The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-04-15
For the Grand Haven News.
WHO Is LOYAL2

men" are in the democratic township of
Wright.
1t is we'll known that the republicans
generally have been long and assiduously
engaged in endeavoring TO instill into the
public mind the idea that democrats are
as party in politics disloyal. And the
republican editors have been counseling
their readers not to vote for any man of
doubtful loyalty for any office whatever
Your correspondent has often asked them
" What constitutes loyalty in citizen 2"
and the answer has generally been of an
evasive character. But of late the ques-
ton has been solved by the action of the
republican caucus, in this township, and
it ought to be remembered. 1t is rs fol-
lows:
The democrats in Wright called their
caucus, in the usual form, to be held on
the I'd inst. They accordingly made a
selection of their nominees, as they tho't
best for the interest of the party and peo-
pie generally. The republicans called
theirs to be held on the Sd inst, " For
the purpose of nominating good and log
al men as candidates for the several town
ship offices the ensuing year." They met
pursuant TO the call, and where do you
suppose they found their /" good and 10y
al" candidates for office? All! I know
you can never guess, so l will tell
you. Well, ahem they procured copy
of the democratic ticket, Transcribed it,
christened it "REPUBLICAN TICK
ET," and voted it straight throug !!
There! now do you know who the "good
and loyal men" are? Verify they are
the democracy. The consequence is, we
poor fellows who have been styled the
sneaking ours of southern rebels-rebel
neutrality-suspicious. &C.,
have to Gil all the offices in the township
as best we can.
But what can be said Of the republican
partyi Has it not been weighed in
the balance and found wanting" So it
would seem. And it was weighed in its
own balance and by its own friends.
Let us look at this matter on another
side. Loyal men are those who are faith
full to the constitution and the Union.
Disloyal men Are those who are unfaith-
full to the Union and the constitution. /
have heard republicans say they would
not support a constitution that sustains
slavery-that the word /" freedom" was n
mockery, so long as slavery was allowed
within the United States, &c, &c. But
few days ago I was told by republi-
can that the constitution is a libel upon it
self, lift sustains slavery" And since the
sun rose this morning a staunch republi-
can said to me, "I can not support the
constitution because it sustains the fugi-
two slave law" Who that hears such
language as the above, from the lips Of
the warmest of tho votaries of black re-
publicanism, can be in doubt for moment
as to who are loyal or disloyalG Certain
it is that the leaders of that party have
only been crying out disloyalty" upon
us, to hide their own political deformity
They are the "rebel sympathizers il
reality. They have brought the country
into its present difficulties, and are carry
ing on the war, as they are, not for the
support of our republican form of govern
eminent, but for the purpose of specula
ton and raid upon slavery.
If I have given faithful picture here
of that party land if it is defective il on
ly lacks blacking,) is it not easy to SCI
who the disloyal ones are?
Wright, April o, 1868. ]. H. S