North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-05-17

fionists and that spirit was freely meDifested
| oil over the North, in 1856, when they struck
half the States from the Flag of the Union,
q nd marched, in Montrose, and elsewhere
| under the symbol Of disunlon. They are dis
uniosists to day, in preference to the Union
| under the Constitution, as formed and ad-
vocated BY Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
johnson. ar ..-t
| THE PEuPLH COULD SETTLE THE DIrEIcTLTY
II INFLUENCED BY POLITICIANS.
Bad men North say provoking thing. in
reference to the institutions of the South, and
bad tempered men If the South say provok-
lng and insulting things in return and 80
goes on war of elimination and recrimina tion
IN reference to the two sections of the coun-
'ry, and the institutions peculiar to EACH
They become enraged and insulted, and then
they are denuncialory of each other; and
what is the result ? The Abolitionists, and
those who entertain their sentiments, abuse
men of the South, and meB of the So nth abuse
them in return, They DO not fight each 9TH
er but they become offended and enraged
One Is dissa tisfied with the other. One is
insulted by the other and then, to seek re-
vcnge, to graufy themselves, they both agree
to make war upon the Union that never often.
ded or injured either.
7 wil1 rar,. rIy th;, oo1ooot;or tb.t 81 avn
is spirit in the country, which, if it does
not exist to very great extent in this Hall
does exist in the great mass of the people
North and South, to do what is right and if
the question could be taken away from poll
ticians-if it could be taken away from the
Congress of the United States, and referred,
to the great mass of the intelligent voting
population of the United States, they would
settle it without tn e slightest difficulty.
So says Andrew johnson; and SO say we-
Abolition agitation, abuse, and threats, pro-
voked Southern retorts, threats and secession
We agree with him that abolition was tine
primary element that caused all our trouble
and war and that the people, if not inGamed
by fanatics could have averted danger, by Just
concessions, even after secession began.
We continue to quote to show ..
HOW HE PROPOSED TO FIGHT TIE Battle OF
TAE UNION.
In fighting this battle, shall do it upon
the basis laid down by portion of the peo.
pie of my own State, in large and very in
teigent meeting. A committee of the mos,
intelligent men in the country reported, in
the shape of resolutions, to this meeting the
basis upon which intend to fight this great
battle for our rights. hey reported this
resolution.
Resolred. That we deeply sympathize with our
sister Sout hern States and freely admit that there
IL good cause for dissatisfaction and complaint ON
their part, account Of the recent election of
onel candidates to the Presidency and Vice Presi-
dency of the United Scates yet we, as portion of
the people of saveholding community, are not for
seeding or break ing up the Unia of these States
unit Q very fair and honorable means has been ex-
hausted in trying to obtain, the part of the
slayeholdng States compliance with the spirit aud
letter OF the Constitution and all lis guarantees -
and when this shall have been done and the States
now in open rebellion against the laws of the United
o'ates In refusing to execute the fugitive slave law
shall persist in their present unconstitutional
and the Federal Government shall fail or refuse to
execute the lews in good faith, it (the Govornmen
viii not have accomplished the great design of its
creation and WILL therefore, in fact be q practical
dissolution, and oil the States, parties be reeas
ed from the compact which forms the Union.
The resolution would have led Andrew
Il inf ahn ID io;e
ton as surely as secession led jeff Davis
there, only by another road. Instead OF
breaking up the Union by open secession, he
preferred to hold on and claim that the acts
Of abolition rebels and the failure of the
Government to return fugitive slaves, &C..
had dissolved the Union. and left the South
ern states free to form Southern Confeder.
acy just rs they did.
As negro equality is now fully becoming
po litical issue, we copy from speech of
Mr.. johnson in the Senate, Dec. L. 1850:
NEGROES NOT INCLUDED IN THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE.
In the discussion on Thursday last, the
Senator from Illinois attempted to lay down
the doctrine of the Republican party, and to
give his construction of that doctrine. Tn do.
ing so be called our attention to ther plat
form, which he says, is mere reiter stion of
the Declaration of Independence (at least,
that 10 his idea as it was formed by our ia
theirs. To make myself ineligible and dis
tnctly understood, I will read that portion of
the platform which he quoted: ,
Resolved. That with our republican fathers, we
hold 1t to bs selfevident truth that ail men are
endowed with the inaenable right of life liberty,
and the pursuit OF happiness and that the primary
object and ulterior dssign Of our Federal Govern.
ment is to grant these rights to all persons under is
excellent jurisdiction. ~ =
) AT this discussion progressed, drawing de-
duotions from this part of the plat form, tho
Senator seemed to think---that was the tenor