The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-08-20

contained an article, which its editor SAID he
had "prepared with much care" C) purport-
ino 10 give the amount of our National in
debteGness, and the proportionate share OF
that Indebtedness, which each county in the
State is bound to bear, directly or indirectly,
together with the yearly interest thereon
Monroe county's share is set down in the
statement thus "prepared with great care
by our iHdefatigable neig hbor, at 81, ,SS2,3'o.
The annual interest on this sum is set down
at Sl73,924 Sc. And the whole blame LOT
the creation of this vast debt is laid on the
shoulders of the Republican party, by our IN
dcfatigable neighber, who prepared with
mucb caro- the statement as aforesaid.
But, how is this! The debt certainly
prew ou, of the great war of the rebellion.
That war was began by Southern Demo
Gratis. in fulflment Of threats made by North
ern Democrats that the South would surely
resort 10 the bullet and bayonet, in case It's
pretensions were defeated at the ballot box.
The war was inaugurated by the Southern
Democracy, during the administration of
James Buchanan, n Democratic President,
and when the Democrats had all the power
of the Government in their own hands
James Buchanan, the Democratic President,
suffered the Treasury to be robbed of all its
! funds, the arsenals of all arms and ammuni-
5 ton, the forts to be occupied, and all Prepa-
! ration to be made by the Southern Dcmocra-
: CIV to destroy the Government, because he
did not, or pretended he did not, believe that
the constitution and laws gave him authority
to 'coerce State," even TO save that gov
ernment which he had taken solemn oath
to support and protect. lie did not dare, c.
ven to provision or reinforce a fort on South
ern territory, for fear that the act might be
construed into a cocrcive measure, and the
DEAR rebelious, Southern Democratic breth-
!, crn might become still more offended there
II at. He ended his presidential career, by
<, turning the Government over 10 Mr.. Lin
coin with Democratic rebellion fasten-
ed, as a vampire, at its heart.
Having commenced in time TO be ready by
. the incoming of the new administration, the
Southern Democracy, sure of The sympathies
C of their Northern brethren, greeted Mr.. Lin
. coins advent into Office with preparation for
: the contest all perfected. In little moro
: than month after Mr.. Lincoln's Inaugural
. ton, those sterling Democrats, jeff Davis
J. Yancy, Toombs, Bureguard. Hampton, Lee
and their compeers in treason, thought the
time to "open the ball. had arrived, and
II Fort Sumter was battered to pieces, as a sorl
o of fen de joie over the biIth of the '.Confcd-
s crate States of America" founded on the
&c supposed ruins of the old government, and
J. the wiping out of the old flg The wal
> once began, the Democrats North. in sym.
pathy, joined with the brethern South, and
he aid and comfort furnished the latter, by
the former, enabled them to continue the
damnahle wickedness through four long and
d bitter years, when, by the united efforts Oh
{ the loyal men Of the country, it was sup
pressed.
. Commenced by Democrats South, in the
> interest of disunion, who were, in turn, sus
I tanned by Democrats north, the war against
e the Government was, cmphatically, Dem.
= cratic rebellion, and our enormous debt
> which could not have been created if The
Democrats had not rebelled, is just as en-.
n phatically q debt of Democratic creation-
n To say otherwise is to say that which the
J. truth cannot sustain. Our neighbor, there.
IN fore, but furnishes the evidence for his own
! party's condemnation, when he furnishes biz
a figures prepared with much care" which
A. if they exist at all in truth, exist only be
I'd cause Of the deyelish Vaccinations of tho
ic Democratic leaders North and Sonth Thd
sc we have on immense debt is only too true
lie but that VIC have debt at all, is because
2 his partizan friends resolved to ruin wher,
y they could no longer rule.
o En- pGssent.-We observed the array o
t. figures, which our indefatigable neighbo
prepared with SO much care" copied into
number of our Democratic exchanges, anc
u accredited to the Harrisburg Patriot d Z.
> aion. No doubt The Patriot d. Union stole
= IT from our neighbor. 1t is true some o
- these exchanges published il a week or two
before it appeared in the Monroe Democrat
but no matter. The Patriot d Union dc.
IL serves to have its head punched. Such bald
= faced stealing should not be allowed TO GO
d unrebuked.
u The Republicans of Carbon county have
IS presented Daniel Kalbfus, Esq for the con-