Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-03-07
CoMMUNICATIoNs
[For the Columbia Democrat & Star of the North /
Messrs. JACoBY Il lKGLER,

Messrs. JACoBY 4 lKsLEs -
Gentlemen Five years ago
to-day, witnessed the Inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln, as the first sectional
President of the United States of Amer
lea. 1t was indeed dark dag for our
then peaceful, beloved and happy couu-
try, and was initiatory of all the evils
Ut War, Bloodshed and Devastation with
which We have since been overwhelmed.
God grant that this is the last sectional
curse that may ever blight the fair escut.
cheon OF our Fathers blood bought and
undying heritage-a Democratic Country
aud White mans government.
History records the undeniable fact
that since the organization OF this gos-
ernment, its destlnies have but twice
fallen into the hands and been under the
control OF the Tories. In 1898 it hap
pened in the election. to the Presid enc y
Of John adams, aud again in leo, By
the election OF Abraham Lincoln The
I first Tyrant iwmortalizad his name il
the '.keigu of Terror, AID forced upon
lbe country the "Alien and Sedition
Laws. The second Dcspot, placed
the descendants of the Tories In power
the followers Of the elder A Adams-wbo
/ disregarding the fundan entail laws oi
the land, substituted the Military in
stead of the Civil Law, inaugurated
Martial Law for. the government of a
1 civil people, declared war 10 q3rcseyUe
the Republican party and GnAihllate the
Democracy and after four years of un-
heard of cruelty and Ppres.ion-during
which the land was, as DANIEL WEB
sTER predicted it wou!d be, if the aboLi
I ton fanatics again got into power,
''drenched IN Blood ~
Thus were the food-gases of death
/ opened throughout the land BIZ the power
OF the Bayonlt and the corrup,ing inAu.
ence of Money. Honest men beca me
supernumeraries, and great rogues got
office. The tide OF rascality, it is be-
lisved, is being turned, aud brighter
day now dawDs upon the country.
President JOHNSON, following the he
roc example of the immortal Jackson,
has tarown hi, influence into the breach
end will despoil The power of the Rump
Congress. 10 his speech at Washington,
on the 22d of February last, be openly
! denounced Thad S'evcus, Charles Sum.
ner and Wendell Phillips, as enemies to
the country and traitors to the Union.
Democrats of Columbia, this is the day
of your rejoicing here is the highest
Wisdom in the country The Covers
meni, publicly pronOuncing your and
my lifelong political opponents, traitors
to the Laws, the Union and the Consti-
tntion. What a change.
We of the F.sbingcreek Valley, are
/ looking forward with great interest, to
/ The result of the Democratic State Con-
ventIOn. 1t is too late now 20 make a
I new nomination for Governor, bat if the
I choice of the Convention should not fa
upon a civilian in the person of Hon
HIEsTER CLYMER, or Judge ASA PACK.
Err, and it is to be a military man, then
] give US the soldser patriot and Statesman
4 Gen WILLIAM S. HANCOCK, of Mont
gomery coapty.
With either Of the gentlemen named
We will flo into the contest with victory
on our flag, aud never yield an inch, until
we drive the enemy from the field, and
Pennsylvania, redeemed and rege nerated
shall again be reinstated in the galaxy o.
Democratic States, aud recognized as Gh,
Arch of the federal Union.'
4 Benton DEMocRAT,
March 4, 1866.