The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-05-16

Inc ADDRESS speaks ol "tne hnc'o"' GU"
the recent policy ot>>the Democratic party,
running through p6riod Of sixty years. =
We all know in what that policy finally cul-
minated. II is not long since MIR. Ham
mond, of South Carolina, in the United
States Senate, boastcd that the South had
governed the country for sixty years. and
asked, with an air of triumph, II they had
not governed It we'll. Mark tho ccinci-
dence Those sixty years of Southern
rule, ending in rebellion and war, consti.
tutcd the precise period during which tho
Democratic party, with but little iutorrup.
ton, administered tho Government; and,
during noorly or quite one.half of that pc
riod of National prosperity and greatness,
the leaders in this Rebellion, who were also
leaders in the Democratic party, wore ST.
Iently but steadily and surely maturing their
schcme of ACKNOWLEDGMENT, now falsely at
tributod to the "fell spirit Of Abolition
These things are matters Of history, which
no man can deny.
The address proceeds
THE irst step toward restoration of
the Union as it was. is to maintain the Con.
stituton as IL ia. So long as 1t was main.
tanned in fact, and not threatened with in
fraction in spirit and in letter, actual or i'm
minent, the Union was inviolate.
To restore the Union. il is essential, first,
to give assurance to every State, and to the
people OF every section. that their rights,
and liberties and property will be secure
within tho Union, under the Constitution"
1t is then most forcibly suggested that
there could be no assurance more doubly
sure" than revival of the power of the
Democratic party-tho ancient and natural
ally of the shareholders. Again We quote {:
ITO restore the Union is to crush out
sectiOualsm North and South. To begin
the great work of restoration through the
ballOt.bOx is to kill AbOlitionism. The bit.
tor waters of Secession flowed first and arc
fed still from the unclean fountain of Abo-
litionism. That fountain must DO dried up.
Armies may break down the power of the
Confederate Government in the South: but
the work of restoration can Only be carried
on through political organization and the
ballot in the North and West. In this great
work We cordially invite the cooperation of
all men of every party who are opposed to
the fell spirit of Abolition, and who, in sin.
ceritv, desire tho Constitution as it ia and
the Union ss il was"
Not word in all this; about the
crime Of rebellion or the guilt of traitors |!
One wanders in vain through this labored
address, in search of some acknowledge
that the Government is engaged 10 a mighty
struggle for its very existence, with the
Slave Power of the South. The only obstacle
in the way of restoration of peace and
union, recognized by its authors, is the "fell
spirit of Abolition" And how do they pro.
pose to restore these blessings? Let them
answer for themselves:
"Wo do not propose to consider now the
causes which led to the present unhappy
civil war A filter time will come hereafter
for such discussion. But we remind you
now that COMPROMISE made our Union, aud
COMPROMISE fifteen months ago would have
saved it,"
The Inference from the above language is
plain, that these fourteen Democratic Mem.
bers of Congress, six of whom are from our
own FREQ State of Ohio, would end this war,
which has cost so many millions of treasure,
and 80 many innocent lives, by compromise.
Compromise with whom ? With the South
orn traitors, for against them alone is it
waged. Democrats of Ohio you who have
sacrificed so much and been 80 shamefully
betrayed are you prepared for this God
forbid that such should bo your Democracy !!
But read another extract:
Every act necessary for the safety and
efficiency of the Government, and for a
complete and most vigorous trial of it's
strength, is yet wholly consistent with the
observance of every provision of that in.
strumeu., the Constitution, and of the laws
| in pursuance of it, If tho sole motives of
those in power were the suppression Of the
rebellion" and no more And yet the
history of the Administration for the twelve
months past, has been and continues to be
q history of repeated usurpations of power
and of violations of tho Constitution, and of
the public and private rights of the citizen.
For tho proof, we appeal to facts too recent
to need recital here. and too fragrant and
heinous for the calm narrative which we
PROPOSE Similar acts were done, and like
policy pursued, in the threatened war with
| France, in tho time of John Adams, and
with the same ultimate purpose. But, in
two or three years, the people forced thom
into an honorable peace with France, re.
buked tho excesses and abuses of power,
vndicated the Constitution, and turned over
tho Federal Government to the principles
and policy Of tho Democratic party. To
the sober second thought of the peo.
pie, therefore, and to the baliot-box, VIC
now appeal, when again in like peril with
our fathers"
Breckinridge was in tho habit of using
such language as this while he fingered il
tho United States Senate, and no is now il
the Rebel Army. A most significant par
alel is here instituted, from which it is evi
dent that these revivors of tho Democrat,
party intend that, as, ip the time of Johr
Adams, tho Administration was forced int
an honorable peace with France, it shall nov
be forced into an honorable ~ peace witt
the Rebels. The address concludes thus:
"To conclude; Inviting all men, withou
distinction of State, section or party, whit
are for the Constitution as It is and IT,,
Union as it was, to unite with us in this grea
work upon terms of perfect equality, we in
sist that -
The restoration of tho Union, whether