The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-01-01
A foulLibel on Democrats.

ne,nocratic leaders from whom tie fehe
chief. had formed heir estimate Of North
err character ani he assurances Of such
men IS Fra k Pierce that he democrat
ic partv AZ the Eorh would ,,H'erata an6
wink at the reh4lion encourage then, 20
believe that with little hiu-'er and show
Of fiehr he Union might he des'roved and
. Southern Conf-Ieracv reared on he cor
rer-sfons Of slavery, without anv serious
obstacle being thrown in the Nav hv the
Federal Government Since then theV
have discovered how woetulv 'hev inter
preted the character Of he Northern pso-
pie. -Madison JlurnaI.
This paid Administration press, at the
capital Of our State, is as prone to utter
slanders in its daily and weekly issues as
the "sparks are to fy upwards" In
speaking Of the course of JEFF. DAVIS snd
his caaaiutera in the rebellion. It does not
refrain from The ut'eraRce Of the fone~t
ISLANDERS upon the Democrats Of the North
Who were the Democratic leaders Of the
North at the time spoken Of BY the Jour-
nal in the above quotation! Were
FRANKLIN PrERcE, JAMES Buchanan,
DANIEL S. DIcKIHsoN. BEEJAmIN T But
IER, and FERNANDO WooD, he democrat
ic leaders. any more than LLOYD GARRIs-
ON, WENrEIL PHILL1Ps ard HeHRY
WARD BEEoHsR. were the Republican
leaders? Was not DOUGLAS then the
great leader Of the Democratic party, as
was LINCOLN the leader Of the Republican
party? Did not the great mass of the
Democrats follow the lead Of poUeLAa,
and was i, not DOUGLAS, who, by his caur-
age and eoquence, fired the mighty heart
of the people Of the North, and impeiled
the Government from its danger; and
would not he than, had he been President,
crushed the rebellion at single blow 2
Did he not urge upon LTscoLN 20 handle
the rebellion "wi'hout gloves: 10 OF.
ganize the force which hia voice had called
10 the rescue I'D foa! qniok ami mighty
blow. that could not have failed 10 crush
it before it was fairly organized ard had
assumed alarming proportions? What at
this crisis did LIHCoLN doa He must
have believed, as The Journal saws of JEFF
DAVIS, that all the blood which would
be she'd in consequence Of the secession
movement, would not fill the hollow of his
hand
The New York Tribune, the leading
journal Of the Administration. had encour
sgsd the South in their secession move
ments, by proclainsinc their undoubted
right 70 secede from the Union and assert
ing that he North would not resist the
movement by the force Of arms that it
wonld never attempt 10 pin the South To
the North with bsvonets DANIEL 6.
DIcKINsoN, p F. BUTLER. and Others OF
the North, who by their detection from
the Democratic party and support Of the
arch>traitor, RREcKgNRIDGE, bad secured
the election of LINCoLE, repudiatsa the
course of hoUGLAs in the Senate, and be-
fore he people after The election. and
:harehy " rkad AZ he rebel What
did II COIN do He called far IS 000
men Why snanldI not the r,.aal chieis
laugh AT such exhih,tion~ of weak meas on
the part Of the leaders Of the party II
powers Were not such prearhngs and
practices received bv the Feiel chiefs rs
assurances thatt party in power would
tolerate and wink at the rebeiion," at.d
were they not encouraged TO believe thai,
with little buster and 7hov Of fight, III e
Union might be DESTROYED and Southern
ConfederaGy reared on the cornerstone ot
slavery, without any serious obstacle be
ing thrown in the way by the Federal
Government 2"
The Democratic party was opposed to
all and every act on the part Of the Ad-
min:.trslion that had tendency to en-
courage tha rebels in their acts OF rebel
Eon. and from tne first has resolutei, op-
nosed the doctrine OF State having right
to secede from the UniCn, and has urged
the most vigorous prosecution OF the war
to restore the Union and to-day stands
where it did when the Crittenden resoir-
tions were unanimously adopted By Con
gress after the battle of Bull Run. The
support Of the war for the purposes de-
csred by Congress in those resolutions,
was then the true test of ones Loyalty. and
the people Of the North, with the exoep
ton Of the Abolitionists, (who spat upon
,hem), accepted the resolutions
Now, the purposes Of the Administrs-
ton have changed, and loyalty consists in
the support Of the war, not for the resiers-
ton Of the Union under the Constitution.
bu, for the abolition of slavery and the Ell.
ovation of the negro to all the political and
social rights heretofore enjoyed bv white