Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-04-01


Davis, been put tic death. often by means
too terrible to contemplate. And vet
these men pirate Of fresdom of speech,
and of the press They may as well say
that there should be freedom to commit
arson and murder, for a man has rs
much right to do these things as be has
to iRcite another to do them, and there
is no more right existing to give aid and
comfort 10 the enemy by speaking or
writing treason, than there is to furnish
him with munitions Of war; and no man
has been molosted in the exercise Of that
freedom Of speech recognized. and guar
antced by the Constitution. And is this
all? No. Tie elimination Of their
deruBciation of the President is that he
has signed an act. loudly demanded by
the country and the armies defending it;
which has received the unqualified up
proyal OF every loyal man who thorough
II understands its provisions, and who
desires that this war shall be brought 70
90 honorable conclusion ut the earliest
possible moment, which in every pa,tic-
ulaf Of lis provisions does, so far az prac
ticabIe, favor the poor man and not the
rich.
Is there mother, md she a widow.
having IN only son left rs the solace and
support Of declining years; have aged
and poor parents manly boy upon
whom they rely; has o brother younger
sisters and brothers cIinging 10 him for
counsel and projections; has father been
berctt of her 10 whom his little ones
looked for comfort and consolation, leav-
ing them without mothers tender care;
have the calls Of patriotism, already Ia
ken members Of family so that but
two are left TO toll for the loved ones
ut home; the law savs to all these STAY;
though your eountry's claims may he
paramount. she yields them; and mark
every excn ptcn and favor is granted
to the poor man; and still further. by a
wise and benificent provision it is placed
within the power Of the poor man to
leave with his family sum sufficient to
ensure their comfort. or if he feels that
the calls OF home are higher than those
Of country, it enables him 10 provide
substitute | refer to the plan recently
adopted in our county, which were there
10 limit to the sum to be paid for II sub
stitue would he useless, as it would bs
beyond the power of any but the wealthy
to procure substitutes. man worth
F.! 500, 900 would not hesitate to pay for
substitute $4,000 or $4,000, and this
would fix the price, and no poor man
could hy any possibility procure one.
AMI now rs the grand climax Of au
daciJy AMI falsehood, the authors of these
resolutions come forward, and prostitu-
ting the sacred tine honored rame Of
Democracy to their unhoIy purposes. at
tempt to palm themselves off upon las as
compatriots Of those loyal Democrats
who have taken their lives in their hands
and have gone forth in their country's
service, and who have, am proud to
say, not unfrequently sealed with their
life blood their devotion TO their country
and government.
But what right have these recreants to
class themselves as the followers of jeff
er>on, Jackson, and Douglas. names
which We would think would blister
their tongues in the utterance Do the
/ loyal Democrats Of this county-thank
/ God there are many Of them~-want to
know where to stand and whose lender
ship to acknowledge ? would point
them with pride aud exuItation to such
! Democrats as Dickinson, Coctrane, But
Ter, Todd. ogan, McCIernand. Carpeu
/ ter and Dixon and hosts of Others. who
remain true to the grand old principles of
the Democracy Of the Fathers, aud who
now say with the la'nented Douglas,
"that there can be but two parties IN
this contest, the loyal and the disloyal,'
and who are to-day standing up manful-
" shoulder to shoulder with the admin
istration, striking blow for blow for the
preservation Of the glorious institutions
left us by our revolutionary siras, anil
who denounce with whitening scorn and
Indignation the course of those who are
irving to sieze the control Of your party
IN order to prostitute it to their own
wicked anil reasonable designs. And
now appeal to every loyal Democrat to
come out from among those who from
lust OF office and power, or from active
sympathy with secession, would send
you, if need be, into open hostility TO
our government, which in this terrible
crisis demands in such urgent tones the
undivided support Of every patriot
Come out from the upclean thing. and if
these men who are now seeking 10 BE-
your leaders persist in their course, let
them 90 alone down to that gulf of in
fanny to which they ere inevitably has
tening, for believe that rs sure as there
is God Of trust and justice. this coun-
try will vet rise victorious over her open
and secret enemies, aud then those men
who have, under cover of pretended pat
fiotism. done their worst to bring about
her downfall, will be consigned to low
er depth OF infamy than those who have
had the courage and maniness TO prove
at the lannon's mouth that they hated
the best government ever instituted by
tho wisdom of man.
VINDEx.
- A CORRESPONDENT saws "a john Van