The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-10-18

num10 hatuItj SuS S-s N-'S.. t~et ts!SSI
son D to Il, the Americas prineipls of equal
rights, under the pretense Of: State
rights who persistently coniived 1t the
extension a.d perpetuity Of: that, i1jus-
tice which; has soaked the land in blood,
nece,ssitat.d the debt. They, have boen
as,.il,,pft, Z Of free speech and ! free press,
ond have justified the murder and nal
treatment of citizens who claimed to ex-
ercise those rights 10 ;theIaS Southern
States. Their Influence has been ad.
verse to general education aud wise pro.
gies, and reform; and their predomin-
ouce has been and is always most mark:
ed among the most debased part Of the
population. and 10 the least intelligent
portion Of the country. Even now their
conventions, vaguely as in Maine, dis
tinctly and openly as 10 Ohio, reafirm
tho principles of the Virginiu and Ken.
tuck y,resol lutions of 1898, which always
have bee. pleaded by the Ecbels as j jus.
ti6cation as they were by South Carolina
for notification 10 1888, and which will
always afford ambush for trsusou until
they are utterly aud expressly aover!
thrown; or rs in Pennsylvania, their Con
ventions deliberately declare that, the
practical recognition Of the truths of the
Declaration of Independence is high
rrime against the Consultation ''of the
United States They are those from
whose ranks came the chiefs of tho re-,
belliou who denounced the people Of
the loyal States US really responsible for
the war; who necessarily thwarted the
Gorernme ut in its efforts to subdue it;
who inci,ed riots and directed mobs !;
for whose success at the polls, the rebel
chiefs and editors openly prayed in the
midst of the war: who solicited through
Il foreign Minister foreign interference
in our contest: who syear, ago, IN q
National Conyention, declared the sol:
diers conquered and the war failure,
and Who sneered at President Lincoln
as ,helplessly weuk, or. denounced him
as murderer, ty ypu. and harlequin. ~
These ore they who compose the Dem
ocratic party. They are now busily en-.
gagged 10 prsisiug the soldiers, whom last
year they slaDdered. and ia celebrating
the re-establishment oftbe Union: They
are even engaged iu the pleasing pro.
cess of cating the Chicago platform
Blu, what has this purity, in whose Ohio
Convention Vallandigham wns . chief
orator, in whose Pen unsylvania 'Conveu.
ton Judge Bluck wsS an applauded
teacher. who said. as Buchonsns' Attor.
uey General. that the war would legalizo
aud dissolve the Union-what
has this party done to be intrusted With
power BY the American people who con:
demued it so overwhelmingly last No.
vembcr? We speak Of party not OF
Individuals. We do rot forget With
what absolute sacrifice, with what blood
and money many Democrats stood by
the country. But neither do VIC forget
that as a party the Democrats voted
against emancipation and that'i the
States which they controlled, the amend
ment was defeated. We do not forget
that if the Democratic party bad retained
power 10 1860 they would have compro
missed the honor Of the country without
permanently avoiding the war; and we
mber, nor will all.-.the American
people soon forget, that in 1864 they
solemnly proposed acquieacenco in ma
,ionsl disgrace and ruin. H..
There are two parties who sov solicit
our votes. LIT every man who loves
Uuios unobseured by "thc resolutions
of 49," who loYes his country aud be-
lieScs that equal rights for all men be-
fore the law are essential to her perma'
ncut peace .pd prosperity, ask himself
which Of these parties ought to have his
vote Harpers Weekly: ....-