North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-10-05


nuat communication. to free, and then to arm
the whole black population Of of the South.
ana furn them against their white masters in
awork of ihdiScrftpnate butchery! Thiasn hiantHuf ntHruufy
1nfernai suggestion was not adopted bvJ ~
President when frst proposed; but i ha, hs
since been acted upon in more instances thar
one. 'f| .sf a1. ~ @laJa
We have charged the party at present ,a in
power fellow citizens, with tyranny aud US
| urpation. We now go further. and soIemnlv
assert our belief, that there is deliberate do.
sign to change the character, if not the form
OF our government. The leading paper. in
the support tof the Administration openly al.
vocale modification which will place great.
er powers in the hands Of the President and
II their advice should be adop,et by the peo. peeo
PIE. IN short time the chains will be firmly
rlVeted, and our liberties completely subver.
ted The Philadelphia Press not long sinca
| remarked " -
Another principle must certainly he e,,ho,;, :.
our recognized form of government. The mo,
shape the legislation of this country when tn war il
wAT
and strength: TIE problem eiH be to eopbine the
Jo'"s Republican Government oith the poroers
Of Monarchcat Con ernment. ...-
ABOUT The same time, as if by concern, wa
find IN the North Aneriran.
! This wnr has already shown the absurjuy mr.
| "oreTnment lenh limited potcers IL has shoun haf
me Potoer Of eaery Gorernmeh ought to be and
must be UNLIMITED. s.. ... :.
Such doctrines as these would bava nm,
with rebuke even at the hands oftba olda,
! Adams; bu' they We're the natural nroc,,as
Sors OF the "war powern which bas been
made to override the most explicit doctrines
II the Constitution. The very wrongs, In
! TACT, complained If by our fathers, and en-,
merated IN their declaration against the
English monarch, have been revived uDon
>ods' This \ imnistrat lou has willfn}h,
Is oath bound pledges, and sought "7pees
fe'cFS Of mnordtion upon the established
pT"'cipteS OF the Government "t ha, f,s.
tered 'sp'rd Of enroachment which tends
| ~ consol'dete all he departments of the
! Gorer1meM in one, and III s create. trnatep.
| er the forms may BE-, q real ttespotisH," It
| mas rendered the 'the military suDerior 10
The ci0it poper IL has superseded in
reign OF laWless force the security prescribed
ny law against seizure and imprisonment
'rithoWt due process Of kaw.n It has verly
erected u os"ttaufe of new Offices, and
sent among as srarms of officers to harass
| our P~ophe and e2. out their substaa, -
BY an ,n'quilous Conscriptrou la~p, itshus n,.
| trisu'rd lis agents among The pecple, backed
by Bay onets and clothed with di<crationary
powers over the liberties, ifnot the lives of
our cit,zens. It @has' qu1rtered large ar
mics Of troops amongst US" It. has impos-
Ell tdres on us 10jthoat our consent" Final
ly, It's chosen aad purchased advocates are
now ciamerous for a stronger Government.
that iour charters may be taken alray our
most Ualua6fe 1 was abOllshed, ana the pop-
ers Of our Government altered i7undaaehtdt
iy" Ihass, we submit, fellow citizens, arc
ali of them features fairly exhibited, of that
stronger Government" which our atorefa-
thers, appealing ''to the Supreme Judge
of the world" eighty years ago, pledsed
;i.elr iY9s, l'Isf 2rt3lfisttlll II tlsir saeSIssli
honor to put aside forever do ! Eds
We have before spoken. fellow citizens ~
tie depressed condition ct the countfy. The
+ lliaGT 2tan Of debUiwhch has been piled up so
recklessly, cannot be less than three thous-
and millions of dollars, when all is fsiEly
counted. Ofthis Pennsylvania's share viii
be at least one tenth of the whole, or $4,000
100000. The anual interest upon this sum is
(Nlore easily estimated than paid) will be
about eighteen millions Of dollars. This,
added to the annual interest Of our former
debt makes an aggregate OF interest now, and
henceiorth, to be borne by the people Of this
Commonwealth, stated iu round numbers. .-sf
! twenty millions of dollars I! We cannot
heighten this picture OF. the stern reality.
which an Rexorsble arithmetlcal calculation
gives. Some make even deeper debt and a
darker prospect than others. 3#. sa. e s,ad
Taxation always falls heaviest upon labor:
1t will now grind the poor to the very earth,
And yet the mock philanhropists Of the Gay
are. increasing the taxation, and urging onIa
system of measures, which, under the ,pre-
tense Of amehorating the condition Of thesAe
rican, wi'if carried on mueh longer, practfl
cally enslaye the labnringr white man and
s'aFve his family. And besides this, 1.-the
forc'ble abolition of bondAge at the Soufh
should succeed, it viii only be to bring the,
white working men and women Of the North =.
IN competitionin the same paths Of labor
" N ne African they have been taxed and
beggared to bring here, and support amongst
US .-. ..-, .s-.. ... ..-,t,.b..
l The favored capitalist, who have money 70
lend to the Administrator, gets his bonds
upon which there is. no Tara ion j. and gthus