The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-10-29
To Democrats who EeeD sgap
TO the Music of tE.e Union.


could not be other than War Democrats,
when war was waged for the ayowed pur-
pose Of dividing and virtually destroying
our country We were Union Democrats
when to be so subjected Us to the reproach
of loving and cherishing Slaverv We
were still Union Democrats when to be So
u1P0soa 7-Ui7forIuy eeslsi.nss ths --ie.
lent subverslon OF Slavery. The principles
of Jefferson, Madison, and jackson were
and are ours they have been freshly and
nobly illustrated IN council by our laEnen-
ted Dickinson, Douglass, and Brough
and in the field by Philip Kearney. John
Sedgwick. Isaac l. Stevens, and their
compatriots. We viii not speak IN praise
Of the living but there is no man-wor-
ship IN the proud tear that We give to the
memory Of our patriot dead
Secession was an appeal from the ballot
to the bullet. It was an attempt to es-
tablish by force dog1nas which had been
charged upon the Democratic Party by its
enemies as necessarily y resulting from It's
principles, but which that party had al
ways diEclaimed, and had, IN sustaining
Gen. jackson resistance to Notification.
practically repudiated Having then
shown that Democracy Is not Nullifcatioa.
we have in our day been called to prove
that 1t Is not Disunion We regard the
demonstration as conclusive
When the struggle OF cur fathers for a
redress Of grievances had resulted in the
recognition of their independence. that
large minority Of the American People
who had mistakenly but conscientiously
adhered to the British Crown. forever
abandoned '-The Lost Cause" They
ceased to be Britons or RoYalists, and be-
came republican Americans. The rieht
Divine of Kings to govern wrong was
thenceforth no part Of their creed They
melted into the mass Of their country1nen.
attached themselves to one or the other OF
the parties into which those countrvmen
were soon divided, and had thenceforth.no
distinct existence. Is wise men and good
citizens, they could do not otheTwise-
1,1sining distinetirely 1ozies, and they
acted accordingly
Such should have been the course Of
our misguided countryrnen. who plunged
or were drawn into the Southern REBEL
ion That Rebellion having been put down,
they should have been foremost IN seeking
to consign It's bitter memories to oblivion.
a great majority OF them have seen fit to
take a very different course. Even IN
States that adhered to the Union, like
/ Kentucky and Maryland, they have chos-
/ en- to band together and dictate platforms
and candidates to the only party they deem
worthy Of their favor or support. Ii States
I further South, not content with m9nopo-
/ lizing power, they insist en- reviving dog
mas and aggray ating distinctions which
/ have no rightful relation 10 existing condi-
tons While Slavery existed, Il was Meth
er practicable nor safe 10 treat even Free
! Blacks In Slave States as entitled 70 the
+ rights of rien. To educate them, receive
! their testimony against whites, and allow
them to keep and bear arms, was 10 agEra-
vate the dangers Of condition already
+ full of peril. Sensible men might regret,
and even condemn. the necessity, but not
! the legislation which simply recognized
and conforned to 1t.
/ But, the war having resulted in the
overthrow OF Slavery, every act con
ceived in and impelled by the spirit Of
! the defunct institution was d wanton as
sault on the triumphant Union. 1t said
to the victors, You had power to free
the slaves but we have power TO make
their freedom curse TO them It WIS 4
new war waged against The Republic in
the person Of the weakest and humblest Of
her loval children. 1t inaugurated op-
preston and social anarchy at the South,
while it necessarily revived dissatisfaction
and bitterness at the North-
We long observed this IN silence, but
not without regret We hoped that it
I would pass away with the modification Of
unexpected defeat, the pangs Of keenly-
+ felt disappointment, the chagrin Of high
raised expectations suddenly blasted. In
/ stead Of this, matters have steadily tended
from bad to worse, until they eliminated,
in the late Democratic National Cenven-
ton. IN the nomination for President OF :.
candidate whose course throughout the
war was III striking contrast 10 that ol
Gen. Dix and Democrats OF his school
with a nominee for Vice President who
owed his selection wholly % his fresh, de-
Iiberate recommendation that the next
President should undertake to subvert ex-
isting State Governments, and nullify acts
Of Congress by naked force. without even
pretense Of legislative OF Judicial author
itv for so doing. There Is no precedent
for so reckless a proposition from an ex
alted source, To euthrone anarchy and llshi
afrcsh the fires Of civil war, even before
the houses have been rebuilt which 0uI
late war laid IN ashes.
We have waited patiently for the cor
rection Of errors which, If Left uncorrected
must prove fatal To their endorsers. TX
have waited n vain Even the late sigma
manifestations of public sentiment, whicL