Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-01

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house Of death instead Sf hearing him
anticipate triumphant results, they would
have heard him dwell on the cost Of the
war, the destruction Of life. Tfuei they
would have heard him loudly declare Tint
lhe would support bis country right 81
wrong but coming as the declaration did,
| in the midst Of assaults upon his own Govern
ment--arguments against his counfTy's
claims, and forebodings Of the gloomiest,
saddest kind, they would have stood amazed
at such a support. .-...s
Mr. Chairman, | did sincerly hope when
| saw the declaration Of the existenceof war
adopted BY voteof TIA to Ia in this House,
and 40 to 2 in the Senate, that we should
be spared recurrence Of the disgracefuf
scenes Of the late war. did hope that the
speace-party' men Of that day would hive no
imitators now. These hopes / did most
truly entertain. But, sir, unwilling as ! am
| to believe it, reluctant as am to admit the
fact, passing events compel me tojear that
my hopes were premature, were probably
vain. | fear that the same denunciations
hurled against the war Of 1872 are to be
reiterated against the present war-that the
same vituperation that then assailed Mr.
Madison, is now to fall on Mr. Polk. Be
tween the language Of the speace-party' OF
that period, and that of the anti-war party,
of the present day, there is q wonderful
similarity. It's hardly too much TO say
that they are almost identical. A recur-
renee to the old federal speeches and jour
nails will shew the Justice of this remark.---
i Let us make brief comparison. 1t shall
be brief one. What are tire charges
brought by my colleague against the present
war. and the present Administrations
, Substantially, | understand them 70 be ns
follows:
, /. That the war is, on the part Of Our
, Government, dishonest war. 4ssa y,
fE Now, what did the peace party Of the
j late war say Of it2 An extract from ths
: Boston Gazette OF 1914, q leading feaespf
paper published at Boston, MASSACHUSETTS,
may serve to show. Fhe extract is as
!. follows:
!, 1T is very grateful to find that the
t universal sentiment is, That any man .slso
LOANS MONEY To- the GOVERNMENT. 1r rae,
4 PRESENT TIME, WILL FORFEIT ALL CLAIM
: TO COMMON HONESTY AND COMMON
, COURTESY, AMONG ALL TRUE FRIENDS OF
THE COUNTRY !! GOD FORBID THAT
! ANY FEDERALlST sHot>LD HOLD iP
HIS HEAD TO PAY FEDERkLisTs FoR MONEY
LENT TO THE PRESENT RULERS and fed
, eraiisls can Judge whether DEMOCRATS
will tax their constituents to pay interest To-
j federalists !! =
! So the peace party Of the late war al
, firned, it would seem, that man who
. should then loan money to the Government
t would 'forfert all cfainfto common honesty'
,f-the war was so dishonest
My colleague would not go thus far ]
/ know. He is willing, as | understand him,
to vote for supplies. He would loan his
r money, 1 dare say, to the Government. He
j is doubtless friend to the union ofetllo
81 States. In these things he differs from
) the federalists Of old. But thsneeforth there
Q is striking analogy between them. Tho
charges they make have striking reSetn-
f blance. The epithets they use are almost
/ always the same. The tendencies OF their
!. acts differ only in degree. Both tend TO
v weaken their Government both tend to
: destroy lis moral force@both tend ID subject
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