Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-07-22
Repubiican IntoIerance.

I
Republican Intolerance.
The Abolition newspaper Of this city is
laboripg to prove that the Democrats are
traitors and secessionists. For the past
week or SO, it has devoted its columns al
most exclusively to this subject, and, in it's
own estimation, doubtless, succeeded in
establishing the fact that nearly one half
of the people Of the Northern States, en-
terrain secession sentiments.
That paper, indeed, appears to be more
determined to put down the Democratic
party than to crush the wicked rebellion.
Some scuril1us writer in that sheet 10
spoutipg his venom against the Democratic
party with an unusual degree of vindic-
tiveness.
There is no depth of meanness to which
our Abolition contemporary will not descend
to injure and revile :be Democratic party.
Il hates Democrats mere than it does Sc.
cessionists. It is evidently fearful that
the Democracy will make clean sweep of
the county and State next November. and
these apprehensions have filed it with
fears and alarms. Every fabrication, no
matter how moDstrous or ridiculous, it
puts in circulation to create prejudice
against the Democracy. Hence, it is con-
tinually crying that the Democrats are dis
loyal.
The Abolition paper, Of this city, imi.
tates the Chicago and New York Abo-
lition rapers in 4 small way. II keeps up
a continual howl about ''sympathisers with
treason" but the persons who are traitors
in its estimation are always sure to be
Democrats.
The Abolitionists may condemn the war
because it is not made an Abolition war,
and assail Mcclellan and other Union Gen.
erals, but let q Democrat undertake to
show the enormous taxation with which
the people will be burdened, and which
might have been avoided if compromise, in
place Of shedding each others blood. had
beer adopted, and be IN at once set down
and denounced as traitor. And to show
the hypocritical meanness of their organ
in this city, which processes to be ready to
immediate any Democrat who will talk 10
favor Of peace and compromise. or agains,
the taxes which are being piled up on the
people by the plunderings of the Admins
tratiOu, since it come into power, we need
but refer to its columns. In each issue !,
publishes articles, grabbed from this paper
aud rolls up its eyes in holy horror over
them and exelaims-"If this is loyalty,
God preserve US from treason"
Our Abolition contemporary evidently
don't know much about treason. Judging
from its late articles and tone, it would
probably say-"Treason consists in being
Democrat and adhe.ing to the constitu.
ton" Loyalty in its opinion, consists in
being Black Republican and selling bad
horses to the Government and being in IA
vor of emancipation.
AT the commencement Of this unfortu-
nate and unnatural civil war, Democrats
exhibited in various ways, their willing
ness to forego partizar differences, and 10
unite heartily with all patriotic citizens
who desire to maintain the supremacy Of
the constitution and the inviOlability Of
the Union. We were told by those in
power that there should be "no party
now )" and. trusting to these professions,
the Democrats expected that their slight
waver-not a5andonment-of party cons
troversy, would be met in the same spirit
of lofty self'sacrifiee by our opponents. In
this, however, they were sorely disap2oiut
cd.
The Abolition leaders in the Republican
party have been more obstinate than ever,
since the war commenced in thrusting their
peculiar notiuns upon the country in ex-
hibiting the sectional spirit and sectional
views that have always governed them
and worse than all, in insisting that the
war shall be prosecuted for the purpose Of
reducing the Southern States into con-
quersd provinces and abolishipg the con-
stitutional institution of slavery.
Notwithstanding Democrats have turned
out by hundreds of thousands at the call
of the Republican President to fight and
to die for the constitution and the Union,
and to sustain the Government by all the
means in their power In asserting the su-
premacy of the one, and the inviolability
Of the other, the Abolition.sts are denounc.
ing them as traitors and secessionists.-
Surely is not such intolerance and parti.
Isnism on the part of the dominant party.
enough to stimulate every Democrat hav.
ing spark of independence or patriotism
to renewed efforts in behalf of the princi
pies of the only party that can resue our
country from its appalling perils.