North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-10-26

| atu ipud oI tue ChicaSp piali'itu' A"u VIII
hear them ON the crrners Of tie streets, end
upon all occasions denouncing the Chicago
platform hut did you ever hear one of them
either in public or in private, tell you what
the Baltimore plAtlorln is aud what il says
upon he present Is.ue,? N-vsr. | desire
! t. call your attention one moment to the
Baltimore Pattern. In tho second resulu-
lion W. f III the Republican c,nysnti N d.
| CARING that thera >tlali D. NJ p-ace except
| upon terms Of cpndtionalSurrenieF AT
ter looking at the third resolution You will
ii nd thai they declare IN substance that there
shall hr no prace TIL slavery is abolished
through out the Cnfed States. IF you look
INTO the EraaLcipat,cn proclamation issued by
LlTc,sln, you w!l find thai Il declares slavery
abolished IN all tie rebel states, and pledged
the army and navy to nalnGaiu the declara-
non, The spea >tr then referred to the ct.
whom il may couceru" letter. whlch declares
t.IL thare Isl' b. 'p4ac' ex:4p 1t IHci udfI
tie abolition or the abanioIiment Of sia very
Now cite these thlng> to you Tor the pur-
pose OF showing you what the position of the
RepC bIIcan party is to-day upon these vital
questions, aud they declare in their platform,
IN The proclamation Of the President, in the
letter deliberately signed by him not as war
necessity-n"t Tor the pnrpose Of restoring
the Cnon--not for any temporary purpose
but they declare that his Cnlon shall not he
restored. that peace shall not come 10 the
people of this land, with all its blessings, TIL
The institution Of -lavrry 81 all be abolish, d.
{" Shame And in this position, b Idly
put forth Ly the administration aud the
President himself, they have glarlngiy viola
ted the snleun pledges made to the country
wher this war Dr. Ike out. Their programme
Is: that the war shall 60 on till the South
shall uncondtionalIy surrender to them, ar
IN other words, till thu South is entirely sub
! jugatcd /; and not even then--!hough the
SUI'h be Illuminated To the lowest dcgr addition
and the people throw themselves uprn then
knoes for mercy, not even Il en- are we To
| have eace aud the blessings of Union. Onr
condition more must he fulfilled that is the
| institution Of Of slavery, guaranteed by the
C institutions Of the Southern States shall he
abolished anj abandoned by them. (''Sharue
on them.") 1t Is all addition war--upenly
declared To lie 50. indeed. Up to the present
time 'htse gentlemen have denied ;hl- posi-
tim Up to the present year they they have
ienhd rha' they intend t" carry or this !
war for other purposes than the RESTORATION !
4 Tn, oI,.J
>upn'.e they ar.. IN power, with an army of
a III ,lhon men, a larger number If .ffice hold |
ers. and still larger army Of shnddyie con
irac ors scattered all over the laud Laughter !
and groan-,) they suppose and believe thai |
they have power enough now to abandon |
their original position and assume :his ahoE |
iIon ground. ard carry it through. Npw,
fellow citizens, intend tn speak very brief, I
nf this programme of the Republican party
As one pr'vae ol'zen, otj c, 10 1t decided
" and distinctly. tc"eer- Tn the first
place, ttcausr II IL enIrtly unlawful and |
unconstitutional. deny t Q right Of This
government to carry war for the pnr-
pnso nf the abolition "f slavery. Yuu will |
bear in mind that II ia 10 question Of TIE |
II oraliiy or tie prnpriety of the abolition tn
slavery. The question is this can this gov
ernment carry on war for the purpose Of |
"vrrturniug the institutions of the respective |
sta es ? That is the question presented.
II is no matter whether It is slavery or
whether it is The banking insriIuriDns of the |
states ; the e'lucarirnal system, or the inter
nal lmpr vement system of the states. II |
he government can carry on a war i"r the
p.,p.,se nf aboIlshirg slavery, it can carry il |
On for the purpose of he abolition Of any OF h |
rr state institution, wipIng out state c'nsl'-
'uiion>, ard making every state mere de-
pendent upon consolidated usurpra ana !!
iespo'ic Centralized government. (Cheer>.)
L'roS for one InOment--w tat was the issue
between the Narth and the S,mh in this con
:rnvpr>y The South claimed the right to
.ecrdr from the Union under the Cuns,iru-
i'm. Their grouni that having agreed !
To this Institution they had the right to
rescind the resolution agreeing to II at any |
time when they saw f. aud abaudun the
CH'ou ioi euSH e'Notuu'eit e' '"0S ni'S''
deem for their interest. We tnnk issue with |
them. We insisted that the Constitution /
was obligatory upon all the states; that The
United States government was uprerne III
every stale, and that that government had a
right To- enfurce obedience 10 its constitution !
al requlremp1ts in every STATE nnier ITS an |
thrriry. # necessary by force of arms, That
was our position. That is our p'sl'io TO
day We stand upon that position. Cheer-.) !
That was the position the administration
stood upon when the war commenced. But
now they seek to 60 further, aud if you look |
at the issue single moment, you will see
that the very moment they 90 beyond reqlir- |