The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-11-26
..BUTTERNUT" STRATEGY.


"BLAUK REruBLICAN RuLE--How We PAY FOR
Ir.Snce the election of 1859 the price, not only of
cotton goods, but of nearly If not quite all articles
of consumption, save farm products. have doubled
and some of them quadrupled, in the cost TO the
consumer
The above, from the Napoleon NOrthIceS
is fair sample of the means by which the
Democratic press throughout the North is
endeavoring to create Il desire on the part
of the people for a suspension ct the war
by compromise with the rebels. Ii s an
effort to place dollars and cents in the bal
ance with patriotism love Of country, loath-
ing of traitors, and the sacred blood OF the
Revolutionary Fathers--to make money ap-
pear more lovely than m0nhOOd: more to
be desired than II government established
solely to protect the governed, and sealed
by the suilcrings and lives of those who
fell in the war of Independence. If the
persons who are now making these efforts
inherited their principles from their ances-
tors, the question may well he asked /" Are
they not the descendants of Revolutionary
tories pa class who. in contest which,
as now, was between Dcspotism and Free
DOM pursued such course that history
will hold up as merting equal contempt
the tory of &c and "butternut of '62.
Every one knows that had James Bu-
chanan performed his sworn duty, and faith
fully executed the laws during the last few
months of his administration, we should
have had no such extensive rebellion; no
such sacrifice of life; no such destruction
of the industrial interests Of the country;
no such enormous war expenditures 10
such burden of taxation, and conse-
Quently no such enormous increase in
the cost of almost all the uxuries and
necessarics of life. That from the Grim
inal negligence of Democratic Presi-
dent has, at least indirectly, resulted all
this. is bad, disgracem and humiliatng
enough, but that the political friends and
supporters of that President should attempt
10 hold his Republican successor RESPONSE
bio for the results of Democratic negli-
gence and mbecility, and urge those results
as reasons why Democrats should again be
placed i'll power, surpasses all that we have
hitherto regarded as reaching the Lowest
depths Of human mcanness.
South Carolina seeded and there was
Traitor rule in Charleston before "Re-
publican rule - was established at Wash
ington. Traitor rule commenced the
war Ivy bombarding Fort Sumter-yet Dem.
ocratic logicians attempt to hold Republi.
cans responsible for the results of the war,
and argue-in eiiect--that nasmuch as
Democratic rule aud Traitor rule '
didn't quarrel, the Democratic party should
be reinstated in power at Washington
when the war will cease. Such is the ar-
gument Of the men who are clamoring for
the Union as il was" and the Constitution
as it is which, according TO a strict in.
depreciation of their acts and words, is a
Union " wherein they can live at peace
with traitors, and Constitution which
any clique Of defeated onice-seekers may
declare mbinding aud overthrow
But suppose that Republican rule was
alone responsible for the price of articles
in the States under its control; evidentl!
then, Traitor rule which commence,
the war-migAt Justly bo held responsible
for prices in territory which acknowledge
its authority Aud as it is we'll known tha
almost every necessary article Of use in ,h
region under Traitor rule is now no
only double or quadruple, but many time
more expensive than formerly il is eviden
that the " liow-we-pay-for-it' argument q
our cotemporary, were he fortunately in th
"Coniederacy," would prove as damaging t
his purse as il now is TO his patriotism.
Tue official vote of the State of New Yorl
for Governor, makes Stymour's majority 10
COZ. The Republican Union vote is 29G, ,46
which is &C. l56, less than the vote for Lin
coin in 1860. The Democratic vote is 307
O63, which 5,72l less than the Fusio
ticket had in 500 an absolute falling OF
The total vote of the State is 6O3 553, again'
675,l5G in lSGO-a falling oil of II GO
Ia the city OF New York the whole Vo
is 1854 in 1860, g5,53s. falling of
1912 OF this the Union Republicans lo'
1885, and the Democrats 1881.