The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-25
Democratic Rule.

III Ou' lSSNS " huS AEtu lHStAHL We IT,
marked: THE question is, how long,
under the present management Of our ma
tional affairs, can the people stand the
burdens imposed upon them?' The Sac
Bee, an organ Of the greenback
wing Of the Abolition party, whose loyal.
ty is purchasable, by its own Confession
it lately declared that 1T pays to be 10y
aT-with more zeal than judgment, an.
swers:
"Abent forty wears. The people stnod up
under the burden of Democracy for twenty-five
years. and that has hardened them so they can
stand loug time under any lesser burden"
The burden the Democracy imposed
upon the people Of the United States for
twenty-five years." was glorious one.
Under Democratic rule our country was
the wonder, the admiration, the envy Of
the world. Under Democratic rule we
Rad freedom of speech and of the press !;
no Provost MarshaIs nor baStiles nor spies;
no arbitrary arrests; no overwhelming
national debt; no large standing army {;
no military Governors no Government
tax nor army of tax collectors no green.
backs. We are indebted to the Admins.
tration party fatheSe blessings" Not
until that party came into power, had
there been any civil strife in our Union.
Up to that hour the Government had been
administered, in the main, in accordance
with the terms Of the solemn compact en-
tered into by and between the sovereign
States. Under Democratic rule the coun-
try had grown and prospered as no other
had done on the face of the whole earth.
No where in the world could there be
found thirty millions of people, under one
Government. so rich in every particular,
so prosperous, cont@ntcd and happy as
were the people Of the Union. Every foot
Of territory that we own was acquired
by the Democratic party, against the
wishes, the protests and votes of the lead
ers of the party in power. What our
country was before the Inauguration oi
| LincoIn-prosperouS, powerful and res
pccted the Democratic party made it.
without imposing any burdens upon the
people What 1t is under Abolition rule,
we blush to name Would that the IRE.
cording Angel could drop tear on it and
blot it out forever"
Contrast the twenty-five years" OF
Democratic rule with the three years OF
Abolition rule. What years Of prosper-
ty, glory and grandeur the former; what
years Of folly, wretchedncSS and blood the
latter! We search history in vain to find
an instance where three years have
wrought such destruction of life and prop.
erty among any people. as have the past
three years among the people Of this
country. This civil war, for deStructive-
ness and cruelty, for vindictlveneSs and
wickeduess, stands without q parallel in
the annals Of all wars. 1t has already
sacrificed Il million of precious lives, and
worse than wasted thousands upon thou.
sands Of millions Of property. The civil
wars Of France, of England, pale into in.
significance when compared with the de.
p'orabe war now raging within our own
borders-a war provoked by Abolition
fanatics and traitors. Under Democratic
rule this needless and nloody war would
be brought to a speedy and honorable
end urder Abolition rule it will be BRO
tracted, the country will he exhausted, it.
men sacrificed, it's treasure wasted, all t,
enrich loyal villains and crafty the malice
Of loyal fanatics. Continrc the Admins
tration party in power, and there will on
ly remain for the future historian the task
Of telling the gloomy and Sckening story
% the decline and fall of the American
Republic. The people are indebted tt
the Democratic party for wealth, pros
perity and glory to the Abolition party
for poverty, misery and disgrace.