North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-08-01
ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS.
The Radicals Preparing for Civil War.
MORE BLOOD LETTING REQUIRED TO CE-
MENT THE UNION.

MENT THE UNION.
From the following letter of Hon. Mr..
Raymond, Republican member OF Con-
gress, and editor of the New York Times,
it would appear to be the opinion of the
Radicals in Congress that blood enough
has not been shed to sat isfy their insatiate
thirst. They require that much larger
national debt, greater taxation, more mise
ry suffering and woe, shall be entailed up.
on the country, that more horrible scenes,
more years of blood, devastation and car
mage, are to be experienced before the peo-
pie can be prepared for the blessings of
free government. We do not believe il.
The Democracy of the country, the ration
al and conservative men of every State of
the whole Union do not believe it, and
they, together with every other voter of
any party who desires The preservation Of
the liberties bequeathed by the patriots of
the Revolution, will exert himself to pre-
vent the direst calamity that can befall tie
country.
We present the letter of Mr.. Raymond
below, and hope that it will not only be
read, but that the reader will seriously
ponder the danger with which the lives,
liberty and property of the whole country
are now threatened. We ask now, can
reasonable and rejecting men pause as to
the course they should pursue? We sub
NIT to them if the Radicals now in power
are not as much the enemies of free gov
ernment, Of pure republican government
as was King George the III, or Charles the
II. of England? And will the people,
can they hesitate as to the course to be pur-
sued in the approaching contest Can
they hesitate to make the Convention of
the 18th August next an eternal barrier to
the nefarious designs Of the Radicals?
WAsHNGToN, SUNDAY, July Is. 1866.
The Union party in Congress is just
now experiencing panic of more than
usual severity, more credit to its zeal than
| to its discretion.
You may have noticed the passage in
the House, few days since, OF resolu-
ton offered by General Paine, of Wiscon-
son, calling on the States to organize, dis
cipline and equip their militia, and direct
ing tha; two thirds Of the arms, ordinance
and ammunition now under custody of the
Gene Al Government be distributed among
| the Street.-The distribution among the low
al States to take place Immediately. and
that among the States lately in rebellion to
be postponed until further orders. The
resolution came up from the Committee on
Military Affairs, and was pushed to a vote,
withcut debate or delay, under the pre-
vious question. 1t attracted as little atten-
ton iu Congress as it has in the country
and the public will doubtless receive with
incredulty the assurance that it was in
tended by those who secured its passage as
the first step tO'Oards preparing for another
war. Although no debate was had upon
it, members were urged to vote for it by
direct conversational appeals on the floor
on the part of the few who were prlvy to
its introduction. Some were told that il
was necessary to enable the Southern 10y
alists to protect themselv"s-others that it
was simply matter of detail in the War
Observation-Disclosures that the arms must be
taken out of the hands Of the President,
and others that it was proposed at.the in
stance of the Secretary of War. An ap-
peal was made by Mr.. kasson, of Iowa to
allow debate upon it, as it seemed to be a
matter of Importance but this was refused
Most of the leading and rejecting Rad
icals in Congress take this view of the po-
ltical future If the fall elections result in
the choice of Northern Democrats enough
TO constitute, when added to the members
from the Southern States, a majority of the
House, they assume that this majority,
thus constituted, will claim to be the Con.
gress, and will act accordingly, and that
they will be recogniz d by the President
as the body to which he will send his mes
sage, and whose sessions he will, if the
necessity should arise. protect bv military
force. They assert, on the otherl hand that
the Union members from the loyal States
if they constitute a majority from those
States will claim to be the only legal Con-
gress, and will, Unnecessary, invoke an in
surrection of the people to maintain them
in that position. They do not in the least
conceal their purpose, in the event of such
a collision, to appeal to force, and to "drive
the rival Congress, with the President and
his Cabinet and supporters, into the Poto.
mac, to use the lang1age of one of the
abIest and most sincetc of their number
IF YOU will recall the remarks of Mr.. Bout
! well. of Massachusetts,, in the last weeks
first caucus. you will see this movement
clearly foreshadowed, indeed avowed.-
He declared his belief that an issue Of
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