The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-08-23

convictions of right and duty, Let MN DC
ma ked as no true patriot who Will not ABANDON
all such issues in times like this
Who Is to Blame.
I, has become part of the stupendous
election fraud to be practiced upon the
people. this fall by the so-called Demo
cratic Party, to throw the whole respon-
sibili.y of the present civil war upon the
Administration, and to preach up high
taxes, as the clop-trap by which the hon
est people Of the country are to be 'gullea
into the support Of men whose hearts
thrcb with sympathy for the rebels, and
who would glory in the overthrow OF the
Government, il they could thereby ride
into power, and fatten upon the spoils OF
office. But we think these gentleman
democrats with secession procEyities sol
strongly developed, and aiding and abet-
ting jeff Davis & Co., by their efforts at
home, in sowing the seed of discord among
the people, are counting without their
hoste, and have forgotten all the remar
kable events that transpircd before the
Fourth of March last, and which has be-
come part of the history of our couu-
try and which the pen Of the historian
will nc fail to record, so that future gen.
eratiors may read in the light of coming
aces, who was to blame, for this unholy
crusade against constitutional liberty and
a. free government How singularly
that everything occurring before
the Inauguration Of the present Admin
istraton, has escaped their memory, al
though events, crowding quick and
fast upon each other, since that period, is
fresh and green in their recellections.
They torget. to remember that the cira acar
now grown to such magnitude, was in
augurated during the secession admins
tration Of that venerable democrat, James
Buchanan. They are struggling hard to
ocratic cabinet, the plans Of this war were
Matched by the selfsame men who are
now in the field, at the head of armed
rebels. to destroy our government, and to
fitch from US our great heritlea-4
Nor will the -e4,,.--p -prfnVaslon OF South
ern lights, serve them, in this, the hour
OF our rational peril, even was the charge
well founded. But no well informed rea.
der Of the passing history of events, viii
for moment, credit such charge, in.
asmuch as the North has always mad,
concessions to that section of our coun
try. Nor can any one of these Northern
s'secesA' sympathisers, show when or hov
the rights Of the South have been inva
ded. The rebels, themselves, with al
their enyenomed hatred against the gov
crnment, are unable to specify the slight
est substantial invasion of their seetiona
rights. This being the case. how con
temp:ibie that policy, which would ex
cite the popular feeling against the gov
ernment, merely for pariizan triumph
when the tendency Of such a course c
conduct is to weaken the government
and to strengthen the hands of the rebel
These same sef-slyled democrats, wh
are engaged in this dirty work, claim t
be the followers Of the lamcnted Doug
las, and they would make believe, can
nopized him as one Of their chief saint:
In order to show the cant of these hypo
catical Douglas worshipers we eommen
TO the attention of the people, the follow
ing mphatic passage from the speech c
Senator Douglas at Chicago, tie las
speech he ever made, by which they ca
be judged:
sThere has never been a time from th
dav Washington was inaugurated fir!
President of the United States, when th
rights of the Southern States stood firm
er under the laws of the land than the
do now there never was time whe
they had not as good cause Tor secesslo
as they have torday.
The slavery questionis mere excuse
the election of Lincoln mere pretex
The present secession movement is the II
suit Of an enormous conspiracy forme
more than a year since formed by lei
ders in the Southern Confederacy moi
than twelve months ago.
Such is the testimony of Douglas
and though dead, be yet speaketh. T
speaks Ike patriot, and fixes the erin
where it rightly belongs. He fixes Il
blaze upon tie heads of those wi
might have Suppressed the rebellion
the bud. had not the Buchanan Admi
istra,ion fostered and cherished it. Al
row, when Republican Adminlstratl
has manfuly thrown itself into t
breach. and is sustaining the Cover
ment by the strong arm of the law, the
sycophan's cry out against the policy
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