Smyrna times., 1862-10-09
Which is the Disunion Party?

In our last issue We answered the charges
OF the N|nru10a, and showed why the
mon Party was not tie 'diSunion" partv.
according to the >lal letul bill calling Dem
OcrStic Convention-shamctjl in the mis-
representations Of the principles of its own
party. Tins was unnecessary, we admit.
and would have been ridiculous IN us but
for the hypocrisy, treachcry and wickedly
false position of our opponents and even
with all these qualities interviewer in their
professions, it would be unnecessary were
the people properly informed, and could be
divested Of their former sectional prejudice
and base devotion to 4 PARTY name. It
were just as reasonable to say black is white
as to say EploH party is Ct81ui0a party: it is
just as philosophical to say the "nloon is
made of green cheese" because it is round
as to say ours is Il disunion party because
all Its efforts have and are being bent to
preserve the Union. The Union Party
hsve hazarded life, business, the comforts Of
home, everything for the sake of the Union.
while our opponents have willingly sacri-
tceI nothing but have tried in every way
TO hamper the Government. by condemning
everything it has done as wrong, and tacit-
y approving everything the South has done
as right. Ii tli"y had been honest men. the
he IN calling us the disunion party would.
ike the amen Of Macbeth, = have stuck in
the roof OF their mouths"
The whols fact Of their devotion to tho
Union Is couched in few words-the lend
ers OF the sham Democracy found the mass
es were for preserving the Union, and TO
get their votes they must "make believe
they were for the Union also, that they
might delude them into voting their ticket
and thereby get their suffrage. There are
many men connected with the Democratic
farty-and they are, by the way. to be
found among the laboring class-who have
eariieStly desired the restoration of the
Cmon, but who, yielding to the hvpocrit;cal
cry OF their party leaders, of violation Of
the Constitution, the writ of A,Jeas corpus.
the enormous tax, the oppression of the
drsit, neg;o equality, and the assertion that
the South desired compromise. while all
such efforts were resisted by the North,
nave been whipped into the traces" and
made lgnorantly and unwilingly to vote in
sympathy with that which they dispise.
1t will require but few arguments to show
mat our opponents are the disunion party.
and this can be done by running over the
record of the last two wears.
When the South said Mr.. Lincoln's eIcc-
tion was just cause ofsecession, our Dem
ocratlc leaders harmonized with the FEELING
-"applauded to the echo" When South
Carolina, Georgia, &C., went out of tbc
Union, they said "let them go-the State
Us sovereign" When there was cry from
Inc honest men of the nation for their Pres
'ueiit tbuchanan) to keep his oath and pro-
Iect the Government property and ." en-
force the laws" these same men said LOT tho
PRESIDENT dare attempt it, and we will meet
ms myrmidons OH the border and repel
lhem from our soil with larger force
ana yet they have the falsehood emblazened
on their bills that they are in favor of the
Union, the Constitution and the enforoe-
ment of the laws" When the South Car
olnlans fired on Sumter they applauded
them for their bravery and pluck. When
the mob of Baltimore fired on the troons
passing through to protect the Capital. they
commended it as an act of bravery. When
frsSdVnt Lincoln called out $4,000 men 20