Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-18
TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOT
EUEt FROM THE RESPONSIBLE.
TY or THE PRESENT WAX.

In the outbreak Oh lust luulphallob
which attended the commencement Of
the present rebellion, the people did not
stop 10 inquire into ITS cause. ~ wa
snfI,tiopt for them that an aticinr, lao
been made 10 destroy the best govern
n.ent that the world eyer saw, ami then
whole energy was bent to tho task OF
defeating that attempt. The fefnbH-
can party sought to escape rcsponS''ii'N
by vehement protestations OF patriotic
feeling, BY charging the rebellion upon
The Democrats, and by divertng popu-
lar attention from themselves towards
those who were actively engaged ~ re-
I,rion aeainstthe Federal Government.
Blu. now that the people have had time
~ recover from the excitement occas-
,oned Is the first attempt at disunlon,
they naturally begin to inquire little
more closely into the cause Of the RIP
turc. an to examine into the agency
which the Republican party had in pro
ducing it. And the people, always
right in the end, are beginning TO APP
preciate the share which that party had
IN The work. Tie Journnl Of Com
,ueyce, il roccnt editorial, too long loI
insertion here, directly charges the Re-
lublcau party with being the main
cause Of the rebellion After adveitlng
10 the strong Union feeling which pfc-
vailed throughout the entire country np
u lie time Of tic afiiation Of the Abo
l,ionists with the Republican par'y,'hat
paper De- crlcs as briefly as possible the
means taken by the opponents OF slavery
10 rouse ana emblttcr the feelings OF the
South. We give the remainder OF tie
editorial in Is own language
Rapidly, with iapidlty almost I'M
paralelea, the dlsunlenIsts OF tile South
increased Their forces and grew J"
eticn til. The statesmen, the fathers,
tile few Robe men who remained to us
from AL are OF great men, bekonght the
North to pause. The an,i-slavcry rad
Was fierce and uncompromsli II
slave Is apcd - the North, nnt-nlafcry
mohs defended hiu, and rescued HIM
from tie officers OF the Constitution. II
an anti 81 very fanatic led muiderous
a,;a,l; on Virginia homes, AMI vas hing
a. hc d lyod, anti slavery ucwspapeis
praised hIln a. "A martyr, and anti siaveil
IL II 10
Supreme Court Of the t,tcd states
onuuclated dec.slon un'.ef the Consul
futon winch favored the Iigita OF STAY
erv. Northern ftnatlcism denounced the
cont, refused TO abide ~ its constltu
ton Il law, aud boldly threatened TO lc-
organize tie CONT, 50 that IL should hele
after decidc al anu-slayclv mon wished
it.
Az ttis, hy no mean~, justified relel-
llou at to south. 81, Int this mad
ness u tie North pa "a il the hands Of
The oi>uulon men Of The South precisely
The weapons they wanted They made
il The ca 10 organ 4 onthcln party.
They la.i,d around Ia IN many Of the
hcs' and mob, It mon ct tie south "ho
really Ic''cvcd that TINS Northern anti
slavery e3enctt would come into tier
homes ana Gcyour tLclI substance,w while
it iieed their Slaves.
In the midst of this terrible excite
ment, IN excitement on which patriots
and calm mon looked with awe and
horrible f3rcbodings, tie Republican
patty came into existence ana strobe
rani.Il, lie Iaa,I.4tc ~,
srrupulons men, who songht political
success at any cost. The anti slavery
excitement was "A capital political ally.
Inc marriage was toimed. Men who
were IN the party aud were not abolition
lists, could rot precisely understand
whe:c ihey r., or what they we've.
The orator, q the party, on Iat!orh-s,
nowed their denuGciatlons OF slavery to
catch the aoli slavery vote. The news
ptpcta o he psrtt reiterated the ant
ltve'y e..ea ,htrgiog The say, holder
with al crimes aud sham, $, ''titc sun OF
all viiilluis )" hut the party as a patty
never endorsed any ,t those tanatica
prop sitiYns, and claltLed to le free
from Ia IL.
ist, the tear # Washington ard Of ali
The patriots down to the lately honored
dead Of kentucky ana Massachusetts,
Vas REALIZED. y sectional party wa
formed, auu It's triumph WAS the excuse
for another sectional party t. punre
into rebel on aganst Il e Government,
y lille we stood shoa,ing to the North
that tney were putting luto The hands
OF the Southern dsnnion men the very
weapon tev desired t. accomplish their
ends, We but met the derlsiye LAUGHTER
OF the men who now charge on slavery
The war INTO Which their folly permitted
few disunlonists to plunge the naten
Look back two years. Who warned
ant-,lavery men that they were furnl, h.
ing fuel for a conf grafton: Southern
Union men and Shareholders. Who
hesought the Northern dominant part,
to cut loose their abolition alie- and
save he nation? Southern Union me-
and Shareholders Who most loudly,
longmgly legged, prayed, besought tie
Repuollean party 10 pause in their career
OF triumph and concede something to
enable them to save the South from the
w'les OF The small aud weak party of dis
uhionlstss Southern shareholders. who
would have died Cor the Union then as
bravely and joyousIy as any of us to day :,
We make no ,-ycnaa CO.. ,L1 -.