Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-08
/ - seymour ON Democratic Mo'''
'o'' .,d the Cause of the War;

GOV, seymour 1" SN - IL
.sually transparent in the speech maue
y him on taking the chair at the mica.
Convention. 1t was devoted IN great
10 modest and self-righteous asser-
,ons that owe" the democracy, are alone
dovoted to the Union, and to charging
tho war upon those who assembled IN
convention at Chicago four years ago
similar assertions and charges nave Oh
..r been made and as often reiuted, put
thev promise to be the burden OF
democratic harangues and democratic
editorials during the campaign, rel
sr.rce 70 this portion Of the speech in
ouestion may be proper, Its other por-
HONS are altogether too Pecksniflian to
require serious notice.
Four years ago the democrats held a
Convention, as did the republicans. A
barge portion OF the democrats" COM
losing that convention soon after took
1p arms against the government and
yrecipitated the country into the pres
hit gigantic and bloody war. One
member of this democratic party is
now the chief OF traitors, JEFF. Davis
u wit, and many others are with him.
their object is to overthrow the Union.
Are there any who participated in the
Chicago Convention of 1860, any men,
bers of the republican party, in arms
against the Union7 Are they not all
hboring to maintain it against the as
oaults of leading members of the dem
cratic party, jeff Davis, Frank Pierce's
Secretary Of War; Benjamin, Slidell,
and others too numerous to mention of
the South, and Kirby Smith, Pember-
ION, Lowell, Col. Durham, Gardner, G..
N. Smith and others of the North now
lighting with their Southern democrat
a brethren Was it not clearly men
Eho assembled in democratic conven-
Hon in Charleston four years ago, up
on whom Gov. Seymour should have
charged this cruel and causeless war ?
When this wal commenced the gov
ernor of every state which entered into
Il for the destruction of the Union, was
i democrat; the governor of every state
but one that remained loyal to the I'm
Ion and has since been laboring to
maintain it, was republican. Yet
Gov. Seymour says it is only the demo-
cratic party-the party which has fur
nished the traitors South and their aid
ers North-that cloves and reveres the
Union" No words can do justice to
such unblushing impudence and mon
Dtrous perversion.
Gov. Seymour says men who wish for
Union will act with the democratic
party (which will hold the Union TO-
gethet." 1t was under democratic ad-
ministration that the southern demo-
Gratis commenced their war upon the I'm
lon, and the then democratic president
tremblingly said he had no power or
authority to resist the democratic
traitors. That is the way in which the
Edemocrats" have "held the Union to-
gether." What guaranty have we that
they will "hold it together" any differ.
ently if placed in power again7
Northwestern democrats have recent.
" been importing arms with which to
resist the government in its efforts to
put down southern democratic rebels
Gov Seymour in this very speech com.
plains of the seizure of these arms as a
Violation of the citizens rights. That
Is the way in which democrats are now
disposed to "hold the Union together.
Gov. Seymour says that when the dem.
sccratic party regain power ''no princi
Bic Of law shall be violated" When un'
Der the last democratic administration
the southern democratic traitors seize6
ppon the forts, arsenals and other prop
erty of the United States, did the demo
cratic administration punish them
Were democratic members of Buchanan
democratic cabinet punished for theil
notorious thefts, frauds and violations
of law2 The crimes committed al
through Pierces and Buchanan's admin
istrations-were they punished ?
Finally Gov. Seymour says that thos
who wish for peace will act with tn
Democrats "who sought to avert tn
war, and that the Republicans spurne,
Bill measures of compromise" Now tn
Republicans introduced several PROPOSE
lions of compromise in the Congress c
of 1901, and it was the Republican
who in the Peace Conference of Febru
airy, 1861, proposed and urgently an
earnestly advocated a Convention of a
the states to settle the pending difficu
ties without resorting to bloodshet
Every slave state man and every nortl
ern democrat voted against and defeate
the proposed Convention. 1t was tt
Republicans who Sought to avert IL
war !" it was the southern democrat
rebels who wanted and would have
compromise and the northern dem
Gratis who helped them to "spurn prop
sltlons" looking to one.
We have no space to 90 further. II
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