Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-09-27
Democratic Record Continued,
GkNUNcIArtoN OF THE WAR.

0kNUNC{ArtpN OF THE WAR.
! The 1cmecracy from the arst havin
denounced the mar ss ancc:s,it-t:ose
unlawful, and hopeless, were not likel
to sofse their opposition to il as 1t pre-
gressed. If its fortunes were adverse
i. afforded an opportunity Of unlimits
abuse Of the Adn;aistration; if our arm
wes successful, l, threatened to drs.:c.
their hopes Of . pro-slayery reconstruc
ton, and their bitterness was intensified
while the sacrifices entsiIed BY ,ths .trug
Gle formed an ineIhaustible theme for sp
pealiug to the worst passions Of the peo
rsr. -
At. great .ss.tingos the r'r.y, held
i. Philadelphia, September, 1868, tc com
mepora.e the adoption Of the Constitu
ton, Mr.. Joel Cook declared, and his re-
marks, according to the party organ, were
received ri.h great enthusiasm
al do not wish in these days to see the fow
Of blood. or hear tho din Of battle; to have
nv property seized for taIes cr mcr'sstea -
secure an immense nation.! ie's, or {" know
| that my friends or nsighbors, or porhaPs ny
self, can be dragged off by c"nscriptlon laws
TO hsh, against their brsthern.........l cannot
regard great victory sDer my brethren a.
anything but food for melancholy reaec-
ton"
II the same .:ocd, MAJOR Gunther, the
representative Of New York, the great
headquarters of the Democracy, in his
message Of Sep;embc, 90, 1864, vetoins
the resolutions to illuminate in honor of
Sheridan's victories in the Valley:
II yield to no man in my attachment TO the
Cnicn a. i, rss and the .Cons,;'Hsinn as it i..
but Al the rr-s;dcnt demands Of the aSasth-
syr rss,pls 10 shandol the rights which the
Constitution confers. do not see how those.
who have always held that the Federal Gov
srnmeht has nothing TO dc With the domestic
institutions Of the States, osn be expected to
rejoice ever victories which. whatever they
NAV be, sure are not Union victories.
So, at the Syracuse Convention, held
August Is, 1854, preliminary to that a,
Chicago, among the resolutions "sioPtod
denounciug the Administration, We find
the following: e Cd. o.. -lt
"It ha., and Ia still waging a bloody and
relentless war for the avowed purpose o. ex-
terminating eight millions OF freemen from
the home. Of their fathers, end blotting ont
from the American constellation one-hslf Of
the States Of the Cn,on. 1t has scash 10
arouse and enlist the most wicked and ma
lign.nt passions, reckless Of sll ends If it but
subvert the existing Government and i:nuc-
late American citizens.
The Ashland, Ohio, i":on, a paper
warmly supported by the Democratic or
gauization Of it. region, could scarcely
find words too bi tier to describe our ar
mics:
"ITired Hes.ians going to the sunny South
ern soil to butcher by Wholesale not foreign
ers. bat good men, ~ exemplary Christians
as any OF our own men. ......... This is a
damned abolition war. We believe Abe
Lincoln il as much OF a traitor - Jefferson
Davis"
In . speech before the Lansing Mich
igan) Democratic Association. in March,
1868, Mr.. George W. Peck declared,
..You black Republicans began this ~ar.-l
You have carried it on for two years. You
have sent your hell hcunds down South 70 de-
vastatc the country, and what have yea dome,