always have been o
a posed to the modern practice of using
). Office given by the people, for the purpo
of individual gain, Office according
the theory of our Government aud t