North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-09-21
" To Whom Ii MAY Concern" ;"

Thank God for a purified, regene ra ted
disenthralled Democratic Party Thank
God that every burden is lifted from its back
every impediment removed it's victrious
path
The men who have been the curse Of the
party have gone out of the party. Clsse up
the ranks Welcome the new recruits -
Now we 60 into the November fight without
taw in our armor, without a speck upon
our stainless shield, and with no dread of a
Z" fire in the rear"
From this day forth, every conservative
patriotic citizen in the North will have nei
ther doubt nor difficulty in his choice under
which banner to enlist the banner of the
Democratic party, whose legend is:
" The Union at all hazards, and Peace
S soon as possible"
or the banner Of the Republican par ty whose
legend is =:
RarJor A5olition, COntfs cation, Ss6,
jugdf,on.
Against US will be arrayed every abolition
ist, every d'sunionist, every man who loves
Peace and Disunion better than Union and
the Poace which the Uni IN alone can give
Shoddy with all it's cohorts, the army of con
tractors, the army of office-ho!ders. the tres-
sHry thieves, the cnstom- house plunderers
the cotton stealels, every man who can he
bought with money, and all the honest bu,
misguided men to whom Slavery seems the
supreme evil, and the Union something less
than our supremest political good.
With US will stand arrayed oil men whose
"Hd elty to the Unlon," in the language Of
the Chicago platform, is "ans wering ~ all
men who declare with General MCCLELLAN
that " The Union must be preserved at all
hazards" Shoulder to Shoulder with ma
will gather all those who believe with our
gallant stand ard bearer, that, " to restore
and preserve the Union,n s the Same spirit
of conciliation and compromise which framed
= the Union must prevail in our councils, and
" in the hearts ofthe people p all those who
believe with him, that, Sc so soon as il is clear
or even probable that our present adversa-
" rIes are ready for peace, upon the basis of
the Union, we should exhaust all the re-
sources of craftsmanship consisnent with
" the honor and interests of the country to
secure such peace > all those who accent
the authorauye utterance of the Democrat
ic party in convention assembled, in favor of
an 8 immediate cessation of ofhostilities." ga
national convention" or any other peaceable
ueAns, whenever, and by which, '' peace NAV
" be restored on the basis of the federal Tn.
ion Of the States"
With us, and for US, will fight The gala MT
men OF the army and navy, whose great sac
rlfice shall not have been in vain; and all
who, like them, would hail with unbound
ed JOY, as brave men may hail, the restora-
ton OF U MON and Peace +" without the effu
sion of smother drop of blood" --....
The farmers of our Harvests, the mechanics
IN all our shops,the workingmen of the North
are with US. .-.. ...
And all those whom one cause or another
has in past time allienated from the Demo
cratic party will now return to swell its ranks
anew, and help to win its victories.
They lie in their teeth who shall henceforth
say that the Democratic party, or any man
within it, is fighting for disunion peace.
It's shield IS spotless. FITS motto is: s-sa.
UNION AND PEACE.
And in this sign we conquer World.
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