North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-10-19

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| Union 10 good enough for me il 10 good
enough for you it is good enough for them.
Under that Union, the country wrxcd great
and prosperous. We need no better Unioa
than that which our fathers made for us.
! But in addition to The measures to which
have called your attention there is the uni
universal emancipation proclamation. can
not Cal! il law, Ia lug h it 10 one Of Mr.. LIN
coln's statutes. lts effect, need hot occupy
your time in discussing. |, is IN the nature
of cnnti<cition statute, and in addition t"
that feature il pledges the whole power Of
the army and navy of the United Ststes, not
for the restoration Of the Union, but for the
putting down of this institution Of shs South.
Besides this, there is also Mr., Lincoln's
celebrated Amnesty proclamation in which he
says to the people Of the South "if you
shoose to take an oath to support my eman-
cipation proclamation and all ether emancipa-
t'on proclamstions that may think proper to
issue and all the laws Of Congress IN rses.u 10
slavery, you may come back into the Union,
shA "'ch vi JOut
State shall have taken this no called "Ion-
clad" oath, they shall be clothed with the
power to govern the uther nine ten hs then
y"n may organize State government" Ard
this is said 20 be for the purpose of aiding
the people Of the South in nsugurating re-
publican governments in their several States!
We have been taught in time past that re-
publican government xas one III which the
pespte ruled thrm>elrss not one in which
certain favored class, cnmpnsed Of ore tenth,
nne fiirh, one fourth, or any fractional part
! -hnild be set over the heads Of the people,
but IN which IL IL neople were their own rulers,
their "wR governors.
| Now, fellow citizens, rs men Of common
sense, for wish to talk to you as such, can
we ever, in view OF these measures. IN view
| Of thus pc cuIiAr wal policy Of the present ad-
minisrr4'i"n, expect the people of the s 'uth
To submit If They come back, they Tu>t
not only cu;ne back r bbed t their property
utterly naked, but Unqualified as citizens,
rendered incapable of holding any "fics or OF
being represent. d III the c,unclls of the na
'ion mere serts with the possibility al least
IN I'd ;itl"n t" all this Of having o fav"red
frac ion Of uAprincrpled >cr'unhrels who sre
willing to take any oath, n mater what, set
up over their head, a. their rulers. l. that
I { kind o. p" I;y which will ever succeed III
bringing back the srceied States to the I'm
ION Can l, succeel Every man of com
mon seiss who ls not . utterly blinded anG
maddeDrd by parlIzan prejudice as t" be NH
able to See the truth, must admit that il 10
simply Impossible to bring them back by any
such policy.
Thsu, fellow citizens, how long must we #
the north submit to war policy If this s"rI
Where and what is the end to be ? Do you
believe that the pe pile OF the north are pre-
pared To accept i'rrsIdent chusen by b gus
| electors FROM General Banks govern ent IN
louisiana name that as a sample Cf the
rest of The bogus States. Just look ct that
| goverhm.nt tor a moment What is it =
One year ago We had possession Of large
section of the STATE If Louisiana, along the
Mississippi from New Orleans up-nn per
maps a large section as Compared with the
" b, lie State but a considerable portion Of
that State was in the Possession and under
the 'lirol OF the Federal arms. To day We
have p 'sssssinn nt the CITY Of New ORLEANS
and OF few parishes adj lining and along the
borders of Tire river for short dis 'ance ab ~,
the city and that Is all of L 'uisiana we nave
git. l. that small, trif1 .ng section of LOUIS
rana to furnish u State G ,vernment,'o chouse
Presi lenlIal electors to lake par, Ill the Sc
lection nf President for you and for me and
I1r the people Of the United States Will the
people submit to il Fellow citizen a year
apo At ChIcag", on an OCCASION OF little reign
uf terror they hai.pe ned To nave there, N.,
Senator Trumbull SAID, "lhe same chsilce that
re R:pubneaDs are presenting to the lips y!
the Democrats to day, they NAV paesent L"
morrow" Tnat was the language of the Re-
publican Senator TrumbulI. who stool trsm
bling in his b Ilts when he ma ie the rem ark
In times like these, revelations in public
n.ini'n aro sometimes frequent and violent -
There Is a limit s,nnc where to the people, .
'iJ.arancr and the time may cums-tYe,
f..lJw cir!z1n', see the timn coming wnen
we may be per,nltted TO Present the sans
chaIIcs t" tEelr lips that they have been hali
ins t. olrS for three years past. BltI trus
we shall not d. 1t III the same way-nnt by
the en- oloyment Of the gag-nnt by strlkne
down the HI5easC rpus not by the terror,
Of arrest without warrant, imprisonment
without crime, and political AMI social pro
>cr,ptrnn for opinions sake-not by sui round
ing them with brse spies and malgna Mt in
formers not by staIinnine bodies Of rmed
men i'll peaceful communities, and holding be
fore the frightened imagination of the people
ghas:ly p!c' ures Of dark B4stilns not by set