Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-03-18


wounds, and bruises ,and putrefyiDg sores;
and down he sat. A cruel picture he had
of himself. There was no song sung, but
the leader passed on 10 tHournful mood to
the next brother and asked him to give an
account OF is spiritual life. and he rose
and said, "As to myself, bfother Leader
| have nothing to say but / can bear most
willing testimony that everything that
brother A has said 10 reference to himself
is literally and strictly true" tLaugh-
ter. So, sir, on this occasion have
nothing to say myself further than that
every word that brother Hale has said in
regard TO this party in judgement is liter
ally and strictly true, Laughter.
Now, sir,I wish the country to take note
of this. We gave them full warning four
years ago that If the now dominant party
dominant in power, but not more numer-
ou, in nunbers,as would have been shown
if there had been fair expression of the
popular will at the late election-obtained
the rens Of power, ins,ead of some sixty,
or seventy, or ninety. millions of dollars
being spent in year, the amount would
reach hundreds Of millions. And We said
more--I mean no personal offence; but
the honorable Senator said that however
unpopular it was he must speak the truth,
and I am now simply speaking the truth
we told the people then that if this party
ever got into power they would steal more
ia one year from the public Treasury than
any Democratic Administration had ex-
pended during its continuance. And let
me say here that the thanks of the coun-
try are due to distinguished member oi
the other House from Massachusetts who
admitted the fact that in the first year o
this Republican Administration more had
been stolen from the public Treasury thar
had been expended during the whole o
Mr.. Ruchanan's Administration.
Mr.. President, let me say to-day, il
my place in tho Senate Of the United States
in the presence Of tho country, that sucl
expositons as the honorable Senator from
New Hamshirr has made Of his party thi
day caused me to be glad and 10 rejoic,
that was born in the good old Democr at.
ic party that pure and glorious party tha
CorhmenEea alridst with the birth of the
country aud never ceased to exist until it!
country died. | have sat here day afte
day and from year TO gear, and heard ,h,
party whose portrait the honorable Seno
tor from New Hampshire has - htJ
drawn represented Is the seat Union par
ty of the couptrv. and | have heard The
narty TO which every ancestor ever had
sin~o the birth OF parties in this country
belonged, the good old Democratic party
into whicl, was born and in connection
with which | mean to die, denounced as ;
disloyal and disunion party. Sir, sa.
again, looking at the ph,tograph presence
to the Senate by the great artist from New
Hampshire, thai l and every other Demo
crat have cause this day to rejoice that W
belong to that good, noble party, FOR thanl
God though its counsels cannot now b
needed, the history Of the country havin
shown that it and it alone is able to guild
the ship Of State trough the temp estuou
billows into bayens of safety, it shall yc
rise and rejoicing thousands shall say t
it when again it shall launch forth on III
broad ocean.
Sail on, sail on, oh ship Of State
Sail on. oh party strong and great
| Humanity with all its fears,
| With all its hopes Of future years;
Is hanging brea,hclss on thy fate.
| We know what masters laid thy keel
| What workman wrought thy ribs OF steel
Who made each mast, aud sail, and rope,
What atvils rung, what hammers beat,
| In what forge and what a Heart
| Were shaped the anchors Of thy hope.
| Fear not each sudden sound and shock
"Tis Of the wave and not the toCk:
'Tis but the Happing Of the sail,
Aud not rent made by the gale.
In spite of rock nd tempesrs roar,
In spite ofGalse tights the shore,
Sail On, nor fear to breast the sea,
our hearts our hopes all with thee
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
| Our hopes triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thee, all with thee"
The same party shall again, sir, in ii
providence Of Goo, if he has not eatirel
fotsaken this people, be restored to pow
! er, and its counses yet shsll be the coul
sells Of the nation for a grateful pcop
after being instructed by afiicticns, ,humi
lated by suffsrings, will recollect that whc
| that party assumed the helm Of power V
' numbered not five million people, and v
Q numb bered only about fifteen States, but
0 the brief period of sixty years we ncreas'
: to thirty million people and TO thirty.fo
y States. Aud, sir, let me tell you hiatt
Q history Of the republican party is writ
e in the words dismemberment and destrr
4 | tion aud that of tho Democratic mar