Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-06-29
DEMOCRACY THE REBELS HOPE.
Rebel View of our Nominations-a Rail
Splitter ard Tailor-Jef Davis Relies
on the Democrats Interest of the De-
moory is to Weaken our Armies and Des-
troy our Finances, etc.

mOcry is to Weaken our Armies and Des.
troy our Finances, etc.
The following article from the Richmond
Examiner of june 18th, plainly shows that
the Rebels hope OF success is in the tri
umph of the Democracy in the coming Pres
idential election. The Econ,iaer says that
it is the interest Of the Democrats to dc
=" their utmost to weaken the Federal army
land discredit Federal Finance" liust
| the very thing they have been doing all
along, as a means to insure the failure OF
! the Union army, elect Democratic Presi-
dent, divide the country and establish the
| Southern Confederacy. Much as this an
nouncement may surprise the unwary, nev-
ertheless it is but in unison with the course
pursued by the Copperhead leaders during
the past three years. They have persistent
| ly endeavored, by word and action, during
| these years, to weaken our armies and de-
preciate the credit Of the Government
However, thus far they have accomplished
but little. True, they have prevented en-
istments in innumerable instances, and to
that extent did weaken our armies, yet the
Government, by the aid of the patriotic
masses in furnishing men and money, has
steadily and determinedly pursued it's ap-
pointed mission, the crushing out of the re-
beilion, and to-day we find it pressing back
the traitor horde just as surely as it has at
any former period during the war. But we
ask the reader to carefully peruse the arti-
Gle from the EranIiper, and then deny the
fact that the object of the Southern Traitors
and Northern Copperheads is not identical
the defeat Of the Union Armies and the
recognition Of the Southern bogus Confed-
eracy
The convention of Black Republicans in
Baltimore have renOminated for President
of their country Abraham Lincoln, the IL
llnols raIl-sphtter, and for Vice President
Andrew johnson, known in the West as the
Tennessee tailor, one Of the meanest of that
craft; whether they shall ever be elected or
not depends upon the Confederate army al
together The people Of the enemy's coun-
try have now two Black Republican tick
cts" before them and the Democrats are
to come yet.
All these several movements we are obliged
to watch, and, if possible, understand-by
VI IIIClI I}tSSiDIS SuCCbo pun lilc
otherwise we have no earthly interest in the
matter and if we were now at peace with
the nation it would be altogether indiffer-
ent to us what ape, or hyena, or jackass
they set up to govern them.
The great army of contractors, then, and
Office holderS-ln short, those who live by
the war, and on the country-have succeed
ed, at last, in starting Lincoln for another
race. 1t amounts to a declaration that the
cOnventioners desire to see four years more
in all respects like unto the last four years.
They want no change at all ; to the present
incumbents of power and profit, all works
we'll enough asst is They care little, per-
haps, about the 'Emanciption Proclamation
or the exact definition which may be ap-
piled to Lincoln, as an immediate, Or essen
tial, or contingent AbolitionistS care little
indeed about politics at all, or principles, or
the destiny Of their nation or other lab
stractonS' Of that sort they are practical
men, and what they know and feel in their
inmost souls Is, that four more years OF rev.
cling at will in treasure and plunder will
make them all rich enough, them and their
descendants to the third and fourth gener-
alton.
1t appears, also, that Lincoln and his
friends have been lucky, so far, in the Ill
success OF Grant and Butler, and in their
these two had taken Richmond before the
Convention, then Butler or Grant would
have been nominated for President. lfthey
had been already utterly and decisively de
feated, and their armies cut to pieces, then
neither Lincoln nor any other Black Repub
lican would have had the slightest chance of
election. So essential was 1t fer the right
guidance of the Convention in this matter
that Grant should not take Richmond, nor
be advancing In triumphant march towards
it, that the New York Times, Lincoln's ''or-
gan, took care to publish at length a dis
NAL account of the bloody defeat inflicted on
the Federals on the Sd of June, and to ex-
press the opinion thatit was amost disastrous
affair This was true; but the Tines did
not state it because it was true. The Times
stated 1t, notwithstanding that it was true,
in order to lower Grant s stock In the Con
yention, lust in the nick Of time-and sue
ceeded. Our soldiers who on the Sd strewed
the earth in front of their intrenchments
with 1000 dead and wounded Yankees,
then and there secured the nomination OF
Lincoln over Grant.
lincoln, then, and his gang have. been
lucky, as we said, so far. But to win his
election in November this lndeclslve work
of the Federal armies, neither trlumphantly
victorious nor hopelessly cut to pieces--nel-
ther taking Richmond nor taken by Rich
mond-wili not do at ALL Grant and Butler
are now at Liberty to achieve the most bril-
liant suscess they can, and The Nelo York
Times will not tell the truth any more when
it is unfavorable to them. In fact, the Lin
coin party has been reconciled to the delay
in capturing Richmond by this consldera-
ton, among others that the Fourth OF Ju-
ly approaches and they are aware OF the
theory entertained by their old acquaintance