Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-12-03
From the Cincinnati Gszetse.
SYMPTOM OF SANITY.

dIsparaging the Government finances
which the Cincinnati Enquirer admin,
ters for the consolation OF the Demo
cratic mind in adversely, We extrac
the following sensiblePrOPosition:
The issue of Goyerpment paper.
justi6able at all. is only so upon tb
ground Of its necessity as a temporar,
measure. not upon stst Of its useful
ness as permanent financial arrange
ment. 81 80 ae
This no one will dispute;.and while
The country submits 70 the necessity,
let it remember the responsibility Of the
party whose betrayal iof the Govern.
ment. and whose rebellion, forced this
financial necessity upoa the county
1t is well that the Democratic party
should keep the burdens and the de-
struction and slaughter Of their war
continually before the people. that they
may not in the lapse OF time. or in the
new questions which war creates. be
unmindful Of the crime OF the party
which conspired and made the rebel
lion. and betrayed the Government in
to its hands. The continual capitula-
tion Of these consequences Of its crimes,
is the miserere Of the Democratic party,
an d. like the smoke Of that bottomless
pit, it should go up forever, with the
suitable accompaniment Of wailing and
gnashing Of Democraticiteeth. H
Every dollar Of public debt and Of
war taxes, and every bill added to the
Government currency for war expenses,
the murder Of every man slain in the
war, the sufferings of the widow and
orphan, the destruction of property Of
the loyal, and the devastation Of the
South, the hardships our soldiers suffer
in the field, the loss OF the high posi-
ton we held toward foreign powers,
the destruction OF our commerce on the
ocean. the disturbance OF money and
values by the issue OF notes to support
the expenses Of the war of national
preservation--all these and the multi
piled evils growing out Of the war. we
owe to the treacbery and rebellion Of
The Democratic party. This is the re-
turn it has given to the people for the
trust they placed in its hands. Every
Democratic representation Of the de-
struction the war has brought upon the
is a confession a the guilt Of
hat party, and the due psnance should
never be forgotten BY TIE American
people. ..
Nor has this come about BY any sud-
len change. The rebellion is the
Democratic party. Where was there
nan of any power in the Democratic
,arty left out of the rebellion? The
ule OF the rebel leaders was as abso-
ute in the Democratic party as il is in
he Confedei acy. The rebellion was
he elimination OF a conspiracy to which
he power given by the control Of the
Democratic party had been devoted for
ears. The Northern understrappers
{ these leaders we're accessory to this
by full knowledge Of it,
They countenanced and encouraged the
hreat Of secession as means Of con-
rolling elections in the North by intim-
dation. No one can state the point
where the Democratic party left of,
nd the rebellion began. for there is no
uch point. The Confederacy is the
continuation Of the leadership, govern
ng principles and legitimate organizs-
ion of the Democratic party. The few
Northern men Of prominence in that
'arty turned against il on the outbreak I
& the rebellion, and are now fighting !
|. The loyal people but confuse just
distinctions when they apply any other
ame than the Democratic party to the
ebels. They have all its recognized
eaders, IFS heritage Of principles and
u the signs of Legitimacy; and their
ause is but the continuation OF their
olicy through successive Administra.
ions, and is the direct outcome Of the
rinciples TO which the party has al.
rays appealed as its original creed.
Nor have the northern minions Of
he Democratic party thrown of their
objection. Yallandigham maintains
is allegiance to the party the same as
efore its overt rebellion. Its Southern
saders recognize him as wearing their
very still. and be does their will as
asely as before. He brings their NOM !!
nation for Governor, and straightway
is ratified by the party machinery.
7hich is still welded in subjeclion TO
hem. So complete is the recognition
hat the rebellion is the Democratic
arty, that any Democrat who fights
he rebellion. is denounced as having
1T the Democratic party. So alas the
pithet the Democrats apply TO those
tho oppose the rebellion, is the same
Iorth and South. a3d was dictated by
be Southern party leaders.
To the Democratic party the people
oDfded the trust Of prosperous and
Apply country, a Union founded by
be common struggle for national inde-
endehce, and cemented by National
10 return for this sacfed
'ust they had a secession conspiracy
control Of the Administration. the
Tational arms and defenses betrayed |
Ito the hands Of the conspirators. the
ffcers Of the Government engaged in
it, and rebellion which has
lunged the country into vast civil
ar, slaughtered hundreds Of thou
ands of citizens. covered the land with
'ourning. destroyed thousands Of mil +,