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Show wah ui:roiu. J. L. Rawlins publishes an article In tho Cuiitriuutor in which he seeks to prove that the democratic party should have tint greater share of credit for the suppression of the rebellion. This is a profitless mitijuct to discuss, but such articles ought nut to go without chal-long!!. chal-long!!. Mr. Ha'.vi.ins speaks of the generals of tho war who, "barked by invincible hosts, mutt'; iJiifi'nTiii.i, were ut the ront lighting to preserve the union." Mr. Uawxins' article is one of a series, se-ries, written iu auHwer to thtso two oik "ins: "i Why should tho puoplo's and lib-oral lib-oral parties ce.tse to exitstj ami "2 Why should the members thereof ' join the mitiotiHl (democratic or repub-I repub-I liran) parti. -si1'' ! It is miiiuly devoted to the war records rec-ords of tiic'i vo parties. We think that ; no democratic advocate ever made a ' greater mistake. If the democratic ; party hits nothing bettor to commend it ! than Us war record ii ought not to exist ! for a day. There were tiutiy'deiuo-' tiutiy'deiuo-' ocrats in the w ar who were loyal to the ' union; li;ey wi ro good soldiers and have b onto honorable reputations I ever since, but if the policy j of the democratic party of the north had been followed the Uuiou would not havo been preserved. pre-served. The assertion that the armies of tho union were mostly composed of democrats demo-crats is unirue iu every light iu which it can be placeu. In mi a great many of the slitles sent commissioners to the front to hold elections among the rol-iliers, rol-iliers, and the records of those elections show someihing of the political com-j com-j plexiou of the armies and it is not in I favor of Mr. Ki l.lNs' proposition. Jf I the soldiers were mop'ly democrats jwlw is it thai dm Gri::d Arlnjr has always Lecu ovei v helmiugly republican? repub-lican? And it was I ut natural that tho soldiers sol-diers should be republicans. While they were lighting for their country, the democratic party iu their rear was I lighting against it. The northern democracy opposed the epuhlican war policy at every step. In lr.01 the democrats demo-crats iu national convention declared the war a failure, and d: ring the entire contest democratic leaders everywhere wcio belittling the union cause. Val-i.AMUNiiMAM Val-i.AMUNiiMAM was stirring up treason in Ohio, and Hendkicks was counselling coun-selling his Indiana friends to I hang Lincoln's soldiers, in congress I tho democratic representatives continually contin-ually obstructed legislation nucessary for the maintenance of the war. The record is to clear that it would not seem to need reference, but when an articid that Hies in the face of history his-tory is placed in the hands of the young mou of Utah, it is lime to caution cau-tion them against its errors. f Mr. Kawi.ins is willing to plaut his case with Young Utah on the war record of j his party, The Times would simply ask the young men to take him at his word and then secure the record as it is. |