North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-03

rates, beyo ord the ability of all who are rot
FSAS, ~ W eoFed 5y Gtovernmrnt. patronage;
they have undergone domestic bereavement
md bitter sorrow in all t,.eir h6faes, from
losses incurred III the war they have been
constantly supplied with false finf 2tmation
about current events and have still oife red
them promises of speedy and 4 complete sue
cess quite unwarranted by tfe'past achieve
ments of their rulers and which ignore all
the real, ndubitabe difficulties, original and
created, which attend the struggle. Bat
one thing they have not been totd-one great
and important fact he's net been dissemina rs
ed under Government censorship, nor ap-
pearcd any where Unofficial =documents-to,
Wit: That success in-the, war and the
speedy return Of peace, havs gbeen all this
time prevented, and Will be hindered i not
preSenfrd hrreafte Nv the evfff1 aud odioas
policy and. the ineapaaty Of the A'iministrs
tion. itself! These have united tLss aSouth
these, have re ryed The arms. Of Southern
soldiers in the field and inspiritpd them to
united, earnest, determined resistance to our
arme; these, rim the daFsest moments, of the
contest, have rendered their submission imz
possible. They, and the populations they
represent, have seen hetore them The alter
hatiEeh complete independence on the 6ne
hand, as the possible result To be achieved by
yalor skill, and endurance, and ongthe other,
as the result of submission, confScatou,
emancipation, disgrace, and the iron rule Of
the conqueror ;>and viewing their position
as presenting only a .cLoice ketBeen Il cse
rrsults, they have girded themselves up 10
herculean and desperate efforts and stll.
stand defiant and unbroken. N'''.
L. a. r.. -. N r ~ d II
it is possible to CONCEIVE it's dangers and TO
make reasonable provision against them.-
Certainly, 1t is possible for the people of the
United States, by selectiug new ru'ers, to
pat1their public affairs, including this husi-
ness Of the war, upon a new footing-to re-.
move the main obstacle to peace aud reuR-
ion, which has impeded their great Efforts
hitherto, and rendered their sufferings and
sacrifices una vaiiinS Tor the object for which
they were ipcIrTeG. 81. This is the great and
necessary sSork TO be done by them in re-
gaining the road Of safety, and to Its perfor
nance they are earnestly invited. ''' =
when the members Of ihe present Admin 2
;s!ration are removed from power, and pa
tEiolic kand Just men are made to fill their
places, the people Of the adhering sections Of
t6e country will have done their part in re-
moving the cause of war and the obstacles 70
peace, and will be represented by men com
Letent alike to conduct war and to secure
peace, who will call into existence, for the
redemption and reuniJr OF the country, NOR
an influences more potent than physical force
and who will achieve their mission before
exhaustion and intolrrabe suffering have
been incurrC1
..rsu-- ~..- RLGoNsTRUCTIoY. -a-e. s.--..'.
sThs propos lions which should obtain in
the reconstruction Of the UnionsaRe not diii4-
cult Of slater ant, and when contrasted with
the policy OF ne Administration. will appear
te7Fecuiiar advantage z~' '- '.~ -@1@
The first IS, that the States shall stand as
hefore the w., except as to changes 1wAsch
may be agre d upon between OF among them.
The Constittti of the United States is the
rishtfut and only bond of union for the states
comprising ihe Gonfederacy, and it is TO
stand as it, is, III its full integrity, until the /
parties who are bound by it shall change It's
terms or adj to 1t new provisions. Any
other doctrine is revolutionary and destruc,
tive. and 10 be utterly rejected whether
founded upon Presidential prociamations or
states enacted by Congress-, e. Ehe tpowerst
Of the Federal Goyerdmentin all its branch
es are confined within the PROVISIONS Of the
COhstFtutfon ard cannot Transcend them :
Therefore the Constitution asitis, inclaainc
its,power5 of regular amendment, s the lead i
lnS doctEine, Of the great, paE \, which afprort
poses tOosave the nation IN This the day of
its' sore trial. Let the false ana guilty doc !
trfne that the Pre- sideEt 0f1the United States
By proclamation; or the Copg,ess thereof BY !
statute, can prescrib1 !, alter, add to or dimia !
ish the conditions Of union between tie /
States be. discarded at once and forevgr,7 and !
most of the diffienltes which appear to at /
tend the, question Of reconstruction will |
wholly disappear. These departments of |
the Government are c6nffne1 TO particular :
legislative and executive duties, and cannot
touch ori,determine the relations of the !
States with each other. That field of power |
ls sacred TO the great organized communities
by whom the Union was formed and by !
whom alone it can be subjected TO n6difca. 7
ton or change, We have fought to restore
the Union, not to change it, much less to
su6vert its fundamental principles, ,and the
accomplishment Of its restoration IS the com
pensationa awe propose to ourselves f5r all the 7
costsand sacrifices of the struggle. iliR so1l u
sBqtswhat- is impossible lolfte President,
or to Congress it is competent for the States, |
IN their, spTereign capacity by. free mutual |
sFhe American States required a asScompact
ofunion to 60 through the warof the Revb-
luton, and it was made. Subsequently, |
they required an amended, compact, rcreating,
q more intimate union, 70 secure to them the :
fruits of independence. From these deI5b--t
erstioAss on the latter occasion there resulted
,iiasinost admirable instrurneht. the Con 4
stitiItien1of the United States under! which /
the, Repqblc has existed and pros; cred for
m9re than seventy years. Aud row, under /
the experience of revolt ard war AID mis- !
government. we may conclude that adaitijn-
alsseeurities for liberty and Unlsn should bel
esisbhshed in tie fundamental Jaw Butt
these securities must consist Of Limitations
rather, than OF extensions of Federal author
ityJ and must not invade those fields oil
powerwhica were lett sacred to State in1 /
risdiotion in the origlsal scheme d of MON.
Ihe Constitution should provide 4 against
the uncontrolled domination ofsectional par
ties South or North in tho Chvarnfna,ti 20 e !