Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-31
The sDirlt Of tho EIsctIons---rhe Voice Of
It ia strange that The peace Democrats


It is strange that the peace Democrats
will still insist that the triumph of the
DemOeratic party at the polls is a voice in
favor Of the Government and against the
rebels. Nothing could be more palpably
untrue. Who was it that were in power
when the rebellion was conceived, fostered
and inaugursted? Democrats. Who were
the leaders Of the rebellious movement
Democrats. What party was in the as
tendency in the section Of the country
that rsbelled7 The Democratic. What do
the leaders Of the rebellion call themselves
to-day Democrats. What are VaIlandig-
ham, Bright, Petit, Cox, Seymour, Wood
aad Carlile2 Democrats. Who are they
who make excuses for the rebels Demo
Gratis, every man of them. Which party
ct the North is not obnoxious to the rebels
at the South The Democratic. Who was
expelled from Congress for his completely
with traitors2 A Democrat. And so we
might extend the catechism almost indef-
nitely, and to the confusion Of the Demo-
cratic party. And yet we are told that
the only safety for the country lies in re-
turn to Democratic rule; and that the only
hope of the Border State Unionist is in the
success Of the Democratic party. Upon this
point, 8I-. -Jezes- -BE0zagbsuy IanAnainsnt
Democrats loyal citizen of Missouri, adress-
es q long letter to HoratiO Seymour Of New
York, in which he shows most conclusively
that his (Seymour's) election, and that ofhis
fellows in the other Northern States, on
Tuesday next, would be the most disheart-
sning greeting which the free States could
send to the Unionists of the Border. To
prove his assertion he reviews the history
of Missouri for the past two years, show
ing that at the first call for IS, 1000 troops,
the secesssionists laughed it to scorn, and
claimed that when the elections were held
in the North, it would be seen that the
President was not sustained by the people.
In this view rebellion was rampant oyer
the State. But when the elections were
held, and it was seen that every Northern
State sustained the President, and was de-
terminedly in favor Of the prosecution of
the war, the spirit of the rebellion was
broken, and the rebel army fell back to the
border dismayed and demOralized; partly,
it is true, because it was met by an over
powering loyal force, but ait was egreg-
iOus folly 70 deny that fear and cOnsterna-
ton were infused into their ranks by the
unanimity displayed in the elections in
the Northern States" Looking, then, to
their own safety and peace, the UniOnists
in that and other Border States, desire the
success of that party which is most hearty
in support Of the Government Which
that party is, no one can question. What
ever pretenses may be made, whatever
promises may be held out it is neverthe-
less certain that the true supporters Of the
Government are those who uphold its
hands with all their power, and not those
who charge it with despOtism, who threat
en- to resist its requirements. The first,
the Republicans do; the last is monopO-
Used by those calling themselves Demo-
Gratis. And to choose between than ra-
quires only common sense and common
patriotism.