, 1864-04-04
TIE COLES COUNTY MU e.
DERS.
Opinion Of a War Democratic Paper
ON CopPerhead mfscrsants.
From the Chicago Post, April sd-]
TIFF CHARLESTON AFFAIR.

From the ChfcaT0 Foet, april %o-l
TIE CHARLESTON AFFAIR.
This Charleston affair, monrnful and dis
treesipg as 1t is, will eventually prove
tie Dcmocratic purity. Bad men, infamous
men, have for months been urging an
outbreak, and violent: popular dc-
monst1ation; they have told their follow
ers that if this outbreak commenced II
would be taken up In all parts Of the North"
west, and that In q hand to hand encounter
the question Of civil liberty would be decid-
low In military clothes and holding COM
mission in the army, melted score or more
Of his fellow soldiers to mob newspaper Of
ice in Dayton, Ohio. They committed the
outIage, for which no legal apology could be
made. The noisy leader was arrested. This
really desire and have been fomenting rev.
olution IN the northwest The organ of this
class in this city {the aecesh Tiaaes) immedi-
ately notified the Democratic party Of its
''duty." That duty It declared to be that in
all cases where the civil or military officers
o. TIE government interfered with their
rights, they were not to resort to law, nor
appeal to the courts, but we're to shot the Of.
.ace7s Ike ''dcys." If they did this, the sup
port and aid in money and men Of the entire
Democracy vas LITERALLY promised. 4 {se-
crct) meeting OF these desperate men from
all parts Of the State was held in Chicago in
he second week OF March, to consider upon
The meeting called ut Charleston was Sc
lected BY q gang Of men belonging to q To-
c1lity known as O'Hair's settlement, to pnt
into practice the advice given them from Chi
cago. An address By Mr.. Eden called TO-
geiher large concourse Of people, in Vi
Tough. Charleston was crowded !; the men
who came there prepared for fight found
soldiers equally beligerent. Whisky in.
famed both sides. Mr., Eden saw the pros
pect Of disturbance, and refnacd to speak.
Those who were spelling for q fight were not
Tas easy to commence It, and it was com
ulenced; but hardly had the O'Halr faction
fired their pieces before they discovered that
the Chicago organ-of riot had deceived them.
The Democrats refused to join in the melee,
and the miserable deluded gang became aware
that they had been sWindled into acts Of mur-
der. They fled.
This is the substance Of the why and where.
fore OF this bloody riot. It has demonstrated
that despite all the teachings, solicitations
and promptlngs Of the Chicago directory Of
rebellion, the Democratic party is true as
deluded men at Charleston followed the ad-
vice given them from this city, to shoot down
the officers like dogs, but when they looked
for the Democrats who were to rally to their
support, they looked in vain Democrats
have too long relied on the law aud the
courts for protection and vindlcation,
Of their rights to resort to armed
The blood Of tile men who have fallen on
both sides at Charleston, will rest forever
uross The saatls Of Tie corrupt aud i,yansous "se',
r1ho urged utrz. to viad1case ire speech by the
N, rider Of public Or private individual. Let
the people hold to q just responsibility the
ohns yphn hura jrn1{p1 nrH Yonda6 nn
these deluded men to this bloody afIaie at
Charleston, and let the people Of all partiee
remember that the Democrats have, by theiE
actions, given stinging rebuke aud direct
lie to the men who have promised that in
case there be armed resistance to the Gov
e1nment aud its officers, the Democratic party
would rally, arms In hand, to shoot down the
officers like dogs! Find out the men who
sent this advice and these promises to the
people, and upon these men let the moral re.
sponeibllity for the blood shed and the liTes
lost at Charleston rest.
The Chicago public have become familiar
with the threats of these men, that when
they give the word Chicago shall be delugcd
| with blood, and the Democracy, ra1lylng a.
| one man, with fire and sx ord. will clean out
| the ctr, and leave no one within it's limits
| who dare lift voice for the supremacy o1
the law. Let the weight that such threats Ii
entitled to be estimated BY the, exemplary
rrcy Of Coles county. They refused to take
part in the riot, except to drive the bellge
rents out Of the town they refused to shool
down anybody Ike dogs" they rallied te
the support Of the lAw, to the vindication o.
authority and to the preservation Of order
As 1t wus in Coles so will it be in Chicago
At the first signal Of mob here, the Democ
rncy will rally, not to take part In mob, nol
in q counter mob, but to sustain the officer
OF the Law In putting down By force any ille
gal proceedings.
bottom ont ofallthe schemes and plans of th'
rebellious disorganizers. In that affair the.
have discovered TINT the Democracy will no
tnke up arms against tho government no
take part in any illegal and 1iotons proceed
ing. The knowledge OF this fact Is more po
tential for peace than the presence OF thtrt
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