The Portland daily press., 1864-10-13
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Who made The War.

ias From speech recently delivered in New
York, by PATRICK CoRBETT ESQ we extract
the following:
The Democratic party charges upon us the
responsibility for this great war, and its Incl.
dents Of death and suffering. They say their
skirts are clear, their hands are clear of the
, sanguinary conflict. The charge is false. The
responsibility rests solely and altogether upon
the other side. All the blood and the ruin and
the misery OF this war are chargeable upon
the men who are assailing the government,
whether at the South or at the North. The
rebellion was planned under the auspices
and with the connivance of Democratic
Administration. 1t was organized in the
very house Of James Buchanan. The men
who planned and organized it are Democrats
Its only friends on the American continent are
Democrats. 1t is a Democratic measure from
beginning to end, and its Democratic paterni.
ty cannot be denied. Tremendous appause.l
This war charged upon us! What did we
do? We elected President under the forms
of the Constitution, fairly and rightfully. Is
that reason why one section of the country
should rise in rebellion and cast off its alIeai.
ance to the Constitution of the Union? No.
Parties have gone out and parties have come
in score OF times before, and this is the tirst
instance of a revolt. The Democratic party
claims great credit for its long rule OF the
country. For sixty years, 1t says. the govern
ment has been under our administration Yes.
Il You controlled this country, dictated its
policy and managed its government, and. after
sixty years Of administration, you gave us a
Union disrupted, nation bankrupted in char
acter and Shareholders rebellion on our
hands. [Great cheering.] And these are the
men who charge that we ruined the country,
that we brought this war upon it, and say that
IN Il from ON H0tnnc md On hot ha
men aud the money should be given for its
preservation. sa.A4
The man who had sworn to protect the mil
itary interests of the nation, occupied his time
for two years in sending national arms to the
South. The man who had sworn to protect
the naval interests of the nation, employed mis-
time in scattering its war vessels through ey-
cry distant sea- The man who had sworn to
protect the financial interests of the nation,
employed his time in robbing its treasury, and
to-day is a rebel in arms. All these men were
Democrats. The President who eonnived at
all this, and refused to raise his hand to stay
the work of destruction-he was Democrat.
Here at home the men who told us that sue
cessiui coercion would be no less revolutions
=, IMAM successful secession, were Democrats.
me men who told us in Tweddle Hall, that If
r Mar was made with the rebellion, the first
olo .' spilled would be spilled ON Northern
SOIL, were Democrats tF Al
IN tne lace OF these facts, these men dare to
stand mp and say We are responsible for the
war ana the consequences Of the war; To-
DAY, Horatio seymour and G. L. vallandig-
ham might march through the rebel lines 70
confer with JEFF. Davis and with Robert r.
Lee, and might compare political principles.
with them, and there would not be distinc,
ton worth fighting for. These are the men
who tell us the Democratic party alone can re-
store the Union and this war In an honorable
peace.