Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-10-08

the oouth, upon condition that the people
of the Southern States will abandon an in
stituton over which the Federal Govern
ment has no jurisdiction and for which
therefore, whether good or bad, it is in no
sense responsible : if they will abau-
don that institution, will listen to propo-
sails of peace" think that if Mr.. Lin
coin does not listen to proposals of peace
from the South until the happening of that
condition, he will never listen 10 such
proposals he will have a ch ance to carry
on this war at least four years more, If be
should unfortunately be re-elected, What I!
he will listen to terms OF peace on the ba-
sis of the Union, proUWed the people OF
the South will first abandon the institution
OF slavery ! And this is Greeley's "Un-
conditional Union party imposing this
impossible condition in the way OF the es-
totatlou of the Union Fellow citizens,
we do not want any such Unionism as this;
we will not have any such Unionsm as
this and we do not think much of the
'foyaHy' of the party that imposes this
impossible condition in the way Of the rcs-
toration Of the Union aud of peace.
have thus stated to you Mr.. Lincoln s
avowcd position, and we fLd his whole
party occupying it to day The New
York Times, the leading Lincoln o.gan
of the north shortly after Mr.. Lincoln 5
"to whom it may concern manifest, la
| bored hard to convince the people that it
| did not mean what it said that IN saying
that he would listen to terms Of peace la
| sed upon the integrity cf the Ubiou and
the abandonment,of slavery he did not say
that he would not listen u propos Is OF
peace upon any other basis ! That was
the argument which, doubtless, most OF
you saw in the leading Republican papers
OF the day, They labored hard to prove
that Lincoln did not mean what he said
bat now they have given it up, aud since
Mr., Greeley has been nominated as eiec.
tor at large upon the Lincoln electoral
tick ia the State OF New York he ha:
abandoned the effort TO disguise Mr.. Lin
coin s policy, to disguise the meaning o.
his manifesto, and he comes out openly
aud [ give him credit for possessing lit
tie manhood 10 this at least and declare,
that Mr.. Lincoln aud his party are op
posed to the restoration of the Union uu-
til slavery shall be first abolished. Why
What is the secret of his condition ? Tht
party has motive IN this, and think VI
can very readily see it. 1t is because the
know that the restoration Of the Union a
it was is tho end Of Republican rule in Til
country. They know that if the southcr
ern States arc allowed to come back int
the Union with all their rights under til
Constitution rs they were before the re
bclllon, the white people Of those State
would be voters; would have the right al,
the opportunity afforded to them to vot
again.t Mr.. Lincoln and his sectional pol
icy. Of course, the res lit would be al
end of Republican Dominion in this coun
. try their prrty would 90 down forever
there would be nothing left of it, They
ara unwilling to see the Lincoln dyuast
fail it must he pefpctuated; and henc
"the Union as 1t was must be secuted
hence "the Union az it was" must neve
be allowed to return to US OF course
however, they must disguise their real nc
tive it would not do to avow it ; and i
what way do they disguise it! They di:
guise it BY making false accusations sgaDi,
Democrats, by lal'iiyiug the issue, b
claiming that the issue is "Lincoln an
Union, or Mcclellan and d sunion,' b
calling Democrats "copperheads,' "trai
tors and other bad names. They al
tempt to disguise it by false statoments q
the cause of all our troubles by the mis-
cradle pre,ext that slavery was tie cals
of the rebellion, and therefore SLAYER
must be put down. All J. Was slavery tn
cause Of secession This Uuion exste
! happy and prosperous for many year
! with slavery. Is there anything in tn
: institution OF slavery which renders it in
i. compatible with the perpetuty Of tn
! Union If so, is it not strange that th
= discovery was never made until 1860 =
Indeed they did not m axe it so soon, be
Z cause you will recolect that in 1861 whe
{ we heard SO much about no. patty ism
I when they told US that there should be n
more party now, that we should come u
10 the rescue oil the Union, they also tol
L US tnat we must not say anything abou
: the c0ltse Of the rebellion until the rebclio
!, should be put down. Why this sensitive
y, ness on the part of the Republican part
!. in reference to the cauSeS our nations
troubles The Democrats were not afrai
= to talk about those causes we were vii
C ling at asy and every time to discuss tn
: causes Of the country's troubles ; but the
5 told US that when the rebellion was pl
e down it would he time enough to tai
: abont its causes and you will rememb,
how they illustrated this idea,
They said "if mans house is on fire, i
would be a great fool to stop and enqui
;, who set the house on fire or how Il
- fire was communicated to the house, ir
stead of putting out the fire first and the
- inslitutiug inquiry as to its cause '-dout
= less "a very familiar instance to you all
:, Republican logic, We were of opiui'
" that while the soldiers OF our armies we
engaged in putting down the armed r.
!, bellon it was always proper for the civ
= iaus to inquire into the cause OF the trou
: les and apply the proper remedy; for
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