M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-10-01

the impossibility OF permanent success
in our Republic 80 long as any por,
tion oft is afflicted with the leprous
disease. Either slavery must be torn
out root and branch, or our Govern
mentwill exist no longer. ."--Sss Ohio
State journal, June 30, 1863. .9
Changed his views From what
to what From Democracy to Abo
lition. Cheers. What was tho old
Oemocghtic plattOrml Go back to
1S40 and run up to 1855, and you
will see what this oily changing ia,
yored as his views for sixteen years
u havelto.day read these ,dvs.sinss. :.
In briei, ihe held thatit was Danger
ous for the Federal Government to
exercise doubtful constitutional pow
ers; he demanded equality of rights
in tariff and tax; economy in the ex-
penditures ofthe Government; ths
extinction Of public debts; no nation
nj bank; no concentrated money pow /,
er; the sub-treasury and specie sys1
TEN; oIabridgment OF privileges TO
foreigners; no alien law; no sedition
law, thatis, no law to punish men
for speaking i'll of tue Executive;
that tho Monroe doctrine shall be
maintained as our continental policy;
] and as to domestic slavery no inter-
ference with'it by Congress-; that all
efforts of Abolitionists1 and Others
thus to interfere or take incipionr
steps inorelation thereto would lead
pto the most alarming Consequences;
that Democracy uver reSstthe slaves.
ry agitation, and repudiates all sec
toAal parties and platforms concern
ing domustic slavery, which seek TO
embroil the States, ard which. il
contaminated, must end in civil war
and disunion .n.-sU Z. lasda .I..
These were the Democratic docS
trines while John Brough was a
Democrat. These are the views he
has changed They are our doctrines
YET Well might he say that his
conservative views have changed:
for he Joins row with Wendell Phil.
lips in crying ont: "Never stop the
war; pour out the last drop Of blood;
pay out the last dollar ofmoney; hold
t6igh carnival III human gore and,
human wealth; ntilfodr million of
African foundIipgs are cured of the
''leprous diseRse of slavery" Tear.
it out, root aud branch, though the
roots are interwoven with our social
order and political system; though
the branches oversaadow a millioa,
homes; tear it Out, for what are con.
serVative views about white liberty
and happiness, while these million Of
blacks are white with their leprosy,"
But this "life-long Democrat" Is
welcome to add his weight to Aboli.1
tion, but he has no right, with lis
plentiful lack Of wit and veracity, toI
go wheeling and putting over Ohio
against Democrats who have remain.
ed faithful to the very principles he
boasts ofonce upholding. Even while
vaunting Of being Democrat during
this period when Compromise ruled
in the counselS OF our party, he casts,
in his Chilicothe speech, this pois-
oned, Partbian ortow at his old com.
rades. lit be true, the barb will
stick in his own flesh as well.
u They call the election OF Mr.. Lin,
coin a SECTIONAL election. Well, SO
far as that goes, don't remember,
,on the whole, Of there ever being an
election that was not sectional in its
character, for while the old Demo
cratic party acted with them, they
always demanded aud gotta Southern
man tor President, Or made us give
bonds that de would become d good
Southern man." %. ,a ,....' ','.. IT, ~"
+ lfthis, contemplate subserviency
of the Democrats to the South bo
true, then Johu Brough ought not to
boast ofFhRying, been a "lite-long
DemocrslielI syocphant to. Southe!GG
men, by being inaa partyiso mean as
to!purchasd peace and Union ltor so
many years attthe price ftheir man.
hood. JBut.it isnot true. II The De-
mocraeyfmaiutaihed the Constitution.
and Observation-Disclosures North, 4
ern-under it; and this is the qpatri-.I
otic virtue, which, makes Uur- party
to-day 50 peerless ,aqd, Spr6hf, that
its opponents strive, to steal it's potent
name Z hiaS their own VI | Ig,fiacsldsy5 aud
ISsditi6us; sectiogalism. go., n's a.
| But what title has j o51 BrougH to
tue name q, Democrat nowl Ist me
tsst,him by tbs, platforms, Of the par
t&,iF9m 1S49 n 1856. While he was a d
| member in good standing Does he
deny Jtbe exercise Sfdqlbttful powers.
to ofhs PRESIDENT ,noY39, No, bat" he
Justlhess stlhleelpi thepi, and eYeno cclamofs 10, for
extra oonstitpfionaEa . powers. a.. Does
heo deny atHs right 70, over tax, and by
tariff to feod and fill New England,