, 1864-03-11

gated 70 itself; ssnco tha. would have made its
discf1tion. and not The constitution the measure
pact among pazsica having no cos,mon Judge. esch
party hae an equal right TO judge fol Itself. as well
drcaa;'
Whatever the Northern followers Of the
"Dcmocratic'' party; may intend to vote for,
when they vote for the above platform, its
leaders everywhere, and its followers at the
South know that 1t means secession. The
doctrine that each State, and not the United
states through the q. 3. Supreme Court, is
to "judge fori itsen," as well of fnfractions"
OF the Constitution ss as Of the moo. and mas
urr of sr3rsst," which was thus in solemn
convention officially declared by the "Dem-
oczatic'' party to be t:one OF the main found
ations Of it's political creed, is the undiluted
md uncquivocA1 doctrine Of "seccssion.'
The rebellion Is only an attempt to carry 1t
out In practicc. Since it became 4 part OF The
Democratic" platform, the "De!nocracy"
have been made up Of those Who cou1d vote
in advonce for "scccssion," rebellion; and
civil war, with their eyes open, and those
who could "go It bl1nd.". 30 long as it re-
mains 1'art of fts platform, the "Demo'
cratic" razty is y secession party. Since
secession itselfis sDemocratic" the seccsh
concern is safe in prophcsJing that all Union
disasters arc traceable to "some Democrats"
A Good P=ppcr in the Right Place.
We layc received copies Of the Northern
Eagle, sterling, epTightly, neat Republican
paper, published at Milford, Pike county,
Pennsylvania Pike, VIC arc sorry to Say
for the writer hereof spent his boyhood thero
-cohtains large number Of the most venom
ous coppcrheads that can be found this
side Of rebeldom. The editors of the Eagle
have most sterile unpromising field to cul-
tivate; but from the specimens before us, We
arc sure they have the git, and both the
energy and the ability to do It. To those Of
our readers who may have resided in the
Delaware Valley, we cordially recommend
tho Eagk as paper that will give them
large variety Of local news, and the best kind
OF Republican doctrine.
And here We are tempted to relate matter
somcwhat personal. The name Of this paper
1nay have no special significance to others;
to us It has much. Somewhere about the
the year 1895 Benjamin r. Bidlaek, after.
wards member of Congress and Minister to
Guatemala, then young lawyer from Wilks-
barre, Penn settled in Milford. Ambitious
Of political prefermcnt in order to bring
himself the more prominently before the
public, be established the first paper
ever published in that county. It was
called tie Northern Eagle. Ofthat paper the
writer was the first carrier. The fine arts
had not ut that ea1ly day penetrated hun
dIcd miles from New York, for between the
words I" "Nortlcsn" aud "Eagle'' there was
yillianons cut intended for Americas f.
vorite fowl, which by not very vigorous
stretch Of the Imagination, our subscribers
callcd Crow; and our pride OF place was
mortified not u little when We found tht
name OF our papcr applied personally
for when approaching the aristoerati'
mansions Of the nabobs Of the beau
| tiful town Of Milford, we .wes
greeted with the equiyocal welcome
"Thcrc comes the NORTHERN Crow" 4
significant s''cdn;" from our school fellow
was not among the least Of our mortiaca
tions; but re have outlivel them all, and
the editors Of the Eagle will put in training
one Of their carriers, we shall, in few year
at most, be ready TO resign to him our chai
in the editorial rooms Of the TRIBUNE "
promise h1m the cordial welcome Of our sey
cnty thousand patrons, If he shall only b
found '.,sosthy." Perhaps we ought to be,
pardon for the vanity we have thus manifest
ed in regard to our connection with the frs
paper-it WIS firmly democratic, and loyal il
every line-ever published in Pike county
The present Eagle is most worthy successo
Of the original. Long may its beak and tal
ons tear ont the very life Of the rotten cop
perhead democracy of old Pike. B.