Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-16
The ResuEt.-Our Duty.

The ReSuit.-Our Duty.
The election is over and the Demo-
cratic party has been defeated. A ma
jority of the voters have decided in favor
of,continuiug the policy of the present Ad-
ministration The total and immediate
abolition Of slavery, the confscation of
property, the reduction of sovereign States
to military provinces, the doctrine of re-
admitting States by the vote of one-tenth
over nine-,enths Of the voters, have been
approved by the people. The doctrine of
military arrests, of the trial of civilians
by military courts, and of imprisoning
citizens at will without trial at all the
suppression of newspapers and the pre-
vention of public meetings, as practised
by the Administration have also been en-
dorsed. The war policy of the President,
including the devastation of the territory
through which our armies pass, and the
destruction Of private property, as well
as the refusal to exchange white prisoners,
man for man, unless negroes are included,
has likewise been sustained by the votes
Of the people
Ii is true the Democratic party has
cast more than million and a half of
votes. 1t is also true that more than the
difference between the Democratic and
Abolition vote is composed OF those who
draw their immediate support from the
Administration. 1t is true that in Cam
bria county more than 200 votes of this
character were given and that at one of
the polls, soldiers who were stationed there
to prevent Democrats from voting, actu-
ally were allowed to vote by Abolition
election officers, though not citizens of
the State.
Still, we are beaten! and We are now
asked "What course should Democrats
pursue p" This question, il seems to us
admits of but one answer.
We must bow ID submission TO the
popular will, and acquiesce in the result,
however unfortunate it may be for our
country. Any other course would put
the Democracy III the wrong: and infiict
greater evils upon the country than ever
the rule of Lincoln, fatal as is that rule.
Neither are we to fold our arms in apathy,
and considering our country as lost, give
up all interest in our government. This
would be equally unjust to ourselves and
to our country. The true impulse Of
every Democrat and every patriot should
be to never despair of his country. And
pitiabe as our condition now is at home:
and degraded as we are made 10 appear
in the eyes of the civilized world. still
that Great Being that .'has made and
preserved us a nation," may stay the
hand of the destroying angel, and restore
us to at least portion of the blessings
heretofore enjoyed under Democratic Ad-
ministrations
Let Democl ats then maintain their Or
ganization. Let them keep their columns
closed up, ready AT all times, in the fu-
ture, as in the past, TO do battle for THEIR
COUNTRY AND HER CONSTITUTION AND
LAWS. Though defeated, in their hands
is the power, and the only power that can
save US as a nation. And they may safe
ly rely that not mauy months can elapse.
until those now held together by the SEQ
hesive power of public plunder," will be
a divided and disorganized party, and the
country redeemed, regenerated, and dis
enthraled from the horrors of Abolition
misrule.
Go We wish to call the attention of
our readers to the sale of property, at the
Court House, on Saturday the 10Th, at
one O'Clock. The advertisement of the
date IN our paper was illcgible in many of
the numbers, and We wish to call the at
tenton Of the people in order that the sale
be well attended
The property of David Todd, deceased
is situated at the west end of the Borough
of Ebensburg, and is very desirable