Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-25
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The AssaiIants. OF the Democ
Party.

80 % asH .H II b e
) Certain pretended organs of the Republican
party In this State whose proprietora are allioe
their pockets from the Federal Golfers, and vho
therefore care nothoW long the present troubles
last, see nothing In the majestic rising Of the
people In defense of the Government but a
splendid opportunity of making money for them.
selves apd political capital against the Demo.
These same men, who employ ell the time
not devoted to robbing the Treasury, to chsre-
Ing the Democratic party with treason and stir
ring up the extinct embers Of old controversies,
were not always go much in love with the Union
and the Government. They used TO speak
lightly OF the Union, and talk about letting it
Glide IN certain contingencies. They incessant.
y ridieuled Democrats for expressing anxiety
ior the preservation fthe Union. They lauah-
ed at the Idea of danger. They denominsted
ali men who were solicitous for the future of
tne country as. "Union.savers'--a phrase to
which they attached apecular degree Of odum.
Ihey not only stubbornly refused TO assent to
peaceful settlement of our national tropbIea
when that was. possible, but showed their dis.
trust OF the people by denying them the prlvil.
ege OF voting on the question. The Chicago
platform was their "higher law,'' placed lar
above the Constitution. Perish hundred Tn.
Ions, they exclaimed, rather than give an inch
OF this party platform. They chronicled ana
applauded every infraction Of the fugitive slave
law Alter the cotton States seeded from the
Union, they we're In favor of letting them drift;
and they published articles to show that war
would not restore the Union. T. is 3 I5lrlI -
Such was the spirit and temper of the cl ass
OF newspapers previous TO the great events that
aroused the nationto the necessity of war for
its own protection and preservation. The as.
sauits upon our Tag, bereduction of Fort Sum.
Ter, the Immediate danger Of the Capital, at
once excited and united the people. Past poiit-
cal distinctions were forgotten In the presence
OF perls that threatened to plunge Us into an
arcny, and to destroy the glorious fabric of
government reared and strengthened by success.
sNe generations OF statesmen and patriots The
Watobword few with more than electric sneed
from State to State, Tor it was the com mon Inn.
pulse OF patriotism that the Union must be pre.
served and the Government sustained. All
classes and conditions Of men, without respect
70 their political opinions or prejudiees, without
psusing TO discuss. the origin Of our national
troubles, without stopping to determine where
tne greatest weight OF responsibility should rest,
ooeyed the summons of the head of the nation
to arms. Democrats did not hesitate or hold
Dack.. We cay IL In no boastful spirit, but az
an undeniable truth, that no political party in
the country, and even the party that triumpbed
at the last election, furnished as many men for
this war as the Democratic party. The same
fervent love for the Union which Impeled that
party TO labor and plead for the preservation of
the Union BY peaceful means, constrained its
members to enter the ranks of the army after
all hopes Of saving the Union BY compromise
had vanished, and the Government was assail.
ed Dy armed foes. They did not waste time in
discussion and denunclation, or wait TO conquer
!neir pre)ucices against the party in poSer; nor
did they pause to deliberate as 70 the propriety
OF assisting an Administration In whose eIeva.
tion they had no hand, and from whose domins-
ton they apprehended fearful consequences.
But they recognized their obligations to the
Jovernment without regard to those adminis-
tering It, and their obedience was willing and
spontaneous.
surely, II ever there was time when the
voice OF faction should bo hushed, and when
the partizans Of the Administration ought 10
cease their warfare upon the Democratic party,
whose members compose large proportion Of
the army, this is the time. And we are glad TO
say that these malignant assaults do NOS come
from men actually engaged ia fighting the bat.
ties OF the country. Tney invariably come from
tne class OF patriots who stay at home to rob
the treasury--from contraot-jobberp; furnishers
OF rotten clothing and worthless shoes; pension.
ers OF Tue Government; men who hold sinecures
at Washington and are let loose to villify better
citizens than themselves; public thieves who
have belonged In turn to every political party,
and are ready at any time to sell ous to the
highest bidderI wrstobed political prostitutes,
dsspsed by those whose wages they receive -
This 10 the despicable class Of adventurers who
endeayor to convict every Democrat Of Gym
patny with secession aud treason who will not
DENY bis political faith, by subscribing to the
posI ~ uilfa oogmas OF the fanatioal wing Of the
Republican party.--Ha,risbays Uatoa. 5.'27