The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-15

upon slavery lot, as we peneVe, monar-
ehy with Kings, Lords, and Commonis, un, '
der whose iron rule, the poor whites would
find their rights ignored; and thaA,thsy :
would sbut {. hswers of woodland brewers
of water M
It is manifest to every observer--it h
the sad experience of the poor whites of
the South, that labor is degraded in those
heightened slave states, and so far from
honest toll enobling man in the South,
the poor white labOrers are. degraded to
lsyel with the slaves.
We can see, then, the objects which the
slave-ocrats have in view, in making war
upon the Constitution and the Union. But
what are the Democrats fighting forY We
mean the B,ecksnridgers-the peace-party
portion Of the Democrats, the sham Demo
Gratis. Aye why are they hostile to, if not
in open war against the Federal Govern
ment! IIney too, are influenced by the
lust of Office, the pride of Power.
Take away from the Democratic party,
Office, and the hope ofo6Rce, and you would
have NO Democratic party. They, "like
Swiss guards, " fight for pay. And take
from this Democratic party, the "negro
question" "Abolitionism," and Yhiskey,
and you render that party as harmless, and
inoffensive as a rattle snake, deprived Of
it's poisonous fangs.
The Southern Democrats have hereto
fore, made affinity with, tolerated, and
used the dough-faced Democrats Of the
North the better to enable them, the
Southern Democrats, to gooern the country,
taking care, the while, of course, to
secure to themselves the Lions share of
Offices, of honors and of money, for these
heightened, pure, patriotic, chivdlroas r.
, r. Us, always are regardful of the main
, chance-money They have occasionally
dropt bone TO these crouching, cringing,
supple, Northern Democratic dough-faced
tools; and these dough-faces, to secure
and retain these bones and crums of Office,
"Turn about, and whirl about
And jump Jim Crow"
: at the imperious biddings of their lordly
r masters. True, for once, they acre coura-
v geous enough to stand fast by the bold,
i the fearless, the patriotic Stephen A.
y Douglass, in Convention, and thus broke
h up in a row, and thus broke down, as We
4 hope, for ever and aye, this miserable, bad
Democratic party. The Douglass men
y and few, and we speak it to their LASTING
ir honor, even of the BreckinridgSrs, hav
al rallied to the support of President Lincoll
- aad dis administration, and gse a patriot
or Congress in their noble Efforts to crusl
do this atroeious rebellion.
il But what have the masses of the Breck
is enridgers done to support itY Wher
n. have they been found in this awful strug
gle for the life of the Nation? Hav
these done aught by word or deed, t
strengthen the arms of the Union? Nc
he no, oh, no but on the contrary, they hav
"a openly declared, that "they would neUe
It. vote dollar, or man, to eoerce til
South" and however false they have here
n tofore been to the people, false to the Coz
an stitution, false to patriotism, and to dut.
ID they have been true to their promise, fl
I'd they neuer have "voted dollar or man
Ter towards suppressing this wicked rebellio
,rd But where are these breckenridge
EAR these sham Democrats of the Vallandi
op- ham, the Cox, the Bayard, the Saulsbu
Tile type, where are they now to be foun'
ert Why "giving aid and comfort" to
no enemies of their lawful Government;
but crippling, or attempting at least to cripl
ign that Government, the best ever devils
men by man; by factiOus opposition to eve
own proper measure of the Government;
lave mobs and riots to oppose the draft and
ting listments, by feeding and clsthing q
mtg. dealing with the rebels, and by encour
the ing the rebels in raids into, and invasi,
'am- Of the Loyal States. Here, doing t
tbs; dirty, this reasonable work, here are tn
shall Breckenridgers to be found. And q
and are they thus found engaged in such
road holy, disloysl: reasonable aetsY Sim
N to because they are "hae to their vocati
nave in humble, spaniel-like Spbraissiori 70 Il
re- Southern masters.
vote Can any man doubt for moment,
true motives which govern and constal
hold influence these Northern BreckinriC
lose sham Democrats? Certainly not. I'll
men motives are patent to every man.
.rgy, Noo thanks to the virtue and patI
and ism of large majority Of the people in
this Loyal Stats, these Democrats are on
po,oer. Like their Southern rebel al
hold their occupation is gone" The De
nday, cratic party els scotched if not killed.
rtant We hope it is effectually "done for" I"
tend de combat" never again to rise to tro
the people.
But why are they 50 persistent in t