Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-05-03
"A Compromise at Last"

must Dave cost an immense amOuut OF
brain. labor and relieved the writer 1--WE
won't say editor for fear that it was one
of the boys again that wrote iD Of IN
awful pressure Of lucid ideas. 1t says !:
The democratic party has always contended
for comprom,se as the basis Of the settleme Mt
of our national troubles"
That's 80.
"The cry Of our political opponents. on the
other hand. has always been, mo compromise
with traitors !"
That's so again.
General Lee the mightiest of all 'traitors,"
True again-but an awful admission for
you.
"And Gen Grant the representative of the
Federal Government"
Yes, and in tan unholy, uigger war"
at that.
"Have made Compromise"
Not a word Of truth in that. Grant
never did nor would any more compromise
with rebels than saint would with the
devil. There was time when the Fed.
eral Government would have compromis.
ed, but thank God that day has long
nnast,
"Gran' proposing the terms and Lee &C.
cept.ng them"
Well now is i. possible? Is that the
way it was done? And is this a con,pro-
mise! l. that the way they make com.
promises? One man proposes what he
pleases or is ordered by his superiors.
and another accepts his propositions as
the best he can get And that then
makes compromised ? and proves that
the Democratic party was right in what it
always contended for ri? Bully for the
democrafic par'y...
The loyal people Of the country were
dumb enough to suppose that a compro
mise was settlement Of difficulties BY
mutual concessions from both parties and
hence opposed ;he great democratic doc
,rine q only to discover at this late day
that TO compromise our national troubles
is simply TO moke the rebels submit to our
terms! Now We understand democracy !?
except the the warts four yesrs of fail
ure plank in the Chicago Platform which
We hope our ueighbor will explain also by
the Compromise Rule Of 1865. Demo
cratic Compromises, we always thought
we're like the handle Of jug, all on
one side, and heretofore they we're all on
the South side, but Grant put it on the
North side, SO that we think there must
be still some mistake about il. Look
again, Mr.. Democrat, it's not your kind
OF a compromise the boot is On the other
foot, Richmond is taken the South, (iu-
Guiding Jour dear southern brethern) is
conquered, the mightiest general living
(McCiellan alone e1cepted) has surrender.
ed and if you can suck consolation for
your duped readers out of these FACTS
which You and your party leaders have
Tor years persistently and ipsultingly told
US nerer could be accomplished, you must
/ be even better at sucking than those
great democratic calves Buchanan, Breck-
inridge. Floyd, Cobb, l. Co., who sucked
all the money and nearly all the life out
of the Government and plunged US into
an awful wir from which only the grace
of God, Abraham Lincoln aud loyal
people have delivered US.
Such compromises as Lee made with
Grant we are willing to have all the time
we never heard anybody on our
side Of the house say they were opposed
to Lee surrendering on Grants terms.-
We nvtice also that certain Joe John
son a rebel, little .ess mighty" than
some others has also made such . CON-
promise as was Granted to him after he
failed to get democratic compromise
out of Sherman. And We notice certain
other rebels. still less mighty" aud far
less honorable are trying to adapt them
selves to facts and fate by compromising
the copper Of the Chicago Platform with
the Loyal Steel of the Baltimore Plat
form. Some men seem to rejoice over
our victories as if they had never pre-
dicted failure nor wished defeat. Well:
Gentlemen, Grant has proposed our terms,
and they we're approved ;n Cabinet Coun-
ell, if therefore YOU surrender your op.
pos;tion, acknowledge the war success,
yourselves whipt and disband your army,
you may also 20 home not To be disturbed
as long as you behave yourselves
I Cbo,lJ 80, ,,,.ko fhis co,nnr mica nth