The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-07-23

dreds of gallant soldiers who volunteered
in that county, fully three fourths of them
are Democratic voters or the sons Of Dem,
ocratic fathers. And yet gentleman
| from the Western Reserve would denounce
them as disloyal should they see proper
still to support the Democratic party and
its organizations they undoubtedly
will do, in preference to the abolition
measures of the Republican party. My
colleague 'sdoubts any man who prates SO
much about the Constitution Who made
him "a judge in Israel?' or gave him au
thority to say "stand back! | am holier
than thou?" The sentiment, he utters is
worthy of his colleague in the other end
of the Capitol, Mr.. WADE who. also
"doubts the man who prates somueh about
the Constitution and stigmatizes him as
sympathizor with rebels, I am happy
to know that the verdict of the people does
not depend upon the judgment or opinion
of these gentlemen. My colleague asks:
"Who, sir are the leaders of the armed
rebellion against the Government, which
has threatened its overthrow? They were
Democrats-they were, members of the
Democratic party. Who was Jefferson
Davis? Who was Barnwell Rhett? Who
was John c. Breckenridge? Who, in fine,
were the whole crew of conspirators
against this Republic? They were lead
! ing membeas of the Democratic party,
which it is now proposed to re:urrect.' .
This, in western parlance, may be de-
nominated the knock-doton argument. Sir,
is it fair, is it legitimate for gentlemen to
name leading rebels in the South, and call
them Democrats, and hold the Democracy
of the North responsible for their acts?
Does he not know that the Democracy of
the North and these southern rebels part
ed company first at Charleston, and again
at Baltimore2 [ have no sympathy with
secession, or with the leaders of this re-
bellion. For twenty years have the De-
mocracy of the North stood up for what
they believed to be the constitutional
rights of the South: for twenty years
have they been denounced by that gentle
mans party as dough-faces and slavery
propagandists for SO doing; and now these
same southern men, on the first plausible
occasion, abandon those in the North who
had been standing by them; and that, too,
at a time when both Houses of Congress
and the Supreme Court would have been
against the Administration of President
Lincoln, had he sought to trespass upon
their constitutional guarantees. They
! abandoned us to the tender mercies of the
abolition party, many of whom, with
1 them, desire the dissolution of the Union
I Therefore, I claim the Democratic party
of all others, have least cause of sympa
thy with secessionists and rebels. 81
! But why not name others of the Breck
inridge party who labored to bring this
trouble upon us by the destruction of the
Democratic party-for it had its begin
ming at Charleston?s Why not name Ben!
iamin f. Butler and Daniel S. Dickinson
| and John A. Dix and Edwin NJ. Stahtoni
These men are now high in the confidence
of the Administration, and / think it viii
not be denied that some of them contrib
uted all in their power to break up th'
Charleston and Baltimore conventions
| 1t would seem that there is natural affin
, ity between the Republican and Breckin
ridge parties, or rather the leaders.
: think it will not be. denied that but fo
the disruption of the econventiona at Charles
ton, Mr.. Lincoln would not have bee
i elected President of the United States
> and the northern Breckenridge men, VIII
! ! aided so materially in accomplishing tina
] work, have had their reward in places
I honor and profit under this Administrs
!. !. ton. All attempts of gentlemen to st'e
r = fmatize the signers ofthat address, or thos
1 from whom it originated, as of the Breck
inridge party, fall harmless, 81 9al
It'll Sir, in the campaign of 1860, / Nv;
it honored by being handbilled. by this r.
n publican party for being too, much of q
rel abolitionistto to suit them. | hold here
y my hand a copy of that handbill, heade
le in faHling capitals, s, " Footprints of "a
hi Abolition Negro Worshiper Y And fir
z among the sans imputed to me is, el" I
is votes for Salmon p. Chase r. refer
ID this for the purpose of making this e,
ic tract: reus ae,sa1 49, sis.g
- : GA CARD.-We the. undersigned, eli
: zens of Woodsfeld, hereby certify th
u we were present at tthe Douglas ratifcati
= meeting in said town on the evening
% the 2eth day of June, 1860; that We hea
2 : the speech of james R. Morris ), that
- breathed the utmost defiance and contem
- for his fellow Democrats who refused
= support Mr.. Douglas; that Mr.. Nor
en- characterized them as a setAof mad FAM
sttics, fire eaters, and disqnionists; said tn
of and the Republicans had one comm
ul end-a dissolution of the Union; a
lie wound up his speech by saying If
nd devil don't get such men, there is no ,
of in keeping up devil :" fv
=
~ This card is signed by'six very resp,
NJ table Republicans, and, had they used I
~ terms disunionists of the South and al
,nr litionists Of the North, would have pre-
nearly represented what did say on Il
! subject. But the distinction between al
e : litionism and Republicanism is fast dyi
ne out; they are now nearly synonymo
terms. i do not, claim to be a proph
he but very nearly guessed the objects
ere1 these two parties as certified to in t
SO card. 1t has been but.a few weeks sir
lat Wendell Phillips stood up IN eone of
nd public buildings in this city, surround
Ids by majority of the Republican Inemb
ID j Of this Congress, and was applauded
his the echo for the sentiments he then utt
IL IL l. III = f.