The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-01
craven enough to be his tools. And

again submit to conscription. when
there is no hope Of exemption, We
do not for a moment believe. On
every hand We hear resolute and
determined men declare that they
will enter the army under no cir
cumstances whatever; from every
quarter We hear complaints and
threats OF open resistance to the
enforcement OF the coming draft,
and II we are to judge by these
signs there is danger and dark
ness ahead.
So long as there was chance
for escape-so long as money would
buy life. just so long were our peO-
pie willing to wait and hope, TO
suffer and submit. But now when
that privilege is taken from them
when the only road leading from
this door OF death" is closed
when this administration. that has
butchered as many on the battle
fields OF the south, as it received
votes at the polls, leaves them no
alternative but to stand by each
other at home or die In the
slaughter pens" along the borders
Il IL easy TO imagine which they
will choose, and what the ef1ect
OF that choice will be. Anarchy
and confusion is but little in the
advance. destruction and death but
await their time, and nothing but
Withholding the merciless hand OF
eonscription can turn them aside.
Let Abraham Lincoln and his ad-
yisers take warning. 1t Is no false
alarm that Ia sounded, for the de-
termination Of the people Is fixed
and this bloody butchery must
cease. II they are determined to
force them to the point when for
bearancs ceases 70 be virtue,
spon their heads will be the re-
sponsibility. Let them awake, for
tho danger = near-as close as
ne 5th day Of Ssptember-and they
alone can avert IT,
Another editorial in the same issue
rad:
ALL FOR WHAT.
This nation in the day Of its great
sst prosperity elamored for g change.
None knew why. II was peaceful. II
vAs happy. Il vas great but the
demon spirit which now rules the land
Dowed the seeds OF discomfort and
wanted change. They made 4 change,
and hundreds Of thousands were rush
ID 10 war. Rivers Of blood have been
sowing fron that day to this. Hun
dreds Of thousands have been slaush-
tered or elippied. billions Of debt have
bssl created, tmnense sums have Aeel
Oxtorted, and all for what! The ad-
IL today stamping. ta1-
Ing. oonscr1ptins, dragging husbands
from their wives and families 70 be
and all for what? To
graufy IN ignoraat administration and
70 Nberate the niseer. This Union
never would have been destroyed but
for thsir unconstitutional action. II
might have been compromised but for
their madness. Peace might today Be
acquired but for their fsnaucisn- How
iOlg must the nation suffer to GpAtify
The vanity Of . bu6oon?
MEEK AND HIS ALLIES.
Not content With his own teasoA-
able editorials In the Bellefonte Dem
ocTatic Waterman during the days OF
tho rebellion, p. Gray Meek quoted
freely from the most rabid coppsrhead
newspapers throughout tho
The organs OF the Demoo-
racy were In sympathy with the south
orn rebels. and they undoubtedly pro-
lonssd the war many months.
In the issue OF Meek's paper OF July
~. 1864. was quoted this editorial from
tho Carbon County (Pa) Democrat
THE TREASURY HAREM.
Father Abraham deserves to be pit
ted. II seems the Jokes are not all re-
served for him. Every now and then
his pets and favorites will play the
joke upon him Thus his contractors
will steal. his custom house officials
viii engage In the blockade trade. in
the south his civil officers will engage
In the cotton busine ess. his eiectioneer-
ing schemes In Florida and South
Carolina have come to grief, and, last
but not least, the sanctined spot where
are generated has been
turned into . harem.
From evidence now before the coun-
try We learn that the treasury building
tho gresnback room especially-has
q lats been the scene OF such Nightly
orgies and moral dsflement a. will
shock and shame humanity. The evi-
denco 10 that two Of the pets Of Secre-
tary Chase. supsrintendsnts OF the
grssnbask department. have been in
the habit Of getting young women en-
ployed under them in their private
apartments hts a. night ana there
them with intoxicating
drinks. through which they have man
aged TO commit deeds Of the most out
rageous and deflling character. A
mere recital Of the evidence as ad-
ducsd u too indecent for public print
It u Q burning shame that our public
ediaess should b turned into dsns Of
vice and that the authors of the infamy
should Be retained In their positions.
Where now are our pious war clergy,
who sss glory n conflscation and
in negro equality and
The loss Of white mems rights? VIII
tAsy not ash that the country may be
delivered cf TIE Algean stable OF the
treasury department!
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