Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-02
Democrats!


that it is the most important crisis in the
history of your country. At other Presi-
Dental elections people differed on some
minor matters of governmental policy, in
significant in themselves But this cleo
ton will decide whether we are to have
country or not. Whether we are to be
governed like the Polanders, the serfs of
Russia, the people of Ireland, or have
| such government as we once had in
this country.
Then, come to the election,
Come as the waves come when navies..are
stranded,
| Come as the wind comes when forests are
rendcd"
! This may be the last Presidential cleo
tlon that ever will be held in these North
ern States. If Lincoln should happen to
| be elected you will never be troubled with
attending another Presidential election, he
and his army, will attend to that branch
| OF government themselves, withou: CIV
ing us any further trouble. The election
now i'll many places is mere farce, TO
! indication of the popular will whatever.
! But in Pennsylvania let us contend for it
! to the last, and we will unquestionably
| succeed.
Come then to the election for the
sake Of your country, come for your
| own sakes, come for the sake of
your children and posterity. Come for
the sake of your neighbors and acquain-
! tances.
We need scarcely ask tie readers of
our paper TO come, because we know they
are as anxious TO do their duty as we are,
but what we wish to impress on their
minds Is this. We wish every man not
only to come himself, but to see that no
Democratic voter stays at home on that
day. Let us use vigilance and activity,
" eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
| We may do too little but we certainly
can not do too much. If we could only
by our exertions free one of our ncighbors
from being hunted like fox by the blood
| hounds OF Lincoln. we would be certain
ly well paid for our exertions on that day
The Democracy of this State can do
it if they will, they are invincible when
united as they are now. They will in
crease the Democratic vote to vast ex-
tent and carry Pennsylvania by large
majority.
The soldiers will vote for NJ M'Clcllan, at
least a majority of them, if they are not in
| terfered with, and compelled to vote for
! Lincoln, if they are, their vote will be treat
ed, as that great embodimet of Abolition
| ism wanted to treat the vote of the citi-
zens of Pennsylvania, "as if it never
had happened" The people of Penn
sylvania are not yet prepared to let Lin
coin, like Louis Napoleon be elected en-
pcror by the vote of his soldiers, or like
! Maximillan in Mexico, be elected by the
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| the hand of Providence is against this
country and it dies now at the age of
| eighty-eight years and four months, we
can conscientiously say we had no hand
in its death. There is none of the blood
money sticking to our fingers, there will
be no stains of blood on the Democratic
party if die it must.
Many of the Democratic party, such
| as Forney, and Chapman, and Butler,
and Dix, and some of the small fry such
| as Cessna, and Shannon, and T. c. Nc
| Dowell smelled the plunder afar off, and
would follow it should it be into pande-
monium. If any of these men had lived
in the days of the disciples of the Prince
of Peace. Judas would never have got
the price he did for the arrest of Christ.
1t would have been brought down TO
about $3.50. That is to say if the
Provost Marshal would close with the
lowest bidder. Pontius Plate the
Judge Aadvocate of Caesar was a gentle
man and scholar compared with some of
Lincoln's satraps. Although he could
not stand the pressure, but condemned
innocence with full knowledge he was
doing wrong, still Lircoln's men is worse,
for they condemn without a trial or a
hearing and do it tn nleaca fba;r p,uctor