The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28
Republican and Rebel Misrepresentation.

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edge that the Union Democracy of California,
is Union party. 1t knows well enough that
they, last year, dropped every issue but that
of supporting the Government for the mainte-
nance of the Union. and invited all Union men
to cooperate with them. The Republicans
declined, because they had party policy that
was greater than their love for the Union
That secured, they now resolve themselves into
a Union party, without abandoning a single
feature Of their party policy, except their
name. which had become the synonym of
fraud, peculation and rascality, and denounce
everybody as secesSionists, or the allies of Sc
cessonists. who did not see proper to respond
TO the call of the Republican committee 1t
is the converse tactics of rebels and their SYM
pathizers, who denonnce the Union Democracy
as Republicans and " abolitionists - and
q Lincoln Democrats because they will not
join in their rebellion against the Government
| of their country
| How can the Appeal acknowledge that the
Democracy of California are Union party,
and then assert that those who sustain the
Democratic organization are doing the dirty
work of secessionists? Are the Democracy OF
the loyal States sympathizing with the rebel
lion The unanimity in support of the Gov
ernment in every loyal State, gives the lie to
the thought Democrats crowd the ranks OF
the army, to put down the rebellion caused by
such sectional parties as the Republican and
the Breck inridge organizations. Yet, if they
refuse to step into the political ranks Of the
former they are denounced as d" secession SYM
patbizers :" if they refuse to affiliate with the
latter, they are denounced as abolitionists -
and -" Republican hirelings." The Democracy
are Union party. They love the Consttu-
tional Government of their country; have al
ways sustained it, and always will, against
enemies at home or abroad For the hypocrisy
of the Republicans, they have only exposure,
defiance and scorn; for the assaults of the re-
bels and their sympathizers upon the Constitu-
tional Government of their country, they have
contempt for their puerie efforts, and the
hangman's knot for their treason. Once es-
tablish the doctrine and belief that it is the
duty of every one to connect himself with a
sectional party North, or a sectional party
South. and the Government would be launched
on sea of revolution as eternal and lasting as
the race of rebels and fools of hypocrites and
pretenders.
While the Democracy are doing all that
can be required of good citizens to sustain
their Government,-flling the ranks of the
army, and the Golfers of the Administration.
and scaling their devotion to constitutional
government with their hearts blood, they are
denounced as " hide bound partizans," by one
sectional party, or as hired Hessians," by
another. Cease your partizan policy prevari-
cations or cease to denounce the call of your
Government for troops to protect the National
Capital, as heavy draft upon your patriotism.
REPUBLICAN LoGIC.-The Republican Or
gans acknowledge that the Democracy are a
Union party-tbat they sustain the Govern
ment in putting down the rebellion and there
is no other issue now before the country,
and yet, because the patriotic Democracy DO
not surrender their organization at the bidding
of the Republican committees, they are de-
nounced as rebels and rebel sympathizers. As
shallow and insufferable as such stuff " is, it
is quite as good sense as could be expected
from sectional idiots who are wild with the
drunken delrium of sectional fanaticsm Ii
there is any other issue in the present cam.
paign, it comes from the Republicans, who
consider call for more troops by the War
Department, for the purpose of putting down
the rebellion in accordance with the declared
policy of the Government, " q heavy draft on
their patriotism" Because Lincoln will not
disregard his oath, and sustain Hunters proc.
lamation, Republican patriotism has oozed out
like Bob Acres courage.
THE CONDIrIOy KpndaN in q lafe