M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-02-25
A Rebel View Of l3.c -Or:heTn
Democracy.
Flsn the Rlohmond Dispatch, January IS,

10 UiS'nla6 tnGbG OllGS'l
visions, ard come TO sober, wakir
truth, we must say in all sincorit
that we regard tao Northern D,mo
cracy and their "policy' ia the worl
form Of Northern hr6i,l!ty which ha
heen manifested in the war. Bur l,i
them we should not bo where we no,
are.-Bnt for the military chiuttair
and snldiers Of Northern Democracy
who once proesaed to be the biLtr
enemies OF coercion in every shaD
and form, tho war could not hav
lasted iGo months. Tho BIgci; r.
pUohcaus proper. uDsi'Ie hg h.
Democratic e.enrnL w"Hid na1e hlpl
sruck with pa'dysis before Lucod
hat hcen tugJe. ..mpnihs - hls seat
AZ tho -amG time, howe yer, TINT th,.
"po.tlc' party has gwen tho war il.
chief impetu, III leaders and wor. "I'
has ploi1s5sI H.,'ay u penG, Hp'n
honorable terms, whlca WA tl. nlIrt
i)rluidame in its arts luan l1a ca.u
Aned arms ofal! parties AZ th2 North.
There was 81 Que period OF tii" ws,
moro danger from lis seductive tJugu
than the brawing and bj'tay moulh
oi Lincoln ana his Cabinet. -- Ever
now "we .would mucu rather hav.
Lincoln tor tho President ulih- Cui'ci
o!ales than the candidate inr tao con
eeryative Democracy L'nco.r seem.
70 have bueu'raiaed up,. 0s was tTaorp.
tho Third, to ren0oI a restoration o,
colonies to their 'yraGts impossible
Il no had pursued the wise Upd con
ciliatory measures which the Northern
Democracy profess tJ'adgocate, Nth.
rebellion" would haze been poacrabl,
snOthered III its cradle. But his hear
has been hardened, like PhaIoah'9, b,
has gonu ilom bad TO worse he ba.
30 Eanpled upon ai~Iaw, disregardCG
all right, and outraged all humanif,
that the whole Conlcderdcy haa be
come consolidated IN the :, ,lule dc.
Termination 10 eubmit to every form
nf human suffering rather thHu retun
to tie detestahle embrac3 of Gov
ernnent which ho has rcnd,nd tol
their mind an eDDbodime1t Of to
powers of darkness. So long rs he
President, SO long as we see tho D1vI
in his proper shape and form, we have
nothing to fear; We have only 10 re
sist the heud. aud to will iiJe ron
us. /, is only when the prince oithe
internal regions takes the sLare OF II,
angel OF ight tbat the faithful are i.
danger. I'VE must be excused
therefore, from wishing success to the
Northern Democracy" Let the North
stick 10 its representative man, aDo
not change front in the hour Of battle.
There is matter for rehectlon in
tho foregoing. We have here the
assurance that the leaders Of the Re-
bellion desire the defeat OF the Demo
cratic party, because they are i'aiIn
il the party should be aeccesstal there
might be created a Uuion party il
Rebeldom that would prove potent'a
in the highest degree. We have alec
the testimony adduced, that it "thl
wise and conciiatory measures which
the Northern Democracy profess to
advocate had heen pursued" "ths
Rebellion would have been peaeeabIy
smothered IN its cradle" NAbuut this
there can be no doubt. Aud there isl
another thing equally certain, that II
the Democratic party shall be roiu-
stated in power, by "a clear majority,
not by n plurality, in the face OF tho
seemingly Overwhelming opposition
that shall be brought to bear against
it, it will be accepted by large clasa
of the people il the South SIT Is safe
to say, by large majority ottho roo.
pie in the South RS an attestation
that Abolitioniem has been over
thrown and will 10 longer be atlo 20
affict the body polite. Until such
a result is archieved, no permanent
peace-no restored Uni0n--will take
place. The Abolition oraclos no long
er give uncertain responses. slavery
is the cause of the Rebellion" say
they, "and, therefore, before the arms
OF the North are glounded this cause
must be extirpated." The whole
Abolition gospel is, consequently,
proclaimed without abridgement; and
il with this openly avowed purpose
the South can not be made to resnmt
its place in the Union as FREQ States
by mid SUMMER, :ho certainty is thai
at no future time can it he induced u
DO so.-Chl advertiser.