The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-01-22

Vi''OLV 1 VII DSihS IOluhJ ouu-
merged in a sea of blood ; and its
highways and harbors from being
blockadcd by slaughtered, millions.
l cannot, for the life of me, under.
stand the logic or rhetoric, the sci
ence or justice, of your ordering
that a number of goaded, mad.
dened, and too long robbed and
peeled Indians should be hung by
the neck, while you proclaim to
the civilized world, that some
three millions of blacks should
rise, arm, and fight their way to
freedom, through seas ofblood, car
mage and murder, aided, if ncces
sary, by your own armies. Yes, sir,
all this, and much more, is implied
in your august and magi5terial pro-
carnations; and you even so -
far, or your deranged and lunatic
Congress 60 as far, as to propose
that the soldiers should have the
aLds olthc South for their reward.
Pray sir, let me ask-what r you
going to do to conquer the South
and its lands? Put salt on the
birds tail and then catch it but
YOU have not doEe 50 yet, and
many Of your northern Democratic
subjects say that you never will.
'StonewalP Jackson, Lee, Long.
street, and Bcauregard, are terrific
land blockades in your way.
So desperate are some of the
Abolition party become, that they
even say that all the Americans
who bleed for their country's dcso'
lation and total ruin, and condemn
your proclamations, should have
their threats cut !! These men,
who would be. considered brave
men, in search Of Office, arc no
strength to your Abolition cause !;
they are its real weakness, and a
heavy drag uponi its political wheels.
We have also in the Northwest,
men who profess to conduct and
edit newspapers, in the columns OF
which they boldly u sc the neccs,
sity of numbering all who happen
to differ with them Oh political
questions, without trial, Judge, or
W. have one of these Hit
crate and ~pestilential sheets in this
town.
Now, sir, I ask how long is this
state of things to last? [ have,
from the first day of the war, add
vocated a suspension of hostilities,
compromise, and peace. l boldly
do so still. | did so when no other
journal or editor (save one) in Ohio
did it;-when only two papers
published in the North did so But
now, when the danger is over, we
have plenty of men who are very
bold in their defense Of Democracy.
l have ever been, and I still ana
opposed TO the present war, and
| tell yon sir, that your bill to com
p%ensato loyal mcn for their freed
negroes, will be repndIated BY the
very first Democratic Congress that
meets in the city of Washington;
and those men, who are so anxious
to become cutrthroats, and the very
pious and religious editors, who
recommend so strongly the murder
of their neighbors, will yet be
looked after, and destroyed in the
very ncta which they have laid for
others.
Sir, let me on Bonded knee, with
gushing tears, and a bleeding
heart, implore of you to propose a
suspension of h~ostihties, that we
may havean opportunity of coming
to terms with the South. Listen
not to wolves in sleeps clothing
"the poison of asps is under their
lips" Think for yourself, and act
like a great and noble statesman,
and thus try to save your people
and country from the total ruin,
and universal bankruptcy which