Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-01
All the COuntry's Woes Democratic

The rebellion was Democratic. 1t
broke out IN Democratic States. 1t was
confined to Democratic States. 1t was
Matched by Southern Democrats. 1t
was fostered by Northern Democrats.
Democrats Differed the rebel army.
Democrats made up its rank and file
Democrats filled every Office in the Con-
-federa.e Government, from the Presi-
dency down tofthe .elerkshipB aud the
messen gerships. There WASH a Re
publican with shoulder strap, or mus
kety or "place instbe whole devilish
concern" If the Democratic City of
Washington, under the Democratic ADJ
ministration of Buchanan, the rebellion
pwasAc onspired and prepared A Demo-
cratic member of that Democratic AID.
ministration stripped the North of arms,
and struggled them over to the South,
and sent the army where it would be I'M
avaiable,lor could. easily he captured.
a. Democratic member of that same
Democratic Naturalization scatter edthe
navy over the world so that it could not
be esed on the rebel seaboards ADem-.
bocratic Secretary Of the Treasury plum
dered his trust to supply the rebellion
with money. A Democratic President,
|'entrestsd 4 TO do something to save.
the Nation, refused, declaring and
arguing that the Government could, not
ConstitutionalIy defeni itself, and that
it was unlawful to coerce Rebels, and
he sat sullen1y down, like the Democrat
and traitor that be was, and allowed
the Nations srsenals to- be plundered,
and the Nations ships, navy yards and
fortresses to be seized, and the Rebel
armies to be organized, without lifting
finger to prevent. Democrats through
out every Northern and Western State
applauded the conduct of their Demo
cratic President-adopted and defended
his Democratic doctrine, that the Gov
eminent had no right to apply force to
suppress a rebellion-and, from the
word o,pEpolitieaIly and personally
opposed every legislative, financial,
military, and moral measure taken to,
speedily and successfully prosecute the
war, and save the Nations life. The
Coai,strys past and present scOes are
DemocrGtic--alla and every one, of them,
without one Solitary exception. This
truth, as of the Gospel, was thus uttered
by q Western orator: 6 49,
Let Democratic orators and journals
howl oversthe debt and taxes. their war
has brought. They but magnify their
own sins. Every dollar of debt is
Democratic legacy. Every tax is,
Democratic gift Every Government
stamp is Democratic sticking plaster.
Every person in the United States drinks
in Democracy in his tea, his coffee, and
his whisky, and in the sugar wherewith
he sweetens them. Every Ingredient
pays its quota for the cost of Democracy
to the country. The smoker inhales
Democracy. The sick man is physicked
with Democracy, The laboring man
gives about one hours labor every day to
pay for Democracy. The capitalist pays
one-tenth of his income for the cost of
the Democratic party. Every transfer
of property is .saddled with the Demo-
cratic burden. Before he is begotten,
the child is subject to the Democratic
tax. From the cradle to the grave he
never is free from it, The funeral |
must first pay the penalty of
Democratic rule and a portion of that |
which. he leaves behind must go into |
this Democratic vortex Generation |
after. generation Will carry TINS. DEMO |
cratic burden from birth to death. But |
for the Democratic party, our people /
would hardly have known the nature of |
taxation. But for the Democratic party, |
the hundreds of thousands of young /
men whose bones are strewn over the
South would now be productive laborers
and the support and comfort of families
now desolate. No one can attempt
to deny this Indictment No one can
pretend that the Democratic. party had (
any cause for rebellion. Yet it has the
to cry over the burdens of
taxation. AS the father of the Demo.
cratic party, when he had stripped Job
Of family and possessions, charged it to
his own SINS and soughs o-draw him
from his integrity, so his Democratic
sons now come forward with equal eff
frontery and charge their doings upon
the loyal people, and hypocritically howl
over their afflietions, and seek TO seduce
hem from their integrity, to elect to
power the party that has brought all
.hese woes upon the lane" -s--.