The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-01
Frnm VIM Il Seward:

"There is higher latO than the Con-
stitution which regulates our authority
over the domain"
From VIM. Lloyd Garrison, who now
sustains the measures Of the National
Administration
"The North must separate from the
South and organize her own institutions
on o sure basis"
From Horace Greeley:
"The Union is not worth supporting
in connection with the South"
From Wendell Phillips, who now sup
ports the Administration:
"There is merit in the Republican
party. 10 is the first sectional party
eUer organized in his country.
From N. P. Banks:
II am willing, in certain state Of
circumstances, TO let The Union sltds."
This This speech was Delivered in 1855.
There can be no Union till slavery is
destroyed Ertract from O,cen Loue'
joys Speech, April "a, 1852.
SWEAR GENERAL BUTLER.
II soy, / am not for the Union to BE-
again as 1t l0as. Understand me:
was for the Union as it was, because
saw, or thought l saw, the troubles il
the future which have burst upon US; bu
having undergone those troubles, having
spent all this blood, and this treasure,
do not mean to go back again and bt
cheek by jowl with South Carolina as ]
was before, if 1 can help it. (Cheers
You're right. y"
Extract from Gen. Buffers speech in
New York, April 1868.
SWEAR THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL.
1.-THE Union has done nothing for free
dem, Then why should freemen deplort
the loss of the Union. Separate peace
full existences of the sections are prefer
able to Union which is Unsatisfactory
to one, and which retards the progress
of the other"
Ohio State Journal, March 81, 1861
Having shown that the leading repub
licans are opposed to restoring the Union
we will proceed to prove that the leading
men of the Democratic party are all 10
the old Union. We first call some wit
nesses who are enemies of the Demo
cratic party.
HEAR wM. H. SEWARD.
know the Democracy of the North
know them nowin their waning strength
| do not know a possible disunionis
among them all. Ibeliove they will b
as faithful to the Union now as they wer
in the by gone days when their rank
were foil, and their challenge to the con
test was always the warcry of victory
VIM. H SetOard, 1861.
In this country, it is habit not onl
entirely consistent with the Constitution
but even essential to its stability, to re
gard the Administration at any time eS
isting as distinct and separate from tn
Government itself, and. to canvass tn
} proceedings of the one without th
thought Of disloyalty to the other
Secretary Seavard, 1862.
HEAR CONGRESSMAN CONWAY.
"The Democrats will not Of cour
listen to separation for an instant
Such suggestion in their eyes is treaso
! |, for which one ought to be hanged. The
I !, plan is simply to oppose the Administr
i ton on its anti.slavery policy, and
that issue to carry the country.
Extract from the speech of Mr.. Co
way, Republican Congressman fro
e Kansas, in Congress, Feb. 1868.
n HEAR SENATOR CowAN.
;. Sir, had rather have the moral OIL
material aid of the Democratic party
n this war than all the Legislative rrojec
|, that could be hatched in the brains of
+ Congress composed entirely of reformel
Extract from speech of Senator Co
an, republican, in U. s. Senate, fro
Pennsylvania, March I'd, 1868.
a HON. VIM. DUER, OF NEW YORK.
Q II certainly can enter into no coml
d nations with Republicans to overtime
l. the Democrats. They are in the ms
loyal and patriotic. They are the ch
N bulwarks against the assaults of t
Northern disunionists. Upon them re
in a great degree the hopes of
Union"
ir Extract from the letter Of VIM, Du
r, a Clay Whig, of N. Y, to Republic
10 Convention in 1862.
d. HEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES.
VI -. The New York Times, reckless as
~ ~ its course toward the Democrats, C,
40 40 cedes april 9th, 1869 that Govern
- Seymour and Parker "haue shotOn
1T os disposition to lift finger to,uard {
,m N, barrassing President Lincoln" an,
-. o. has "no doubt that they will efeotuo
% % co,operctts 1cith hin, ,Ohenever and h
'" eUer 1t shall be found necessary"
ant Having given the testimony Of 81
v a of our political enemies, as to the p
Ills tion of the Democratic party, we
40 call live Democrats to the stand.
vALLANDIGHAM FOR THE UNION.
m It is in the restoration of the Ul