The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-10-07

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banding as a party, and seeking to rally all
men to the one agreed purpose Of perpetual
ing the Government, prepared for war.
lu7The Democracy then insopposition had the
choice TO stand by the government and so dis
band; or oppose, the war ally themselves
with the rebels, and fight for party life by
striking at the life of their country with the
foe.g Most of the old leaders wrenched of
party ties. allegiance and platform, and stood
by the country, and millions of their brave
and noble followers, stood there with them, .
But younger and Inferior men, without
high places, without talents and character to
win them, with measureless ambition, saw
that this wss-the hour to trade in the calaniI
tiessof their country, and WIN place and pow
er perhaps, and they proposed to renew the
old alliance with Slavery, perpetuate its life
at all hazards, for it was through it only that
they could climb to power and realize in the
future democratic ascendancy. No meAsknew
better than theygthe terrible price they must
pay for the galvanie life of aademocratic par.
ty, to-wit-an alliance with armed treason
against their country; and they paid itrwith-
oat a grudSe. They paid the full measure
of treason. And SO they set up their new,
rickety, galloss thing, dfaped with a patch
work of treason, and gabble about ] he rights
Of the subject, and called it the Democratic
rarty-a creaking image without marrow in
its bones.ef speculation in its eyes. Ii. stands
like the poetic image of famine blowing ''rnil-
dew from its shriyeless lip.' ss,f,a
~ PnETExTs TO KEEP THE PARTY ALIVE st,-
This new headers of the new party, fully
understand the exact logieof their position
that Of the enemies of their country. But
their followers do not. and prctexts as they
could be picked up. and with untiring munif-
cence, they feed out to their devo'iring crew
They are told this is an abolition war--got
up by thes abolitioBists 10 emancipate the
slaves, &c / shall make short work of this.
These bad men here furnished me the means
of doing it. On the 22d day of July, 1861,
John j. Crittenden arose in The House of Rep
resentatives. One of the old stars of the old
whig party still fingered upon the horizon, af-
ter its glory had departed He was no aboIi-
tiohist. lie hated and despised them, and
never hesitated to charge them with more
than he could prove. He was the leader OF
the Border SFates-was followed By all the
anti-war Democrats who daily befouled his
white locks with the s!aver of their obscere
praise, he arose to declare how this war came
about, and who, and who alone, were the au-
thors of it. Mark hissdeclaration and its Fan
guage: znz IA
= : 'ResoEted, Thatailthe presentkdeplorabIs
civil war was forced upon the country by the
disunionists of the Southern States in rebel
lion against the Constitutional Government
and in arms against the Gapital''
Mark the lapguage-'' forced uposi the coun.
try" The war could not be avoided-colii6
not be escaped froIn-forcsd upon us. AnG
not by the aboltionists; nor did they. ''force'
the disunists to force it upon The country
But the disunionists voluntarily, causeessIy
forced it ppon the country. And upon tina
declaration thus standing alone. aa1vote wa
had, and but two-only two--stand aagaius
it; Henry G. Burnett, of Kentucky wht
soon after took his seat in the rebel Seifatc
and John W.. Reid, Of Missouri, who soor
after was IN C, mmand of a rebel Regiment
They probably held that the wal, was got VI
by the abolitionists. Their sworn brothe
whom they voted for, for Speaker, with Eli
jah FL. Norton and Ben Wood-the first il
appeared to his sdsvotees in the clouds AM
rainbows of Niagara-C L. Vallandigham
dam -tuden-hammer lodged on that memora
BILE occasion. He want certain who did doll
But Cox, and Pendleton, and Morris. and No
bic, and the whole Of that bowling gang O
Ohio democratic representatives voted for ii
and when they go now about this State, de
nouncing the abolitionsts as the cause of thi
war, yeu have but to stop their useless breath
with their own solemn-sworn official declara
ton that they did not do it, But they sa
! they oppose the administration its war pol
| icy because the liberty ofithe subjectls ;invad
! ed; they are ijustnow the immense champi
ons of the rights of the people The admin
| istration has suspended the habeas corpu.
abridged the freedom of speech, confiscate
! property, conscripted soldiers, emancipate
slaves, and committed ala e7ornaa; anc
therefore, ademocratic party must be- kep
alive, to rescue the endangered liberties of tn
/ people against that devourer Of the race
| Abraham Lincoln. Is there one word c
truth in this? | implore you not to be de
ceived. Recall eyents--remembe things 4
they occurred-and you see how all this is a
utter sham. Why. my friends, these scamp
were hardened in their chronic opposition t
the administration, before there was susper
sion of the habeas 5eorpus-menths before
newspaper was suppressed, or man was al
rested. Don't you remember that the part
in Ohio nominated a ticket on the 7th of Au
gust. 1861, and that no eenfiscation law wa
i passed till the 10Th efJuly,i 1862 ? Th:
nobody heard of proclamation of emanc
! patton, till the 22d of September, 1862 ?
/ That the conscription act was passed Marc
/ Sd, 1868? Don't you see how f1agitiousl
these wretehes lie when they say they oppos
the Government because of these things
and how weak and foolish anybody must /
who believes them
These men oppose all the measures for th
perpetuation of the Government. Do the
desire that it should be perpetuated The
say they do. They say they oppose thes
measures because they are unconstitution,
or insufficient. Then they are bound then
selves to propose measures that are constitt
tional, and sufficient.s Have they ever prC
4 posed measure, pretending it was for tn;
purpose !? Never that / have heard OF, III
!. less it is Sam Cox's proposition to reduce ii
/ price of whisky! l don't know as a secede
democrat ought to be expected to come bae
into a Union that taxed whisky twenty cen
gallon. No, my friends the position
: this democracy is that of not desiring pc
petuation of this Government, for they o,
j pose all our measures for that purpose, ar
Z. propose none. Ponder these things.
yALLANDIGHAM. s--..sas
But must turn to even more ungratef
/ and odous subject. The martyr himse
4 clamors for notice, and his claim may not loni
er be overlooked. g{if1ls q y
Mr.. rapidly sketehed the present pos
ton of affairs, and the qualities neededin Il