North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-10-26
DEMOCRATIC UNION ASSOCIATION
Speeches Of Hon SaafJrd IL. CaN ch, and
James fsailatiU.

A very large assemblage of the Democracy
were present last evening at the meeting of
headquarters, 932 Broadway corner of Teen
ty second street. J 'hn Pyne,. E-qnrre, pre- :
srled,and introduced II n. Sanford Clnrch
a. the first SPEAKER. Mr. Cnurch on coming
f'Fwarl was greeted with hearty dem
sirations of applause. He spike as fol
! lows:
! Ma. President AND FELLOW CITIZENS
| Am'd other pressing eI gsg. TIT ns, Hnh 10
lime for prel'era'i"n,i accepted the INVITATION
If Your committee To address you this eve
ming. Tn"ueh it 's net my intention to oc
! cupy your time long IN 'he remarks that |
have t" make, while d. SO, I shall Col fine
myself to the practical issues nf this cam
paIgn. We desire t. change the adnrnlstr.
lion Of the government, (App'anse) We
ask f'r hat change frr n" p~isnnal or self n
cols'deral,ons; We desire the change because
We believe that II is necessary in order To
prrpetuste the government which our fathers
made. (Appisuse.) | believe from my in
! most suu that the continuance Of the admin
| iSIra ion of Abraham Lincoln for four wears
longer, will Result in the downfall Of this
government. and the RUIN Of the Country /;
,rid beIlev d tins, feel it to be my duty, -
4 citizen, al all times, an1 under all clrcum-
stances, tn exert my influence in q vrry p ,si
| h., lrn 4 tt,
administration, (Anplausr) Now fellow
ci'izens, as said. desire to present 10 yuu
20 night some Of the practical questions
which aEc 10 be PASSED np"n by the people
! # t1is country. We have been engaged for
I"ur years in 4 civil war, and thirty millions
e people who ought to live together as brelh
rem, who have the same history, the sa'
institutions, who are identified by interest,
and bv past associations and by destiny as
| me people and one natinn. are engaged in
| bl"ody, disastrous, ruln"us, civil war. The
| p-"ple Of the Northern States, during the
progress Of tins wsr, have sent fDr'h their
broth, rs and their SONS, and filed e7rry call
''! his administration they have taken their
treasure and poured it into the lap Of those,
who administered the & 'vernment. You ami
know hO~ the country have rrsp"niej
when the government have called upon us I"
>r>rainitS INSTITUTIONS. In no one in-;ahcr,
ras there been failure in men or mcney,
ha, tins adminstratnn, when they ctme be-
ore the people and ask for a continuance In
oh he pa ln Wit
rss in their dnty dni ing the time our ter
r'ble evil war has bren in pr'gress. Nor ha>
he brave army and navy been dereiict ia
her duty Iever did bravrr or more patriot
C men epie upon he field of battle than
nave gone forth d1ring the last four years t"
light for their cnnniry AMI lts ms,itutloas.
(Great cheerng.) So that this a'iminislra
ION can tay no b anne upon The people, non
! upon the army "r the navy. Why, thea
sir h all this bcoI-hrd, With ali this expsn
| ,ilrure f trrasure-why, then, | ask ia i.
hat ur country Ia day is as far from peac,
IS it was on the day Fort Sumr'er was fred
upon q? Why is u thai this admin srrarlur
,as aided I" restore thi, UnIpn, or even, |
haI almost said. taken one step toward lts
r, r,st"ratOn? will tell You, my friends
IL il not he peO; lp, not the army, but il il
he administration is, II; and If that policy
. continued you and will never See this
ou: natn rest rred nor our children, r
,.ur childrcn's children. e. That's 50 ~
Yur ret, Iiect tha. when thus war broke out
me administration pied.ed to RI" people ul
he country to prosecute it, net for suhjuga
ton, nor for corqTest, or 10 ov"r,urH the VI
>rtt'Itnn f the Southern States not TO inter
iere with the sovereignty of the several states
but s,Inuiy and solely for the restoration ni
The Union aud The preservation Of the Con-
>tituilon. That was the pled"e the admins
IratIon made III the must solemn form, ami
under the most solemn crcumS' ances. IL
vas made IN the inaugural Of Mr.. Lincoln, in
the resolutions pa<sed in the house OF R-pre
sentatives soon after The battle Of Bull RIM
passed almost una mnnusly, receiving we'll
tie RepubI can as the democratic votes. IL
was made in The dspa, cnes Of Mr.. Seward t"
foreign ministers every form the admin
istration pledged the country TO prosecute
this war simply and solely for the restoration
"f the Uninn. And when they did this, the
people, without distinction of party, rallied to
heir support, and continued to support them
As long as they continued that policy. NV:
desire to call yonr attention to the position
Of the administrator and the Repu4l'car
party to day. desire to ask every man be-
fore me whether Democrat ar Republican,
whether those solemn pledges made to the
country have been fulfilled, or whether they
have not been grossly and outrage 'u-ly viola
ted What is the position Of the Republican
party now their eonftsred position, not