Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1864-10-18

his day, was 'mere pretext" for
overtluowing the Government and
establishing anSouthern Confedera-
Icy and the next pretext would be
what? Will be "the negro, or the
slavery question" The only differ
ence is, the negro, instead Of being
the pretext, has come to be the real
cause. Now, you who call your
selves Democrats in 1892, where do
you stand to-day You were for
the Union, with Jackson and the host
of patriots that foundedlthe Govern
ment and were for continuing it thro'
all time But now there are those
calling themselves Democrats, who
think by fallying under the old party
name, and binding themselves to-
gether, though they make war upon
every doctrine they have sustained
from the foundation of the Govern
mant, they can ret into power and
enjoy fat Offices The ms always
want To stay III, and the outs want
to get III. This would do in party
times; but now thequestion is, wheth-
er the nation shall live am Dem
ocrat, and expect to live and die one,
tut I would rather perish in advoca-
ting the glorious Union Of these
States, than to perish in any other
cause.
PEACE AND COMPROMISE.
And now what Is the cry Of this
paety? Peacel Yes, peace, com
promise, an armistice, an amend
ment to the Constitution, and all that
kind of thing. The charge is made
that this is q Lincoln war; carried on
for selfish and ambitious purposes. -
Let me raise the inquiry ID your
mind in all the newspapers that you
have read in opposition to those who
have been trying to sustain the Gov
ernment-in all the speeches you
have heard made on that side, have
you heard word about the viola
ton of the Constitution BY JEFF. Da-
Wis Many cries of "No, no. In
al the arguments you have heard as
to its being JEFF. Davis var, have
you ever heard them find fault with
JEFF Davis warp T"No, no ] The
query then comes up, whose var is
this? 1t is the war Of Z bandof tral
tors and cOnspirators against the best
Government the world ever say
Who commenced the WARP Did
a braham Lincoln? "a voice n b,
Il eff Davis. That is a correct an
swer. Thank God there Is too
much intelligence in the country for
the people to be generally misled.
How many States went out Of the
Union before Abraham Lincoln came
into power? Voices Eight; Z
"Eleyen. Il And after be came into
Epowcr, what was doncg Who &rezf
the first gun upon che Star Of the
West? Upon Fort Sumter? Was it
Lincoln2 Voices, mo, no" Had
Lincoln called out a man (? ["No" ]
| Who passed the first law for raising
armies, on the 9th Of March, in Mont
gomery, Alabama? Who issued the
first letters of marque and reprisal,
to rob your ships and take your forts,
arsenals and dock-yards? jeff. Da-
Wis took the Iced in all these things.
| Was this violation of the Constitu-
ton, for one portion 81 tiie country
to turn upon the other and n AXE war
upon ii? The Constitution declares
it is. and everybody knows it is JET
DAVIS war
THE LIGHT OF THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
When we come 70 examine these
questions in the light ofthe Chicago
platform, we learn that ut is the
sense Of the american people that at
ter four years Of failure to restore
| the Union by the experiment OF war,
ETC.; in other words, when stated
Alright, the rebellion, after four years
of war; has failed to accomplish q
separation. Voices THAT it, that's
the ticket
If the war has been failure, the
very man selected by the President
Of the United States to command the
armies was the cause Of the failure
| for the larger portion Of the tlme
and now these professed friends Of
The Union select this very man to
carry on the war who has been the
cause Of the failure.
The speaker then showed very con-
clusively that the war had not been
\ i failure SO far rs the Union side was
concerned that it had been 50 far
victorious that the ony hope OF the
rebels was IN the election Of their
choice Of the candidates for President
of the United States. Greatcheers.
Lincoln, and the American people at
his back, has been trying to extend
the jurisdiction of the Government
over all the States. jeff Davis says
NO and the peace party says I" No.
Look at their papers and you will
see that their only remaining hops
rests upon defeating The Administra-
ton; and he who votes to defeat the
Administration, indirectly votes for
the establishment of the Contederacy
conpRoMIsF AFTER COMPROMISE.