Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-09-22
Democratic Resolution of Sym
pathy for Soldiers.

Democratic sympathy in the Chi
cago platform for the soldier
thus:
There is a body Of men seve-
raj hundred thousand strong, and
with arms in their hands, who
are endeavoring to uphold the
dear old flag and to bring us
peace by lawful means. There
are four hundred thousand men
standing upon the fields of the
United States under its banner,
ready to lay down their lives for
the SUCCESS of the Union cause.
There are fourhundred thousand
of those, that these scamps at
Chicago were angling after. 1t
would not do, therefore, after
passing resolutions Of armistice,
and calling back the army in
disgrace to let this pill 60 with
out a little sugar coating. 1t is
notorious that the soldiers have
good jaws to crack hard tack,
with, and outlets to get them
down, but they could not swal-
low that pill without a little SUI
gar coating; so they must pass a
resolution complimenting the
soldiers.
| want your papers to print
this platform at the head ofyoul
columns to the election. | want
every man Of you to read it,
and to prevail on your neighbors
to sit down and read the resolu-
ton in regard to soldiers. Cool
" consider its language. 1t is the
most internal insult to body
of brave and noble men ever
offered, even by the Southern
Confederacy, For Davis him.
self has acknowledged our men
were brave and gallant. What
do these men say?
RosoIrcd, That the sympathy
of the Democratic party is heart
lily and earnestly extended to the
soldiers of our army who are and
have been ON the field under the
flag Of our country, and, in the
event of our attaining power,
will receive all care, protection,
regard and kindness that the
soldiers Of the Republic have so
nobly earned.
How does it read?
Resore1, That we tender orr
thanks to the noble men in the
army, &c.
Not word Of it. What then?
That we tender our sympathies
and our pity to our soldiers in
the field. We do not glorify
them. We do not rejoice in their
gallant deeds in their victories.
No. No man i'll that Chicago
Convention ever rejoiced over a
victory yet ; nor any man that
supports the Chicago platform
was ever found kindling a bonfire
over a victory won by our arms.
Cheers. This is not 4 bare as
sertion. They DO not rejoice in
the victories won. No but they
"sympathize" with the soldiers
who are standing under the old
flag, and on the battlefield
Well, they might aswell sympa
thizc with horses that stood on
the battlefield, for the horses
would care as much about it as
the soldiers and the mules, too.
I don't know but the mules
would have kicked up their heels
at their sympathics for the SOL
llers too.
The language of that rcsolu-
ton is simply impudent: it is
simply abuse. 1t is simply cow
ardly, and means disgrace. With
the outward tongue it speaks in
accents of affection, but inward
ly of the traitor, 1--WE sympa-
thize with our soldiers" They
arc not then in the glorious cause.
We don't rejoice with them that
their patriotism called them forth
to uphold that banner. We don't
sympathize with the brave that
have gone forth to die. We don't
glory in anything they do. We
don't SOY their cause is just. We
thank them. We pity Them.
Then what? Don't trust me
for these words, for although they
are ground into my memory, and
burned into my brain, ! won't
ask you to trust to my memory.
I'm the event of our coming in
to power, they (the soldiers) will
receive all the care, protection,
and regard that the soldiers of
the Republic have earned" If
they come into power-that is
what they are after-they will
protect and send them to their
homes, TO sin no more by taking
up arms against their Southern
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