Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-08-19

the dead nor rail at the damned" IGreat
laughter. They went to Buchanan and
asked him how far they could 20 before
he would bring the power of the Govern
ment to bear upon them? They complete
ly bewillered the old man and got him
to send in a message asserting that a
State had no right to secede, but at the
same time the General Government had
no right to coerce a State. Laughter !
You might not believe it, but it is on the
record. 1t will be difficult now to find
another weak man or traitor to put such
thing on record again. Up to this time
they had committed twenty four overt
acts of war, and under the succeeding
Administration they were allowed four
menths in which to prosecute their Pur-
poses.
PUCH'S COMPROMISE.
Geo. f. Pugh Says that 4 slight COM
pomise would have prevented the war
Why did he not accept the compromise
at Charleston? 1t might possibly have
put off the war for four years longer.
But if any one act more than another
produced the rebellion it was that of my
young friend in hurling the slogan of q
Douglas into that convention.
They had power to pass the Crittenden
compromise, but did not do IT. The res
olution declaring that a State has the
right to seeede was introduced, but Pugh
with his party voted against it.. And
while the compromise was being brought
to vote in the South the Congress of the
South was voting 100000 men to prose
cute the rebellionl Did this look like stop
ping the war with that compromise? Does
any man suppose that with any concess-
ions they would have foregone all these
preparations We had been compromis-
ing and compromising till we had COM
promised away everything but our right
TO vote and to live; and do you suppose
that anything short of our complete sur
render, as their slaves, would have stop
ped the rebellion? Is it possible that the
war could have been prevented after they
had got everything into their control and
We're already involved in the war? ...
CURIOUS PHENOMENON. aa co..
Is it not strange that any one can be
found in the North TO favor these rebels?
And is it not stranger still that Demo
crat should be found setting up Secession
as constitutional right in behalf of the
South? Is it not astonishing that a rem
nant of the Democratic party is found to
abuse everybody except those who began
this rebellion by contemptuously break
ing up the Democratic party? This is not
done by the sturdy old Democrats who
once led the party; they all rush TO the
support of their Government.
PUGH's AND PENDLEToN's DEMOCRACY.
Why, would you believe it, nearly all
who are now leading this new-fangled
party were Wings at the time | was pro-
claiming Democracy to the people Of
Trumbull county, Such was the case with
Pugh, Pendleton and Othersl-indeed,
the mass of them were formerly Wings.
A voice-'Did you vote for Douglass"
No, because was in New York, sick
with infiamuiatory rheumatism. ..-
Would you have voted for him.
With all my heart. r -s.-..
Would the war have been prevented
had he been elected?" ~ f
No, because it was only the pretext of
a Northern President that they wanted,
and Douglas would have been the pretext
as we'll as Lincoln. ---.-.-. ....-- d.
Now we find this new tangled party OPP
posing and abusing everything but the re
bellion. TGreat laughter. The old Dem
ocratic party always sustained the wars of
the country but the leader of your new
tangled party boasts that he has not vO-
ted man nor dollar for the suppression
Of the rebellion. They are taking pO-
sition so damnably unpatriotic and infa-
nous that in ten years they will deny that
they had ever held any such sentiments
"A yoice-''Yes, they will swear that they
never said any such thing."l Should not
wonder. Laughter You cannot afford
to hold such position. 1t would insure
your political damnatiOn. No party ever
lived, no party ever can live, that oppos-
ed the war. There were the Tories OF
the Revolution, and what became of
them? There were the Federalists of the
Hartford Convention during the last war,
and what of them? They were branded
with infamy. They were compelled to
drop their party name. And what be
came of those who opposed the Mexican
war? You also will be compelled TO aban-
don your name, which will be rescued
from disgrace by the sound old Democrats
when they return from the field, and you
,an take what name you like. You will
be cast out rs evil, and might better not
have been born.
| have no hesitation rs to where my
lmemocracy leads me. | stand to-day
where have almays stood. My princi-
Dle always has been to drop all party feel
ng when my country is in danger; to
ave her at all events, and those new-fan
,led Democrats must learn the same doe
.rine. -.t
SUPREMACY OF POWER.
But you go further. You hold that you
ire under no obligation TO support the
country because your party is not in pow
sr. In this you are as bad as the traitors
md you should be on the other side of
,he line. - f
A vOice-"Why so?" --..t
Because when the traitors strike the
and you also oppose the Adj
ninistration because it is not of your par
", you are helping the traitors to destroy
he Government.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
What the fathers understood by freed |
,m of speech and of the press was fair
md honest criticism of those intrusted /
With the Government. But they did not
iuDDOSc lllCl gwen bhO ~
md villify the Administration, especially !
n time like these, when the destruction
If the Government is threatened by the
argest conspiracy ever known, has no
more the right to throw any obstacle in
he way of the Administration in the !
Government. On this there can be no
.wo opinions; and that Vallandigham
las transcended the bounds of honest and
,andid criticism no one can deny; and /
very patriot should be ashamed of him
IS leader of his party And yet be-
,ause a few individuals have not been
permitted to villify, to the grossest extent
very one who supports the Government,
hey cry out about the destruction OF the
iberties of the country The Dmocra-
Y once respected Old Hickory who chok-
d down men in New Orleans for abusing
i'm; and that too after the battle
yas fought and the danger over. He I'M
,risoned the Judge for allowing the writ
# haJeas corpus, and after long years of
fort. the Democracy refunded the fine