Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-10-03

greatly annoyed at this demonstration. 1
came here to enjoy this theatrical perfor-
nance I,ciU6c glad to sec yo1t tomorrow
achen the President ar71res"
This is indeed more than the General could
have been expected to say, and more than
he generally does say upon any subject. He
is emphatically man of action, and when
he appeared at the head of the armies of the
Union he did not stop to explain to the reb-
els that he was about to fight in the Union
cause, his presence there was the best expla-
nation he could give, and the world asked no
questions upon that score.
And so his voluntary presence at the right
hand of the President during his recent
tour silently endorsing every word he said
in defence of his country, was more signii-
cant than volume of arguments, and much
the best explanation he could make to his
countrymen of the position he occupied upon
the overruling question of reconstruction.
He was not there in an official capacity
certainly, and the President could not have
obliged him to go, and we can therefore only
regard it as voluntary endorsement upon
his part of the policy the President is pur-
suing to restore our shattered and bleeding
country.
The radicals know too well the weight that
the General viii carry with him in the ap-
preaching election, to let him off so easily.
They have exhausted their efforts to win him
over to the disunion side, they have failed
- 6 l.,
lips, they cannot point to a single act of his
which indicates chance of separation from
the President ; and they have therefore fall
len back upon lying, that never failing source
from which all their most effective ammuni-
ton is drawn They have put a speech into
General Grant, mouth which they know he
cannot contradict in print without being
drawn into political controversy, and they
think the chances are against his undertak-
ing this, at least until after the election is
over, and then it will matter little to them,
for the lie will have borne its fruit, and they
are beyond the reach of the shame that
would haunt and humiiiate conscientious,
honest and honorable men.
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Rooms, |
S2S WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Democratic party IN its platform of
principles, adopted at Harrisburg, on the
5th day of March, 1866, resolved
l. That the States whereof the people
were lately IN rebellion are integral parts of
the Union, and are entitled to representa-
tor in Congress, by men duly elected, who
bear true faith to the Constitution and laws,
and In order to vindicate the maxim that
taxation without representation is tyranny,
such representatives should be forthwith ad
mitted
2. That the faith of the republic is pledged
to the payment of the national debt, and
Congress should pass all laws necessary for
that purpose.
g. That the white race alone is entitled to
the control Of the government of the Tepub-
lic and we are unwilling to grant to negroes |
the right to vote.
Upon this platform we placed our candi-
date for Governor, and with these principles !
we confidently look for success in this con-
test.
Our opponents in their Convention, held
at Harrisburg on the 7th day of March, 1866,
also, adopted platform, and nominated a
candidate. The principles they ennunciated
appear to be lost sight of, and the proposed
constitutional amendment takes their place
as the rule of Radical orthodoxy, and to it
their candidate gives his unhesitating sup
port.
Negro equality and negro suffrage are the
essential elements in that amendment. By
it the negro is made the equal of the white
man in all his privileges and immunities."
The right of Pennsylvania to make laws to
regulate the. migration of negroes into the
State is denied and she is deprived of her
just share of representation In Congress un-
less her Constitution be amended and the
negro allowed to vote.
The Radical candidates for Governor and
for United States Senator their leaders Of
public sentiment their speakers and their
newspapers open advoeatesef this amend
ment, and their practice aceords with their
profession, for they mingle with the negro in
social intercourse, in political conventions,
and in public professions.
We hold that the negro is not the equal of
the white man, and, whilst we accord to him |
freedom and protection of person, with the
right to enjoyment of the fruits of his labor
and aid in intellectual advancement, we af-
firm that our own race IS entitled to control |
the entire machinery of the government.
Sustain this amendment, and you give the
negro the right to aid in governing you de
feat it, and you maintain your own right OF
sovereignty.
Erery man ,oho rotes for Geary or for
Radical candidate for Congress, rOtes as
distinctly for negro suffrage and negro eqat-
ity as If they ioere printed on has ballot.