Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-04-22
Remarks Of Hon. Chas. e. Boyle

Remarks or Hon. Chas. e. Boyle
In order that tho readers Of tho DEMO.
cRAr may understand the position occupied
BY one Of tho mon selected ~ standard.
bearer Of tho Democracy, We give the 70.
marks Of our candidate for Auditor Gencr-
al, which ho delivered At his home in I'm.
iontown, 10 response TO Q serenado. With
such men as representatives Of our princi.
plos, we cannot fail to command success in
October and November In the old Keystone
State. After few local remarks, specially
designed, for his neighbors and friends ho
said:
Gentlemen, We stand upon the threshold
Of tho most momentous political struggle in
which the people Of. this country have ever
been engaged. It differs from all that have
preceded it in this; that while they involv-
ed questions Of governmental policy, many
Of them, it is true, vastly important. upon
the result of this depends the existence Of
the government ITSELF It is not now ques.
ton what the government shall do, but
rather whether it shall be preserved from
destruction. 90.
It is evident that the party which supports
Congress is carrying forward revolution.
The Constitution Of our fathers established
government Of three distinct branches
each supreme within its own domain, and
each intended to operate az balance to the
other. The powers Of each were clearly
limited and defined; and until within brief
period, the rights Of each were scrupuously
respected by the Others. But the party
against which we are contcnding, fatally
bent upon its destruction and aggrandize-
ment, and finding itself unable to obtain
control Of two Of the branches Of the gov.
ernmcnt, is attempting to concentrate in
the one which it does control, all the power
which should be distributed among the
three. Congress enacts laws plainly uncon.
stitutional, and then undertakes to deprive
the courts Of their clear rights to SO declare
them. 1t strips the President Of powers
conferred upon him by tho Constitution,
aud assumes them itself, or bestows them
upon its adherents. Not content with that,
it perfers articles Of Impeachment against
him, puts him on trial for the commission of
no offence, and not improbably will deprive
him of his Office and gil it with one Of its
own members. It has even been proposed
toabolish the Office altogether. It dissolves
the Union by Act Of Congress, after it was
preserved by the best blood Of the land. It
destroys ten States, some Of them Of the or.
iginal thirteen, and usurps the powers which
belonged to them alone. II refuses .admis-
sion to Senators and Representatives for the
illegal commission of offenses, and immedi.
ately thereafter admits its own partisans,
notoriously guilty Of the same acts.
This, I say, is revolution-this destroys
the government Of the Constitution, and
sets up another totally unlike it. Shall this
revolution be consummated, or will the peo-
pie arrest it, and restore and preserve the
government Of the fathers, the establish.
ment of which has always been regarded as
the grandest achievmentof human wisdom ?
There are other great questions involved in
this great struggle-none greater have ever
been passed by the American people-but
this one overshadows them all. Shall the
government be preserved?
wish to speak with no unnecessary as
perity of those who huld opinions different
from my own. There are good men, and
honest men, and men who love their coun.
try devotedly, who do not view the coming
struggle as we do. If We are right, let Us
hope that reflection will show them their
error, and the evils likely to result there.
from, before it is to late.
Thanking you, gentlemen, for this mani.
festation Of kindness toward myself and fol
this evidence Of devotion to the great party,
one Of whose humble representatives an
now, let me say that in this great struggle
feel confident you will be found where you
have ever been-battling for tho Constitu
ton of your country, and bravely contend
ing against the assailants, come whence they
may.