Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-01-23
Lincoln's Abolition Policy.


Lincofn's Abolition Policy.
In bis last message the President has
thrown to the winds everything like con-
stitu'ional law, the vested rights of States
and Cancellation, and with autocrasic die
tation has prescribed the future status of
the Rebel States and their inhabitants. -
This cunningly devised document is to be
used as political lever to perpetuate his
own dlctatorial power upon this continent
He knows that no considerable number of
Coniederates will ever subscribe to the test
oath be has created to support the procla-
nations and other radical measures he has
inaugurated during his Abolition rule -
Consequently our august master creates o
law allowing one-tenth part of the people
of State TO represent such State. With
the idea, probably, that the patronage and
influence of the Government would be
sufficient to corrupt and secure tenth
part OF the most corrupt element Of each
State to the purposes Of the faction in pow
er, our ruler has seen fit to Issue this ukasc.
The experience be has had with such par
.isan as Judge Advocate Holt has doubt
less decided him to risk the chances OF Sc.
curing this fraction of the voters Of each
State.
According to this message, we can have
10 peace, no restoration and no cessation
OF the enormous waste oflife and treasure,
until the peculiar idea and policy as well
as the political aspirations OF Abraham
Lincoln have been fully carried out. The
absolute will of our Radical Abolition
TuIers is herein announced as the future of
action, respecting war, peace, and the ex
istence OF States. On one condition and
one only, can those in arms against the
United States be allowed to return to their
rights under the Constitution. This con-
dition is az oath to subscribe TO the pri.
cate opinicns, and The ambitious persona.
and PGty designs Of A6raham Lincoln
Mspre,emt exponent Of The Radscal .a5o.
!i.aon faction!
Is there a sensible man in the United
States who doubts but that this usurpa-
ton of dictatorial power will tend directly
to prolong the war indefinitely, to continue
to deluse the nation 10 blood, and to push
us on to national bankruptcy
The South has always maintained and
sincerely believed that the election of q
Republican President and the establish
ment of a Republican party would consti.
tute direct attack upon their domestic in.
stitution of slavery. They have asserted
and believed that the union and harmony
of the States would be deemed of second
ary Importance by the party in compari
son with the abolition of slavery Many
years of meddlesome Interference, of abuse
and vituperation on the part of their ora
tors, editors and pamphleteers, long since
convinced the Southern mind that they
had nothing to hope from this party but
bitter, persistent and uncompromistug
hostility to their domestic institution and
their material interests. With these i'm.
pressions the South rushed into rebellion
and our sectional and partisan rules ac.
cepted the contest with the end and aim ol
exterminating their Southern enemies aud
slavery at the same time. And what has
the result proved! Simply that The South
erners were right; that the war had not
been waged for the restoration of the Un-
ion and the future fraternity of the States,
but for the abolition Of slavery and the
forcible perpetuaton of Abolition sway
over this once free Republic.