Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-11-19
A Word in Season.

The heartless iusiucority, during the
late campaign, of the Republican press in
their wholesale charges upon the Demo
cratic party of treason, sympathy with
the rebellion, disunionism, and what imfa'
my not, is demon strated by their utter
ances since the campaigh. General Nc
Clelan, after all, is Il Union man, good
general, and patriot. The Democratic
PARTY really is at heart. for the Union at all
hazards. This is the burden o. the cho
rus to which the abolition organs are now
attuned. We leave the leaders Of those
journals to measure the compliment to
their intelligence and integrity which this
retraction oftwo months Of persistent slam
der implies. BIT we put in o protest right
here against the impudent assumption Of
these same journals that the appeals, as
seriions, and Arguments OF the Democracy
have been as heartless as their own
We have absolutely. nothing to retract,
nothing to qualify, nothing to atienuate.-
Mr.. Lincoln we still believe TO be what we
have proclaimed him to be- The leaders
of the republican party and their princi
pies we still believe to be what we have
tried to persuade the people that they are
aud the events of the next four years will
prove it. The difference between the
ideas Of the Republican and the Demo
cratic party is still heaven. wide, antagon-
istical irreccncileable. The men and
the ideas of the Republican party will
drive the nation to a disunion peace. The
Democratic party would have restored
Union and peace.
The Republican party has as utterly
refused Cancellation or compromise to the
Democratic party as it has TO the South.
1t is utterly inadequate to the political
situation, for it repudiates, the only policy
by which the North can be united or the
South divided. In the greatest convul-
sion of modern times, Mr.. Lincoln and his
HuVlStT5 sCUlu W EDNSA
go as to command the confidence, repre-.
sent the sideas, or conciiate the support oi
the masses even of the North They are
content 10 please and 10 represent in their
policy the mere iacti on OF a mere ma jority.
If success in restoring the Union bo i'm
possible to men who represent the average
of the Republican party, how hopelcssly
impossible is success to the men and The
ideas of its most radical fraction. Some
glimpse of this truth begins to be caught
by the Republican leaders, and they are
anxious to define the duty Of the Demo
cratic party. They have quite enough TO
do to take care of the duty Of the Repub-
lican party, and we advise the expenditure
oftheir energies in that direction.
The Democratic party understands its
duty and will do it. 1t will hold the Re-
publican party-no! the "Union" party
Ito its pledges sternly, 1t shall t,with
its consent, make disunion peace Hav-
ing triumphed by its professions Of I'm
ionism to the people lit shall not cheat the
F., people, and accomplish disunion, Or il
events conspire with the incompetency OF
our rulers and their secretly cherished
disunionism to break down the Union at
last, then.the coDtrivcrs of .dIsuniOn shall
catch the curse of disunion, The re.pon.
sibility shall be put just where it belongs
and they who have pierced the nation
heart shall themselves be smitten with tb,
nations wrath.