Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-07
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The Springfield (Illinois) Journal, the Repub
lican organ of Illinois. in a late issue says:
1--WE call upon the Republican press of Illinois,
and of the whole country, to unfur the old(D
Republican banner, and stir up friends for or
ganzation and action"
In New Hampshire, at the late election, the
''old Republican banner was unfurled. and no
heed was paid to the Republican professions of
"no party during the war" In New York the
Peoples" organization has been abandoned and
arrangements made for the reorganization of the
Republican purity upon its cold" issues. This
policy will be adopted in every State where the
Republican leaders think they have the strength
to successfully ''unfurl the old Republican ban
ner." The Springfield Register. the State organ
of the Democracy of Illinois, thus responds to
the appeal of the Journal to the Republican
press of that State and "the whole country" to
"stir up their friends for organization and &C
tion:"
Flat treason, if there is any truth in the Jour
nal; for has it not, for months, been dehouncing
all as traitors, who, during the war, would dare
oppose the hollow "no party" professions of Alb
oltionismG This has been the Journals theme
b. day and dream by night. To be "party"
man, or support party ticket, was clear treason,
and none but traitors could lisp of party organi-
zationl 1t was not sufficient that four Democrats
to one Republican took service in the army. 1t
was not sufficient that Democrats gave jealous
support to the Government, in its prosecution of
the war, while they were excluded from civil,
and, to great extent, from military honors; but
they must ignore name and principle, and dove
tail with Abotionsm, under hypocrincal party
cognomen, for the Advancement of Abolition
principles and to further the aspirations of Abo-
ition men. Democrats could not be duped into
such an alliance and hence were traitors-trait-
Ors in standing by principle, the Union and Con-
stitution, established by the fathers. The Hi
nOis Journal, in despair, gives up the fruitless
task, and in turn avOws its treason" by a rally
ing cry for the organization of the ''Old Republi-
can party!" In doing so it repeats, in the style
of its fanatical rawlings of year ago, its charge
of treason against the Democratic party. All
Illinois Democrats are traitors, including the fifty
thousand of them down in Dixie, fighting the
Journals allies of 1860. We are all traitors
again, but this time we have the Journal in COM
pany, by its own record. 1t is preaching party"
its last years synonym for treason.
Well, nelghbOr, rally mp your-''Old republican
party" IL dates back to 1856, we believe, and
in six short years it has become DID, ricketty, de-
crepd, UNANIMOUSLY corrupt; so much SO that it
attempted To rejuvenate near year ago with
allas. hattie ana patch up us crumDilng bones,
that the Democracy, dating its organization with
the foundation OF the Government, yet ever
youthful and ever true to country and to princi-
pie, may sweep it away among the rubbish OF the
hundred other factions that, from time to time,
have had brief existence founded in the cCrrup-
tons, dsappointments and evil passions of ambi-
tious demagogues. Trot out your prematurely
''old" party, neighbor. The slogan of the Old
Democratic guard is sounding. Another round
with them will end your misery and bid hope for
the old Constitution and the old Union.