The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-08-13
Remarks Of Judge Thurman at
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE con

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From the Dayton Empire
| ; AtIthe close of Judge Ranney s re-
marks Judge Thurman was loudly and
Continuously called for. At last he re-
luctantly took the stand and began: !
!. II Why, what kind of people are you. I?
I A voice" white people. Il Have you
not read in Republican newspapers about
Thurman sympath zing. with rebels, as :,
well as Y .diandigham and Medary, and
why do you c; Ill on us q to speak? TAI
roiee---'iw sympatbize with you" Welt
I tell you what itiis, you had better take
;care that you are not taken out of your
beds and carried off to Fort Warren somei
OF these nights L would like to make
a speech to you, but there is not time now.
[Go on; we can stay here all night to. hear
the truth Well, after, the two. or three
regular speeches, you, will not want more
than. a shprt one, from me. $. ss,.si
This shall be my text: That never
since God made this world, has any party
been, SO UNANIMOUSLY treated as has the
Democratic, party since. this war began. |
That's true Never, since history be-
gan to be written, was there a party that
made the same sacrifices of its feelings. I
,prejudices and opinions, and brought Its
influence to bear SO strongly in support
ufg AN administration that it didn't elect
and elevate to power, as has the Demo
cratic, party since the war began. Aud
what has been the return2 We had done
all we could toavert the war; not one of
us had uttered one word in favor of seccs-
sion; not one of us had ever made an ar
.g,imcnf in favor of the dissolution of the
Uniop. On the. contrary, we had. stoed7
for the Union under. circumstances that
would have almost justified, us in cutting
loose from. all symnathies with the South;
!. they, treated US; the Democratic. party in
the North-with something less than re-
spect. at the Convention in Charleston and
Baltimore. we had a right to complain of
| them, but we Sacrificed our feelings upon
ffthe altar of the country; and remember
ting orr tlutytb the Constitution and the
! Union, We SAID to those men with. whom
We had co operated SO long, We Will Cor
! get our rcscntments if you will hcip to
i'savc TIE Union, We demonstrated wi h
Ffhe South against secession we argued
with the North against ser ession; We set
our faces against every extreme sentiment
or feeling that would lead to alienation.
We hesought the people to lay aside par
I ty feeling and satriGcc everything that
stood in the way of the country S welfare,
that we might preserve The land from that
which we now see has happened to it.
tThats is what wc-cfid; and we were treated
with scorn ard contumely, from that time
son. little fippaht fellowsAHneta knee
high to a, duck, as the boys say--would
fsay toaold gray haired men, I",You don't
know anything about this matter; we'll
run over the continent in thirty days, and
tmake those fellows skedaddte and behave
EthcmselVes.' There were at the South
lust as bad a set of men; they were de-
Itermined to break up the MON; and these
ltwo1classes playedintoe each others hands.
4 The Southern party to this disunion plat
form gave the finishing touch to their
fwork BY firing upons Fort Sumter, and
then what didathe Democratic party do?
It gave support.saeh--as no political par
ty ever before gave to an Administers
ton choscns by political opponents. The
whole North presented unanimous front
TO cHeck the ulduIfcSS ol TIC Soulu. w udt
foiowed? Why it wars mot, a month be
lfore We HAD sent our sons and sbrothers to
the field by hundreds of thousands-who
were pouring out treasure and blood
were denounced by the Abolitionists as
rebel sympathizers, if we would not &C
the whole abolition figure and make this
ia war of emancipation They could MOI
/ be content with united North, to restore
the Union and maintain the Constitution
THAT was too Democratic They were
willing to have united North, but i
drnust be on The Wendell Phillips plan, ans
S 3every man who would not stand nitha
p platform was rebel sympathiser. N
9 matter What vas his position, if he didn'
> bow the knee to the black god of Adolf
ttion, he was rebel traitor, aor ateleast
. sympathizer with traitors. What Gen
eral who is Democrat has not met al
kinds of opposition and difficulty? sWha
!, have they said of Mcclellan, and wha
will they say now, that misfortune has be
, fallen him? What Of Grant, and ever.
!. other Democratic General ,you can; men
J, ton? But if man will be an Aboli
zionist like Hunter, and put red breeche