Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-12-14

uisSOut sc oil tue NftH instant, ana Dellefe-
irg that the cause of "Shoddy" and
Abolitionism viii be promoted by its pub
licatlon, respectfully request a copy for
publication. Very Re- spectfully,
Richard Johannes, E. Saw Mills, f.
Bobbs, d. H. Bobbs, d. J. Johannes,
Ihos. Alloyed, Geo McReadi, John
L. Master, John Bills. Samuel Davey,
+. Hugus, Georgia Rodger, Daniel
Oh Evens
Gentlemen Your note has been re-
ceived !; and l herewith transmit a copy
CT my speech. If you think the cause of
our very common sort of Christianity
would be promoted by publishing it, it is
at your service. Yours,
j. S. MELLON.
To Geo. McReadi, John p Master, J.
Bills, and others too tedious to men
ton.
Ny Dear Brethren Il dispense with
the usual formalty of Il text, f r the Bible
furnishes no political texts; consequently,
| should not be able to stick TO it if | did.
God made the world in the space of SIX
days-likcwisc Massachusetts. He also
made man IN his own image-also Hon
ness Toal Dabe, (surnamed Lincoln. -
with 4 siiglt variation.
Fighting has been ordered by Heaven
/ from the creation of the world down to
the present day. Nay, before the crea-
ton mhii .ft, and the people have been
! fighting for nothing ever since. God
"buckled on his sword" and in person
commanded the Israelitcs.
How wonderful our history A nation
under Il hundred ears of age. born in one
day. Our God delivered us from the
hierarchy of the Church of England, and
! in company with the Goddess of liberty.
placed US under the Iotrerarchy of New
England. Finally, our country was set
! tied, including Boston. Afterwards,
"heavy duties, pressing taxation, disre-
garded petitions )" nearly as bad AS at
present, ''made wise men mad But
the people took no part in the matter
However Union meeting WAS held e:
Rocky Mountain, Esq, was called to the
chair; Mrs SipPi, (though very much
down in the MOUTH "madc the motion.
the Aileghanian seconded it +; and il
was passed by acclamntion, that " all
men are created equal or, in other
words, one man created just as much as
''any other man"
God moved the hearts of the people tc
d" Strike, for th,ir alters and fires,
Strike. FIR the grc,n graves Of their sires
Go! AID Lite'iyi"
You will Observe l have misquoted the
poet; but as frequently mut,,ate the
Scriptures, l don't see why Halleck should
claim any immunity
The fathers of this Ecpub!ic instittI-
ted the best government the world ever
saw" "Our Constitution is the embodi
ment of tie wisdom of all past ages. and
reflects the lustre of them all Since the
days of the Jewish law-giver unto the
present, every thing great in government
or wise in legislation has been subscrvien,
to its formation, and it is wise enough.
and good enough, and great enough 10
govern the world" But recolIect uill
g'ue you better one before an done!
g 1t was God who guided our Pilgrim
Fathers across the stormy deep, and
| planted their feet securely on Plymouth
! rock" True, the first settlement of this
country was in Virginia, and Pennsylva-
MA was settled by tie peaceful Quakers,
and not by witch and papist burning Yam
KEGS; yet rs we are under Yankee dis
pensation, ''to them be al! the praise ~
| Our President begins to open las tyes to
the fact that he is a child, Ga very homely
baby at that.) of destiny OF course he
has been going it blind heretofore.
"We assemble to-day, in response TO
:" 4 double barreled call of our rail-split-
ling President and a shoddy Governor
''What a spectacle :" or rather as there
are Two OF them, "what q pair of spec
tacles!" A nation which has for some
time been g on its last legs is now son
its knees returning thanks !" And in
returning thanks" we can thank God
we are not as the publicans, who are
given to Democracy and "dram-drink-
ing" Altho' we are in the midst of
the most gigantic and bloody war that ever
shook the earth yet our hearts bound with
joy!
" God has blessed rs ,rih enercy and en-.
f'7'17se, Our manufacturers, commerce
and agriculture have fiourished. tbo,ob
II must be admitted our manufacturers
are confined to Instruments of death, our
commerce is in shoddy, and our aqricul.
ture mainly carried on 5y negroes in the
South and women in the North. ..Our
inventive genius and mechanical skill vie
with the proudest discoveries of ancient
or modern times" We can kill fen mon
now as easily as one could have been
slaughtered few years since