North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-11-09
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fN21 NV ASS' tsAttE II E1o0S
Eihcetp is reelected ~ hat then2 Have
y9u sihought about ttesfnatter Have you
as; ;innchEes looked beyondtlie mere reanlt Of
the election Yon, SIR, we n,ean-you who
thoughtlessly hutrah er him; you who vo
ted fr him. Have You tried to look into
the future OF your country with a view soto
act as best 20 secure the great and mu'tfnrm
intrest thereof? Have you not rather, blind
Fed by passion, aud influenced BY tprtjhd'ee,
oined in the cry Of partisan warfare, with,
| out for moment exerc siIpg that careful con-
sderaton and serious thoughfuIness which
| is becoming free american citizen Are
younot now allowing yourself to be carried
Falong by mere impulse, without ever giving
due consideration to the influence of your
voice in the present campaign, and the'effect
| of your vote at the all important coming elec-
tion Will you stop fora single moment
and ask yourself the question: When Abra
! ham Lincoln is re elected what then {?
Perhaps you fohdy imagine the war will
then end in, say sixty days-the allotted
period as set time and again by Mr.. Seward
and others. But wilFt7s Doayou really be.
lIeve or imagine it will 2 Can you even hope
SO, in the face ofthe history OF he past wea-
| ry years, during which time this war has
dragged its slow and bloody length along a.
Is the rebellion really just about crushed
out? Does not that oft-repeated assertion
begin to pub upon your ear2 1t is true,
Sherman holds Atlanta, but his cummunica-
tions are constansly menaced and n It unlrc~
quently Temporarily interrupted, With less
than a powerful army, one sufficient to resist
a large force, he cnuld not possibly mai ntain
his position Sheridan has defeated Early
I our troops fight gloriousIv they pour out
their blood without stint, and afflict compen-
satinsly. severe losses upon the enemy but
the end is not yet. The barbarous proceed
ure Of sweeping destruction, which has made
a desert of :he beautiful valley of Virginia
shows that this war is not near its end, and
| plainly indicates that our generals do not re-
gard it. Grant still beesguers Richmond .
and there, and. as al auxiliary thereto, in be
valley Of Virginia, active operations ate going
on. Elsewhere the war seems to be at
sand sui. Richmond may fall, though the
| present campaign is already too far advanced
to expocrit, before. at least, another cam
palgn shall be entered upon
But suppose Lincoln to be reelected will
the war then be any nearer at an end ? viii
thcpeople Of the South fight any the less des-
perateiy Ate not all The leading papers Of
The South earnestly hoping to see him elected? q?
They boldly say-so, and there is good reason
Why they should prefer his triumph to that of
Mcclellan. They know that his fanaticaI
FOLLY has united the white Southern pooDIe
as one !; and they fear more the Gree>s hear
ing gifts than arms. If the people of the
North Should declare in lavo, of the old In
| ion under the Constitution, The leaders of
he rebellion know very well that the Union
feeling. quite smotiered now by the mad
policy of AborIonisrn. would burst forth into
flame, aud destroy all prosp"cts Of their eff
Getting u cir cherished object. The establish
ment IF The Southern Cont-deracy. They
know The Northern Dem cracy, and are fully
convinced th at with NcCIeIa IN The Presi-
dental char, as commander Of all the militia
, ry aud naval authorities, whsle far terms OF
/ adjustment would be listened to at all times,
| and propar offers Of peace would be on the
basis of the Unlon as the. one condition of
peace. They know he would ask no more,
| md thnv LyO,,- tL,t - l.. II
ne saasfitd with that. Hence their prefer
ence, SO plainly and So universally expressed
tr LineoIn. There is not leading rebel in
'he whole South, not one, from Jefferson Da
vis down, who does not hope to see fanatic
ism triumph in the person Of Lincoln. They
could then still keep their people thor
oughly united, while tscy would have less to
| fear from one whose Admins ration his par
:isans denounceas politically, financially,
a failure, " than from new man, distinguish
| ed for ability, who would be surrounded by
| the most eminent leaders Of both the sreat
| parties who formerly controlled the destlnes
| of this nation. McCIellon's Cabinet would
be made up, not from the / emocratic party
alone, but would have in iC repr ssentativ
men of the old Wing party, many Of the best
and wlsest Of whom, dIsguSted with the fol
lies and sick Of the crimes of the fanatics now
| III power, supp rt him from motives Of pure
patriotism. Lincoln would C, ntinue the
course of policy which he has suffered to be
imposed upon him by the most violent and
corrupt men of his own party, and would re-
fuse to listen to the wiser c)un<els of the
many men who really know best what is for
the interest of the people, what would best
sUhserve the honor of the nation. Tell us
reader, can you see any hope for the country
il Lincoln IS re elected Answer this ques>
ton honestly to your t~n conscience. If
Lincoln is re'ecc'ed-what then?