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

farnIng 10 tsar and wound the mother, whose
swelling hear, with an ignant thFo6, hurl-
| ed them both 10 infamv.
- neii follows that wonderful discovery
>~tiish was Mr.. Sewafd's, th;if there is a diff
fersnce between the Goxerisnsssit and the adj
tDinlstration of the Government The one
! is the Ccnstitutiop and institutions Of ths
country to be feverrd the others saze but
mere agents. to be put down and tlzi.st 5ut
Iat pleasure. How pf0fonBdt Is it treason
to tear or batter b. dead. dry parchmeot Of
the Co6stisution A-fo break down the emptv
walls of the Capitol 9t is il treason to lev
ely 2 mllsketv AZ the living men. and oppose
the exercise Of live powerfin The hands of
the mere agents Who is a governor but a
man who governs aud what IS. the thing he
lidoes but government? Don't be imposed
upon by this wfetched sophism, by which
men afetanght that tn hes may roll up the
Constitution, with their oath of allegiance
endorsed on ITS back ,eand join hands with the
rebels for the destruction of the country, un-
der this pretense of only opposing the ad-
kmtnistrafion. 7 :EYKs that i. all JEFF Davis is
doing. He is only opposing the adminisra-
tion. He is sshotsopl to the Constitution.
They have adopted that with few marginal
| provisions In favor Of slavery, as As the Gov
efnrnent' of the rebel States And they are
toniy mildly helping tEese copper democrats
to oppose the administration. That is all.
/. These chaps are opposed to emancipation.
OF course and Iexpeet they will promptly
readrJef. outlof the party forilaiding the adj
ninlstration IN this very enterprise. may
not discuss this thing much buff emanci-
patton is unronslifuddns, as this platform as
sertE, il nlnst be because itsyioafes some mans
constitutional rights. Have Pugh, Bartly &
Cox, any constitutional right to a. 3slave-or
has any other man in Ohio Nell Why do
they complain then Oh their friends, Da-
Wis d Co., have slaves, and they come in as
attorneys for thsm,te plead their cause be-
i fore yen, aud then more about arbitrary pow
er. And then 9tl-an earnest appeal for all
{ the "interests and rights" Of their Southern
allies, and a promise + cordially and earn
estly cooperate with themn to secure them
+ Who's is to look after The :. interests and
4 rights, of Northerns fnens? Who at tht
North has any rights. save few .mis-caII,.e
4 democrats, who have not wholly escaped pui-
4 ishmept? Iooss Ii io vii7sis1.
In that and the 18th resolution, turks the
Vailandigham mode of ending the war ard
procuring peace IDS peace now possible p
If SO, how For what. do the rebels cof-
ftend2 not for terms of restoration-they new
\ .er did, They shave alwavs.in alldfornas. de-
nounced the return.sl A man. where the re-
4 bellfon rules, cannot live an hour who propo-
81 ses a re- entry into the Union. They struck
for independepee. They declare forit They
have fought a hundred battles for that only
Il Two hundred Thousands lof Their soldiers haze
died forsit; and it is tins now for every NOR
tai TO take them at their word and act ac-
tcordingly. Then peace can only be made
with them ou,t their steFms-s~ 4 know Mr. v
saysn we will withdraw the army; restore
j conqucstsg and dereeegnize their Independence
. by entering upon negotiations with them
for that would be recognition of it--they
will talk with us about terms Of accoFnmoda-
ton. q. What an awful cendecension But
I even he does not bold out the hope that they
t,wih ever more than talk about it And the
Richmond Enqauer says that he is certainly
mistaken in thas-that they won't even talk
st about it. sashg saa =
As. these are, their only terms. and if We
will have peace now, it must be on these
terms: The Independents Of the Southern
4 Cnnfederacy.s Is this what these cowardly
clamorers for peace mean? If not; what do
they mean The only other method for Sc
touring peace is the old, only democratic meth
FFstays 15f zse ~
DIS How do you likestElffs thing as far as YOU
have gone Then follows 4 squaEfed praise
1of the soldiers, and that only because under
ID recent act, they viii vote Aud while they
thus grudgingly commend them, what word
for the cause that can alone consecrate this
wide, wild waste of blood and vaioF? What
word from theInseth that shall rslns ling
along the long blue line of march, under that
! southern sun. leaping from heart to heart and
{. quick enlng the pulse. as the eye raises to
where Is borue the dropping battle-scorched
s. flag, that impefsonates the cause What
:. word for the lonely sentinel audsfarsoff ex-
posed picket :? What word for the diving :;
that may be Inscribed on their graves What
whisper to the moaning sick--to the fever de-
llrlous, with staring eyes, clutching at vacan-
Fey, who see IN dreams the forms they shall
Z never meet save beyond the silent land p
Once again-what word for thescause foi
whicht the soldier perils all
Is sEourteenH 7.t Z hat we will earnestly sup
port every constitutional measure, tending 10
preserve the union of these States,,' Be-
81 You will, will you'll What measure have
you supported foe that purpose I? Nv hat
measure win you support What do you
; tseall such measure Name it-propose it.
As party, you have denounced as unconsti-
tutional every such measure, frem the relief
Il of Fort Sumter, around the whole circle of
q blood. through three sessions of Congress, till
the grand cycle is complete in the raining OF
4 lire aud birthstone, upon that accursed city
! Andsno where, atany time have you f6sind q
single measure that your party in Ohio or
: elsewhere, has supported. Nor have yon,
I'd yourselves, proposed such a nleasufs
All I am sick and wearysa Of rwadins
through this dreary, wretched, Infamous stuff
Z \ Read it you; when you are more at leisure
Mark how the Government and its supper;
ers are denounced, maligned and viIiied,
s Ithwarted, ahedged IN, threatened and opposed
how the rebels are petled, syInpathized
with, coudoled, encouraged and promised
Mark, not word of the mildest reproof ev-
! en,.fer anything they have said or proposed
to do, not even dissent. While the only
9 persons !" denounced as traitors to the cour-
I'd try, are abolition jaeobins'' mean ng you,
and you. and you, and i, and all of us, who
! dare stand by the country, as in their 21st
: \ resolutions al 5esg fs5ga ssds4s 800
And that is the platform, that pusifies and
sanctifes the candidate, Vallandigham. God
81 help them, or curse them, don't care rag
which. - ssi > 4eg iasa
:. Once again, I declare, 1 cannot comprehend
"a how q human being can be found to belone
to this party, to support this candidate and
sustain this platform. Through what medi-
urhl do these men see From what source
draw their inspiration What stultifying
obliquitous influence can have SO hewarped
befooled and bedanned their perceptions oi
: ordinary right and wrongful sse5 ysar
Mr. Riddle discussed in manner as above
) several kindred topics, and referred to the
! great fundamental principles lying below this
political contest which had caused the ewal
:. and which shaped its scope and policy, an6
which would in the fullness of time and in
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