North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-10-04
IMPORTANCE OF THE APPROACH
ING ELECTION.
To the Democrats of wyoming County.

Possible restoration of the government; TO its
normal condition, and of having speedy end
Of military rule in every part of our affl 'cted
country we desire to address ourseif now, as
it Is the last opportunity we shall have to do
so before the approaching election. We
have heard it suggested that you are likely
to deem this election an unimportant one,
and will not. therefore, torn out as literally
10 the polls as you are accustomed to do at
our general elections.
Now, we desire to suggest to any who
nay possibly entertain this delusion, that
your interests were never more deeply in
vulved in an election than they are in the sp-
preaching one.
You are to decide in favor of, or against a
postponement, for an indefinite period, of the
restoration of the government to its normal
condition, involving the continuance Of stand
of military rule, army and shoddy contractors
frauds upon the government, and all the
multip led abuses incident to condition of
war managed and conducted in the interest s
uf political party.
You are to decide in favor of, or against the
continuance of this state Of things until the
people of the Southern States shall be driven
in the extremity of their despair, TO consel t
to negro suffrage, for the benrfi', and in obe-
dience to The arrogant demands Of the Rad.
cal wing of the Republican party.
1t is true that some Of the organs of that
party deny that this quest ion is involved in
the coming election. So did they deny in
1860, that the question of aboIi non was In
volVed IN that ele ctiun, and uuder that fal>e
pretence succeeded In their purposes and
then declared that the result was a grea
abolition Vlc'ory-that the American people
in ele citing Mr.. Lincoln had decided in fav or
of the abol ton policy-convc niently forget
ting, however, tha: Mr.. Lincoln was elected
upon minority of the popular vote Of about
one million votes.
So now, they disguise the. real issue ir-
vnlved in this contest. But should they
succeed in their desperate Efforts to carry the
principal northern states, they will as Ger
taiDly proclaim the result as a decision in ia
vor of negro suffrage as they did the result in
1860 as decision in favor of abolition. Is
1t asked, what than Why, then, who can
say that President johnson will moi yield tn
their pressure, just as President Lincoln
yielded and finally acquiesced in their EN-
phatic and oft repeated assertions that elec
ton was an abolition victory Should h.,
point them to their multiplied t1enlals that
his declared policy of res toration was invulv
cd IN the contest, they would poiut him to thu
New England programme, issued months he
fore the election, and to the public speech f
Henry Winter Davis, Of Charles Sumner, of
Thad. Stevens, and others OF the CONTROLLING
spirits in that party, declaring in effect tina,
negro suffrage is republican necessity, that
without it their party must e. down f,rever,
and therefore civil government must not b.,
permitted in the Southern States and their
Representatives must be excluded from Con
gress until they shall be compelled to accsp,
the policy thus dictated to them.
But shall the decision of PenYsylvania
New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Indiana b..
adverse to the monstrous policy so persist
emily urged upon the President by the rad
ical leaders, We may hope that he will be
BILE TO rally ar und him sufficient strength l."
enable him speedily To c"nsummate his plan
Of restoration. That plan is the only One H. at
can save the country from the indefinite Goa
tInuance Of evils that have already brought it
to the verge Of ruin. So far as the President
is right We are bourd TO yield 10 hlm a.
cheerful support as if he had been elected by
our votes. ia .
The expenses of the government still ex
ceed two millions of dollars per day. This
terrible leak must be stopped, or the old ship
must 60 down. You are to decide Whether
1t shall be stopped at once, or continue in
definitely. TIE policy of the radicals, If they
shall succeed in the elections, will continue
it, at all hazards, until they can save their
party with the he'll p Of the negrp Vote.
This is the real issue. and these the con.
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