The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-23
The Democrats aWd their Name
Where they Got &c.

son, and other small fry orators of the
Republican party, who have always
been and still are violent opponents
of the Democratic party, charges the
party that supports Mr.. Vallandighnm
with having stolen the names of Dem
ocrats. Stolen from whom they do
not tell us.
Not certainly from those that prefer
red civil war, involving necessarily the
sacrifice Of hundreds of thousands of
lives, and public debt of thousands
of millions Of dJllars, to peaceful ad-
iustment of cur difficulties.
Not from tn t purity that signalizea
the first year ofits accession to power
by the overthrow of those guarantees
of personal freedom which the Consti-
tuition had thrown around the citizen.
Not from the party that patterned
after Louis of France, whose LETTREs
DE oAoHEr and Bastile became infa-
nous in history.
Not from the party that arrests cit
liens at the dead hour of night. =
breaking open doors and violating the
sanctity of home-and transporting
them out of the State without warrant
of law.
Not from the party that imprisons
citizens in Bastlles without charges,
and releases them after months of de-
tention without trial, and without
knowledge as to who were their accu-
sers. h
Not from the party that, when citi-
zcns were arbitrarily arrested and i'm
prisoned, and who employed counsel
for their own protection and relief,
warned the unfortunate victims that to
employ counsel would only aggravate
their condition and postpone their re-
ease. r ...
Not from the party that issues war
policy, and then follows it with a mill
tary order threatening any citizen,
who shall talk Of such war policy dis
approvingly, with tal and punishment
by military Comm Sian.
Not from the si thattramples on
the writ of HABEAs CORPUS, and threat.
ems the Judges who may iasas Il With
military punishment.
Not from the party that claims for
the President during rebellion unli>
mited power to do as he pleases, re-
gardless of Constitutional restraints.
Not from the party whose Prime
Minister, to show that the President
had more power than the sovereign of
England, declared to representative
of the latter that he-the Prime Min
ister-could touch bell on his right
hand and have arrested citizen Of
Ohio; and touch another on his left and
have arrested citizen of New York.
Not from the party that tramples
under foot the freedom of spoech, of
the press and of public discussion; and
declares that these great rights must,
during a rebellion, yield to military
necessity--the military being the Jud-
gcs of that necessity.
Not from the party that has humili.
ated the manhood of the American
people, by requiring them at the point
of the bsyonetztesp bmit to what would
have moved I vpean public to rev.
olution.
Not from tRe party That stations
armed soldiers at the polls jntimi-
date the voters and overaW8 tlle Jud-
ges of election.
-Nat from the party that believes the
blacks the equals Of the whites, and
strives to placethem on the same level,
though at the expense of a ruined
country and an impoverished posterity.
Not from the party that ''woG its
first, last and only victory over the
dissolution of the Union.s5S ta
Not from the party that aims tc
change our form of Government from
Republic 20 a consolidated Central
Despotism-from strong people.aFd
weak Government to aweakpeQple and
strong Government. -
Not from party that sent this glo-
rious country on the down-hill to ruin,
and then turned in and robbed and
plundered it while they were Destroy
ing it.
Not from the party, wnrepeat, that
has committed these crimes against
constitutional rights and personal free.
dom; against civil liberty; against hui
manity.
The supporters of Mr.. Vallandigham
have not stolen the name of Democrats