Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-08-03

We are ct war, and blood
flows, and wealth is wasted, and fanati-
cism runs riot, and the constitution is
broken, and we are bowed down by grief,
and sorrow in all our homes. because
sectional faction rules the Government Of
the United States, free from restraint,
or curb, or limitation of its powers. And
it should be made impossible that this
condition of things can exist after we
have once extricated ourselves from the
grasp Of calamity.
There should also be iudicious limi-
tation upon the distribution of Federal
patronage. A change by
which the great body of public officers
would hold for fixed terms, and be remov-
able only for lawful cause, would be one
of great merit and wisdom, and is among
/ the most desirable objects to be sought'in
ON public policy.
4 CONTRAST.
We have thus taken notice of several
questions connected with the subject of
reconstruction, and indicated our views
I upon them. How much opposed those
views are to the policy Of the administra-
/ ton will appear upon the most cursory
examination. They point to the determi-
nation and settlement Of disputes upon
Just and reasonable basis, and TO the Sc
curity Of the country against the recur-
. renee Of war hereafter while the policy
/ of the Administration point 10 a simple
alternative between the snbjugation and
independence Of the South.
And as we are justified in con-
Guiding upon the whole case, that if the
Union is to be restored, liberty preserved,
and prosperity renewed to this country,
those results must follow the defeat and
rejection of the administration by the
American people
The defeat of Mr. Lincoln removes the
main obstacle to reunion, and restores at
once the Just rule OF the Constitution
over the adhering States.
There are but two classes of men III
Ibis country who may rejoice in existing
conditions, First. those who make mon
cv ont OF the war, and second, those who
desire to achieve emancipation by 1t. As
to the former. their thirst for sudden
wealth is gratifed, and it is not in their
nature to regret deeply those calamitles
. which fall upon their fellow countrymen.
but from which they are exempted. And
50 70 the radical abolitionists. his cup OF
/. enjoyment is almost full He believes
, that emancipation viii take place OF the
I-nion remains broken forever. Either
= result satisfies him, profoundly and
= wholly. and no possible event during his
, existence can compete with either OF these
/ in merit and excellence.
? But has not the country borne all 1t
can reasonably bear in fact, much more
: than 1t can reasonably bear, for the graft
= fication of these two classes Of men, and
. shall not the Administration OF the Gov
cgnmcnt under favor of which they nestle
= in power and crafty their unholly creed
e and their dctestabIe passions, be thrown
= cut Of power, thus relieving the country
e from this nightmare of corruption and
Il fanaticsm which is pressing out It's very
Y existence.
= Snort sighted and passionate men rush
o on TO accomplish an immediate object,
h unable to perceive the consequence which
;, lie bevoud the present moment, and UNI
II willing to believe that new obstacles II
= their path of passion and vengeance vii
f succeed to the existing ones They vain
IL think that if slavery be struck down by
i force, regardless of law or civil obligation
II and negro equality be established IN If
" stead, 10 subject of difficulty, no cause
9, national peril, no = stone OF stumbling
viii remain in our path of national pro
A. oress. Vain delusion! Such expecta
of lions are proved 10 be false by a thousan
e. examples in history. The source of dar
a. GER is in these wild passions let lose in th
10 land which will not regard civil obllga
e. tons. and which in their headiong fur
c. tread under foot both public law and IL
lie dividual RIGHT We do not decry theor,
ell h,t we assert that craftsmanship is col
X cerned mainly in the domain of the pra
~ tical. and that in the present imperfe
ce condition cf human affairs it is obhgt
ut, 70 modify general ideas and adapt the
ri to cxistinr conditions, which are infinite
as- diverse in different countries and at ditie
ut cut times. And rs all political powe
rs. are conventional, that is established
ri express or implied consent, the validity
OF any political act mast rest upon the grou
ate that it IS authorized Some distinct q
of thoritY must be shown, or we must
termine against its existence. And /"
nst existence of free Government, aiid
nal the harmony and prosperity OF e9.'n
.ru- wherein It is established, there must he
,ost nrofound and constant respect by rul
ible and bv people for all those things wh
2 az have been agreed upon or lnstifu'ed ~
(Copt,pucd on tie Fourth L'aSep