The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-02-26
] PREBLE co. OHIO lFHURsDAY, FEBRUARY .2a, 1863

lNorth-westnI Great applause] lam
mot q minister, but IL believe the
l6ermon on the Mountsays, Blessed
Sars the peace makers.1 At the
eSmiiHencement, Of this war there
were two parties. Before the war
broke out, n very large majority of
the North were against civil war.
After the firing upon Fort Sumter
they seemed to. be in an insignii-
cant minority. But there was no
change in theapeople.. There never
hwas q time when, in the hearts of
the people, there was not an 7un-
dying opposition ofthe war. They
dared not speak it. They were
carried awayoby their leaders,
There was only u small band ia
voring peace; they were fewerthan
the apostles; but there.was no Judas
among them. Applause. ltwas
said to be war for the restoration
of the Union, | thought that2an
absurdity. 1t might as we'll have
been supposed thata man could
beat love into the breast of her
whom he was about tomarry. No
body now believes, after two years
of war, that we have accomplished,
or can by this means accomplish,
the restoration Of the Union, excent
William II. Seward. He sees every
thing in the color of the rose. l
believe ttat the war is now con-
Quoted for the abolition of slavery.
That can not take place until the
Government itself becomes desI
potism. / don't choose to sell my
precious inheritance and boon of
political and personal liberty, for
which the fields of New jersey
were stained with blood, for the
purpose of giving liberty to the
negro. Great applause.
There is now party who as
sumes that the wur has failed, and
urge a separation of the States. l
abhor that party. There is another
who believe that the war has failed,
and desire to try the experiment of
bringing the South back by concil.
iation and compromise, l am one
of that party Great cheering. !
Seventy five out Of every hundred
OF the men of the North .west1are
IN favor Of n cessation of hoStili-
ties qnd a, ,commeneement-of the
6YY YctimGnt Of restoring the Union
81 coastitotiona and peaceful mea-
50 res, bClcGrs. 5There,is a third
IpatyWlQ call. themselves the Com
/ sgrgaslyc party, of which William
Il, Seward is to become the leader
-LtHc same William H. Seward
who was the author of the phrase
,'irTepressible conflict = the man
who first signed his hand to the
warrants for arbitrary arrests; the
man who signed the order for .tke
arrest of James A.MeMasters and
Mr.. Reeve; the man who has unt
dertaken to carry, on the foreign
correspondence ofthis Government.
William Il. Seward to be the leader
of the Democratic party fDeri-
sive laughter. I claim to be count.
ed out Of such q party 4, Cries, $50
do we."] And the chief engineer
sto be, forsooth, a man who has
aided him in all his schemes
.Thuriow Weed Laughter They
say, I'VE will prosecute the war
gently, VIC viii have the war
hang o." "7 | want me Unp II as it |
was-part Slave and part free. I
am ready to appeal to the people
for their verdict upon this subject.
TCheers. The war is the best hope I
Of the Southern Confederacy. 1t
keeps up the hatedo the Southern
people, yItiphts great power into
the hands Of. the Executive, and
enables him TO appeal to South ernI
patronage and patriotism to main
tain the credit of tile Confederate
Government. 1t presents a resort
to the very appearances by which
alone the people Of the South can
be reached. [Cheers. rnn, ,,.
/ hear quotations every day from
jeff. Davis message and the Rich
mondspapers, upon this, subject, in
opposition to these views. What /
can be placed inothese
declarations? 1t is thelpurposelof
Davis to reunite this ieountrys it,.
wouldybc supreme folly for him to
speak in any other tone. You can
not expect the organization Of a