The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-11
Not for the Union.

Union, under the Constitution Nobody
Prvtends that it is. Everybody who has
watched the movements Of the party IL
power, knows that il is not. The men
~hO shape the policy of the Adminixtra.
tion declare that it is not-declare that
Its " restoration is neither possible nor
desirable" The action Of Congress
proves that it is not. This being MI. ought
nen whO desire its restOration to support
or encourage the var m any manner -
Ought they to support the party which is
prC"ecuti"g it5 Cen they do 30 consis.
tsHLy3 Is it not treason to the GOVERN.
meet to support . party which is sevking
to destroy the Union and to erect upon
it's ruins ",new nation ?"
Prominent Abulitionists, leaders Of the
Administration party, boldly avow that
the war is for the liberation Of the negro
and the suhjugation or determination Of
the Southern people. lie is denounced
as "coPpd Fad and a truitor to the
Government" who advocates "the Consti.
tuition a. it is and the Union as it was
Slavery must be wiped out" at any cost,
says the Administration. Is the object
worthy the awful sacrifices the people
have been forced TO make by the fanatics
in power? Have they not suffered enough.
sacrificed enough to satisfy the brutal fc.
rocity Of Sumner, Wade, Butler, & Coz
II is time for the people who are "wilIing
to support war for constitutional pur-
pose, to pause and consider. They must
see that this is not such war; that its
managers do not pretend that it is, and do
not intend it shall be. But recently in
Congress they voted down resolution
declaring that the "ohject of the present
war is to defend and maintain the Su.
premacy Of the Constitution, and preserve
the Union with all the dignity, equality
and rights of the several States unim-
paired" Having all the men they want,
and power to draft more, an obSrquiouS
Congress and plant loyal Governors. mil.
tary and civil, they now throw off the
mask and appear in their true color>, open
and undiSguiscd enemies of the old Union.
For thirty years they have worked Tor
its dissolution; they circulated, signed
and presented petitions to Congress pray.
ing for its dissolution; they encouraged
and aided John Brown to invade Virginia
in order to provoke hostilitirs between
the North and the South they nullitird
laws Of Congress and taught the people
OF the North TO believe that the Con<titu
ton was a covenant with death and a
league with hell" by an unfortunate
SchiSm in the Democratic party they
elected their President, and immediately
alter exultantly announced, tive have got
our feet upon the neck Of the South, and
we will now crush them out; yes, We
will grind them to powder" =" Grind
them TO powder" for what? For oppo.
sing the Chicago platform and nominee,
for insisting Oh an observance of the laws,
for. standing by the Constitution and
Union Of our fathers, for claiming an
equality Of the States, and for refusing to
regulate their domestic institutions at the
dictation Of the Abolition diSunioui>ts of
th" North. The people were deceived bv
their hypocritical professions Of attach
ment to the Union, and rallied to their
support, but they are getting undec,ivcd
rapidly. They look in vain in the plat
form and speeches Of the Abnli,inniSts
for Cni"n sentiment. Their speeches,
actions and measures all prove that they
don't want the old Union restored; that
they are not wasing the war for that oh.
jcct; but that the crushing" and grind.
ing" process is to be continued until .hc
people Of the South are exterminated. -
The people are beginning to understand
this, and when the results Of this war are
seen in history they will blush to read
them. AhoitioniSm is treason, inhdelitv,
miScegenntiou and pcrtidy and the path
Of policy, as well as Of honor and patriot
ism, lies in the opposite direction.
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