The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-23
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cltAeHs idiiSoiil IN Sotus lot ztneH Nsbtoual
life-and when the citizens, trembling and
terrified, We're aboutto bring forth ther treas +
ufes. a Roman soldier stood forth, and sent
back the insolent demand, with the defiant
message, that the people of Rome We're wont
to purchase peace wth,steel. rather than with /
gold, and with arms drove back the savages
from the future imperial city.
From the days of Bremus to the present
it is the experience of all ages, and the teach
iaSs of all times. that nation involved war,
has 10 road to an honorable or permanent
peace save that carved with the sword
So well understood has this doctrine been.
in ali nations that it is universally taught by
statesmen, Legislators, philosophers historians,
and N short bssaihnien, everywhere, that in
time Of war t is the duty of every citizen to
yield 10 the government unqualified aud
unconditional support.
That no matter what may be the occasion
| of the war, or however much we may doubt
its policy, we have no right to put obstacles in
the way of its prosecution, or to give aid aud
comfort to the enemy.
Our country right or wrong' isa maxim
familiar to ALL
The fathers Of the Republic recognized the
same principle when they defined treason, the
highest crime known to the state, to be q Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemy in time of
war;
1t matters not in their judgment what
might be the occasion of the war, or whether
it were Wing war; OF Democratic.
war; foreign war on domestic war, pro-
] slavery war or an abolition war, so long MS We
have a state of war, there is 10 escape from
our daty--no evading our liability. They
/ who give aid and comfort TO the enemy, in
the eye of the law. in the judgement of the
( fa hers of the Revolution, and IN the sight Of
the world and the recorded verdict of all
/ mankind are enemies to the public welfare.
They may not be technical traitors, they
may not incur the guilt of overt treason, but
| they are still, even IL. some cases honestly it
may be, public enemies, and guilty of moral
1 treason.
No man who reads intelligently the signs
I
chief hope of the rebels is not in the ability
of their army to vanquish ours, hut their al.l-
/ ity to hold outuntil dissensons and divisions
among loyal men shall soembarlass and weak
en- the government as to render its success in
putting down the rebellion an impossibility.
In proof of this the reader is referred to
/ the statement of prominent and authorized
agent Of the Cenfederacy'' in Europe who
in a letter to the London Times explains the
hope of the rebels whom European Specula-
lators have been supplying with iron clads,
munitions of war, &c.
as an offset, then, against the tide of ai3ita-
Hry recerSes, which in the first weeks of j uly
ran so strong against the South, and from
which our friends in England seem not to
have recovered, let us look to those agencies
that are to end the war, and inquire ,ohat pro-
'1 gress has been made on the read to peute, anA
consequently, IN our faUoy, notwithstanding these
military reserses."
Admitting these military reverses' he
says:
Other agents have to be called in play
4 What arc they? Let us inquire. They are,
diivisions in the camp Of the enemy, dissellsons
among the people of the North. There is
8 ttlseadya peace party there. 4ittze eneAa'7uss-
. ,lents acith aeAfcA that party surround lHT.
lincoln, and all thedibfeutties that itscan thro,c
an the aoay Of hescar party The North operate
directly as SO much aid and comfort to hc
South.
And concludes by pointing directly to the
'other agents. that are pledged to give CSC
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-" vALLANDIGHAM WATTS ANI
8 WATCHES OVER THE BORDER
PLEDGED-IF ELECTED GOVERNOR
a CT THE STATE OF OHIO-TO ARRAY
E IT AGAINST LINCOLN AND THE war
AND 10 GO FOR PEACE"
/ Witness again the savage rejoicing witt
3 which the rebel papers hailed the draft riot.
! in New York City.
Can any one read these utterances and doub
that the men who vote for Vallandigham are
s giving aid and comfort to the enemy" Tha
they are strengthening the hands of thost
who are the enemies Of the nation. who witt
arms in their hands seek its life.
i The country IS engaged in gigantic war
involving our existence as a nation. Wher
shall the men of Portage stand In such
crisis us this will you not lay aside all art,
questions. Will You no. for once forget ths
; yon are democrats or republicans. Remem
: Der only that you are American citizens, hav
{ ing a common government, a common birth
: right, and a common interest. Do this an
l then deliberately ask yourselves if you hav
: not a duty to perform. If that duty does nc
: call upon you to sustain those charged wit
e the honor of the flag and the arms of til
: Republic. Is there not danger that in striv
: ing to sarc a party, you loose a co,atry
Is it prudent, is j. patriotic, S it loyal t
sustain a candidate whose suecess will sen
IS joy, unquestionably. to the heart of every rel
J Ell in the South, and give strength TO ever
: rebel soldier in the field
n n Is it good faith the brave men, your triene
= ard neighiors, who have gone out to per
!. their lives for your country ard theirs, gon
y at your request and then you hetray them 2
% Can you wonder that the soldieIs keenly fe,
u your untaithfulness to them
~ What man is there of you that would NJ
e crimson with shame to acknowledge that b
father was a Tory in the days. of 70 WI
of you can remember the Hartford Conyel
/, tionists of 1872 and envy them their fam
= ho Of you sri9 ao,o staad betsceen sour count,
:. md its fees .Hho ct you mil contribute
dause OTHER AGENCIES f6at shall bring di
r. grace to our arms, des0latio1a to our homes 7a