Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-09-26
important to Every Voter.

1St. The Negro. The DlsunIon party Ia
vor negro suffrage Every man is in favor
of giving the negro civil protection. But II
is not necessary to give him the privilege Of
the elective franchise in order to do this.
Aliens are protected, women are defended,
children are guarded by the civil law, with
out having the privilege of voting. The
Disunion party go in for negro suffrage. Is
it necessary? Is it reasonable? is 1T pos
sible? Is it advisable?
3D. Class Legislation. The Disunionists
favor class legislation. No law should be
passed that will discriminate in favor of the
negro or prefer him bofore the white man,
vet the last Disunion Congress did little else
during the last session but pass laws favor
ing the negro. The civil rights bill exoner-
ates him from the penalty of State laws and
gives him great advantages over the white
man in Court, granting him the privilege of
being tried in the Courts Of the United
States for offences against the State, while
the white cilzen is amenable to the penal
ties of State laws. Is this justG
3D. Expenditures. The Freedmen's Bu-
reau Bill, anoGher Disunion measure, makes
large appropriations, amounting to some
twenty millions of dollars, to feed lazy and
idle freedmen, who are as able to work as
the taxpayers of the North. Is this right?
Is it advisable? Congress voted two thou
sand dollars to each of its members in the
shape of extra pay. Was this necessary !?
Was it advisable to increase the present bur-
dens of the nation to the tune of seven hun
dred thousand dollars? These are all Dis
union measures. "a
4th. State Rights. The Disunion party
favor a consolidated government. We think
Pennsylvania State should have the control
of her own election laws, &c. We always
have maintained that right. IF she has that
right, so should every other State have a
similar right The Disunion party are op-
posed to State Rights. The Democratic
party are in favor of State Rights and in
favor of Union Of States only for general
purposes and general defence.
18th. Soldiers Bouaf;es Congress gave
only one-fourth of the soldiers any bounty
at all, and to those they only gave about one
hundred to two hundred dollars a piece,
without making any appropriation for its
payment, while the negro soldier is paid
three hundred dollars in money already ap-
propriated Is this just? Is it patriotic?
9th. Representation. Is it right to tax
the South and refuse them representation
Is it just for one portion of the Union to
make laws taxing another portion who have
no representatives in Congress? The Dis
union party say yesl The Democratic parry
say no The signers of the Declaration of
Independence said no!
7h. Ecempttng Bonds From Tar. The
poorest man in the North has to pay his
share of the general National debt, while
the rich man can put his money into U. 5.
Bonds and escape taxation. This is the pol
icy of the Disunion party. Is itjust? Is it
honest to do so?
Sh amending the Constitution. Is it
necessary to disturb that ancient and honor
able document that emanated from the
brains of the founders of our Republic? !?
The Disunion parry say that amendments
aie necessary. The Democrats say not. Is
it necessary to say in it that mo State shall
pass any law abridging the privileges or the
immunities Of any citizen, when it is known
that the laws of every State protect even
aliens? Is it desirable to change the basis
of representation that has stood unchanged
for nearly century? We say no. Is it
necessary to say in the Constitution that the
Rebel debt shall not be paid, when the Rebel
bonds themselves say so? These bonds pro-
vide foT payment only on the condition that
the United States acknowledge the Indepen-
dence of the Rebel States. Isit it necessary
then to change the fundamental law of the
land for this? The Disunionists say it is.
We say no.
oh. Forgiceness. Is it part of the
creed of Christian people to forgive, or is
it part of their creed not to forgive? Are
we not all Rebels against-not human
but Divine Government? If we will not
forgive rebels against human law, can we
expect forgiveness, who are rebels against
Divine law? Is eternal enmity desirable?
10th Prosperity. Is it not the true policy
of this Government and the heartfelt wish
Of every patriot to see the whole country
prosper-the cotton interests as well as the
coal interests-the sugar interests as well as
the corn interests? I? Are we not all concerned
in cheap cotton and sugar? Every additional
pound of cotton, tobacco, rice or sugar that
is raised in the South makes such articles SC
much cheaper in the North. Do we not
then stand in our own light when we oppose
Southern prosperity? Are not our own
merchants, mechanics and manufacturers op-
posing their own interests by opposing the
! South?
11h. Peace Does not a condition ol
peace and good-feeling prosper the country