North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-12

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and if so which is it :? Mcclellan says that
the Union is the oIIg condition Of; peace j.
! and he says more he says that with . view
to the restoration of the Union be is in favor
of exhausting all the resources of. modern
sta!esmanship. That's the position OF, the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
That is our side Of. the present issue.-r
How is it upon the other side ?MF.. Lincoln
says in effect sob, yes, I win agree to peace
upon the basis of the integrity of the entire
Union, upon condition that ycu will first
abolish slavery in the South, upon condition
that the people Of the Southern q States viii
abandopan institution over winch lie Feder-
| al Government has no Jurisdiction and for
which therefore, whether, good or bad,lt is in
nCsense responsible: if they Will abandon that
institution, Will listen to proposals of peace.
| think that if Mr.. Lincoln does not listen TO
proposals of peace from the South until the
happening of that condition, he will never
listen to such proposals he win have a
| chance to carry on this war at least four
years more, if he should unfoi tunate ly be re-
| elected. What ke will listen to terms of
peace on the basis of the Union, proUided the
people of the South will first abandon the
lnsttnt1on of slavery! Aad this is aGreeley's
"UneondIuonal" Uuion party ampdsing this
Impossible condition in the way of the res
tOration of the Union !! Fellow citizens, we
do not want any such Unon.sm as this we
| will not have any sucn UnIonism as this =
and we do not3think much of the s'Loyatty'' of
The party that imposes this Impossible con-
dtlon in the way of the restorat ion of the
Union and of peace - 2 ~aE f- .ra
| have thus stated TO You Mr. Lincoln g
aTowed position, and we fud his whole party
occupying it to day. The New York Times,
the leading Lincoln or gan Of the North short
Iy after Mr., Lmcnln's "to whom it may con-
cerD" manifest, labored hard to convince the
people chat il did not mean what it said 8
that in saying that he would lsten to terms
Of peace based upon the integrity of the Un-
lou and the abandonment Of slavery lie did
not say that he would uot listen TO proposals
of peace upon any other basis That was the
argument which, doubtless, most of you saw
in the leading Republican papers Of the day.
They lahored hard TO prove that Lincoln DID
not mean what be said but now they have
given IT up, and since Mr. Greeley has. been
nominated as elector at large upon the Liu-
coin electoral ticket in the State of New
York ne has abandoned the effort 10 disguise
Mr., Lncoln's policy, to disguise the meaning
OF his manifesto, and he comes out openly,
and give him credit for possessing a little
manhood IN this at least-and declare that
Mr., Llncoln and his party are opposed to the
restoration of the Union until slavery shall be
first abolished. Why What Is the secret of
this condition : The party has a motive in
this, and | think We can very readily see it.
1t is because they know that the restora tIon
Of the Union as it was is ;he end of Republ
can rule in this country. They know hat if
the southern States are allowed to come, back
into the Union with all their rights under tie
Constitution as they were before the rebell-
ion, the white people of those States would
be voters would have the right and the, OPP.
portunity afforded to them to vote, against. Mr.,
Lincoln and his sectional policy OF course
the result would be an end of Republican
Dominion in this country; theirlpaay would
go down forever there would be nothi ng
left of it. They are unwilling to see the
Lincoln dynasty fail it must be perpetual
ed and hence "the Union as it was'' must
be secuted hence "the Union as it was"
must never be allowed to return TO US OF
course however, they must disguise their real
motive it would not do to avow it /; and in
what way do they disguise it They disguise
it by making false accusations against Demo-
Gratis, by falsifying the issue, by claiming that
tee issue is Lincoln and Union, or McCIel-
Ian and Disunion," by calling Democrats
''copperheads, "traitors," and other bad |
names. They attempt to disguise 1t by false
statements of the Gu use of all our troubles -
by the miserable pretext that slavery was the |
cause Of the rebellion, and therefore' slavery
must be put down. All! Was slavery the
,ause of secession 2 This Union, EXISTED
happy and prosperous for many years with
slavery. Is there anything in the institution
If slavery which, renders it Incompatible with
ne perpetuity of the Union Ifso, is 1t not
trange that the ,liiso',7GGi7 discovery was never made
Until 1860 ? Indeed, they did not make it so
oon, because you will reccolect that in. 1861
Vhen we heard so much about no-pafty: ism,
Vhen they told us, that there should be no
more party now, that we should come up TO
he rescue of the Union, they also told US
hat we must not say anything about the
nnse Of the rebellion until the rebellion
hould be put down. Why this seqsitiveness
n the part Of the Republican party IN refer.
nee to the causes our national troubles ?-.1
The Democrats were not afraid to talk about
hose causes sEws were willing at any and ey-