The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-09-19

their diabolical plans Rr supJuga-
ting the South, andln2 Complaint
is made by Republicans against
them as beng in the least disloyal.
Now l ask, in all sincerity, why is
this? Is the Democratic policy so
much more incompatiblewith good |
government than practical Aboli-
tionism, that the former is pro-
scribed, while the latte il respect
ed? What is the De1osratic doc
trine2 a mag ~
if | do not, then the reader may
consider me as falling short just
that much of coming up with it in
sentiment. Here is my view of it.
That the government shall be
maintained at all hazards peace
ably, if po8sible,-forcibly, if nee
essary.
That ( understand to be the doe
trine Of the Democratic party at
this time. Is there any disloyalty
in this? If there is, am unable to
perceive it, and if to entertain these
sentiments is to be disloyal to the
Union, then l am unwittingly a
disloyalist; and, whenever | am
convinced-not by monaces and
threats, but by fair argument
that the promulgation Of these SEN
timents would tend to impair the
noble fabric which | love as dearly
as any man, | give my honor as a
man that | will abandon them at
once and forever. I have no love
for parties as such. 1 would not
give the snap of my finger, to use
a trite expression, for all the par
ties in existence, merely as politi-
cal organizations. 1t is the princi
pies upon which they are based
that give time and character to
parties, and no change of name,
without a change of the principles
which underlie then,- not even for
the sake of the Union, will alter
the consequences of carrying out
the policy dictated by it. l have
no complaint to make against the
Republican party for adhering to
its principles to the letter. But while
they are doing that, they should
not call upon all other parties to
sacrifice their principles in attempt
ing to carry out their. own.
Now let me say to those Repub-
lican friends who ask us to lay
aside party, and come up to the
work as URion men,. in the defense
of the government, in this hour of
our country's trouble,-you set the
example; you elected Mr.. Lincoln
upon a platform, which every DEM
ocratic stump speaker, from Maine
to Florida, told you last Fall,
would involve this country in a
terrible revolution. Now, just lay
that platform aside-you can af-
ford to do it; it answered the end
for which it was putup. Now lay
it by, along side of Mr.. Lincoln's
old rail pile, and allow it to be
handed down to posterity, only as
a relic of the splendid victory you
gained upon it, or let us build a
stable out of it, and the rails to-
gether, for the good old horse
Popular Sovereignty" and we
will shake hands with you, and be
one. But you tell me that part of
my doctrine-the peace policy
has been already tried by the gov
ernment. Not with the Chicago
Platform out of sight. I believe
there is a powerful dormant ele-
ment of loyalty existing throghout
all, or nearly all, the Southern
States, which dares not show it.
self, while the government persists
in carrying on the war without an
offer to the South to settle all diff
fculties between it and the North
amicabIy, if they will lay down
their arms and be at peace. BY
giving them an assurance that all
questions of difference should be
fairly adjusted, in case they re-
turned to their allegiance, | think
we should call out this Union ele-
ment, and rally to our standard
thousands who are now fighting
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