The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-06
For tie Democratic Press.
To the People of PrebIe County

!
the Union and Christianity-glo-
rious co-workers in the progress of
civilization. The Union secured
liberty and good will to men and
the Gospel said, blessed are the
peacemakers, for they shall be
called the children of God But
you cannot serve God and Nam
mon. While the war exists the
Union will be tramplcd under foot;
for into a malicious soul wisdom
cannot enter. Wisdom is a loving
spirit ;-Love is ofGod,' and we
ought to love one another-and
you are commanded to Hove your
neighbor as yourself Again it is
written; But I say unto you love
your enemies Surely, without
love, neither the Union, nor Chris
tianity can live F; who ever said
they could?
But honorable men and pious
preachers have shown you another
way in which to 60. For many
years they have shamed their stolen
christian cloak by teaching you
how to hate your brothers. They
organized Northern sectional par
ty, and made platforms whose
principle is hatred to their equal
constitutional rights; and finally,
upon the same principle of hatred,
they elected the Hon. Abraham
Lincoln to the Presidency. Then
in a spirit of disunion, abolition
seized upon all the powers of our
Government, and now wields them
on the principle of deathly hatred
to your Southern brothers and
their institutions. In hatred they
have rejected all propositions for
peace and union. Even when the
friends of our Constitution every
where called fora peace conference,
what was their response? They
selected the most ultra abolition
lists as delegates, who met in that
conference, where they obstinately
refused to give their assent to any
measure that would insure peace
and a happy Union. Then, the
hateful rebellion sprung up, and
war followed; because it was pro-
voked by all the means hatred
could devise.
And with q hope that this ha-
tired might be turned aside, and
with a desire to sustain our gov
ernment for the sake of the Union,
loyal men, against their better
feelings, have given them aid with
all their soul, mind and strength.
But what good has it done? Abo-
lltion has only grown more intense.
The honorable men and pious
preachers now threaten in their
fury to wage this war for the pur-
pose of subjugating our Southern
brothers, and to destroy their labor
and their institutions, by the eman-
cipation of the negro. Their policy
is wicked, unchristian and ruinous.
Indeed their course thus far has
been marked by failure, corruption
and public ruin. 1t cannot in the
nature Of things be otherwise. By
pretence and lies they seek for re-
venge, and not for the restoration
of the Union. They thirst for
blood, and a feast of horrors, and
scenes of servile insurrection.
deaths ministers are they, who thus deal
death
Inhumanly to men, and multiply
Ten thousand fold tue sin of him who slew
His brother"
Listen no longer to their lies
They are enemies to our Copstitr-
ton, and foes to the race of white
men, because they expect to be.
come ricner by this war. They
would put money in their pockets
at the expense of the Union and
Christianity. They would reap a
golden harvest out of the hearts
blood Of their brothers. BRvTrs.