Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-21
The Voice Of il True .sDc.'at.

The Voice Of IL True Ee aDc.ai.
Tbs lion. P. Frazier Smith, tho Other
day IL tn. Pennsylvania Legislature thus
spoke OF the loyalty that true de,noc.
raey recognized. After speaking of John
G. Calhoun and Gen. Jackson's dctermi-
nation to hang him,for high treason, this
Pennsylvania Democrat said: /
III n th.s glorious old Democratic par.
ty existed in its mon aad in its p,inciple IS
Is principles being that tn, country
above everything else, an its men refu-
sing to calculate the value of the Union.
Now, they calculate the value Of this
great Union by penny STAMP upon the
plaster placed upon a sick mans back. -
I hat is the way the gentleman from
Northumberland meets this great quhs-
ton. .-.--.s- .-
viii say, in conclusion, that this oil
Dem c'atic party, and this Of Democrat
ic p. iIciple-!ounl in whatever Parry
thy may b,-wilI sustain til, country !;
aud in times past. VIII IN we called ou.-
selves d mocrats and Wings. or Dem
ocrats and Republicans. or Dem ,cra,s and
Peoples Party, there was nothing between
us that went downtown to tn, root of
Den ocTcy AMI found US there differing !;
il needed this rebellion to bring out that
al Democracy was the same t. in. wher-
ever it might be; AMI that all the princi-
pies of loyalty AMI patriotism sprung
from the Democracy of which So Ike at
tie announcement Of MY re marks.
The Democracy which will pat the
country above everything else is tn, De-
mrcracy that We all love. l care not
whether the man calls himself Domcrat
o. a Republican, il he places his party
above his c1untry-if he desires to grin
out Of III, aroans and tears of the people
HAT which vii make him richie is dis
.loyal, according to the test which think
on ATTIC b. applied to myself
This is not the time to defend Abra-
ham Lincoln; but | must b, permittel to
say here, that having don, all that |
could do rs an honorable pir,isap to pre-
vent his obtaining the position which he
now occupies, feeling that was sustain
ng principles which [ had always sus-
taihcd by voting for ana cnleavJriLg t,
secure the election Of another man, | am
now prepared to say-not that esteem
Abraham Lincoln perfect np,n--not that
he has done everything that would have
desired.--l ut that, looking at Abraham
Lincoln djsintcrestedly as the head of the
nation, [ t'i;nk he has pursued III, course
VII 'ch he has followed with N eye sin gle
10 the best interests Of the country.
DO uct sly that better means than
th SC which he has used mght Il It have
lceA adopted: but say--aal firmly
and solemnly believe, AMI am willing to
II, c. tA,s expression at a higher bar than
III tribunal be!o-, which am now spaa-
,ing--I d, say, that believe to the best
Of his ability. and with the desire tosave
b,oo lshcl, with the desire to bring back
those who AL g!iovou3iy w;on "a ti9ir
country, wa IL war hal already interviewed
and following up his desire to prevent
war. his single OH ct has been the well
fare of tn country believe nm to be
true pltfiot. an believe If his pow .r
WAS co ,el to HE wish, all If his W is lon
was equal h'svish { nd do not say tha
it no. } th evary hing wpull b, don,
n tbs c,lntfy W lich tbs heart of its best
ct2 rs coul desire. Applause. I
bill W that in any Of the hov1ls or in any
Of the palaces. Of which the g,ntl man Of
Philadelphia has spoken aud into which
tes ,la'ion hus entered, You vii mt fad
fon any mother or any father dsnun-
ia ION Of Abraham Lincoln.
Ii YOU VII meet that mother in t'a
Quiet O. the night. when sh, en- do moth
mc but me tat, uHon her brav, toy.
whose lovcliness is made thu brighter to
her vision By the dark clou Is that have
cona overin his data, AMI then ask I
t, den )uacc Abraham Lincoln for havin
( lei gu, the armies into which that boy
vent. sh, will refuse she will say. my
boz Mt ih.o the service Of his country
an lave hin as dill, love my country
imo.e," y, willow will denounce this
WA, trough it hls'ta'inn her stay from
her an No ether father viii say that
| Abraham Lirooln dii WI NJ in calm
cut seventy-Gve thousanl men FIR tn
service of the country-nor calling out
tire hundred thousand more--althoug I'll
their ranks come back without the son that
he loved b st upon earth. tApplause.l