Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-09-27

Sexeaeherib by the breath of the Almight,y
Since TIE Monster Ssvrper, traiso.>s.a "
s rant had occupied the ptesiasatiai chair, n
leapublican party had shouted war to tn
, knife, and ihs knife to the hilt. Blood ha
lowed in torrents and yet the thirst Of tn
}. tA no.s,e. VAS Get dueeehed. HE cry We
l,rrce:t s,ood.'
Entertaining these views vith rcsres
b the war. Of course tho efforts Of tn
patty ~e,e directed to render it unpopular
and to oppose every measure necessar,
for its continuance aea success. Th'
, Hon. D ". Voorhees,, Of Indiana, un
derstoOc this when in an sadress to BIZ
constituents in April, 1861, he proniset
them - --..-.f4 .r. f- ,st-s.
] say e tea, my constituents, that a. yos,
representative, will sesSs vcts cae dellar
one man, or ono gaa 10 tt> !AAaaiaitsfklscE d
AArakam LincclA e mako war upon Ihe
Spath,"
In this, Mr.. Voorhees, merely gave cx
preston to the received policy Of his par
ty as constantly recorded in the proceed
ings of Congress. 1t wosld require, tot
much space to trace The opposition Mol,
or less disguised with which ever,
financial and military measure vas OBJ.
s,ructed by Democratic members, and i,
will be sufficient to mention test vote
taken in the House Of Representatives
December, L., 1868, on the following
resolution Of the Hon. Green Clay Smith
Of Kentucky: --.
| That wc hold it TO he the duty Of Congress
to pass all necessary bill. to supply nieh and
money, and the duty Of the people to render
/ every aid in their power to the constituted
ing ont Of the rebellion. and in bringing the
leaders thereof to eoudigu pGnisf ment."
On this simple proposition in full
House, the vote on the Democratic side
was three yea. to si1ty-6ve nays. And
the pledge thus given for the party Aas
been faithfully carried out in every de-
tail.
OPPOSITION fo VOLUNTEERING. .
Thus, when the country depended up.
on volunteers 70 hecp the ranks of the
Union armies full, Democrat. in their
zeal constantly exposed themselves to the
penalties Of the l.. b di.coarasirg and
dissuading men from enlisting. Their
arguments are we'll put by the Grand
Rapid. Michigan Enquirer, in 1861.
The Democrats and the South have no
quarreli why then should VIC be called upon
10 assault snd murder our friend, and des-
c'atc their lands Ii seens unreasonable that
sensible men should ask sach thing. five
remain p as.ive in this contest, these Abolition
ist. ought to be satisfied Again We say.
Democrats ponder well before you enlist"
Even the smallest incidents were taken
advantage Of to keep Democrats from vol.
unteering, both from opposition to the
war and desire to keep up the party
strength at home. Thus the Philsdel.
phia -lye, of November 3, 1868, On
learning that the defeat OF Vallandigham
in Ohio had caused rejoicing in Rose.
cran. army, says:
Every Democrat, therefore, who -c,antrers
and happens to get into the Depsrt,nen, Of
the Cumberland. must expect to join in 'rtrce
times three" whenever his party Is defeated
...... We tncw that in this State We outnum-
her and ol,tuatch ;bcu,; hut, slthoagb, ,hsy
may he unable to cut all q! cur threats, ~hy
commit suicide. Let us hasten to do it,
If these we're the orthordox Demo
cratic views on the subject Of volunteer
ing, /: is easy to imagine how bitter were
their . r-5.T ..r.r
DBsuSCIATIOSs OF TIE DRAFT.
1t might have thought that the New
York Democratic draft riots, in July,
1868, in which Governor Seymour ad.
dressed the mob as his "noble hearted
friends" would have proved terrible
warning Of the results Of thu, working
on the passions Of the mu,.i.vis. It
would appear, however, as though their
only influence was 70 excite regret ..
their prompt suppression, for they were
Immediately followed by a .ystematic
proccas Of again stimulating opposition
to the point Of resistance Scarcely was
the month ont, when the New York
States Risa:s Association published a
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