The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-10

nave never been recognized as leading Ma
tional Democrats, or even as prominent
polltlclans IN any part. The document re-
ferred to condemns the war policy of the
| present Administration in the most vile
and bitter terms, but not one word of con-
demnatiOn is uttered against that internal
traitor and Rebel, jeff. Davis, and his 90
horts now in rebellion against the Govern
ment. Not one word is uttered rgainst Sc
cessiOn or the men who are trying to des-
troy the Government and are shooting
Union men down like dogs. Never has an
address beeen issued so full of treason, in
the true and loyal States. A great and car
dinal principle of the true Democratic par
ty has always been ''that the people of each
State and Territory were capable of select
ing their own officers, enacting their own
laws and of doing their own voting without
the dictation ofthe people of other States.''
Inc democracy have always claimed that
| the people of this country were free and in
| telligent beings. The latter day Democra-
| cy seem to think differently, and have cre-
| ated a society in the city Of New York to
impart light and knowledge to the .'Hea-
| then OF the western Wilderness" as we of
| the West have been styled by the nabob ar
istocracy. A society to tell the people how
and for whom to vote, and to oppose the
war policy Of the present Administration.
This society is created and addresses put
| forth striving to stir up party strife, rancor
and hatred at an hour when our country
| is in the desperate throes of revolution,
for the sole purpose of aiding the rebels in
the destruction of the Government. No
true Democrat will ever sanction such a
society and such documents, wheu our
country is engaged in terrible civil war.
Democrats, take down your old political
| text books and see what principle the Dem
ocratic Fathers laid down for us to follow
| in times of war.
At a Convention of the National Democ-
racy held at New York City, June "a, 1912,
the following resolution was passed:
ResolUed, That it is the duty of all good
citizens to lay aside all party animosity
and private pickering and to place them
selves in the ranks OF those who stood bv
our flag and our country.
| Niles Register, Vol ., page 291.
That resolution was endorsed by Thomas
Jefferson, James Monroe, James Madison,
Andrew Jackson and all true Democrats OF
that day. The old tory federal party of that
day, arrayed themselves against that reso-
luton, created societies, issued addresses
denouncing the Administration of James
Madison as "weak and profiigate," and the
war of 1912, as "unholy and unjustifiable, -
and did everything in their power to stir
up party luminosity and private bicker-
ing" and to array the people in open hos
tility to the Administration of Madison and
/
of this day are following in the very foot
steps of the old Tory Federal party.
Gen. Jackson was so fearful Of that de-
mon, party strife, and the dangers that
would result from it, even after the close OF
the war of 1912, that Immediately after the
election of James Monroe in 1916, he wrote
letter to him in regard to the selection OF
his cabinet, in which he said:
"Now is the time to exterminate that
monster, called party strife. By selecting
for Cabinet Officers characters most con-
spicuous for their probitv, virtue, capacity
and firmness, without any regard to party,
you will 60 far to, if not entirely, eradicate
those feelings which on former occasions,
threw so many obstacles in the way of gov
ernment, and perhaps have the honor OF
uniting the people heretofore politically di-
vided. The chief magistrate Of great and
powerful nation should never indulge in
party feelings. His conduct should be lib
eral and disinterested; always bearing in
mind that he acts for the whole and not a
part of the community. By this course you
will exalt the national character and ac-
quire for yourself name as imperishable
as MARBLE
| Who, sir, has followed the advice given
by Old Hickory in the selection of his Cab
met Officers, Generals in the army, and
other important officers of government?
Abraham. Lincoln. No Administration
since the days of Washington has appoint
ed so many men Of the opposition party as
that of Abraham Lincoln. He in this crisis
| has followed the very principle laid down
by our Democratic Fathers in the war OF
1912, and adopted their war policy in full.
| Democrats, why do you condemn him?-
He has done more, he has done everything
in his power, "tO ertermindte that monster
called party spirit" Democrats, Abraham
Lincoln, by his own official acts as Presi-
10 !, of
| a Democrat of the strictest JeffersOnlan-
Jacksonian and Douglas school, and it is
your duty to sustain him, and if you refuse
you are traitors to the party, to the country
and enemies of all good Governments.
In 1867 and 8, the Democracy OF all the
States passed the following resolution:
Resolued, That when our country is en-
gagged in war, it is the duty OF all our cltl-
| Zens to sustain our Government with una
nimity. and render it all the aid their uni
ted strength can afford, and that we look
upon every attempt to create divisions IN
our councils or arrangements between the
people of the different sections OF the Union
as unpatriotic. and should call down the
severest condemnation Of all lovers OF their
country.-Chapmaan Coon Skinner, J"me
l7h, 1S4S.
| Let us look at what was said by Demo
cratic papers of those who were opposed TO
the war policy of James Madison ana
James X. Polk. The Democrat published
Louisville, KY, and extensively circulated
in the south and west, in the issues OF May
1st, 1s4s, contains the following articles;
| WHAT is TREAsoN?-During the war OF
1872 the National Intettigea'cer drew the
following picture of the traitorism OF those
opposed to the war; and in republishing II,
we ask the candid reader to say II IL De not
as applicable to the Mexican wings EN- oa .ne
| n,.esent aav as to the Blue-Llght FEEDER
| alists of the last war"
earn AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY
There are other ways of aiding an enemy
than by deserting to his standard. Tnose
serve him quite as efiectually who sieze
every opportunity to dishearten the patri-
otic army of our country, and thus encour-
age the enemy. When with this view,
| (and it can be with no other,) JdetS are
| dtscolored and perverted to the INJURY oj oH'