Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-10-08
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ROBERT r. LITTLE, Esq,
or Wyoming county, al OrangeviIie, TO
lu,nbia county, sept 30, 1864.
fRRPoRTEp BY d. Y. MURPHY !

fRRPORTED BG ID. Y. hURPHYJ
For some years past, fellow-citizens,t the
people, or at least q considerable portion
of them, have been following after strange
gods, aud announcing strange doctrines
doctrines that not many years ago would
have becn secuted by every statesman in
the land, aud perhaps | may say are otill
secuted by every statesman in the land.
These doctrines have become for some fcw
years past the ;ashs0h, to such an extent
shat those Of uS who still adhere to the
doctrines Of the Fathers are stgmatizcd as
lopperheads.' What peculiar sgnif
sauce our friends on the other side who
arrogate 10 themselves all the loyalty
and patriotism that it has pleased God
ever TO vouchsafe to man, attach to this
tr,r, | do not know; but | think do know
that not many years hence We shall find
them undertaking TO steal it from US, and
claiming to have been the original Cop
perh.aas of the land, TO have been Cop
psrheads from the beginning.
When the organs OF this ''loyal' party
shall comr TO publish the usual notice OF
the proceedings Of This meeting they will
undoubtedly tell thor "loyal readers that
your speakers upon this occasion had a
great deal to say against Abraham Lin
eolu, bu! not a word against jefferson Da'
Wis. Lest | might bring reproach upon
this meeting, beg Of you, fellow citizens,
10 assume that | have devoted fair por-
ton Of my allotment of time to denuucia.
lion and abuse of Jefferson Davis, 1t will
save your time it will save me some la
boz and it wall be all the same to j. fer
son Davis. (Lsughter'}.
need not remIDd you, fellow. citizens,
that Washington aud jackson OH the oc-
easion OF their retire cmcnt from public life, ,
Ala tirue when 10 motives other than mo-
,iyes of the pnrest and lofti,st patriotism
could have Influenced them, warned the
people of America 10 beware OF sectional'
sm to beware of sectional parIios,--par
tiss based upon geographical divisions or
hnss, or based upon issues which might
array the people of one section OF the
eeanlry in hostility to the people OF anolh
or section of the country. You all reco,-
teet the warRngs of those v9neratcd
s,atosmen in reference 10 that subject. L
need not remind you of the history of our
country for the last four years II Is too
fresh 10 your recollection. Until 1860 no
seclional party ever trium phed in the Uni
ted States. IN 1860 a purely sectional
party triumphed in the election Of that
yesr. Ikoow it is denied that that party
VAS sectional but let us see
That party was based upon the idea OF
hostility to the so called "pceQliar INST
tu,ion' Of Che South. That institution
was coulioed to the southern saction Of he
Union, 1t was, therefore, a sectional in
sttution. The party formed upon the idea
OF ofhostiilty 10 thatlnst.tution had Its Ioca-
,ion in the northern s3ctlon oil the Union.
The object of its hostility was sectional
institution belonging alone to :ae States OF
tke south. Therefore, party based on
this idoa must be sectioua! party. The
creation of such sectional arty i'll the
North based upon the idea oi hostility to
an institution which belonged only to the
South, naturally originated the inaugura
toa Of party in the South based upon
the idea oil the support OF that Institution
We had those Two parties, one in The North
and the other in the South, aud We have
efore ss the consequences which were sc
accurately anticipated and foretoId by the
illustrious statesmen whose names L men
toned moment since
Why should tue Democratic party sym.
pa,hizc with the South I Why should i
sympalhize with secession Let US looi
at this question moment, for you know
,ba, We are charged with such sympathy
Looking to the past, what has the Demo-
cratic party gained BY secession ? Nothing
Has it lost anything by secession AS
party, as a polticaI organization, it los
everything by secession. We were in pow
er in Congress. This Administration
would have been barren OF all serious
evil results 10 the country had il not beer
for secession. We should have still re-
NAMED in majority in Congress, and nc
sectional policy could have been carrieC
out by the presen, Administration, How
ia it with the other party What have
they lost by secession Nothing. As Z
political organization, what have the!
gained by secession : Dominion in thi
land absolute, arbitrary, dsspotic do
ninion.
ueu = hsh Jou uB"'o' 'SNN" ~
why should the Democratic party sympa
thizs with, feel kindly towards the south
srn secession movement Looking to th'
future, how ia it Our hopes are baset
upon the restoration of the Union all ou
interests as a political organization ar
identified with the Union. Restore th
Union, and we arc again in power, perma
nsntiy in power as political Organization
How will it be with the Republican par
Y' All, fellow citizens, they see tb
doom of their party in the restoration o
the Union as it was.
Again Of all the Democratic statesme
of tho land in the past or the present
when or where have you known Of one tina
has ever favored disunion or secession
What Democratic Convention has ever b
its resolutions endorsed or favored seoe