The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-05-06
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How Traitors Talk aud Treason Is Supported


give to the war, is prompted Jy hatred Of the
South and not by patriotism, is obvious to
the most casual observer. That they contem-
plate ultimate disunion or a total subversion
Of Southern institutions in one or tho other
way in which they mean the war to eventuate
is now openly avowed by their leading presses
and orators.
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1t mesns suyugatiOn Of the South, the a6-
clifton Of Slavery, the 6oaing out of fifteen
stars from the national flag, and the appoint
ment Of abolition Satraps over the Southern
people Marshal Expounder, Feb, 1862.
Il political Uarfare against the rebels Is no
longer necessary. IT is SIMPLE NONSENSE
paste . q ink and psper.
But today the Constitution aud tho Uilion
IS IN MORE DANGER OF DESTRUCTION FROM
THE EFFORTS OF Mr.. PHILLIPS AND coADJU.
TORS THAN 1T Is FROM JEFFERSON
DAVIS AND ALL THE REBEL ARMY.
Det. Free Press, March 81, 1862.
THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT THE NERVE to dis
charge any of his own Cabinet, when he fnds
hem me6ieient, Negligent, or evea worse.
Det. Free Press, March 80, 1862.
Her (Micbigan's) incendsry resolutions, her
refusal to repeal the personal liberty bills her
stupidites in Congress, bring down upon her
the AVERSION and CONTEMPT of every patriot.
Grand Rapids Enquirer.
If JEFF. Davis should abandon his diSunion
teaeh'n9s, and proclaim his sympathy with
all measures essential to the safety" Of the
Union, IL Woald be Just as proper to ,celcome
him to the floor of the Senate as to welcome
the equally guilty Wendell Phillips.
De. Free Press. March 10, 1869.
Democratic rictories are more desirable
than victories by our armies.
lChicago Times, April, 1862.
The REPUBLICAN PARTY, as represented In
Congress, Is MORE DANGEROUS TO THE UNION
THAN THE CosFEDERArE CONGRESS.
Chicago Times. April, 1852.
No man Of 'hGrueter wM for u moment ae.
ny Mat the partisan policy Of tie ad0sinistra-
ton has neVer, an tie extreme Of party bitter
ness BEEN EXCEEDED FOR IT'S MEANSEss. Ev-
cry official, from the highest to the lowest, was
decapitated. The time should have boon oc-
cuped in organizing the power Of the Govern
ment that it might crush rebellion at blow,
was consumed in providing places for the stool
pigeons aud puppets Of the party.
Eaton Co. Argus, April Is, 1862.
THERE is NO ESCAPE FROM THE PLAIN STATE
MEST OF THE Commercial AdUertiser, tha,
"NoRTHERN FANATICS can now see that ALL
OUR WOE has proceeded from, THEIR foolish.
ness > Bet. Free Press, March 6, 1862.
The Republican party, Of Which Mr.. Lin.
coin The acknowledge representative and
head, that party, which by REASONABLE AL
IaI 10 H..
cratic party and phich in ITS triumph pl. ng.
ed Me country into all the horrors Of civa
war Det. Free Press, March l2, 1869.
We hereby declare our conviction that, in
the present condition Of the country, the ONLY
path of safety is that Of CANCELLATION and JUS
tce; that coercion by arms is civil wa THAT
CIVIL WAR Is DIsUSIoS, ABSOLUTE AND FoREv-
Err, and we therefore earnestly counsel against
all menaces or acts of coercion Of States by
arms, as not only vain for any good, but Ger.
tain to yield bloody hary est Of pubic and
private woes.
Resolution Dem. State Con, 1861.
! The DEMOCRATIC PARTg plants itself square
| ly upon PEACEFUL POLICY, re-acquiring ju
risdicton by PEACE, if possible, IF NOT THUS,
LET 1T GO.
Grand Rapids En-, Match l6, 1862.
We arc STILL in favor Of the earliest pos.
sb!e adjustment OF the presen, distressing civ
il contest.
Resolutions Ingham Ccunty Democratic
Convention, 1862.
The Democracy, especially, will have been
entrapped into an expenditure of blood and
treasure in an abolition war.
Det. Free Press, March, 1862.
RssC lved That political aboli,iouisn is as
JUSTLY chargeabIe with this war as secession.
ism.
Resolutions Detroit Democratic State Con.
vention.
Whereas, Certain States and communities
Of our heretofore glorious Unicn have wicked.
~ undertaken, separately and collectively, 10
interfere with the domestic institutions ofcer-
tain other States and communities, and by a
long continued course Of denunciatioc and
abuse have DRIVEN said other States TO
undertake to abjure all those duties by which
their connection with the Union was main.
tained.
[Resolutons Ottawa County Convention,
March, 1862.
Re olved, That the Democratic party, by
a prompt and energetic su port of every con
stitutional measure Of our national adminstra-
tion-an administration elected in opposition
to their wishes, and inaugurated upon the
ruins Of their hopes-and contributing of their
men and means to sustain SECTIONAL WAR
perpetrated upon the country in opposition to
their long continued admonitions and rebukes.
have demonstrated anew to patriots every
where, the correctness of their principles and
the proves Of their arms.
Resolutions Ottawa County Convention
March, 1862
Tns Democracy are for PEACE in ANY
ard EVERY probable contingency, of course,
limited TO the enlargement now existing be-
tween the States, North and South.
Grand Rapids Euq, March, 1862.
Every man of ordinary intelligence knows
that if there had been no warning 10y the PEo.
PIE OF THE NORru upon Southern institu.
tons,
this war would not have oc-
curred.-[ Det. Free Press, March Is, 1862.
The JOY in Chicago over the victory Of the
Union arms at Fort Donclson was scarcely
greater than that manifested last night over
the Union victory won in the municipal elec.
ton yesterday. 1t was victory over Aboli-