Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-10-01


Vlsed for the dissolution of the American
Union This petition received three votes
j.. ?. Hale,W. II. Seward s. P Chase. y
8. The "Republicans" in Massachu.
sets. Alter the election of James Bu.
ehansn to the Presidency, dsunion con
Ssntion was called in the following words :
1--WE, the undersigned, citizens of Wor.
cester, believing the result of the recent
Prssldentlal slectiol 10 involve four wears
more OF pro.s!avery government, and a
rapid increase III the hostility betwoen the
| Two sectous of the Union;
Believing this hostility to be the off
spring not oil party excitement, bat ofa
! fundamental difference in education, hab.
its and laws;
believing the existing Union to be a
failure as being hopeless attempt to
unite under Que government two an,arouis.
tic systems of society, which di7crgc more
widely every year;
Aud beilelyng it to be the duty of iu-
| talilgcnt aud con scientious men to meet
these facts with wisdom aud frmness;
Respectfully invite our fellow citizens
OF Massachusetts, to meet in convention at
Worcester, on Thursday, Januar, 5, to
con'ider the prac'cabiIity, probability,
| and expediency OF separation between
the free and ,laye States and to take such
other measures as The condition of the
times may require"
A. The AboItionists. Witncs, the
abundant proof, nor doubt that we can
iutnish volumes Of tho same sort Of eyi.
fence :
'Ihe Constitution Of our Fathers was a
mistake. Ten il 1u pi,ces anil makc q
bttIer. Don gay the machine is out of
order--it Is in ordcr--it does what its fra
mers intended" "Our claim is Di,union,
breaking up Of the States have shown
yol that our work cannot be done under
our institutions Claws The Republican
party, IS the first sectional party ever or
gshized i'll this country Il does not know
its own face, aud calls itself national. but
it is sectional. 1t is party oi the North
pledged against the So"th WendeN
RtihpS.
At au onti-,lavcry meeting in May,
1874, at New York
Resolved, That secession from the u. s.
Government ia the duty OF every abolition
isl"
Resolved, g" hat the only exodus of tho
slave to freedom,unlcs, it be one Of blood,
must be over the remains Of the present
American Church, and the grave of the
present Union"
Resolved, "Thst tie aholis;onsts of
lLi, country should make it one of the
primary objert' Of this agitation 10 dissolve
the American Union"
Il have labored for twenty wears to
brsak up the Union, and glory ia the
iact--lFH"cA PhH'ps, Al ho'1ord, FEB.
81, 1862.
"The Fremont party is moulding pub
lie sen,iMcnt in the right direction for the
specific work the aboltioni>ts are striving
to accomplish the dissolution OF the Un-
ion, and lhe abolition Of slavery through
| out the land - lFm. LioW GarrisOn,
1886
"No act OF ours do we regard with
more conscientious approval or higher
satislacd u; none do we submit more
confidently to she tribunal f Heaven and
the moral verdict Of mauSi ind, than when
several years ago, on tho 4th OF July in
the presence Of 3 great assembly, wc COM
nitcd to the flames the Constitution OF
the United State" - Ipin Lioyl Carl
S0a.
j. Prominent Friends aud Supporters
Of Mr.. Lincoln. Tho speeches, writings,
acts Of these men, all form one black his
tory of enmity to the Union. We make a
few brief citations as proofs, danming and
disgraceiul, and we challenge the radical
party to meet these proofs.
"The Union as it was is played out. -
Senator Jim Lane" ol hmSas.
"rhe Uuou as it was and the Consti
tuition as it is - God forbid IL, IhaaieuS
StsUenS.
"Who in the name of God wants the
Cotton States or any other State this side
OF perdition to remain in the Union, il
slavery is to continue !'--SenutOr ling
ham Of OhsO.
/ "Any distractions to abolition must in
evitably be attended with discord and war.
We caunot have both slavery aud the Con,
sttution. We ought to revoIulionize sla-
very out Of existence, Brig Gen. Phelps,
! Of Vermont.
"Should this (the election of Fremont
fail, no cue man would be any longer aafe
here from the assaults Of the arrogant
slave oIigarchy, who then would rule with
an iron hand. For the free North would
DO left the choice oi peaceful dissolution
of the Union, civil war which would end
in the same,o au unconditional surrender
of every principle held dear by rreemen.'
--francts E. Spinner, U. S. Treasurer.
81 have No doubt the free and slave
States ought to separate. The Union is
not worth supporting in connection witt
the South. james S. Pike, Minister tt
Holland appointed by Lincoln after mi,