North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-12
SPEECH
RQBERT R,LITTLE,, Esq, at Or
sas angeville, Columbia county, H
'5T 'ss Sept. 80, 1854. aa-h eai lis
lREPoRTED By D, F. MuRPHY.l

-Fdr sGmee years past, 1fetlowlcitizens, the
people, or at IeastA considerable portion Of
them, have been following after strange gods,
sni Announcing strange doctrines-do
that not many years ago wpud have been
secuted by every statesman inthe land. and
perhaps may say are still secuted by every
Statesman in the land, These doct rines
Ravs become forssomel few y4efs past the
fashion, to SUCH an extent that those of us
who still adhere to the doctrines Uf the Fa
theirs are 7stigmatized as C0pperheads. p
What pecuiiar significance our friends on the
etlietaside who arrogate' 10 themselves all
the loyalty and patriotism that Sit has pleas
ed God ever to vouehsafe to man, attach to
this Jeran. 1 do not know: but Il hink do
know That not many years hence we shall
tind them undertaking to steal it from us
and Claiming to have been the original Cop
perlseads of the land to shaEe been Copper
heads from the beginning. ase1 sF.ar.
T'Whenahe organs of this 'loyap' party
shall come to publish the usual notice of the
proceedings of this meeting they will un-
doubtedly tell their "loyala readers that
your speakers upon this occasion had a
great deal to say against Abraham Lincoln,
but notja word against Jefferson Davis
Lest might bring reproaeh upon this meet
ing, 4 heg-uf you fellow citizens, to assume
thatIhaVe devoted a fair portion ofmy al
losment of-titDe to denuncation and abuse of
jefferson Davis. 1t will save your time Il
E.al save me some labor and II will be all
The same to Jefferson Davis. laughter
Il need not remind you, :eIIow citizens,
that Washington and Jackson on the occas
ION OF their retirement from public life, at
time when no motives other than motives of
.be purest and lofrest patriotism cosld have
fltinencedstheun warned the people Of Amer
lea 10 beware of sectional palsties,-parties
based upou geographi cal divisions orllnes, or
based uponaissues which might array the
Reopte of tne section of the country
a5ssst the people of anoIhea section. 1-Yol
an fecSlleet the warnings Of those venerated
statesmen IN relation to that subject.
neddnot remind you OF the history OF our
countfy for the last four years it is too
fresh in yoar recollection. Until 1860 no
secanuaf party'eFet triumphed in the United
States 1n.ls6o a purely sectional party
triumphedin the eleclion Of that wear. |
ka)v it's dene that that party was sec
tfopai but lei us see. r-st. .. .~
i That'party was based upon the idea of
hostility to the so called peculiar ins titu-
tion" 0f the South. That institution was
confined to- the tOuthern section of the I'm
fen,1 1t was, therefore, a sectional institu
tioh. The party formed upon the idea Of
hostility TO that institution had it's 10
catioD ain the northern section OF the Union,
Rhe object its hostility was a sectionsl
Institution belonging alone to tho States OF
the South. Therefore, a party based on tais
fdea must be ecional party. The crea-
ton ofsucha sectional party in the North
based UPON the idea of hostility 10 an insti
tption which belonged only TO the South,
natuFatipoTiginated the Inauguration Of
party IN the South ba sed upon the idea Of
the supportof that Institution. We had
these two parties, one in the North and the
other in the South. and we have before IA
the consequences which were SO accura teIy
anticipated and foretold by the ilustrious
statesmen whose names | mentioned mo-
nent sineea ad,5. IS 80 aaa .7ar u t- i
Why should the Democraticsparty sympa
thlze with the. South !sf Why should it sym
pathze with secession2 Let US look at this |
question moment, for you know that we
areoharged with sach ympathy. Looking to !
the past, what has the Democratic party
gained BY secession z Nothing Has it
~ NJ. anything BY secession As party, as
political organization, i lost everything by
secession. We were in power in Congress
This Administration would have beenfbaFren
Of all seriously evfl results 70 the couI;;rF rF'
had 1t not been for secession. We Should
have still remained in a majority in Con-
gress, and no sectional policy could have
been carried out bs the present Adulinistra-
ton. ~ How isa it with the other party g.
What have they lost by secession 2 Moth
ing. AS a. political organization what have
they gained by secession Dominion in
this fand-absolute, arbitrary, despotic do
mniohls1 siiuP b7a .aef't') = .sa.sar
ThenGo ask you again, fellow citizens,
Why should. the Democratic party sympa-
th'ze with, feel kindly towards the southern.
secession movement ? Looking to the future
now is it Our hopes are based upon the
restoration OF the Union all our interests /
as a political organization are identified with
the bhiOn.- Restors,the Uaion, and we are ,
again IN power, permanently in power as a 7
political organization. How will 1t be with |
the Republican party7 Alb, fellow citizens,
they Fssthe doom Of their party in the res,
'oraton Of the Union as it. was, ~ 7