Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-10-04

this utterauce Of the late so-callsd Demo-
er,tic Convention. Let the whole army
Il freemeu which marched 70 victory in
1894 under the banner of Abraham Lin
cols be called into the field, and march
t. tn. DOLLS in October, 1865, to resent
the iu.ul. to his memory. Let there be
M ,bsen.eei-no deserters-no strag-
rlers-bus Let all the old soldiers, officers
and men With a host Of new recruits be
on hand, ready for the fight.
But our advsrssries were hot content
to stop with this resolution. They say
in substance and effect that war existed
IS fact upon the advent of the success
full party In 1860 to the seat of power, =
that slaughter 3ebt and disgrace are the
results Of cur ate civil war,"-and that
mo more tesDus shall be murdered by
military conpisslons." We had thought
that it had been pretty we'll settled by the
American people that the war was caused,
commenced and forced upon US By the &C.
tious and conduct of traitors, and that the
election Of 4 President according to the
provisions of the Constitution and laws
'of the country, was nd because of war
whatever. We thought, too, that sue
cess, the glory, greatness and reno~n of
our common country-the death of trea-
son, slavery, State sovereignty, and the
right of secession, and not sittply, "debt.
disgrace and slaughter" were results Of
the war. As the action of the Military
Commission had cost only the lives Of a
few of the assassirs Of President Lincoln,
and a, only few of the vilest Of the reb
els were in danger from similar trials, it
is next to impossible to divine motive
for the hostility Of the late convention to-
ward military commissions. 1t would be
uncharitable to intimate that it originated
in sympathy with such criminals as Werz
or Jefferson Davis.
In contrast With this remarkable plat
form Of our political opponents, We have
that Of our Own representatives, which,
among other things, contains the follow
ing,
"The Union Party Of Peunsylvauis, in
State Convention assembled, declare:
"1.-Tbat as representatives Of the
loyal people Of the Commonwealth, We
reverently desire to Offer our gratitude te
almighty Gvd, whose favor has vouch
safed victory to the national arms enabled
to eradicate the crime of slavery from
our land, aad to render treason agains,
the Republic impossible torcvermore and
next to Him, our thanks are due and are
hereby rendered to our brave soldiers snd
sailors, who, by their endurance, sacrifices
aud illustrious heroi,m, have secured &C
their country peace, and to the down.
trodden everywhere an ASYLUM OF liber-
ty; who have shown that the war for the
restoration of the Union is not failure
and whose valor has proven for all time
the fact that this government of the peo
pie, by the people, for the people, is as
inviucible in its strength IS it is bene6
cent in its operations"
The doctrine and principles Of the par.
ty in 1864 have been re asserted by the
convention of 1865. 1t is confidently
believed that they will not be deserted nor
abandoned by the people at the polls in
October next.
THE SOLDIERS.
Extraordinary efforts are being made
by our oppon ents TO abtsin the votes Of
our fellowci;izens recently returned from
the service of the country in the army Of
the nation. In these efforts they should,
and it is confidently believed, that they
will fail:
l. Because q vigorous prosecution ol
the war for the suppression of the REBEL
ion has ever been urged by the Union
party Of the country.
g Because the war has never been sus.
:ained OF advocated by the leaders of the
party opposed to the administration.
3. Because the friends of the Union
cause have always sustained and support.
Cd the soldiers IN the field. and the lead.
ers of pretended Democracy have ridi.
culed and derided the soldiers Of
the Union, calling them "Liucoln's
hlreliugs," robbers" "2lundersrs,
and other epithets unfit for repetition.
4. Because wheu volunteers we're call.
cd for, they demanded draft.
S. Because when the draft come, they
opposed the Communication clause, and Se.
clared it was . discrimination against
the poor man.
6. Because when that clause was re.
pealed they complained that the only hope