Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-03-27
CONSERVATISM.

i1uicui VuTty, Wbo years ugouo unltcu III JIG
crusade against the Democratic party upon
the following premises; First, that the re.
sponsibility Of the then pending war rested
solely with the South, tho North, in their
opinion, being entirely free from anything
like completely in the matter whatever. Sec.
ond, that the war would be waged by the Ad-
ministration for the speedy suppression Of
insurrection, and the restoration Of the Union
with the rights Of State and people unim.
paired. Accepting this Aattering hypothe-
sis as correct, the deduction was easily
drawn that the Democracy, in differing with
the policy of the Administration, necessarily
stood opposed to the logic by which the con-
servative class argued the correctness Of
their position. How nearly correct, or rather
how far from being so was thisconservative.
war.democratic. Union.republican, aMgenus
hon,num syllogism, the results Of the past
two years, have most satisfactorily demon
strated. From its inception, the Democratic
party foresaw what would inevitably result
from civil war, and with unerring intuition
they read the covert designs of abolitionism.
The Democracy never opposed war for the
Union, from the simple fact that there has
been no war waged for any such purpose.
The party, to-day, is read.', as it always has
been, to fight for the Union itprotests now,
as ever against disunion, whether soSght
to be accomplished by ,cnr Or the more in
siduous process of Rump Legislation. The
present lamentablc condition Of public af-
fairs is but the fulfillment Of tho warnings
repeatedly sounded by the Democracy. They
have never been derelict in duty. To the
honor Of that great constitutional party, be
it said, it never shrank from danger. Its
leaders, as well as the rank and file, have
bravcd everything, and always have persist
emily refused to bend the knee before the
idols Of abolitionism, and this too when the
terrors Of the bastile or cxpatriation were
ever before them. Having, at the beginning,
plainly and most unequivocally indicated
the purpose Of the struggle forced upon an
unwilling people, the Democracy can point
to its infamous result as their proudest vim
dication. History. with its iron pen, has
engraven upon everlasting tablets the infa-
my and crime Of the leaders and abettors Of
the pseudo Republican party. Douglas, in
his Hayes letter, written from Washington,
dated December 90, 1860, employed the fol-
lowing language: MANY of the Republican
leaders desire dissolution Of the Union, and
urge war as a means Of accomplishing dis
union" The experiment Of dissolving the
Union by war was tested; after sanguinary
failure Of four years duration, this plan was
abandoned US unfeasible, and Rump legisla-
ton adopted a. the surest and most speedy.
1t may seem strange to some, yet in view
Of the past and present, we still have hope
forthe country. Aboltion.radicalism, drunk.
en- with blood and blinded by success, has
thrown off all restraint, and its insanity and
devilish hate are beginning to open the eyes
Of those who, under misapprehension, have
acted with them. 1t is hardly possible that
men now in the radical organization, who
really want to see q restored Union, can
longer fellowship with the rump traitors, who
have used as a hobby and prostituted to
their base purposes the dearest chord in the
American heart. Clinton Democrat.
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The LADY's FRIEND FOR APRIL, 1867
There is something little out Of the usual
way in the finely executed Steel Engraving
which leads off the April number of thi.
charming magazine. 1t is the picture Of
two children gazing with wonder and awe