The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-06-01
The Bogus PrOclamation-
The Author Discovered.

The bogus Proclamationisab is boomerang
which has returned tow ound the Admin
istration party ItEis now settled, by the
confession of the author himself, that it
was written and put in circulation by an
aboltionist; member Of Henry Ward
Beecher's church, a. writer for the New
York Independent and Times, a personal
friend and acquaintance of President
Lincoln's, who accompanied. him on his
journey from Springfield to Washington
City, afavorite and frequent guest at the
White House, aIosat leaguer, . member
of the Kings county, N. Y. = Republican
Central Committee, and President of q
Lineefns club: There's q record for you,
which We commend to the consideration
Of those who denounced the Proclama-
ton as s.Gapperhead lie. .''esJudging g
frenshis antece6ents it is difficult to see
how this man Howard eould have been
anything elseegthansisa. seonndrel. His
record is enough to condemn any man,
even though he had daptcrownsd his career
of infamy, by forging proelama ion
Intended to. weaken the stability of the
government. His political associations
have ebeenaenough the most yirtu-
Gus character, and to destroy swhatever
sense of right or love orveracity, heuIay
have originally possessed. Se1;fa'-lp Etd
81 Intview- of the fact that the most overt
acts of Northern tssasons giving aid and
comfort to the enemy have bsencpmmit-
Ted By ysn,embers of;thes parsy that claims
all the loyalty and all the patriotism in
the land. would it not be well for theSRe-
publican press to hltAk up qst aitlle----
in its edenunciation Of the Democrats? ?
We believe that Mr.. Collector Barney, of
New York, lie an earnest Lincoln man,
and yet it has been demonstrated that an
Immense amount pfssupplies, sarms, &C.,
has been sent tos the rebels thro ugh the
New Y ork Custom House and with the
eonnivaneei of MI Barney and his SUBJ
Lordinates who are Republicans--exery
one. Mr. Chichester who traded withthe
rebels for cotton, has always been a Re-
IpHbiieaaf Thet men I; whose wenormous
frauds upeni the treasury have contributed
tnrores tsansali ether causes, to the burden
Of debt under which the nation s.reel-
ing and staggefing, are members of the
AdministratiYni party. Tho 3men &who
have made W sskingt6n feity the abode of
all yaebauchery and filth, ,sconverteda a pub
tiicflbnildihg ssint0 Esa bfothel and caused
bitter, burning shame to otiDgle every
EAmerican 2cheekg are Republicans all.
The men who have strengthened the re-
bellion by abolishingffeedom in the North
are all in igood standing in the Republi-
can party. gooa SEQ EosS s'Gob {
'Wewould simYly suggest to theivarious
abolition. editors, that, as slight and
agreeable relaxation from atheir task of
Ebelsboring the Copperheads,' they turn
ttheirsatte lftioh occasionally to theitreason
fo6nd III the ranks of their own party.
They win sfihd the field avery wide one,
full of eonspicuous and notorious in
stances, "a nj aoubtless, theirownpersonal
knowledge will enable them to bring to
light many glafing eases notIyet publicly
known. s'Weqkaew of no better method
they en- n adopt to make their papers use-
fni, and interesting.A Wfcetiag Register. q