, 1863-05-04
THE HER AID ON TILE COZ
EEltEIEADS.
The Ee.v York Coppcrhend LegInla-
tive Address Denounced by the DeHa-
OCrAtfc New York Herald


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fFrom tbc Ne, York Herald s,v1.t7
The address Of tic Democratic members of
our latr Legislature to their constituents, Is q
remarkable document. We pronounce it m
inEolent appeal for public favor upon false
pre1eDccs.. We depouncc 1t Us the most i1,,-
puacnt and Arrogant production Of unscrupu-
lous old party hacks and spoilsmen that las
ever emenated from that fruitful source Of
corruption. heir headqnartersat Albany We
consider it our duty to meet this brazen- faced
lDpos1ure upon the threshold. and to hold It
up, ~ tie light Of truth, to the public con-
tempt and condemnation:
a base Ierversion Of that prevailing loyal pub
llc sentiment Of the state through which there
democratic signers were elected to the Legis-
latnre. They would have Us believe, from the
whole tenor Of this address, that the parl-
mount issue Of the day Is not between the
General government and The rebellion, but
Of New York that the great struggle in which
VIC are involved is not for the life Of the ua-
ton, but for the spoils and that the restora-
tion Of the spoiIs to the Democratic party Is
more important than the prosecution Of the
war. But what are the plain facts Of history
regarding the Democratic partys Utterly
corrupted and dcmora1zcd by the spoils, It
was broken up, dissolved and scattered to the
four winds Of heaven at the Charleston aud
Baltimore Convention of 1860. The previously
controlling elements Of the party. uniting in
grand conspiracy, lighted the fires Of this
Southern rebellion, while the Union elements
Of the old concern IN the loya! States, uniting
with the party Of President Lincoln's admin
is:ration, left hardly the shadow of an opposi-
tion party IN the North.
Nor did tle NortAcfn elections Of last Octo-
her and November signify resuscitation Of
dGm0cf0tfc
temptible reaction Of public opinion. They
bad much deeper and broader Specification.
Under the arguments Of the Independent,
conservative public press, those elections
were SO many warnings from the people to
The adnlnistration, against the continuation
OF those tollies, plumbers, imbecilities, corrup-
tfons aud disasters which down to last au-
tumn Tad marked the progress Of the war.
Seizing upon these general movements Of
public opinion, the spoiEsmen, ragmen, bag
u'en and eordia hucksters Of the defunct dem
ocIatic party rushed in, and making their
p1undcr, assumed to speak the verdict of thu
people. Thus these miserable democratic
imposterf, minated with the delnsive idea
that the day had come to play bolder game,
proceeded in the Indiana and Illinois Legisla.
lures. and to some extent in New Jersey aud
elsewhere, to their movements for pence with
Jeff Davis and his rcbellious confederates,
even TO the extent OF bloody riots and civil
war In the loyal States.
!. IheFe was something Of this violent reEolu
tlonary splrlt betrayed by the strikers Of Tam
many and Mozart ltaa In the late contest for
tie Speaker At Albany, and we know not what
wsonld have followed but for the restraining
influence OF WISER men Ill the Legislative coun.
ellis OF the party. At all events, the foolish
eScesees 81 NE noisy Democrats OF the Cop
pcrueaa faction, East and West, during the
iasl nln'er, resnlted IN another popular reac-
an Y,Eh h3ro ot3n Ie1n
connecticut and Western elections. In the
eIngle ease OF Seymour, Of Connecticut, 1t is
thus made manifest that bic Copperhead peace
platform is as odious to the people as the
stupid war programme of the Abolition fac
tlol. And yet the foremost and most grieyons
CRITIC Legislative address is that Il one Of the
nembcrs from Kings County, elected as a
and accept the Spcakershfp Of the House Ut
the hands Of bis opponents, under circnm-
stancts involving, 4 gross betrayal Of party
Elith. We may boldly say, however, that If
this Democratic address embodies the ttparty
faith,'' Mr. CalIicot did well to betray It and
abandon 1t, and ought to b. Lonorcd for it by
hIs constituents, -
revolutionary sririt Of this adresz W. s1la1i .uI
dlop the dieasrceablc subject. These Demo.
cralic patriots declare that tle ss,hoTdinot;nn
Of the rights and interests Of the State to the
schemes Of the conEolidationists Mt Washing.
I'm vas ey;nc"a In t1,e eu;s1,Inra> ~ iaE.
nilitarv dcfrncr ri fho St,te I'M thc raf,,sai
fo nerfrct the orr:,n;zation' of 41,e n;i;ti, a'
while fhe Federal Goyrrnn,cnt ~ fbo ean,n
time. proposes 10 snhsti,utca n forcnd conscr;n. .
lion fur he old reliance of tIe RenrhlirE,
citizen militia and n yolnntecr ormyn And
ara;n. # Is mad. a matter If nrnte:t that tho
Fearra} Gnvcrnm,nt nronoea: ~ nhsnrh ti,o tho
fanctions of thc S,,tcs tsand to nroan;9e In IN
amy br torccd c"nscr'n3;on n1ac;,t NJ ,onat az
aiave liz and alIowing thn,s,!p p,S nw;ns %H .T5aa;
ance to fhc coyernmeni1 to .sc,re snTSy;cc ,i,.
on the nay1nrnt ri n nec,,nfarv cons;derre.
t;on u hit have nnt mr. rnInnteor ola,nan.e
been 20 larre]y drawn ,,non Tint fhcv car m
lorrer snn7lv t,n nrr,ird ra;nfarra1rorts -
n1r nrnv5 Iorr thcn ara 10 ~ ,,'a..t ~, +"
sWeering CONSERVATION Of the rehr],;nn
without conscrinf;on9 AMI what
are State r;shts worth If we parm;t
fhe General Goyernmcnt tn be dest1nrads
The 7lrodinrs ~ tI;a oddrose ,nn,, thoso
minis arc 11,s ,dant;na1 .,-er,nn,nt9 ~ na,.;
aand Xix conf.Gerotns n~aInct ,hn q nnean.t;tI
tional var measures af The Lincoln dssnot-
ISM" We prefer to be guided By the popular
late-elcctions, touching ali these war mas
urcs of the last session of Congress.
But Inc siepers Of this addrcss arc afraid
that the powers that be !" will undertake tl:
accomplishment Of peace upon the basis Of
u permanent separation Of the Ststes'' No
body supposes that these Union Peace Demo
crats, whose first object is to overthrow the
existing administration, would accotnt,lish
anything better. Finally, however, the sign
tre If this model address promise their sun.
po1t to The administration but it Is SO cure
fully qualified that VIC can hardly rely upon 1t
:py more than upon the oath of alle1intire by
:. Democratic citizen Of Mississippi with i
ion blss In a. Wora the i insialnns niI u u fess sTs