Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-10-04

B. Because they became highly indig-
matt Ihsa negro troops were called for,
and threw the benefit Of all their SYM
pathies with the South.
.. Because they opposed every meas
ure the Government found it IeGessary to
adopt for the suppression Of the rebellion.
10. Because they magni6ed every reb.
el success, and deprecated every Union
victory.
II. Because, in 1864, they declared
the var a failure.
IL. Becsuse, in 1855, they declare
that the fruits of the war "debt, disgrace
and slaughter"
l3. Because they trisd to prevent the
extention Of tho right Of suffrage to rol-
diers in service. Their leaders opposed
it iu almost evety form. Senator Wallace,
now Chairman Of their State Central
Committee, said. lsee Record Of 1854,
pages 3S5, ,339,) II vote against this bill
upon principle, as we'll as for form. 1t is
said that so meritorious 4 class as volun
teer soldiers should not be disfrauchi sed.
To this answer, that neither the Con-
stitutiou of 1890, nor that Of 1888, con-
ferred this privilege, and the act Of the
soldier in taking upon himself duties
that are from their nature incompatible
with the right of suffrage, deprives him
of this privilege. lie dt.franchises him
self rhen he ceases to be a citizen, and
takes upoa himself the duties Of a sol
der" When the amendment Of tho
Constitution was submitted to n vote Of
the people, many Of the so-called Demo-
cratic counties gave msjorities against 1t,
while every county in the State (and it is
believed every election precincD which
gave to Abraham Lincoln majority Of
its votes, gave a majority in favor Of the
amend ment.
ii. Their leaders almost invar q j. op-
posed giving bounties to volunteers, while
the friends Of the Union party always
sustsined and supported these measures.
Is. Even since the war is over, they
emp loyed their ablest lawyers in an effort
to declare the bounty laws stirution'
s,;,utional, and really persuaded their
two ftienus on the bench Of the Supreme
Court 20 to hold.
| l6. When men were greatly needed tc
fill up the ranks, and the Government or.
dered draft, they resisted, and all Of
their representatives upon the bench Of
the Supreme Court declared the law au-
thori1ing the National Government tc
take men on, Of the State, by draft, va.
uncon stitutioual and void. Men we're on.
ly obtained, and tho nation saved because
their party was defeated at the polls in
1868, and the 40, of three Of these Judges
rebuked by the people, and one of their
places flleo by loyal aud sound judge.
II. Because they have tried to injure
the credit, and disparsge the currency of
the country, by means of which the pay,
bounties, and pensions Of the sold iers can
alone be paid. This point they also press
ed before the Supreme Court of the
State and Jailed by division Of three to
two
Is. Because the platform Of the Union
party recognizes the services Of the SOL
dier-declares that the var was commeuc-
ed by rebels-that peace was the result
of the courage and heroism Of the Union
army-thst the .ause in which he fought
vas holy and sacred, and that hop0r, glo-
ry, and prosperity to the country, and not
"deb., disgrace and slaughter" are the
lc gitimate fruits of his toll.
10. Because when Union men express.
ed the hope that cur troops might soon
Be able to conquer the South, even by
their exhaustion and want Of food, those
leaders Of the new Democracy declared
that we would never conquer the South ,
and that "they had more to eat in the
South than we had in the North"
20. Because when rebels we're starving
our brave soldiers BY hundreds at Libby,
Belle Island, Andersonville, and else
where, these same leaders excused or nit
igated the crime by declaring that "they
fed our prisoners as we'll as they did their
own men," that 'owirg to the unconsti-
tutional blockade Of the tyrant Lincoln,
they could not obtain . .ufhoiency of
food"
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE oPPosI.
IION.
The opposition ha. not been so cousis-