The mountain Democrat., 1864-12-10
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alt is conceded thSt lincoln has beepre<
elected residepE Ifls dseles nov to
iuquirSBy whaImesS be sucgsea ID
The n Lit cannot he SAnged by % ests
and exposure, anake saust patio datly bub-
NIT u The iOflictIOn, hamiliatiug and de.
pIOrAble as it is. Lincoln is VIGOROUSLY
weak nd.yAeilating be confessed it him
self when he said he reluctantly yielded
to the Abolition pressure; when he said
he had no intention and no right to inter-
iere with the domestic institutions Of the
States, and was persuaded in violation Of
No. >-a -9s.!At II iSserkra; he proved
it, when he ridiculed the idea Of issuing
an emancipation proclamation in his in-
tsrView with The Chicago delegation, and
subsequently, to conciliate The Radical fac
ton, issued it; proved it when Cameron,
before he would resign, forced him to
write letter indorsing his (Cameron's)
honesty, when he had the proof before
him that Cameron had swindled the Gov.
ernment; proved it when he wanted to
kick Chase out Of the Cabinet for sane
tioning the " Pomeroy Circular, but had
not the courage to do it; proved it when
lie repudiated and approved the celebrated
"Phelps emancipation proclamation. -
His party has no Gaith in him, but the
leaders know that they can use him, and
they therefore nominated him. Henry
Winter Davis, leader of the party, after
denouncing Lincoln as "a usurper," and
guilty Of n great outrage upon the legisIa-
tive authority Of the Republic, supported
the usurperl He must have had somc
potent reason for doing so. What was
that reason? We give it in Davis own
language
"If Mr.. Lincoln is elected, Ben. Wade and
the men that stand with him. are the Presidents
and rulers of the Republic"
"Bcn. Wade and the men that stand
with him, are the Presidents and rulers, "
not Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is the
puppet, Ben. Wade the President, says a
leader Of the Administration party, who
speaks by authority. Who is Ben. Wade?
VallandighaIn proclaimed tim on the floor
Of Congress, " liar, coward and scoun-
drel," and the meek Ben. pockctcd the in
suit. Cowan, the Republican L. S. Sen
ator from Pennsylvania, says "Wade is a
dangerous and corrupt demagoguc. -
Henry J. Raymond, Chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, author Of
tho Baltimore platform and editor of the
N, Y. Times, thus speaks Of the objects
of the men who boast that they are to be
" Presidents and rulers" Reviexing the
Wade and Davis manifesto against Lin
coin, the Times said
They have sought, steadily and consistently,
their conquest, subjugdtion and determination
as Suites, in order that they might found ON
buem OdSGO upou tuGIT uMu lucas,
and to be ruled by their own cOunsels. They
have sustained the war, Eot as a means of re-
storing the Union, but to free the slaves, seize
the lands, crush the spirit. destroy the rights,
and blot out forever the political freedom Of
the people inhabi,ng the Southern States.
These are the objects Of the clique to
which is it is boasted that Lincoln has
sold out. After denouncing him as "a
usurper," &C., they supported him be-
cause they are to be " Presidents and ru-
lers." They are pledged to the conquest,
subjugaton and determination" of the
Southern people. For this they are pros
ecuting the war. They are opposed to
the restoration Of the Union; they arc the
" Presidents and rulers" and can and will
prevent its restoration; they are for its
destruction, in order that they may found
upon its ruins "a new empire based upon
their own IDEAS, and to be ruled by their
own counsclS." 1t is reasonable and
brutal and villainous programme, but 10y
atty has approved it and it is disloyal to
denounce it. The old Union, under which
the country prospered and the people
were contented and happy, is obnoxious
to Wade and his brother rulers" and
they are resolved to destroy it. No mat
ter how much treasure and blood it may
cost-no matter how many cripples, wild
ows and orphans it may make no matter
how much the people may Suffer-no mat
ter il it bankrupts the country, the old
Union must be destroyed! Wade and
the men that stand with him." are deter
mined to have "a new empire based upon
their own IDEAS" and loyalists say they
shall have it What devoted friends Of
the Union they are! The Democracy are
powerless to avert the evil. Shoddy is
dominant; Shoddy is in favor of Shoddy
empire; clear the track for Shoddy let
ShOddy rip; cheers for Shoddy and his
magnificent Shoddy empire, Presidents
and rulers!
SnoDDr STUPIDITY organs,
with great glee, daily announce. that the
people in the South are starving; that
their provisions, scant as they are, have
been taken for the army that the army
Is reduced to quarter rations; that the
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