Show FACTS falio SIT fought tin civil war WORDS OF TREASON read what prominent democrats had to say republican again EDITOR there ia one part of the clear understanding a article in the dispatch chati give particular attention to he saya A great many democrats were auti ana when in 1860 abraham lincoln was elected the farat republican president followed next year by the civil war bre akine out a boat of them the jiin n army and fought against slavery people think that every demo crapio a southerner rebel and slave man but this is nonsense us some of the bravest truest and most loyal men in the union army during the war were democrats and inasmuch ag it has been asserted in tins locality that there acre more damu crata than in the union army 1 propose to examine into the IB cord of the democratic party from to 1865 there ia no publican lie but gives due credit and aco r to pa citizens who hal acted with the democratic party up to the war who laid aside party look their lyes in their handu stood in iha front rank of the battle to support a republican administration admi nitration inputting down ua justifiable organized armed treason but to do abi they abandoned choir party organization ana the areat bulk of them never returned the democratic party as a duny the war try had all alone maintained the theory of the kentucky resola of OS that the autes wera sovereign and vBa judges of the of federal laws and acts it wad on tins theory bat buchanann Buc hanant pro ea ded during the the rebellion waa itself the theory it acted upon being that tha government could not coerce sovereign agaes the firing upon fort sumpter stags gared tha party for a while but the soon got into position as anti in the elections of the republicans barely succeeded eded in electing a in th e lower house of condrea Con grea the democrats electing men who bitterly bitt eily opposed the war aad who done all abat could be done to make the war a failure let us see who acme of the men were the democratic party elected at different times to at the out break of thae rebellion fernando wood who waa Mavor of ew boik proposed in ascension from tha in that city independent the dema cratic lafty of kew fork after this electea him to congress Con grets did ha kup port any war measures no he declared in tha house that no jaent has pursued a foe with such unrelenting vindictive malig nil a we are now pursuing who camo into tle union with as and farther alone fraid we are at war whether it be civil var rebellion revolution or foreign war it matters little IT CEASS aud I 1 want this to tell the american people taba it will beate he characterized the enrollment act as this infamous unconstitutional tut ional conscription ct C A ohio in ma place in the house said the war in which we arc present ia wrong in itself abat the policy adopted by the party in power for its prosecution is wrong that the union cannot be restored or if restored maintained by the exorcise of th aofter of government by that tha war ia opposed to tha restoration of the union destructive of the of the elates and taj liberties of the it ought therefore to b brought to a aad immediate close ind resolution om for upon the basis of a restoration of the federal union un ler the constitution as it is etc alexander long a from ohio in a speech said will they throw down their arms and abdiu to ternie ter nib who shall believe that the free proud american blood which courses with an veins its our own will not be to the last drop in resistance he aja faja f fuith cr can the union be restored dy war 1 answer most unhesitatingly and deliberately no 1 war ia final eternal long took hia peat amid aba aup lauso of bis democratic frienda fri endi bat us ee what that grand james A garfield Garfi ald laid in reply arising from hia seat after denouncing denoun cine such in general term bf said but now when of thousands of brava have gone up to gud under the shadow of tha fla and then more bained and hiattt rd in the content ara badly awaiting the dolive tance of death now when three ter riffie warfare have raed over ua when our hate pushed taa rebellion back over mountains and into narrow limilo until wall of fire guards it now when the uplifted hand ef a majestic people ia about to let fall the lightening of ita conquering con querine power upon the rebellion now in the quiet of abi hall hatched in ane lowest depths of similar dark i treason there risea a benedict Bon edict arnold and propose to surrender w all up body and spirit tha nation and the flag iti iti honor now