The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-03-25
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sh~ DS'hSN'"PS H"''p h'th' "fNN
months hold National Convention
70 nominate candidate for the high
est post within the gift Of the people
That THO candidate selected will be,
In the Presidential race, cnyironed
with difficulties, Is plain to the com.
prshensicn cf the "meencst" intellect
The hrst great and overwhelming diff
fcuity to meet and ifpossible TO over.
come win be the position and course
which the Democratic party has, du.
ring tbs last two years especially, ia
ken In regard to the rebellion now
taskiag the greatest energies Of our
natioa. Beyond oil doubt, has the
bulk of that party placed itself in op.
position 10 the prosecution ofthe war.
If this had been nothing more than
theoretical opposition, the people
wonld haye been content indeed to
meet II, Butth opposition has been
OF nature and with an intent to en-
barrass as far as possible the militia.
ryeperstons Of our Government, and
TO manifest in as public manner as
decency would permit, ttat the sym.
pathics of the Democratic party were
with the rebels. IN no instance was
this practical opposition to the war
and TO the cause in which our soldiers
arc engaged moro signally. displayed
that in nomination by the Ohio De.
mocracy Of vallandigham for Cover.
nor and the resolutions adopted by
the mob at Columbus which placed
that parsonage In nomination, which
in unmeasured terms, denounced the
administration, and, hy refusing to
say ons word In condemnation Of the
rebellion, implicitly justified the cause
Of the rebels. The legislatures Of
Indiana and Illinois, controlled by
Democrats, have manifested the same
bittcr opposition and rccklcs- dispo.
sition to thwart the euds OF the Gov.
srpment In It's attempts to subdue tho
rebellion. In the East the same
spirit has been maifestcd but little
sugar coating has been used and res.
olutions In favor OF subduing the re.
bcllion have found a modest place
amidst vast mass of blackguardism
poured forth upon the administration.
The country papers belonging 10 tina,
party have been uuceasing in exibi.
ting vindictivc and acrimonious tenn.
per and have sccmed with violent
abuse and gross Misrepresentation
of th administration and its acts. The
Jacobites Of the reigDs OF King vii.
liam the Third and Queen Anne OF
England we're not more industrious
in seeking 10 poison the minds Of the
psoplc. and stirring up mutiny 70
their Government, than have hcon
many Democratic sheets published in
our midst in seckin; to excite opon
hostility 10 the demands OF our Gov
stpmspk II would seem therefore
70 bseDers matter Of propltc.y that
tie Democratic candidate for The
President should be selected in view
Of this state of feeling in the party
spd thst his antccedcnts should har.
nonise and accord with the history
cf the party during tho last two years
land yet 1t is wci known that Dem.
ocyatic leaders and managers arc
seshing TO procure war candidate
-<oss that has been engaged in this
Cursed thing" aud has led hosts Il
an Invasion" Of the South. VIII the
entire Demooratic constituency ht
led from an ..anti.war pQsition' TO I
"vigorous prosecution of the warp
Nso, u Will he a novel transforms
don of an entire party. And II vii
not be without vast Ipurmurinss anc
dtscoptsnt "Msny a border clan
Who have been fed FOR the last two. o,
ttses years with highly seasoned food
sbout Southers rishts--Aholition wal
Negro Equality - Constitutions
sights a the Seuth~-Johp Brown
Tares-- Disssters Defeats Frou'
Arbitrary Arrests-Tyrapny-Lin Lin
oeln's Minioas -"Blood, Blood
&e., De-, bavo sworn. as they lmlg
iLe '.upon the al,or of their conu,ry
10 touch no man who has dabblcd !
sthis cynel wsr.s In the meoptlm
"pe will see whatwe will sec"
ehaa fif ,H kv0ks out.
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