Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-09-27


anl whip be put infn every honest hand,
to lash the caitifs naked through the lands
am for a great popular movement during
the existence Of the war. not made up of
Republicans, Americans, Democrats, nor
anything else except Union men from the
people. | am for throwing off those shack
les of worn-out organizations, and consign
them TO the tomb OF the Capulets. aud let~
ting fresh Union party rise up to prose-
cute this war Tcheers for which / have en-
listed Cries Of "Good, good" and cheers.
II must not he hatched TO any political orr
ganization, nor any organization TO that; it
must be made of true Union men. and the
only platform must be the Constitution and
the Union. and vi .orons prosecution OF
the war until rebellion is put down and the
supremacy Of The Government, of the I'M
ion, and the Stars and Stripes. are re-esiab-
Justice TO rel,els--justice to-
loval citizens and loyal States. This ticket
will support, and il will be elected. l
will follow you in its prosecution, or you
may me, or we will go along together. The
day of party hacks is over. They have
had their share and their day has come
Justice has been drowsy and holding UPON
her seat; but she has finally walked up, and
they have been tried and condemned, and
are now ready for execution. and away with
them. TCheers. They have no principle.
and never had. They are like the Vermont
preacher heard about. lie had agreed
to preach so many Sundays for so many
bushels OF rye; when he preached his first
sermon, he told them he would change and
preach any other doctrine that would suit
them if that did not, for his rye. Laugh
teri Now, these men claim to be running
the Democratic party of New York. There
is no doctrine, from that of an Abolitionist
SO black that he would make Wendell Phil
lips turn pale by the side it, and no Pro-
Slavery so rank that it would take the brass
out of South Carolina, but they would re-
solve in moment, to hold their power
+ Cries of g That is sol In their resolu-
tions they pretend to 90 for the salvation of
the Union, but they go few steps forwardy
they a few steps backward, then few steps
sidewnys, and show their action 10 be grud-
ing and insincere, and give ale and comfort
to the enemy by making up querulous is-
sues with the Administration, and charge
upon it the origin of the war. When men
are guilty and attempt to charge their own
guilt upon others, it is well to look at their
history. Those men went to Charleston
and had control of the New York daiega-
cation of the Convention there; and when
the South insisted upon certain platform
of principles--that is, they insisted that
what was called Popular Sovereignty should
not be incorporated--they fought two weeks
over it. These men, holding the balance Of
power, insisted on that particular declara-
tion. While think the Secessionists, some
of them, were acting in bad faith, these men
They were gamblers ON each side, and un-
derstood, have no doubt. to some extent,
the mods and winks of eack other. But the
Southern men said, because these meu
would have the Popular Sovereignty plank
in their platform, that they would not agree.
They withdrew from the Convention, and
it adjourned to Baltimore. They were
foolish and wrong in going out. but they had
a right to come back, and sought to do so
in Baltimore. These men had the balance
of power there, and prevented their coming
into the adjourned Convention. If they
had been permitted to come in, probably
the difficulties might have been and would
have been healed. But these went on and
made nomination in which they knew the
South would not concur. And then of their
own motion adopt the very platform which
had been the subject Of two weeks coptro-
versy in Charleston, and which had broken
up the convention there. That is true
history of the case. 1t is perfectly notori-
GUS that some of these men had corrupt jobs
and pecuniary investments, that they were
looking for investments made to be used in
controlling the expected Administration, to
secure which investments, particular nomi-
nations must be procured. They pretend
to account for the mode in which this diff
Guilty arose. | have no doubt that many Of
these Southern Rebels in arms meant Sc
cession at the time. But the wind would
have been taken out of their sails, and pop
ular feeling would have compelled them TO
a different course if the New York aelega-
tion had not played their detestable game.
And these men are they who are afraid Of
getting mixed up with and contaminated by
contact with the Administration. They
will never be trusted again by the people Of
New York. They may run ticket, some
portion of it composed of very good men,
and some of it quite too rank with seces-
sion; but ticket unexceptionable wocM
never be supported coming from such
and corrupt leaderships. The
Democratic party is great power, and has
always been true. Like Rome,as the school,
boys say in their orations, it originated in
the efforts of woif-suckled founder,"-it
gained the popular confidence, and shaped
the policy of this Government, and great
blessings flowed from its administration un-
der a Jefferson, a jackson, and others. But,
in an evil day, the democratic party, like
the individual who went down from Jerusa-
lem to Jericho, fell among thieves, who
plundered ii and left it half dead. Laugh
ter. To that you may trace, more than to
any one cause, the decentralization of the
party and downfall of the country. The
Democratic party did sit like Rome upon
her seven hills. But as with Rome, so with
the Democratic party; both were brought
to the block OF the auctioneer. But yester.
day the name of the Democratic party
might have stood against the world, now
there are few SO poor TO do her reverence,
because Of her execrated and knavish lead.
ers. But,
Truth crushed earth shall rise sgain,
The eternal years of God hers
But error, wounded, wrihes n pain,
Aud dies amid her worshippers,
The Democratic party is strong in its pop