Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-10
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Desultory Letter. No. 2.

are immortal and oar party should never,
never die. am now, and have all my
life been Democrat therefore q Consti- |
tutional Union man. have always sup
ported regular Democratic nominees
When others have been elected I have
uniformly sustained their Constitutional
and legal policy. In his radical measures,
which | honestly believed to be against the
best interests Of tho country, | candidly
opposed Mr.. Lincoln. But in his late cou-
sorvative course wherein ho was no longer
"Lncoln man." was, with Democrats
generally, very well pleased. We are,
and always have been, the true National
Party for this we have abundant proof
in the Union, peace and prosperity Of our
great Nation under Democratic rule. -
Hence we as party havo rcjoiced, and
ever shall rejoice in Constitutional pol
icy that has or is likely to preserve the
Union. Hence the very late conservative
course Of our lamentod President was very
satisfactory to US and for this reason the
Democracy were unfeignedly sorry that he
was assassinated. But the Abs. are very
cruel and will not believe that we are
sorry he was murdered. In this they
judge US by themselves. They as party
were glad when Senator Douglas died and
they are SO ungenerous and unmanly as TO
think we are as unpatriotic aud selfish as
they are. But we know they are very
much mistaken. We regret the death Of
Mr.. Lincoln. In the FIRST place, because
OF the effect it will have on his successors
in the Office. They will feel unsafe, and
therefore will employ Military personal
guard and thus the ruler will be sepa-
rated from the People, and thus form o
sort OF Kingly arrangement, which is a
very bad thing in Democratic form OF
Goycrnmeut.lko ours. Here let the Off =.
GERS and People minglc together. Sec
ondly, we arc sorry for his death for the
reason tba. the more recent indications of
bis future policy assured us he would have
done better for the sOhole Nation in settling
up our affairs than President Johnson will
do. Truc, we may be mistaken in this,
but believing it we are sorry he was NOS
spared.
His ambition was satisfied by second
election Eve will not now stop to prove
that was accomplished for we know it was
not legally dono) and therefore his object
was to conciliate all parties North and
South as much as possible (aud this course
We are confident would have greatly aided
the cause Of reconstruotiop) and 20 ont Of
office very popular, or secure nomina-
ton and reelection in 'Gs, aud thus be
the Grst, and possibly the ouly man, who
ever occupied the Presidential chair
third time. l. would seem that bis tho'ts
inclined in this direction or his friends
would not in any case have bet money
that he would be nominated aud re e-elected
in 1868.
Personally, l suppose the Abolitionists
do not mourn the death of Abraham Lin.
coin any more than that of thousands Of
other men who lost their lives in this war,
and whose families are left much more des.
tiiute than his. In this we might agree
with them, bat il is to be remembered tb at
he was the Executive, and others were
not ; therefore, in his position, he could
DO much for reconstruction and the future
peace OF the Union and we Democrats
believe he was disposed to do SO, ,and there
fore deplore his death as National calam.
lty' But when we hang our Flags drapcd
In mourning the Abolitionists are mad and
call US hypocrits When we do not they
are mad, and say we are secessionists.
When we lament and weep they are mad,
and declare it is only from the teeth out.
Thus they swear that We shall mourn, or
we shan't We will or we won't we can
or we can't; they curse US if we do, and
damn US if we don't. This Is character
istic. | noticed by some of the papers
that the Abolitionists are talking of rails
ing, by dollar subscriptions, purse of
100000 as present to Mrs. Lincoln.
l would respectfully ask them if she needs
that much, seeing i. is alledged Mr.. Lin
coin made fiVe millions while in Office
and | would also ask if it would not be
better to raise the 100000 dollars as q
present to the widows and orphans, made
such by the war And / would further
inquire whether Mrs. Lincoln is any less n
socessionist now than she has been, &C.
cOrding to Abolitionists, for four years
past? In conclusion, would suggest the
of raising money for the purpose
OF building monument to tho memory of
our patriotic soldiers who lost their lives
in defense of the Constitution, the Union
and the Flag