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Excerpt from The 1864 Election: Opposition Campaigns; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources
Whereas, It hath pleased God to permit us to meet once more under the (cns of our national hag - that ?ag rendered sacred to every American heart by the glorious achievements of our patriotic fathers, whose hallowed dust is now sleeping in honored graves, and whose memories every true American and patriot must ever revere; we, the citizens of the counties of Luzerne, Susquehanna and Wyoming, now assembled (and for the last time it may be) to celebrate the Anniversary of American Independence, in this Union of States unbroken, many of which aro'now being desecrat cd by an unholy war, and drenched in fraternal blood; and Whereas, We still love our country and Union and the Constitution trained by our fathers do now, in the name at reason, humanity and the obligations we owe to civilization, to our common country, and to our God, most solemnly protest against the further prosecution of this war against Southern States, or itd] State, for the emaincipnti-on oi negro slavery, for the subjugtb tion ofstates, or for any other purpose than the settlement of an honorable peace between the North and South; and to this end we hold that the bloody experience of the last two and a half years fully demonstrates the imperious necessity ofcnlling for a cessation of bosti ities, and an ar mistico between the belligerent parties at the ear liest possible moment, as the only practicable means of restoring peace and tranqui ity to our new distracted country, and saving a further effu sion of blood and useless wast-e oftreasure; as war and bloodshed can never effect. A, reunion with' the South, as our experience, and the tutile expert ments of the Lincoln Administration, fully demon strate. The records of Lincoln ti rgrcssions and the reverses of his armies nlrea y show a state and condition in our national affairs of the most frightful and appalling character, with not one re deeming feature to rest a single hope of success upon, while we cling to this dissolving Union of States, and to the glorious constellation of stars Jud stripes with a pertinacious hold, pmyingdo Him who doeth all things well, for the salva tion of our country and nation. We will unite our snpplications, with every patriot in the land, for a speedy deliverance from Abraham Lincoln's bloody Abolition rule, and the further desolation of our once prosperous country.
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