The mountain Democrat., 1864-02-20
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This motto, attribussd To General Jack
SIN, tbs glorious eld Democrat, Who hatet
the AbSntOnistss sOo hced thsuaSd de
claNed them traiees e sheir cOSotry and
race NOrthy Oe d ineuishSd Origin
and oeaR the reHIssn6s ahce and repetition
heHj0yA But thoss words we're only 9
part a9d the beginning Of the entire sen.
tsne& Which the Abclftiouists and their
WsuG6MO cgrsnni not 10 quota. ThS,
asntsnea ssa vhOlA and the noble and
patriotic SOutimsus which Il smbOdRs,-
Identical VITA that now held BY those who
discOuntenaUce aud depIOrs the insane war
policy Of Phillips, Beechsr, Butler, Jim
Lane 4 CO.-ought to be kept constantly
in mind by every political admirer Of the
old Hero and Patriot of the Hermitage.
II ought to be engrafted in every Demo.
cratic platform, and made the rallying cry
Of the party in every State of the Union.
1t is peculiarly Democratic sentiment,
uttered by revered Democrat, and is an
appropriate motto for the party whose
high mission II Is "to maintain the COnsti-
tuition and to restore the Union" All
Union men, oil who respect the Constitu
Ation and desire to see the laws enforced,
must endorse it. No AbolitioList, no
supporter Of the Administration can con,
siStenty endorse it, foy it condemns the
policy Of the Administration.
The following are the words used by
General Jackson, which his enemies and
the enemies Ofthe Democratic party and
Of constitutional liberty suppress, in con-
nection with the foregoing motto. II
would not suit their purposes nor aid
their party nor please their master, to
give the whole Of the extract. After ut.
tering the truly Democratic sentiment,
which has received the Endorsement of the
party since its 6rst uttcrance, -" The
UniOn-it must be preserved, Ut add.
ed:
"But the Constitution cannot be maintained
nor the Union preserved, in opposition TO pub.
lie feeling, by the mere exertiOn Of the cOercive
powers conided to the General Government.
The foundation must be laid in the affections
OF the people-iu the security it gives to life,
liberty, character, and property in every quar-.
ter of the country, and in the fraterna attach.
ment which the citizens Of the several States
bear to one another. as members Of one politi.
cal family, mutually contributing to promote
the happiness Of each other"
The Abolitionists do not wish "the
Union preserved" and have persuaded
the Administration, ifit needed persua-
sion, to employ "the coercive powers con.
fided to the General Government" to pre-.
vent its restoration. They have destroy
ed ''the fraternal attachment which the
citizens Of the several States bore to one
another" by insult and outrage. They
have crushed the Union sentiment in the
seeded States by their insane and wick.
ed policy--a policy of subjugation or ex
termination. They have boaSted that they
would have no Union with shareholders,
and while protesting to be " uncondition.
al UniOnists." declare the Union shall not
be restore except upon such conditions q IS
they are pleased to representation
which would rob the Southern people OF
their property and deprive them of their
liberties--conditions which they cannot
entertain and preserve their selfrespect
conditions which the patriot of the
Hermitage, were he living, would spurn
with Scorn and indignation conditions
revolving to humanity and insulting to
reason. "The foundation of the Union
must:be laid in the affections of the people
in the security it gives to life, liberty,
chHSsaSsrt and property in every quarter
Of the country" s'ys General Jackson. -
We know it, say the Aboiitionists we
hate the Union, and in order to destroy
it VIC will deprive the people u: one quar-.
ter of the country of Liberty, character
and property" This is what they are
working for--thIs is their declared policy.
and il they succeed the Union is gone
forever.