The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-10-29
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These columns, We 8say, ars neither Dem
ocratc nori Republican thsy are aimpl,
Union, Ha,psr'. /. Wsels b. 10 politics
but i he The uas r,ing loyalty Is the
Government which every honest citizen and
paper owes and i has ! spoudipg duty
o' ccnsurv upon, all i who seek q. arouse Old
paEty passions, ass rs, e7a,i va. 8
Tlhhir This effort Was d deliberately made by M
HoorFatio orFa Seymour. whowas lately nominated
BY NJ. Fernando Wood and his friends 70,
Governor Of New; York. His speech Of &C. &.
cep19.nce, Of which ,Mr, Fernando Wood said
that .tsl hs inaossed @ every word was neithe,
. plea for the Governpent nor = denuncia
ton Of the rebellion. nor an appeal to every
patriotic heart to strain Jet another nerve ii
saving the country, nor 2 burning tribute to
the t'sye and assls 1, martyrs ia the cause
but dry, elaborate special plea and jus'ii:
cation for the party with which he has acted
No other party. be said, is 6',ed to carr,
on the government. -, :, III
Mr.. Seymour provokes 9; very brief his
tor'ca' reninscence upon the point of pecu
liar fitness ... ~.. -''
Mr.. Buchanan was the late Democratic
President: In his Cabinet and by his con,
nivance the reb.]tion was nnaturcd NJ
Cobb-nowa rebel General-was the Dem
ocratic Secretary Of the Treasury. Mr.
Floyd-now q rebel Genera1-was the Dem
ocratic Secretary Of War. Mr.: Thompson
IA conspicuous rebel instiga.or-was The
Democratic Secretary of the Interior. Mr..
Jefferson Davis. the rebel President; Mr..
Toombs, his Secretary Of State; Mr.. Ben.
jamin, his late Secretary Of War Slidcll,
the retel emissary nsparis: Mason, the dit
to in London Wiyfall, Yulre, J. Chestnut,
and the rest were Democratic Senators O,
the United States; The most conspicuous
members Of that party in the Cabinet and
Senate, assisted by representatives of the
same faith in the House. organized at the
national capital the plot to overthrow the
national Government. in which they were
assisted by the Democratic Governors ol
Southern States. For seventeen months
tho country has, in consequence, been con
vu'sed and desolated by ferocious war
Every family is bereaved-every citizen is
heavily taxed-the prosperity Of the nation
Is paralyzed and its very existence menaced;
and every opendeiender or secret sympathi.
zer with this bloody effort to ruin tie Gov
ernmen: and the country has been identified
solely with the Democratic Party.
The Republican party may be unified to
direct the Government, but il this record
proves that the Democratic party ii better
fitted, it can only be because words hav g
ceased to have meaning.
The gentleman who brings the charge OF
unfitness has been selected in New York a.
the candidate Of that party He pr;des
himself up"a having urged the Government
to surrender to the rebellion before a shot
ha' oeen n'ed. His speech has ample and
'abe"ed vi'uperation and accusation-nos of
the eaersies Of the c'untry, but of the friends
OF the Administration which is rnair tanning
the Government. Are his most vehement
supporters in or out Of the Convention. the
most loyal of Union men Does he
take his stand upon purely partisan, or
. purely pa riot,c platform? Will, or will
not. JEFF D.vis in Richmond, SlideIl in Par.
's, and Mason in London, rejoice to hear Of
his election ? and e,.n that which pleases
these men really be servicable to the coun>
Try ia this extremity :: s--s... u *4'g ~.'..-7
These are not party or po,itica, questions.
They are questions Of the further existence
OF the Government unawed by the rebellion,
and unchanged by compromise with rebels
in arms.-Harper'. Weekly. nj ri - f. #'