The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-08-13

the Government. IL Is all done accor-
ding to the manner ofthe Constitution.
1t is all done just as we have elected |
Presidents before, but we don't like
your man, and we propose to break up
the government" Now, it is a singu-
lar fact, with all this howl of section
alism, that every President of the Uni
ted States that the Democracy have E.
lected except Martin Van Buren was
sectional man. He was either South
ern man, or Northern man with
Southern principles. But this was
peculiar sectional election; our rights
are assailed; our constitutional rights
are to be trampled in the ground by
the abolitionists of the North. used
to fight the Abolitionists until found
out it was only wind-mi was fight
ing. There were some men who were
called Abolitionists or fanatics-men
who like, these southern fellows, would
rather rule in hell than serve in heav-
en-.
Well, the President was elected by
the vote of the Northern States-con-
stitutionally elected. He had major
ity of the electoral votes. Who was
he? Why a Kentuckian-a native
born Kentuckian, an old Henry Clay
Whig-a conservative on the subject Of
slavery, amounting almost to a pro-sla-
very man. But they could not trust
him at all. Well, suppose you don't
like him, where is your danger to come
from? What is the trouble? You have
a majority in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, both in the Senate and in the
House. You have seven Of the nine
members of the Supreme Court Of the
United States-another check on the
President. You control the Army and
the Navy-what you have stolen and
carried away. You control the purse
of the country in the House of Repre-
sentativcs. Yon control every thing in
the power of the Senate. You control
the appointments of the President
You have every thing in your power
In the name of God what arc you going
to quarrel with us for. ....
Itwas well enough for us to say that
the pretext was unsound. But they
had Predetermined the rebellion. The
pretext upon which they inaugurated
it was as hollow as their miserable
hearts. Then they vert down to ask
brother Buchanan how far he would
let them go in secession before he would
bring them up with the power of thu
t general Government. He deliberatet
, with them. don't know how he go
himself into the position he took
9 He was at last compelled to send mes
0 sage to Congress that secession wa
: wrong, but that the Constitution CAV
s him no power to coerce State if sh
0 wanted to secede Don't you wisl
they had put that question to old Hick
G ory. "By the Eternal! if you move
t foot I will hang you on the first tre
you come to-" If old Buchanan ha'
had the nerve and backbone to hav
n made the same answer, you would hav
d seen different state Of things in tn
d beginning of this rebellion; but h
+: hadn't the nerve, and he became
G cringing, fawning beggar, and a &C
VI worker with the traitors in arms agains
r the Government. Then blessed m
it stars that / hadn't voted for him.
# !: * X X X
g DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN 1913 AND 1SG;
" What was the Democratic platforr
h in regard to other wars? There ha
Il Il always been opposition to war in thi
u u country. There was opposition to tn
:" ~ War of the Revolution, to the War
- - 1872, and to the Mexican war, but i
~ ~ none of them was the Democratic pal
y, u ty in opposition to the Government
~ ~ carrying them on. 1t was alway
W ., found sustaining the old flag, an
W standing by the country's heroes VIII
"" fought her battles. The difficulty wit
!, what is now called the Democratic pa
;s s ty is, that there are too many in
ID ~, like Jim Buchanan, who have got IL
in is reins and are driving it to ruin. Bl
4 when was the Democratic party evt
~ ~ before negative party, occupying
% position in which it didn't dare to III
fold the flag and proclaim its sent
.;r ments to the world?
~ ~ Never, until the year 1868. It hd
~ ~ Convention in Columbus in thomont
60 go of June which put forth an cnormo'
~ y platform of twcnty-three long rcsol,
hn h tions against the Conscription, again
ro o the suspension of tho hdbedS corp'
~. and against every other measure the
bo bm could trump up, but not one woI
~ ~ against the infamous rebellion, or Il
-, = traitors ut the head Of it. Applause
H. That was not the old Democratic par
: = which did that. Its ghost, even, W
~ not there, for if it had been, it wou
uo = have thundered at them worse th'
I'd Banquo's did at the guilty guests.
W. W. That was not the Democratic par
az AZ which sent Pugh down to the Charlie
iIo !. ton Convention, and inspired him
a. hurl defiance at the demands OF t
r. traitors.
Id Was the party negative in 184
when we were standing by the Go
,h- ernment in the prosecution Of the W
nd against Mexico, ~ foreign power, ant
he war not half so obligatory on men
ist onein defense of their homes and alts
aw against traitors? Where stood the l
ID. mocratic party then9 We had CO
to vention then, and my excellent frie
- from Hamilton county was there. 1
,ar us see what he united with the rest
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