The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-18
Their Harvest.

Loyal shOddyites, sycophants and swim
dlers are amaSsing immense fortunes out
Of the war. They are specnlating on the
suffering and blood Of the Union. 1t is
their day and they are rraping golden
harvest They have got control Of the
Government and are using its means to
build up n brainleSs and worthless and
polluted arislocracy at the expense Of the
laboring classes. Destitute of principle,
patriotism, iN.leHsNsleNce, they are willing
and serviceable tools Of power, gloat over
drspUtic edicts and rejoice at the deStruc-
ton, OF civil liberty. They have their
helOts, leprOus vagahonds, in every State,
county and city, who earn their waRes
Of infamy" by eulogising their masters,
persistenlly and venomuuSly lying, and
slandering the Democratic party. These
ahjcct creatures constantly boast Of their
loyalty and Insist on the bani>hmrnt or
execution Of those who refuse to wO, ship
at their putrii shrine IN their eyes it is
n capital 0iienSc to question the wisdum
nf Lincoln, the honesty Of Cameron, the
grnernlShip of Hooker, the humanity Of
Butler, the courage Of Sumner. or the pa.
triotism Of the Abolition traitors who pc.
titioned Congress to dissolve the Union.
The worst OF it is such wretches have
supporters and followers, and good men
are deceived by their mendacity. Llbe-
rally paid by the Government plundervrs,
it is their duty and interest to defend aud
sustain them, and to swear that the
present national Administration is dis.
tingui>htd for its honesty" 1t is need.
less to say they perform their duty with
remarkable fidelity. 1t has been truly
said that the war has afforded almost un-
limited opportunities for frauds, prcula
tion>, plundering and corruptionS Of all
sorts, They amount from a few thous-
ands up to hundreds Of thousands and
even millions Of dollars. and in the aggre-
gate, it has been stated by Abolition Con.
greSSmen. and their statement has not
been denlcd, to hundreds Of millions. -
These wicked dcpredationS upon the Gov
ernrnent leak out through the press occa.
Sionnlly, but they are smothrred and kept
from the eyes Of the people by the party
in power An Abolition Congress votes
down all propositions TO investigate and
expose these enormous frauds and all ef.
forts to bring their perpetrators TO just
punishment; and Abolition organs dc.
nounce as "traitors to the Government"
those who en1eavOr to check this swim.
ding. 1t is loyal" to rob the Govern.
ment, and di>loyal" to expose the rob-
bers. The very men who have sWindlcd
the Government out Of the most money,
occupy front seats in the Abolition Sanhe.
drim, and ofiicate in important convrn.
tionS. The CamernnS, Morgans and 9th.
ers Of their ilk, controlled the recent Bal.
limnrc Convention. Their known and
conceded Swindling has not injured their
reputation nor destroyed their Influence
"ith their party; on the contrary, it
seems to have given them additional pow.
er and character.
What a shocking state Of things do
these facts present! In view of their
enormity upwards Of year ago John p.
Hale, Abolition Senator from New lamp.
shire, exclaimed in tie Senate, "lhe lib.
critics Of this country are in greater dan.
ger to-day from the corruptinnS, aud from
the prnflgacy practiced in the various de.
partmen,S Of the Government, than they
are from the rebels in the open field" -
And this party. with a record blackcned
by corruption, has the sublime audacity
to ask the American people to again place
it in power