The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-25
NUMBER IA .

i, years ago, who's hurt? and the hundreds
OF thousands Of fresh graves i%ilP send
forth response. GCries of''ThapSso." "
A million and half OF widows and
orphans will sendforth arssponssd The
] desolation Of the fairest country on the
I globe viii send forth response! !sTThe
bfghted hopes Of the brightestehepes
the world ever had send forth aresp66se. =
The Mourning Of THE People.
The mourning of the psople.tbA is
every where being heard will se1d>.fJrth
the response to that question, Who's
hartS Ny God! let him put, dog1 {hat
question in 1861 aud then put tt,down
in 1868, and let him bring the answers
arranged one after another, as Ihaye ar.
ranged them, and be will llnot ask, WHO is
hurtY The great question viii be, who is
not hurt2 Tories Of "That's so% pnd
cheers. Nobody can answer that dues.
tion but the contractors that buy mules
and beeves- contractors and Office holders
the men that swarm like maggots in the
national cheese; these men are the ones
that are not hurt The black gartients >
that shroud the mother and sisters dfthe
grave who have fallen, tell that TREY ore
hurt. Those who ought to be Here now
shaking hands with usin congratalation,
are now in their graves. Another mil
lion are now commissioned to go or With
this business Of Wholesale mufder,e- and
every newspaper brings US the bloody
chronicle shot down at this or the other
ravine; SO many tens ofthousands wound.
ed or dying in the hospital. Every pa.
per brings these things; and Mr.. Liheolu
wants to know who's hurt! Who tried to
prevent all this? The same party ythatdid
succeed in prVenting it when they bad
the power. - .-e1- oe'Aa
The Alien and sediiiOn Law.
In the case of the Alien and Seditiou
Law, in the case of the Hartford Oou-
vention, and in the case of notification
in South Carolina, the Democratic par.
ty prevented it by peaceable means
Lincoln has shed enough blood TO float
the Great Eastern, and how much nearer
the end does he get2 [Cries of "None. "
His cry is still for blood. The Admin.
istration stands on ,ip,toe, every day,
with its eyes dstended and its arms
stretched forth, calling on the American
peopl, for more blood and more money.
Applause. And their preachers -
those Chicago priests that went torDe-
,trot to get Lincoln to bite the, forbid.
den fruit, to commit the FIRST, the initial
sin, by the publication of an act eman.
cipating the slaves these priests, I
would not like to have met these fellows;
they went down, cantiug and whining,
their mouths all the way watering for the
blood of the people, Every one of them
thought that God had made it his spe.
cial business to 60 and beg Lincoln to
commence the business Of numbering the
American people. When did we have
civil war; The first year the Abolition.
lists came into power. How happens il
that under Federal Administrations,
Wing Administrations, and Democratic
Administrations, no war, no speck Of
war, ever existed between our own rpeo.
ple2 How happens it, that before that
time, the Government Of the United
States, on the day of Lincoln's election.
had not one solitary prison withinathe
limits of the Republic very jailRnd
penitentiary at Columbus were used for
the punishment of mailrobberS and such
criminals, because the Federal Govern.
ment had no jails-and now, although
they have walled 10 half the country,
there is not room for half the prisoners
they have takenP l ask, then--this be.
ing the case-what right these fellows
have to clamor against the Democratic
party2 have shown you that under
the Democratic party all the acquisitions
of territory have been made. We have
enlarged the Republic on all sides under
our party. The rights of tho people
have been protected, as to the matter Of
the Alien and Sedition Law. Under
our party the rights Of the States have
been protected, by the Republication Of
the idea of carrying on internal improve.
ments and other local interests by the
General Government. 1t vas the Demo.
cratic party that stood forth thensas the
defender of the, rights of the States
Thus in the three great fundamental
principles-the Sovereignty Of the Peo-
pie, the Rights of the. States and the
Integrity Of the Uaion--when each and
every one Of these were attacked, it was
our party, and no other, that came for
ward to the rescue, andFlsueceedsd 10
perpetusting the Government, in pros.
perity, peace and happiness, up to the
time tina. Lincoln took his oath of Office,
aud then commenced the evil = Ap.
plauSe. p.2 ;ou u aag s1a &sAgs
The Democratic Party to Guide
the Destinies Of the Nation.
Well, now, "Who so propersto guide
the destinies Of the nation as the1Demo-
cratic party pnosay the peoples This
shows what the meaning of the people
is-how true the instincts of the people
are. The people being aware Of the
whole history Of the country, and seeing
who it was that saved the country.from
former dangers their Government being
now exposed to greater dangers than
ever; exposed to oil the dangers of
dissolution Of the Union, and the disre.
gard of the rights Of citizens seeing all
this, they very naturally look ont for
what is to save them, and they say'it is
the old Democratic party that muststeer
the ship. safe into the haven, aotwith.
standing the rocks and breakers.ai We
have brought the old vessel through
nearly three quarters Of 9 century; not