North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-11-02
"Fair Deaiing."

, 'sFair Dealing"
In last weeks issue OF the RepuJdiean ar~,
prars nesEly thress calu'nqs Of sasIemp ed
csi, lcis l nj s,t Mr. LHtIe' iate sfescffal Blooms
burg. which was rePnbli,'led BY ~ ma re-
cent mrnberof Chs paprrs v "a -. sass
| Said artcl@ appears under the caption of
"Fair Dealing how ,tair vii, sufficiently.
appear TO any rea ler who will crmparo GER
tain paragraphs with certain other pnrti"ns
Of thai elaborate prnlnct,on. For examplp,
Mr. Little is REPRESENTED as saying, If
tind another government insaguratcd inynp-
position 20 the g.'rrrnrhrnt Of the Uni ted
States, a g2y- rnmsns dr facto. Laviasr rpo.ger
over my person and property, ain ahs"sed
from the bond !" wnereupon the critic. hav-
my erected this c'b house, proceeds 10 de-
moII-h the same, and succeeds admirably In
! The /. # n. >aHsaH - 4;
3, referring back to the writtr'- first our
ration fr"rn the 81, .ch. it viii be seen that
the speaker said n thing f The kind that
abSo'n'i"n frtm the bond of allegiance was
most di>tinctly made contingent upon fail.
ore "f Er''iecit'i, On part df The legi'im"re
government, and csnfem po' aneous herepifh
s'd u'qnes',onahlt. >nch Ia the law. OH
rrwIse the inya' ci'izeh Of an insurscn. starc
1rust nrcess.rlly ir.cu7 The p,ins and penal
ties Of treas on VIE er he shalI adhere to
| 'hc g. vrrnment de fdcto, or % the governs
men' DR. IRE. Bu' .he critics theory bold,
| such CT zen TO allegiance to tie latter
s" long as it thsn entertain desire TO pro
trct him. even Withnut the ability to do so
The desire, with"ut The ability would be of
little value to citizens placed IN such circu.n.
/ stances. BnI this question ceased to be q
deb table one many years before the inaugu-
ratron of The present rebellion. -g -rs.
Aga'n this sapent critic arguss that the
c"ntiscstion poi'cy' of the parry IN power does
not affect the loyal people of the South be
cause "inlentiOn. mOtirc, is what constitutes
crime II has been generally supposed that
overt acts constitute the eridence uf crime;
and that the intention, or mott We is deiernln-
ed by the ACT itself. Therefore it is sub
+ antlaliy true that the penalty # cCIfisca
ton reaches all "who have been directly or
indirectly. voluntarily or involuntarly. EN-
gagged IN The rebellion and This, pr. chcaUy
'withont reference to the question VI their
loyalty,n ....-
In reference to the e.rfent Of the pc malt,
"f cnnti>catlnn, il Is proper for us 10 lay that
The speech rrfirrd TO was copied into this
paper from the BIInm.bnrg pubIlcation-that
II together with other speeches made upon
Tie same "ccaspI, was published there (iIpm
The manuscript furnished by the rrnrtcrl
after Mr.. Lille had left thar town aGr,iing
him no "pp'riu";ty even to Correct ,hc E,rori
It Is n"t, therefore rery remark able that the
h''ir w"rd 'il' crept INTO the publ sked re-
pot Tie anx'nns CRITICS in,lmati"n ina,
'hr ~ ech a. been carefully revised by its
au'h"r r 'he pres. untrue. It was not de-
F'ened trr publication, nor was lie awara-un .
III afterwards that il had been re,or,ed -
BIT :" Tar as tlP argument i, cp,crrned, it
IS "' hui htie monrmt whether that word
were omitted "r ,,tm rwise The argument
'liu''r''es the drift or tendency f the whole
.conti>catlnn, dIsqna Ificalion and emancrpa-
tim policy at The party IN prwr--that it is
7" dr. We # aud rePei the m+n "f the Suuth.
instead Of aft riding them any reason what
"ver to re'ari t" their alleg grance-to unite
AID strengthen th~n, instead at d viilng and
l.. .l
weakening them; aud N s'I"wlng thus, it hur
pr""ve' ~hs has be Ell again and again atfr-
med by scores,'f the ablest and bes. men ct
thr Il publican p.rty.
But We have arexry given mere space to
h" criticism then Ats mp rtance demands.
J. -g .a.. "
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