The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-11-01
iimpure.ha.red Of the Republican party per 81,

impurc-hatred Of the Republican party per Sc.
For eight years, or nearly that, you have
poured upon II every species Of vile and OPP
probrious epithet. Your eyes have been 80
jaundiccd that living in the very midst OF
Republicans. and seeing daily their orderly
walk Of life you have been able to 800 moth
ing but miserable ragamuilins." You hayo
calledthcm "black Republicans. damned
!abolitionists -" long heels " &C., &C.; but
have they answered you back with like low
and coarse vulgarity? Your misleadcrs have
supplied you well with all these terms and
you have not been sparing in their applica-
ton; and what has been very strange you
have imagined them to bo unanswcrablc ar
gument'. But We will tell you what tho
Republican party Is and always has been.
In order to do this we must refer to the old
whis party and the 50 called Democratic
party. And In passing we remark that OF
all the catchwords that have been freely used
during quarter Of century there has been
no greater humbug than this samc word
democratic. Its simple and true meaning as
applied To government Is, cmanatins from
and depending upon the viii Of the people.
In this sense, the Republicans arc as good
Democrats as yourselves. But the word has
been cunnlngly used by your dcmnsosuo
misleaders to excite all your worst passions
and prcjudicc. They have made you believe
that every rich man was an aristocrat. In a
word that everything not Of material,
working character was q conspiracy against
your liberties.
We make broad distinction between tho
mass OF all parties and the dcmagogue poll
ticians who lead them. In the main, tho
Democratic party has been honest and pat
riotic. Daring forty years with rare and
shor, intervals 1t has, ia conjunction with
the slave power, held oil tho power and all
the Offices Of the government. But in its
ambition to hold this power, itallowcd itsclf
to become subseryient to the South. Stcpby
step it yielded up To Southern policy until 1t
became complete tool in the hands Of
southern politicians. So great was the sub
seryiency that 1t amounted almost to abjcct
fear which was kept alive bya system Of
bullying and frequent threats of tho pistol
and bowie-knilc. ....
Meanwhile the actual moral numerical
and material strength Of the North was
rapidly becouing greater than that Of tho
South. Southern statesmen saw in this tho
SURE decay Of their power. and the necessity
Of extending the area Of slavery. llercupon
was begun series .f peasu,es, all looking
to tha< end; and tho Democratic party was
dmgooned into . support of them moro or
less sincere, while the whlg party presented
but a feeble oppositios. Il Is here worthy
Of remark that while these pro-slayery meas
urcs were advocated by Northern politicians,
on the ostensible basis Of the constitutional
rights of the South, both Democrats and
who. nrofessed n stern determination that
.l.verv sbould M, advance bcvoud II. pr,.
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