The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-22
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are hired To support Lincoln. DENY that
the Administration party is responsible
for the war. But the truth is, that, those
most prominent now IN the sUppNst Of
the Administration, and in goAding it to
its present negro platform, were at the
same -ork gOading on . division Of abe
Union for more than thirty years Sess6fg
tte slsrdA6ing u 'Nanod. jackson, Clay,
SO6 Webster admoniShed their country.
'HssN that the Rgitaei6" o. 1ae 4Aestion of
slavery BY the Abolitionists would result
in civil var and the destruction of the
Union. Douglas declared ON the HOOr Of
the U. S Senate. in the presence Of the
recognized leaders Of the Republican
party, that "the sole responsibility Of our
disagreement, and the only difficulty in
the way Of an Amicable adjustment, is
With the Republican party" NJ one
denied it then, and that declaration stands
urcontradicted to-day. Douglas said, in
the same speech, that they were offered
"a fair basis Of amicable adjustment" and
they rejected it. No further proof is nec-
esSary TO convince an impartial man that
the Administration party gOaded the
country into this war, But we have fur
ther proof-prOOf furnished by the lead.
ers Of the party in pOWer Senator Hale.
of New Hampshire, presented petitions
to the Senate for a dissolution of the
Union, and Hale, Seward and Chase
voted for their reception. Years before
the war commenced Abolition organs In
New England published the following
bold proposition for disunion
"CsnnOt Convention Of wise and prudent
men from the Free States be had, TO take iniu
consideration the propriUiy Of their immediate
separation from the slave breeding and slave
whipping StateS."
In the Spring Of ls4l, on commencing
the publication Of the New York Tribune.
Horace Greedy, the Grand High Priest Of
the Administration party, announced his
purpose to be ito educate a generation
at the North to hate the slave holding
South" Helper wrote book purposely
to provoke war between the North and
the South, and that book received the
hearty Endorsement of Lincoln's cham.
pions, and so we'll pleased was Lincoln
with it that he appointed its author to
responsible Office. We take the follow
ing from his book, page 90:
"ThuS, terror engenderers Of the South.
have We fully and frankly defined our position;
compromise to offer. nothing TO retract.
FrowD. airs, fret, foam. prepare your weapons,
threat, strike. shOnt, stab, bring nn civil war.
dissOlve the Union nay, AnnihilHt0 the s0lar
system, if you will-dO all this, more. less,
better, worse, aDytbing-do what you will,
sirs, you can neither Toll nor intimidate US our
purpose is a. firmly fixed as the eternal pillars
of Heaven; We haze determined to abolish
slavery, and 81 help US God. abolish il We will 4!
Take this 10 bed with you tonight. sirs, aud
think abnut it, dream over il, and let Us know
how you feel to morrow morning"
Immediately after the election Of Lin.
coin, Senator Wilson, OF Massachusetts.
the accredited mouth.piece Of the incom-
ing Administration, in the city of Bos-
ton, in these words announced the ob
ject of his party
Republicans, we have at length trumphed;
we have gnt our feet on the neck Of the South,
and We will crush them out; yes, we will
grind them to powder"
This disuniOn speech Of the Massachu-
sets Senator in 1850. confirms she dec.
laration Of Henry Clay in 1850, that "the
great issue before the country was this
shall Abolition put down the Union, or
shall the Union put down Abolition p
This was then the question, and this is
now the question. Lincoln is carrying
out to the letter Wilson's reasonable and
bloody programme. Garrison. jealous
advocate of Lincoln'S reelection, never
uttered truer sentence than that which
his son repeated, but a short while ago.
before ''the regular monthly. meeting Of
the Brooklyn Young Mems Christian
Association" He said:
at was the martial tread Of old John Brown
and Abraham Lincoln, which had brought
about this war for freedom"
We couli all our columns with add.
tional extracts frcm speeches OF the
leaders OF the Administration party. but
the above are sufficient to prove that the
party in power is responsible for the war.
Has not, in fact, the fame Of "John Brown
marching along," become one Of the pop.
ular.airs--the test Of loyalty Of the Ad.
ministration party? 1t is true that after
the firing ON Sumter, the administration
professed to be only struggling to uphold
the Constitution and the laws. Bot it has
given the lie to its professions, and the
final unmasking OF Lincoln in his letter
ITO whom it may concern" has disgust.
ed and driven off from its ranks thous.
andS Of misguided and cheated men. who
had put faith in the Abolition professions.
Every intelligent man knows That the
war, as at present carried on, is designed
to render the restoration Of the Union
The foregoing facts are but . portion Of
the evidence now standing on the pub.
lished record Of the past. but they are all
Of the most conclusive veTiG.
cation. They have never been contra
dicted, and cannot be successfully. Every
honest Union man n,ay plainly see who
are the authors Of our great calamities s;