Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-09-27

Administration had tried to bribe Democrats.
but, thank 0ed,. they had failed. But thew
should not 90 any fsrther. They were about
! to be sesHH from We isrd by an indignant
people. They talked abods y rebellion down
South. t-t a e-.Ater rebellion had been in
progress in rht Serth."
DrAcsnAti. ASSAULTS on THK rISAS-
! tEs.
! II The Democrats thus did all they
could to prevent the government from
getting men, they wcse rot less eager to
cut off its supplies of money, by attacking
its credit, and keeping the prospects Of
population before the people
Nor have these persisteu: assaults up
on the credit Of the government ceased
with the triumphant close of the war
That has tiniieafei itself. but the public
debt i. thing IS we'll of the present
end the future, and the Democracy, who
grudge the object for which it wa, Great
(! ed, still continue their attacks upon it,
On May 81, 1865, the Democratic Judy-
ss cf The S.preme Court of Pennsylra-
1ia pronounced the Legal Tender Act un-
CONSTITUTIONAL, and Mr.. Edwa ara IngersolI,
in Ii, New Nork epeech Of April Is.
1853, attacsca the very cornerstone Of
public faith and national credit, and
boldly justifes reputation.
II shall deal with ,his question politically,
and inquire, for II moment, whether the ~
booin& and producing clsssee Of America are.
by our laws, or by our system Of governments,
or by sry code Of 1&~ s- honor. human or
d;-in- ec.nd 20 ae,uns ~. .sst,eu -. If.
on the contrary, it is revolutionary, and has
been crerated in violation sid in overthrow
Of our institutions, our daty a. conservative
and honest citizens is TO resist it and sup
port these institutions....... In short, sir, to
put the argument III word,
this is the debt Of Abolitionism. IL Abo-
litionism has been false to American in.titu-
tion.. .... then are the laboring and proiuc-
ing cl.sses - Americas under no obligation 10
it, s,frc.I" ff
This is not merely . sts.sdoric mani
festation Of individual se;aitous dishon-
esty, but an indication Of sleterminate.
party policy, which shows itself elsewhere
With wore Or less dis,isctn--a The
New York World occasionly experiments
upon the patience of it, readers with in
sidiou. comparisons between the Federal
debt The Ci-c;rcat.i hsA'-sr, The or
gsc Of The party in the Central West, is
moro outspoken. In it, issue Of (tn- 10
1860, it says:
"A. the good Mr. Sleek .sid y ths Pot
vstomies, We say Of thp public creditors. We
hope they will get their monsy.....,...-..W-
have always observed, tina, ~se- some men
begin to speak of rst psriLg 'beis debts. pro-
viding things ale ,ha, and ,hse; it i. net
long befsre they learn to drop the continccn-
cy aud 90 in for un-pay men, .itegeth.r
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLA NATION
wss NJ. Intended to soothc the exacerha-
tleHs cf Pre- slavery Democracy. and ~
surprise. therefore. can be ielt at its. call
ing !cfth denu-riations in every 6esree
of bitterness. Two examples will suffice
to show the tc,rrs. i. which it was receir-
ed Thus the .1ye of November Is, III.
in dulges in playful plsa.-ntry,
THE original dram II t.u Hraneip. ton
Proclamation il for sale c,'t ~t' And one
bid has been offered Of tve!rs tarifsi dol
lar. for it. Some Loyal Leng'r. ''aupes i,
may be secured for loysl Histc,,ssl Soci.-
IL. 4, = IN y
highway. which thi. 'cttestfic rascal had
drawn mp and foI gea the seal anil signature
10. recently sold in London fer- E2ID- just
eqals the price Oifere'l for the Emsncip.,ion
Pr lamation." E
The Philadelphia Erea;e3 Journal Of
January 90, 1866, wa., however. not dis
posed to re gard the subject in 50 jocular
, light. 1t quoted the following from
jefferson Dsyi., r-nent message concern
rs tie Proclamation, sf;i endorsed the
':lHsrss IS boirg ''trutht:i'r spoken =
at il also in effect an intin,ation to The
Worth sAat Hey mua pr.pdre TO su6.ait to a s.p-
a rstton Humanity shudders at the
lVrallihs s.rrcitiss which are being daily null
iplied under the sanction 1f those who have
;laimed temporary possession of the power
n the United States. and who are fast making
Is once fair name a rcprcach suong civilized
men,"
And the Jo,,rai proceeded TO comment
md enlarge upon this texs.
None Of the great bone it- predicted from
he Transcription Preclamstior have been re-
itsi The slaves hays &c. risen and cut
heir M9s,s.'s throsts, vs. .hc Abolitionists so
ondly hoped...s... Wen. ire s'svcs have not
isen, but it has been tt,r.S., the Providence
# God. aud no, from ths desire Of Mr. Lin
elm to the contrary. he iisucd his incet-
sry address TO them; :"t.ting them to strike
or freedom, bet tl,~y tSre remained faith
ully with theft Esas's.s. except where they
ave been drisen away at the point of the
ayonet by Fedora! troops. The Pre.i-
ent hrs jutt a. much right TO declare the
rsrriage tie dissolved in the South a. the
'ond Of nsstef and servant. One is as much
military necessity a. the other. Who but