The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-07-10
Communicated.

Communicated.
SuGARLoAT June 80 1865.
Mr.. ACuENBACH Dear Sir !; | have
ance of your rejoinder in the "RepubH-
can" of the eleventh of June. In regard
to the publication of our correspo ndence
/ yielded to the wishes of friends, who
thought it would interest others beside
ourselves, both your friends and mine.
In your original letter you asked mt
to answer them, / did so, plainly, fully |
and candidly, | was in hope, if you re-
piled, your would affirm or deny, and |
give you reasons, in reference to each |
one, and thus make n little controversy !
that would be both interesting, and |
profitable, but instead, you have given |
IL great many things that are irrelevant |
to the questions at issue. To follow you |
through all this, wonld make an article
that would weary the finger. of the
Printers to set up, and patience of the
| reader to read it.
\ few remarks on the points that you
| have touched are all that We can give at
| this time. There is one general obser-
walton to be made in regard to your re-
ply. If the North was all Republican,
the South alone Democratic, ,and lived
| in the South, then some of your remarks
might apply, for you keep up tine idea
all through, that whatever was done by
the rebels, was done by the Democratic
party. Now this is ungenerouS, for you
know rs well us /, that rs soon rs the
war commenced, communications were
interrupted between the two sections,
and the Democrats of the North had no
connection with those of the South.
You asked, what were the principles
of the Democratic party since lS60?'
answer, the same as they advocate since
1900. You implicitly deny this by ask
ing "did the Fathers advocate the right
of secession ," "did Washington, Jefler-
son, Madison, Monroe or Andrew Jack
son advocate that doctrine ?" no, cer-
tainly, and | will tell you what else
they did not do. They did not endeavor
} to engraft the princi pie of Monarchy into
the American Constitution, they did
not attend the Hartford Convention to
consider the propriety of seeding from
the Union, they did not burn blue
lights on the hills of New England, to
guide the enemy into port, they did not
petition Congress for Il separation OF the
; States they did not endorse and rec
commend the "lIclpcr-book" that was
Il fire brand Of discOrd, they did not car
ry around persons, and some Of them
: Wenches, who taught the people, &c
. vote for an Anti-Savery President and
| let the Union slide, they did not place
= Sharp's rifles in the hands of a kansa,
| murderer, and money in his pocket
7 that he might invade the rights of Nir
= ginia, and when he was hung, as he de
' served to be, they did not defy hin
: and place him on the Throne with tn
Saviour OF the world, and make hi
Il "marching soul" the slogan Of Frat
T. ricidal war, all this,an more than 9th
!, ers did, they did not, no, they did no.
i teach secession before the war, and i
h did not matter 50 much, who taught i
| after the war cOmmpncrd,as who laugh
u it before, and by thcir teaching hclpd I,
l. bring ii ON. Nor did the Democrats
t. party teach it or advocate il after th
" war began, nor since it CLOSED. def,
e you to show FROM amy platform, cithc
+ National. State or ronuty, or FROM th
l. +, solutions of auy nrcliuy of any n,,
u thoritic,, or lruIn the sprrchc- of an
60 acknowledged leader. that they. "udy,
i Gated the right Of secession" Uid t.ri
Mcclellan whom your party repIdiAtr
l. because hc mudc~tly pr,pn,od 10 carr
Il on the war in Il Constitutional manner
ii Did james buchanan whom hi~tor
= will vet yindicatc, and whose dyiu
4 words are worthy to bc engraved il
l. gold, and hung at the bedside of ever,
l President and every Congressman, thi,
: when they lie down to sleep, they ma
= pray in the language of the Sage {
+, Mheatlaud "t,od hlc>, my Country"
y W.dns,y tha" 4 lien and Scditiun ,ur
Q fry law.p wore counting IN the suiri, ,
% American freedom. and the ueoule 4.
o dao;aoI hy thnir triumuh,nt ,,o.ii,,
al ~ 49,, -
vi MT 'eH''9o"' hou say 'hVSe III"
were made to punish the guilty and nt
rs the innOcent.n Guilty of what? ,