The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-08
Einsel9, sHa "TsTcSs" S,sS 1S Gswla-'
A r.pecs for TIE 'hlEh SHsee aHeh ~.

A respect for the 'hlEh GtiIct which Ar
Lincoln gnworIhilS 6AA says the New
Ywk World, PeStrsiVSA ae, ny "a k4Sxht
Of his Reconstruction, from going Up II the
full bOdnds Of parliamentary UppOsstiOn.
We have denounced his wrong deeds, 0uI
We hsvs bed very little 10 Aay Of the wFOng
dO~V. Il WUuld have berN iNdecnFoua ts
nuwe NJ. LiheUlh, the buGsiOR that he In,
II he he'd Le~n wsFsiy the Chief ksgis-
trate. But the truth must b. told when
he IL Chief NaRiatEats aseking Fs.elec-
ton BY the gutfFSgeH Of q free people whose
need Of statesmsnship ia 70 great whOsr
national calaTHitieS ere 20 overwhelming.
A leading member Of one Of the grest
religious organizations which have recent.
" been passing resolutions and sending
deputstions TO the White Hnuse, an who
vas intruSted with the speech making
part Of the busineaS publicly Describes the
demeanOr and language Of Mr.. Lincoln on
this occasion ~ that AZ "butiOon and
gawk -disgracefully unHt for the high Of
fee" to which he again aspires. He Savs
that he Departed from the east room With
. sickening sense Of hopeIsssnesS Of our
cause which has never leGt lin since.
Here il . reverend divine compelled b.
4 strict religious seDHe Of duty TO pr0-
nOunce and proclain such to be the char.
acter Of the Bsltimore candidate. Here,
again. is . Republican Senator, honored
ny the Empire STATE. and held in high es.
TEEN by the religious denomination of
which he is . member, reported TO have
left the Presidents presence because his
selfreSpect would not permit him TO stay
and listen to the language which he en.
ployed. .
And the nice and squesmish taste Of
the Republican journals revolt, do they.
against the plain truth telling which they
ind in this journal concerning the buff''on
who wants to be our next President p
Bah We shall tell these pour sycophsnts
and tide walters that the American people
whose money is going by the hundred
million, and whose lives are gning by the
hundred thousand, are in no mOod TO re-.
elect q man to the highest Office at this
critical hour whose daily language il t'"'
indecent for Senator to to hear with self
respect, whose manners a minister Of the
G"spcl, at the head Of deputation of one
hundred and fifty clergymrn, pronuunceS
thOse Of - bufoon aud gawk," and who,
riding over the firld Of Antietam, when
the thirsty thousands OF his fellow. citi.
zens were yet warm in their freshly made
graves, could slap Marshal Lnnon on tho
knee and call for the negro song Of :" Pic
Ayune Butler"
This war is q serious business to mer
whose sons have bitten the dust, who's,
brothers are under the Virginia hillsides
it is . very serious business to w0mrr
whose children have come home to then
maiined for life, or whose husbands pint
in the hospitals or have persisted in tn,
swamps Of Virginia. They cannot watcl
the varying tide OF battle which Tor then
may mean joy or deSolation, and be re
minded Uf sInutty joke; they cannU
tread over fresh graves aud grin and roa
ovet rjbald negro song. Nor do We br
lieve the American ptvple want to re-elec
to the Presidency the man who can. Fh
life and treasure which they spill is tn
proof OF their sublime courage and falti
that this Union, the home Of our fathers
will stand for us, for our children anu ouI
children's children. Yet it has been &c
on fire by the torch Of treason; and th'
Abolition abett0rs of traitors, their con
fessed cOnfederates. who fan The flames q
treason, are shocked, nice souls when h'
is called fiddler who fiddles in the mids
Of this con6sgratio", when he iS called a
butfnon who tramples the holy dust o
our gallant dead to the tune Of "Picayune
Butler"