and for ever to the traitors trai to our Coa atry and that proposition god foi alvo me and pity my beloid state I 1 t coats from a citizen of tha honored and loyal commonwealth of 1 brethren in this hauae not to believe that many auch births ever gave pangs to my naother state guch as he suffered when that traitor was bora at the of garfielda abdrea ad drea ans again took aba floor aard ha proposed to leand bj what he had aid ha bad to iland solitary and alone and even if it were necea ary to brave bayonets and arisona pr isona aad all the tyranny which may be im poad by th whole power and force of the and closed calling tho country ib m sach at the national capital crested excitement throughout ahe north A regola offered by mr colfax ins that long had declared in favor of the independence ot the southern and thereby giving aid to the aebela in ie hereby repealed the debate on chii bearly a week aad baek a erhard ata aeve deiure eu inid more treason pred ex expired than in tha debaie ss cox excused aud 0 o aidle coun atti fi ilav ham 0 look the bloor he ind arseo a atiat L ng said and waa mil tr ide ito ate of lom he baid 1 I aai a peace man a radical pei luu and laru for pece by the ol 01 tie houlb fur the of the Suu thein and I 1 an tor acquiescence in the doctrine of ece eion and then to da fend his treasonable attitude more a rong ha said OT 0 DOLLAR OR MAN I 1 SWEAR BYTHE ET SaAL WILL I 1 INFEr tSAL THIS docs FOLLY MORE THAS BR ly CIVILIZED P PL u FACE OF GODS ir THAT BE MAKK 51 r ur IT ETC further along he sani lher djuth asked you to let them go in pece pe ce out no you aid you would bank them in subjection that is not done ei aud gud grant that IT evik I 1 hope that yon will the south it fur bo make the most of it mr fernando wood quoting tho language of lony the indo pen dence of the south said that if he 13 to be expelled for the utterance of that sentiment bov MAT nr LUEa uc IN IT because 1 concur fully in that abenti I 1 cannot notice them all tha record of the proceedings of congress re full of it I 1 have not space to quote them all A resolution to eppell hij ria was offered and let me here ask aught he not to have aten expelled fhe reo lution was put to ote and lust it required two to eppell a member lua boie stood sl vei tu 59 uie every one ot them j dt macrat tx iou WA churned from one expelling him to outa binm iu unworthy niem er which M luar b wy tabled by ft vote of 71 CH to ta davs this ii tam kind ut support the democratic pany aa i viny atio aci during bemy bomy of its houra while struggling for kot only vaa th parly display mg iaci di loyalty inalie halasi of car db d B nu ot o t de in ohio ahey n val ti lui yo d mau that ftak ex plied aiom the united for his ti cason new yort horatio jseymour and it way under hia administration the draft riots oc currad lu naw york in 1863 ile was needing men and in attempting to enforce the draft culminated oc july la in a terrible nut lasting several days the held of parts of toe city several daye murdering a number of people every one suspected ot sympathy lor the baun and MAS finally re lre faed by U S after consider able tar daring tha noi theae tact shiou burned a col ed 0 aban terror ck 11 by them to lue lamp potti gov seymour to the mob jaud addre abed them aa my and promised them he would have tnie draft suspended and topped and during a public speech athile n was m progresso pro gressi aau to the member thib that the bloody and tea Buu able and revolutionary doctrine of public necessity can be proclaimed by d mob aa well aa by a government when mea accept deapo tiam they may have a choice who be can all this be said ta be giving aid and comfort to the gallant men at the front who were shedding their blood their lives in the cause of their country cou speaking of the mob the y Y tribune in its issue of july 15 while its office was invested with the snob and threatening it with destruction said they are in purpose and essence a diversion diver tion in favor of jefferson and lee to the yella of the mob and harran gaea of its orators and you will find them ur charged with kiger abolition black republican of prominent republicans the tribune etc etc in the state of indiana another con piracy bad arisen calling sone of liberty finally suppressed by the courage and linco ef 0 P morton the republican governor of the state 1 find as I 1 preceded the grows on my banda and aa I 1 to investigate aba song of liberty somewhat ome what I 1 will continue the subject in another paper A republican provo sept 30 2991 |