Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-29

acts of intamy set fire to and burned 10
ashes the eolored orphans asylum--were
all Democrats. Every man there was a
Democrat, If he hadn't been he wouldn't
have been there.
In the time of war, the strength of
nation, 1t is said, consists in the sword
and purse. w henever any measure was
proposed to strengthen the financial or
military condition of the Government,
in the mode prescribed by the constitu-
ton, either by CONSUMPTION or taxation,
1t was assailed by the party leaders as
unseonstitutional and oppressive. If a
traitor was arrested for melting insurrec-
tion, or defending the rebellion, or dis
seminating treason, and for the public
safety placed In close confinement by the
i Government, the Pughs and Pendletons
| pronounced the arrest an act Of tyranny
and usurpation; while the most dignifed
! Thurmans and Ranneys, like Millions
fallen angels,
In thoughts more elevate and rea sOned high
| OF constitutions. laws and human rights,
Aud found no end, in wandering mazes lost .
1t Is refreshing to us old highs TO
recollect that there was a party that en-
braeed the major part of the patriotism
and intelligence of the country, under
the leadership of patriots like the gal
liant Harry of the West" who could hon
estly say, as he said, II would rather be
right than be President For quarter
of a century the old Wing Party was al
most uniformly outnumbered at the bal
lot box, nnd defeated By the superior
numbers of their political opponents,
the Democrats; and yet the Wings never
thought of rebellion against the Govern
ment because the election didn't 60 to
suit them. They eheerfully submitted,
even in cases where they were satisfied
the election was carried against them by
fraud and corruption.
The unenviable distiction and honor of
having been the first great political party
IN the history Of the Republic for seventy
years, rebelling against the best Govern
ment in the world simply because it was
defeated at an election lawfully conduct
ed, belongs to the party that arrogated to
itself the proud title of Democracy.
There was one way in which the calam-
tiles of this war might have been aVerted.
If the American people had disregarded
their own private convictions and con-
sciences, and In the discharge of q res
ponsible political duty, had acted under
the dictation of their cOuntry's enemies,
and voted for the infamous Breckinridge,
compared with whom j udas Iscariot was
a saint and Benedict Arnold a pstriot
you know, it is said, after he betrayed
his master repented and hanged himself,
but not so with Breckenridge, he remains
impenitent, .sai. j ..lus aai 81
While this party in rebellion against
the Government has been driven from
every battlefield, and every State in re-
volt against the civil authorities has been
subjugated and conquered by the military
power, their allies in the North are in
another field, In which they hope to ac-r
complish with the ballot the purpose they
failed to accomplish with the bayonet.
This same Democratic party in Ohio
now asks you to again honor them with
to you with the Resolutions OF 80, from
which the rebels claimed their right to
secede and dissolve the Union, re-ratitied
and re-afirmed, in State Convention,
with denunciatory platform of the ma
tional debt and the exemption of Govern
ment securities from local taxation, and
filled up with immortal hate" for the
colored race, With this sort OF platform
and this sort of a record, they again ask
you fOryOur votes. imagine they will
not get them.
They denounce measures they know to
be absolutely necessary to save the eoun-
try from destruction by violence, and at
the same time against the rebels in the
South with their hands reeking and smo-
AluS Will bnC -OlOO0 JOuI OlOShCA6l
fathers and sons, they have not a word Of g
fault to find. 9z
My fellow citizens. the Governments
has a great work to accomplish. The
National debt must be paid. The Ma
tional credit must be preserved, and above
all the Freedman must be protected in
his life and liberty; and protected in his
rights Of person and rights of property. +
What sort of protection do You suppose
he would receive from the Democratic
party if it were again elevated to power.
It would be the protection the crocodile
gives its victim; the protection that the
tiger affords its prey. What would You
think. of the wisdom and humanity ofthat
husband and father who in case of ac-
couchment would employ a hyena to
officiate as accoucher The folly and in
humanity of such an act would be no
greater than it would be for the loyal
people of this country to intrust the DEM
ocratic party with the protection and
care of the freedmen of the South, or
with the responsibility of making provis- %
ion for the liquidation of the National s
debt. .-.s..,..t.,t.. f...,~ ,f.,a.t I.