Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-06-25

the Government, the CONSTITUTION, ana INC
civil institutions of tho country, we see
the danger of this Interpretation. 1t was
| TO protect this Government, the Cons,itu-
ton, and these civil institutions, that he.
as the servent of the people, was invested
with this power, and it was for this pur
poso alone that his official oath was re-
quired Of him. Our fathers left us, rear
ed and finished, the temple of liberty, so |
high that the oppressed OF all lands could |
see it, and it's shadow fell upon and pro.
tected the rights of every human being in |
this great land, and so simple and SO beau
tiful that Guild could comprehend and
admire it. This bright temple has been
torn down, and most cruel, wicked, and
monstrous military dcspotism has been
reared upon its ruins. The rights OF citi-
zens are not respected under the laws ol
{ States or the Constitution and laws OF the
! United States, and all the protection al
fordod by the State courts and State laws
and constitutions to the citizen is set aside
and disregardod.
The Constitution declares that "the
, privilege of the wri. Of haLeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when, in case OF
!
may require it," What rebellion has
there been, or is there now, in the State
) of New Hampshire In what respect did
8 the public safety require its suspension
f in the State Of Pennsylvania And yet
!, there is not legal power enough in that
| State to take man, unjustly restrained of
t his liberty, from this military power, and
secure him trial Men are arrested
+ without warrant, condemned without trial,
O and punished without conviction.
: 1t is said in the discussions upon this
, subject that slavery must he abolished to
Y produce sameness i'll our institutions, our
q interests, and our opinions; and it is called
d "homogeDeity," and is stated in another
l. way by the words "irrepressibe conflict" :"
The man who first made use of the term
20 ''irrepressible conflict" did not say a new
e thing, but very wicked one. Philip ! OF
y Spain, was accomplishing the same thing
!. when be attempted to make all of his sub
d jec,s to think and believe as he did, aud
}. at period when Spain was the most pow
l. eriul nation on earth, with a continual
IT stream Of gold running into his treasury he
carried on most cruel and destructive
ut war for thirty years, with all the power Of
= his great empire, against few Outchman
&c in the Netherlands, and was beaten and
le defeated in the contest. He failed to
J. either "conquer or exterminate" them.
d The Puritans of New England were al
p tempting the same thing when they burned
SC the Quakers and drove clergymon from
10 their coloniss. And if it were not the ne
ht gro and the South toward which this ia
d, natcsm is directing its energy, its zeal ,and
0. its vengeance, it woald be the Quahers,
4 the Catholic religion, or some temperance
j, question.
e. The trouble is not that slavery existed
is but that wild, unrelenting, vudIclivo,
of wicked and cruel lanaticsm existed, and
W happened to fasten its deadly tangs upon
is slavery, This necessity for abolishing
y slavery is an effort upon the part of the
r strong to justify its crimes against the weak
r This sameness Of institutions, interests, ,und
Of opinions cannot be accomplished, and il
= would be wrong TO do so ii it could a:
of well might we attempt to level the noun
lie tains and fill up the valleys and the river:
s.. and lakes and oceans, and make the whole
&c earth one dead level, plain and worthless
God made the mountains and the valley
ID and the rivers and oceans Tor our good
l. and he gave men differen. minds, interests
l. institutions, and opinions tor our good
- and the remedy Tor those who differ witt
" others in institutions and opinions is fol
10 every man, and the people of every State
G. and of every Government, 10 MUD theiI
~ own affairs, and respect the opinions and
a the interests and institutions OF others land
1g not arrogate to themselves the right tc
he manage the affairs of others. Our system
I'd of government is founded upon this idea
ks and it had better be respected.
of The bill speaks of States whose author
ed ity has been usurped or overthrown Tha
d. happens to be the condition of all the State!
D. north or soath, and we might turn our at
al tention to the reconstruction OF our Owl
en- States ; or it might be interesting to in
n. quiro whether some genelemen in tn
ry southern congress, (robel, if you please,
ut like the asihog Of this bill, anxious for no
r. toriety and perhaps position at the heaC
ws of bureau, might not be osganizing
10. system for reconstrueting the northern
!, States, with constitutions requiring a re
a publican io:m ol olgovernment, with slavery
gh Neither party has power TO enforce sucI
gh law if passed.
,at This word reconstruction appears 1
to charm the advocates of the bill. The on
lss ly reco INSTR nc lion that ever can be is t
1t spread the broad powers and the kisdl
err influence Of the Constitution and laws owe
az all the land, when the usurpation of thi
lac militsry war power shall be removed
Nv and this applies as we'll to the North as I
mt the South. do not justify the secessio
nv of the southern States. 1t was brough
is. abont by wicked and foolish men, VIII
his deserves puuishment-wioked, for the
nd preferred their ambitious project to tn
of good of their country; foolish, becaus
,ed they should have fought their battles witt
or in the Union and under the Coustit,
,le ton and the laws, and not uuon their Iuil
~, Knl hnre halinyed md sill do thl