North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-03
VOL. 3, NO. so
POLICY or TEE opposrrroN.


conduct, we proceed to indicate the position
and views Of the Opposition, who contsnd
with the Administration for the possession
Of popular favor. ... -..a-r.+
We bold that oil laws duly established
and existing shall be kept, and kept DO wen
by persons in official stations as BY the mass
ofths people. Disregard of law ard of rights
established and guaranteed by it, 10 one of
the great evils Of which just complaint must
DOW be made. A change of Administratioa
and ofparty power, will secure through ths
whole cou9tFE subject to our Jurisdiction, O
just, faithful and uniform administration Of
the laws BY the country and by the Prssiden
and his subordinates, and 1t will secure in ths
Congress of the United States, faithful obs-
dien CO to the Constitution and On honest
construction Of the powers conferred by it
upon the legislative authority. The inter-
rupt,on ofjustIce caused by an unnecessary
suspension of the habeas corpus In the revol.
ted States will, forthwith, terminate / arbi-
trary arrests Of persons in civil llfa win be-
come unknown, and q pretended necessity
| overriding justice and right, and made Che
pretext for various forms Of oppression and
injustice, will disappear before returning
sense Of obligation and duty in our rulera.
In the policy of the Federal Government
there will be no recognition of doctrines
which tend to the social debasement and pol
lation Of the people. The profigate and per-
nicious theories which under the garb Of
philanthrophy and a regard for human rights
would overthrow the natural barriers between
different races and ignore wholly organic
laws of difference between them, will not bo
promoted or favored in the policy of the Gov.
ernment of the United States. ..-
| There will be an earnest and proper effort
made to retrace the steps already taken in
debasing the currency of the United States
BY large and unnecessary issues Of paper
money! system at ance unauthorized and
injurious, which impoverishss the country
and distributes the earnings Of labor to hands
that have not earned it, will invite immediate
revision and Ultimate removal from the stat
ute book of the United States = aas ~.
The troops raised for the public SERVES,
whenever necessity for raising them shsll
exist, will be rightfuily obtained through the
agency of the State Governments, and hs
Offered BY State authority thus securing,
in the raising Of armies for extraordinary oc-
casions, the true intent and meaning Of the
Constitution, and preserving the armies Of
the United Statos from the undue political
control of the Federal Executive.
The action of the Government in ito fnsn-
| cial disbursements, and other features ofits
administration, will be thrown open to full
investigation, and IN earnest effort will be
made to purge it in all its branches of corrup.
| tion. ...r ..r. ...a .s..s...-
Economy Of outlay, 90 MUCH spoken fby
| those who now hold power previous" to their
election and so little regarded by chem since
will be reinstated in the PRACTICE Of the Goy-,
ernment 10 one Of the essential rules of ito
action.
The doctrine that the States shall posssss
and exercise all ungranted powers, and shali
be free within their Jurisdiction from the en-
croachments of Federal suthorlty, shall 30
rigidly main stained. -. q,
The system of public revenue shall be nd.
justed so a. to bear equally upon MI sections
and interests, and the unnecessary increase
of officers in collecting it, as well as in 9TH
er departments of public service, shall be
avoided. .....F.. -. r.z
The exertion Of public force in the war TO-
be exclusively for the object for which the
war was begun, to wit the restoration of tho
Union and the jurisdiction of our laws oyer
the revol,ed country and being confined to
that object, and relieved from the incum-
brance Of other objects, to be brought to o
speedy and honorable conclusion. But fur
ther, it may be confidently asserted, that an
Opposition triumph in onr elections will call
into existence moral forces more. powerful
even than physical force for securing peace
upon the basis pf re union. And it may be
the only means for securing that great object.
hitherto unrealized, and postponed and pre-
vented by the policy and incapacity of our
! rulers. -a ...ra i.9-....' ri
Beside the revision of our domestic policy
and the restoration of constitutional princi-
pies therein, the great objects to which We
look, are, the conclusion Of the war and the
just determination of the question: connected
Herewith. The burden Of this contest has
become tolerable. Patience has been exhibi-
ted by the people of the United States 10 the
utmost extent of forbearance. They wsrs
told the war would las. but sixty days; they
were told the South was not united they
have been deluded throughout the contest
nov more than three years in duration, bs
promises of speedy success; they have been
! told to trus. and applaud military ehisftains
who were afterwards retired froR service.
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