Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-23
UncondItionaI Union hen.

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Daring the past two years certain class
of men in the North-those wLo claim that
sHiocolb Is king and That "tbS king can do h
no wrOng"-and who style themselves
"uncondi tionAl Union nsn,, "Fthat erect
ed q nav standard of patriotism. --rti
As j, web understood. these {. protested
.'''uneonditional Uoion men" care no more
! forthe U MON than,dO JEFF. Davis and bis
rebel cohorts. but they employ the phrase
for partizan purposes that Abraham Lin
coin and his vast army Of Office holders
haDd essOerants, upon che public trsasury.
may cohtibus'to feast upon the IifsabI0od
Of The bstioh They care nothing for the
| principles Of constitutional liberty, and go !
tblind for the despot'oft the hour. and the !
spells To thsm'a Union Of sutjugsted |
and tyrapt ridden States. with every nat |
ursl right of,the- people trpmpled in the
dust and every vestige of manhood and |
Independence crushed out, ia prefer !
able to the Union as orr fathers made |
/ it. 49,. t.-.-... ...-t !
! Now, this cry about unconditional" |
| Unionism. on the part Of the men whn
bave dragged the countryfutoa bloody and
devastating war aud severed the bands Of
fraternity between the States, is sheer
i humbug-designed to make nnkuspecting
and stupid people believe that hthsy are
,bettet. Union men than those who do not
support the reign Of blood and terror.
WHAT'S really meant by these Union 4
scresmers, is that they are for Abraham
Lincoln and eli tho radical measures Of his T,
administration in preference to the consti-
tutiop and everything else that the people
/ have been taught to hold valuable and
sacred. Alisense Of right. justice, free
dom, independence and honor, is sacrificed
upon the shrine Of Office aud power, By the
men who claim soch ardent love for the
y U0ion. And, what is Notorious. the princi-r
gal leaders of this boosted 'uncon3itional
:. Union" party, have, for many years seen
openly AID secretly working for the, dos
truction of the Union 9a H.. ,.-ia,,i q
!. Such thing as an unconditional Union,a
never has nor JUDGED never can exist
:. Wben. tho Union was made by the patriots
of the revolution, it was made q conditional
MON. The!eunditiOns of the Union are
set forth in the constitution. There never
could have been Union without the ac-
ceptance ofthose conditions by the several
States errt- hus ata,-p 81. ;
The fact that these self-styled "uncou-
conditional Union men"opetly tranple the
constitution in the dast is evidence oonelu-
! .sive Of their hatred to the Union. at least
as our glorious revolutionary fathers made
it. The men who claim that there can be
"a Union outside the old constitution or
= ,UniOn,withouts constitution, are disuuion!
> ists Of the rankest degree. -...
5. But try these arFant .hypecritss and5see
s if'they be unconditional. Union men. p
T. Ask them ifthey be in favor Of the Union
, as formed by Washington andJ eferson and
q their lSmpeers with all theStatesguaranteed
Z "a. republican form Of government with
Z the sovereign right to regulats their owu
affairs and model their own institutions
Fl, and they 'wiil9teIl you tbsy are opposed to
x such q thing. What they want and what
70 they are trying to accomplish is the deFtruc
i, tion ofsths Uni5D rthe const dstion of thu
ID States into an empire. or what is the same
e. thirg,the abrogstion ofStsserights and The
% freedom an enfranohisemsut of the negroes
b. Such is the object of these protested "un
If conditional Uuion" men and they hope II
y consnumate their wicked designs by bypo,
10 critical professions of Unionism, aud By
o. false accusations ngainstth real friends o
y the constitution and Upion. -. ~.
N What the Democrats want is Unio1
:. :. with conditiOns-or in other words,
70 Union with a constitution They want tn
st cd Union as it was, Union of white me,
D. and sovereign States, based on condition.
- OF peace, fraternity. equality and natura
ts freedom. Add if we are not false prophet 8
d. the people at the next general election
- will vote the unconditional Union
,e hypncrites .dupes and unworthy longer O
ct public confidence. The reign of usurpa
ID tor, tyranny. and tlood lie rapidly draNinI
to'a ele'e; and reason and patriotism i,
ID beginning to assume its wanted sway owe
70 the minds Of the people. ''. .
=. u EE % 9rI=-- 20 Fr's.l % o. r- i. at '.-
,s 'g9r Election Next Tuesday.
pt Our municipal election comes eff mex
Tuesday, just one week from to-day.
70 1t was thought best i'tfiatEno convention