Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-09-09

great political gatherings, such as this is
likely 10 be, by words Of encouragement,
,congratulaton, or counsel, TO strengthen the
faith as well as hope OF those who at the
time are associated politically together.
Man is so constituted, at least the most OF
men, that, IN the absence OF encouragement,
frou his fellow man, he is apt 10 fal,er, and
sometimes TO despair, no matter how laud-
eble the object he desires to accomplish.
There are great minds, indeed, which no
lack of support can dismay, no temporary
want OF success can distract from their Get
tied purpose. Such was that OF Washing
ron, and others o! our own country, whom
will not invidiously mention lu the dark
est hours of the days when from the black
ness and clouds Of despollsm was being
eliminated new rrincipIe-new because
!; had never taken the iofN which il took
when ii became the underlying principle of
our Goverrment--in The darkest hours of
the Revolution, when even Congress, made
OF stuff as Stern as ever Roman Senale was,
talered aud almost despaired, Washingon's
faith remained unshaken. No disaster, no
lack OF the maiefel so necessary to catIy
on war agens, rich and powerful enemy
made his hear, faint or shoo.: his high re.
solve.
The examples CT such men are beacons
TO US individually, and 10 peoples in the
mass. They leach us first, TO reSoire, and
next TO pcrSereIe, aud then, when in a good
cause, success will rarely be wanting These
examples arc great incentives, but yet, as
6etofe remarked, many men Ialier unesa
suppoftsd by Their fsliow-men-- co workers
IN The same cause. That IN union there ID
Strength IS Que OF the first laws of nature
and the more intimate and close the union,
the greater Ihe strength. We see this ex-
empfied 10 the tees Of this grove. A sin
gle tree standing alone may not be Ghle 10
resist the Storm. Ii receives the blast with
out SUPPORT ard yields. But when sur
rounded by fellows of equal dimensions
and slfedglh, all are able TO stand. The
stalks o: grain standing IN field, the stones
IN an arch the bundle of sticks, are all ex-
amples in physical nature Of the advantages
10 be derived from Union. SO i, is 10 the
moral world, or 70 be practical in the social
or the political world. Experience in our
own and in other countries shows iha: great
social or political reforms are seldom &C.
complished either by one man alone, or By
body Of men having the same object IN
view, but acting unharmoniously. Ii is True
great principles, having truth for their foun-
daon, must aud do eventually succeed but
when the vicious and dishonest sysemau-
cay and in combined numbers cUnirovert
and battle against them, they commonly
succeed only by the determined and COM
bined efforts Of the good. 'Trnih crushed
to earth will rise again." but when down,
she may struggle long il he! enemies boldly
act in concert, aud her friends look coIdIy
on, or make but distracted and unharmoni.
ous efforts 10 relieve her. Who shall say
that tie cause OF decentralization as
they understand twill no, eventually III
umph in Poland, in Hungary, in Ireland, in
Circascia? In The later county, infinitely
weak in comparison with her opponent, the
cause Of the people was maintained for
oinely years. Russia, with population oi
scores OF millions, was not abIe to place heI
yoke upon the necks OF nne-ht:lelh tina
number and ii was only when Clrcascla
became distracted iE her councils, and he
people consequently dishearened, so much
50 that large portion OF them emisraleC
10 The adjoining empire OF Turkey, that
Russia was able 10 say she held the country
a proper union OF parties and OF lneresu
in all of these countries may yet brine
about their dsinhralmen,.
So 1t is with political parties. The h!S
tory OF ihe civilized world is full OF in
stances Of failure arising from want OF una
nimiy, and OF success from harmony. W.
need hardly point you 10 party OF to-day
possessing power heretofore unknown il
our counHy-lhe power oI the bayonel,- =
aud place, through that power. How wa
this party formed? 1t was formed as vnl
lures form parties. They scented the teaS
alar Of Aunageddon was ioreseen. pIoph
cts of evil ioteshadowed shoddy-- --shoddy
contracts, and plumber, al the expense
the blood OF hundreds oi thousands For
ieigned purpose The power o: Ihe peopI
was seized upon. A false issue was rals
ed-a pretended reason assigned, and thou
sands of good aud true men rushed forwar
to be suhordnaIed and disciplined to ac
complish the purposes OF the hesr'less an
unpatrio,c few. Who does not remembe
that it was pretended at the beginning
the war that il was 10 be war solely
maintain the supremacy OF the Const'lrlio
and laws and by that the Integrity OF tn
Union? Who does not remember how ca
ueslIy il was ptomised TO the soldiers and
the country that lhore should be no subj
gallon, no interference with The relations
the States, OF they domestic institutions
including the institution CT slavery? II
assertion may be ventured that each one
YOU remembers one or more scenes
wordy strife among your acquaintance
arising from the ind!gnalirn of some "lo
al" man, he being accused OF Abolition pI
tliyities