Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-09-10

democrat as | am" said this grand
specimen of n frank and heroic people,
Democrat as i am, | will grasp the hand
of an Abolitionist, or a Know Nothing,
who will stand shoulder to shoulder with
me in this war -
The sublime courage of these words,
uttered in the face of settled prejudices of
both church and party-preludiees that
would have cowed half the politicians OF
the country-indicate broad and lofty
nature. This sentiment was of a piece
with his refusal to do honor to q Prince,
who represented the oppressors Ofhis race.
Ii was of piece with the noble resigna-
ton which, when dratcn for death, in
duced the words, "Let the Government
take no thought of me, but do its will.
| am content to die in its service, even a
felon's DEATH" Ola piece with the grand
dlsdain which refused to make fair wealth
er with his Southern jailors, by recogniz-
ing contingencies that would have brought
him to their cause. The ovation given to
that n'rn on Friday last was well deserv-
ed. W hope he is reserved for further
honor. His biographers need expend no
more labor in tracing his lineage to the
Earl OF Lucan. His pedigree may safely
date from the above expression, for il con-
socrates him with the highest stamp of
MAN.
And this man. and these other men,
just named, are the ones to whom we
would refer our democratic fellow citizens
as guides in sentiment and loyalty, in
preference to the lank, conniving hounds,
whom nothing but the disgust of Merit
for the walks of politics, has given tenn
pOrary prominence and swing. They,
these pretended doctors of democracy,
are as short in judgment rs they are de-
testable in morals. They have a gift for
trickery, a hnack at lying, but no capaci-
ty to probe the distant future, or to bal
ance broad effects. They imagine, do
these gentry, that this war is a political
campaign, not vital clash of principles :;
and, losing sight of democratic essence,
dream that party ascendancy will be re-
stored, by re-instituting an opposition to
the Government, by return themselves to
office, and restoring to our offended
Southern brethren" their togas of con-
troll.
We tell you, fellow democrats, as you
have been told by Archbishop Hughes, by
Daniel L. Dickinson, by Michael Corcor-
an, by John A. Dix, and others on whom
you can honestly rely, that this is not 3
time to institute an opposition to the
Government. \ fight is on-fierce, bitter
and memorable. A fight which absorbs all
narrow views of party, and which, instead
of threatening merely the places of few
of the fellows you have always fed and
whom assume to be your leaders, involves
not only your entire nationality but the
dearest hopes of all the world.
There is no shrinking from it that can
be successful; no evasion of the issue :
Two natious cannot exist in peace be-
tween our northern border and the Gulf.
If you are not enlisted for the country,
you will soon be Overtaken and drafted
by the pirates. The war is on. The pre-
tentious and self-entitled ''master-race, Z"
who diSdain you, simply because you la
Dor with your hands, has begun the infa-
nous assault. To YOU as democrats the
text of the contest especially appeals.
Be not misled by the blind guides and
traitors who would impose upon you with
false cries. This is the last vital contest
between the opposing principles OF AriS-
tOcracy and Equality. The decision of
the momentous struggle depends mainly
upon YOU. The fight IS on, for lasting
good or evil. There is no halting place,
no halfway house for mercy! Support
the Government. Strike for your ma
tionalty. Fear not for your party.
None other can permanently rule the
country, Strike for yourselves, nor cease
until you make these blOated villains
poor,