North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-10-26

turn thus government as Ihe bor;hrrn people
aud when Abraham Lincoln undertakes T."
change by force of arms the rights Of respec
tive states, he stands in the precise place in
which stand the secess.onis:s Of the S,,u h
(CheerS.) ] say, therefor. that a war carried
on 10y the present wieldtrs Cf he genera /
government, for the purpose of nverturnInp
state insilut nS and state constitutions ,s
an uni ,wiul and unconstitutional war that
1t is wicked war that i, is a cIirne agains,
G"d and humanity that they have nn more
right TO call GpDn the white men OF the Nuril
or the treasury Of the North To fight such
battles, any more than they have q right,
withuu: cause, to make war upnn Br z,I or
Cuba, beiause the INSTITUTION rs Of hose coul,-
tries do not please their Puritim,csl notton>.
(Cnetrs.) The sp aker said the Republicans
III this state never assumed to defend this,
policy, and continued object to this pro-
gra'pme IN The second place, because IT iS in
my Judgment entirely impr actcabie. d.
Ilus believe il to be possible lor twenty mill
Ions nor Tor fifty miIi9as oi people to subiu-
gate eIgrt mil ions Of pc ,ple We may de
s'roy their armies, We may overrun their
country, We may burn their barns and their
houses, and their property, but, wnrn ,o.
nave duhe that, you nave not reached th,
point of subj ugatI"n or "unconui.Ional sur
render . (Arpfause Neve., IN the hrstor,
ftt hA4 pu h.w
linen oeen sutJusated OF oppressed to tie con
diiioH ot ''uncundIlIonai SURRENDER" Ate,
referring t" "ar'' ol SUI jlsa',on IN v.rnu.
eountrhs ot Europe, Nj. Cnurei SAIL he ob
l'e'ed % ne pr"sratnne III the next plac,
bec4use 1t was an p.'a,Irn entirely tro *
prnsive. We Ca nn"r afford thus luxury. A
negr" may be very desirable thing IN m.
place; "nI Tor the purpose OF fighting FIR his
emancipation in an unlawful wa, say IL
luxury We caTuo, afford. (AppIause. Tn,
financial condition Of The Country was then
graphically touched upon, showing ,hs, VI.
are IN debt four thousand millions uf dollars.
and the proportion which would fall TO IN.
state OF New York being eight hundred mill
IONS, and adding country towns AMI Cit, debts
'he deot OF The stale tots up one thou,a I'D
millions, making debt Of tiry per cent, up
IN the whole property of the state Every
'ha"'a properly Is mortgage tn day tor more.
Than one half of is value f'r tins war. The
question is, shah So GO on and rrcrease thu
h"b al Ih- ra'e of t'ur millions of dollars
day I" carr cut the tana,rcal idea uf r.e
abolition Of slavery N"w, sav, in the mex
place, tfat fhI< programme ,f h, sbD,,,.u
party sveo if Vt was lawful prac crbIe, an |
not T. expensive, Is en,neIy undes,rs biz.
and that because the very fact Of fighting the
South for the purpose OF ab,n ,lnup slsverv
unil You reach tie point of unc"ndillnnsi
surrender, neccs rsly imposes up,n the II the
exercise ni "A military despo,Isln. stan.llng
Army would be required IN ty-ry State 10
MAINTAIN the authority OF tee g.vernm, NJ,
ai'er defeating all ihelr armies. In this mil..
tary de,p"tI>m civil law viii pc. ish, martial
"i'l be proclaimed, AID the EXERCISE of militia.
~ laW at the South vii produce necessarily
an exercise al military power as the North,
and YOU, AID and all tie people. will br
placed under the Ir'n heel uf nf this military
de- pofism. Applause. and 1T shall Not be';l
Say II is undesirable in The next place. br-
cau-e yOu desire 10 live with these peopI,
when peace Is restored Oh terms Of tri,ernal
unity and concord, in the same manner IA
our fathers 1--we in peace aud happiness. (Ap-
pIau|e.) object to it, because ii We should
succeed IN this great undertaking Of III. abo-
hiInn of slavery, We would have the greatest
elephant upon our hands that a penple.eves
had in the world daughter and applause. J
The speaker glanced at the present condirion
of the negroes as affected by tho war. and
showed their degredation, AMI pictured the
the fleet of their being scattered through the
North. Unused to taking care of themselves
they would live dlss"lu;e AMI dehanched
lite, and utl be NUISANCE to them selves
and the 'nntry IN which hey were located
imcn, said the SPEAKER, YIN would be obliged
to take ano, Ter step, and it is already pro-
Inu gated by the lead3yrs u th's fanaticaI par
ty At Washington thar is, we must adopt
lhl' blessed p'hcy Of ml>cegena Ton (taugh-
ier) = that Is, we must take these negroes tn
our b"soins and IN our families, aud NIX up
with them on the gr md that II will henefi,
us, although il may do them an riury -
(Langhter.) The SPEAKER said the r. pubIl-
cans d"nit pretend to defend L,nc,,ln or the
platform ni the party. but they say the G j.
cagn platform is all wrong, He then ar
nal,zed the platform, dIsplnvrg all the OBJ
j"ct"ns urged, spike eI'qnpntly of Ger.era'
Mcclellan AMI his letter f acceptance, and
reterra,i to &c rye Ii. Pendletor, pr"Y,ng
that all the ahuse Of hlm was gross sl,ndcr
He challenges the proof nf the charge of any
nnpl'rintic feeling nr maives enieriaine by
Mr.. Pendeton, and read the following -x-