Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-05-20
VOL. 10 NO. 40.

From five millions the population increased
to thirty.one millions. The revOlutic nary
| debt was extinguishej. Two foreign wars
were successfully prosecuted, with a mod,
crate outlay and a small army and navy.
| and without the suspension Of the habeas
corpus without one infraction of the cons
stiiution without one usurpation Of power;
without su2pressing a single newspaper |;
without imprisoning a single editor with
out limit to the freedom of speech in or out
of Congress, but in the midst of the gross
est abuse Of both; and without the arrest
of single TRAITOR" though the Hartford
| Convention sat during one of the wars. and
in the other Senators In sited tire enemy to
greet our volunteers with bloody hands.
and welcome them to hospital graves"
During all this time wealth Increased.
business of all kinds multiplied, prosperity
smiled on every side. taxes were low,
! wages were high. the Ncfth aa1 the Ssuti
furnished market fer each others pro-
ducts at good prices public Liberty was
secure, private rights updisturbed every
mans house was his castle; the courts
were open to all no passports for travel,
DO secret police, no spies, no informefs. no
| Bastiles the right to assemble ueaceably,
the right to petition freedom Of religion.
freedom of speech, q free ballot, and free
press and all this time the constitution
vas maintained and the Union of the States
! preserved.
Such were the choice fruits of demo-
cratic principles and policy, carried out
! through the whole period during the dem>
ocratic party hell the power and admins.
tered the Federal government. Such has
been the history Of that party. 1t is a
Union party, for it preserved the Union, by
wisdom. peace, and compromise, for more
than half century.
Then, democrats, neither the ancient
| principles, the policy, nor the past history
of the democratic party require nor would
! justify its disbandment.
Is THERE ANY THING IN TIE PRESENT CRISIS
WHICH DEMANDS 1T?
The more immediate issue is, to maintain
the constitution as it is, and to restore the
! Union as 1t was.
To maintain the constitution is to respect
the rights Of the States and the liberties of
the citizen. 1t is TO adhere faithfully to
the very principles and policy which the
democratic party has prUfessedfor more
than half a century. Let its history. and
the results, from the beginning. prove
whether it has prscticed them. We appeal
/ proudly to ;he record.
The first step toward a restoration Of the
| Union as 1t was is 20 maintain the consti-
tuition as it is. So long as it was main
tanned in fact, and not threatened with in
fraction in spirit and in letter, actual or
imminent, the Union was unbrnken.
To restore the Onion, it is essential, first
to give assurance to every State and to the
people of every section that their rights
/ and liberties and property will be secure
/ within the Union under the cOnstitution.-
! What assurance so dnubly sure a. the res
t0ration 10 power Of that Gncienr, urgani-
zed, consolidated democratic party which
for sixty years did secure the property.
rights and liberties Of the States and OF
the people aad thus did maintain the con
stItutiOn and preserve the Urion, and with
I then, the multinlied, blessings which dis
tinguish us above all other natIcns
To restore the Uniin is to crush out Sec
ticnalism North and South. To begin the
great work of estOrati n through the bal
lot box is to kill abolition. The bitter wa
tiers OF secession flowed fret aud are !ed
still. FROM the unclsan fountain of eboli-
tiOnism. That fountain must be dried up.
Armies may break down the power Of the
Confederate government in the South A.; but
the work of restoration must be carried on
through 2olIt cal organization and the bal.
lot in the North and West In this greal
work we cordially invite the cooperation Of
all men Of every party who are opposed tC
the fell spirit of abolition, and who, IL
sincerity, desire the constitution az il il
and the Union as it was. Let the dead
past bury its dead. Rally, lovers of the
Union, the constitution, and of liberty e
the standard cf the democratic PARTY, al
ready in the field and confident Of victory
That party is the natural and persistent
enemy of abolition. Upon this question
its record as national organization, how
ever it may have been at times with par
ticular men or in particular States, is clea
! and unquestionable. From the beginnin.
of the anti-siavery agitation to the perioc
of the last democratic national convention
it has held bu: one language in regard I,
it. Let the record speak
: ReS0lred, That Congress has no powe
under the constitution to interfere with Of
control the domestic institutions of the sew
States, and that such States are the sol,
and proper Judges of everything apperiain
ing TO their Own affairs no prohibited b-
the constitution that all efforts of the abo
litlOnists OF others made to induce Congress
: to interfere with questions Of slavery, % Il
take incipient steps in relation thereto, ar
calculated to lead TO the most alarming ant
: dangerous consequences and that all sucl
efforts have an inevitable tendency to di
: minish the happiness Of the people an,
endanger the stability and permanency O
the Union, and ought not TO he cUuntenan
: ced by ary friend Of our political institu
: tons"
Upon these principles alone, 60 far a
p; relates to slavery, can the Union as it wa
! be restored; aud no other Union, extep
t the unity of despotism can be maintdiueC
l in this country and this last we will re
' sist, as our fathers did, with our lives, on
. fortunes, and our sacred honors.
But it is said that you must dishaDd tn
democratic party ito support the govern
D ment." We answer that :he democrati
; party has always supported the govern
I ment; aud while it was in power preserve
: the government in al its vigor and integ
t rity, not by force Of arms, but by wisdom
' sound policy and peace. But it never di
: admit, and never will. that this admins
J tratioD, or any administration, is ":he gov
d eminent" 1t hClls, and ever has he'll
!: that the Federal government is the agen
, of the people Of the several States, con,
), posing the Union I; that il consists of thre
i distinct departments-the legislative, tia
, eAecul'e anu tue Juulclai-eacn equaily
e part Of the Government. and equally en-
titled to the confidence and support of tn
q States and the peope; snd that it is tn
I, duty of every patriot to sustain the sever
al departments Of the Government in III
d exercise of all the constitutional po1reTs o
7, each ichich may be necessary and proper 70
tie preservation IF the goeerHMea IN Il
% principles and ia is rigor and integrity an
e 10 stand by and defend 10 tie utmost u
flag iohieh represents the go5eyHmeat, n
Y CHioii. and he country
In this sense the democratic party ba
always sustained, and will now sustain
: the gnte nmsnt against al foes, at home
i abrsad, in the North or the South, open
: concealed, in Office Or GU. of ofhce, 10 pea