The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-06-14
The Disuaionists.


The Democratic party is nowadays.
very fond of boasting its loyalty, affect
ing to be filled with great anxiety to
have the Union restored, aud charg-
ing the Union. party with all kind of dis
/ union projects because we demanded
guarantees for the future from the rebels.
! Who are those glib fellows who thus
/ charge the party who saved the nation
with being disunionists? The Detroit
Post answers:
They are the men who declared that
/ secession was not treason.
They are the men who declared that
coercion of armed rebellion was uncon-
stitutional.
They are the men who styled Union
| ings, "Hessians, s.minions'' and
j thieves
/ They are the men who threatened n
| :. FIRE in the rear of our gallant Union
! armies.
| These men opposed the raising Of ar
mics by volunteering.
/ They opposed the raising Of armies
/ by CONSUMPTION.
Thev opposed and denounced every
measure by and through which the
! Union was restored.
/ They declared that the Union cause
should not have man or a dollar, il they
could prevent it.
/ They called the war for the Union an
/ unholy war.
/ They denounced Abraham lincoln as
a ''tyrant," ''usnrper, ''ape, ''bab-
boom fool" and assassin
They opposed allowing our soldiers
TO vote and declared when they did
vote. that their votes were dishonest
! " cast
Every rebel in the North belonged to
their party, and does yet
Every descrter, bounty jumper and
fugitive from the draft belonged TO their
party, and does vet
! They concocted conspiracies in the in
terest Of the rebels,
/ They organized reasonable societies.
Their followers murdered draft OIL
| GERS and mobbed draft officers.
Their friends in New York got up
the most disgraceful riot known in Amer
lean history.
Their most exalted leaders. were
| chosen from the worst enemies of the
/ Union In the North.
/ Every one of the rebel leaders was a
member Of their party.
They declared the war a failure. and
that it ought to cease, and went into a
Presidential contest with a played out
/ failure for candidate upon that plat
| form.
Their allies and agents maintained
reasonable corresp ondencc with armed
/ rebels
They reioiced over rebel and mourned
/ over Union victories.
They opposed the establishment Of
national currency, and declared 1T worth
less
By every act aud article Of which TN
armed treason is capable, they Injured
the national credit abroad. and tarnish-
eel the national honor at home
Their party was and Is the receptacle
of every discraced officer dismissed
from the Union service, OF compelled 10
resign on account OF cowardice or inca
pacity.
To the crime of sneaking treachery
they added the ;nfamv Of black ingrati
tude TO those whose patriotism aud brave
ry saved them and their sons from con
scriPtion-
Their newspaper offices, aud none but
theirs refused to hoist the Union flag, I'M
Ill compelled to do so:
! Their last Vice President was rele ell,
leader; their last President a coaceited
and traitorous coward, md his prcdc-
ccssor was the author of Il letter 10 the
rebel leader encoura ring seces sion, ami
#plcdeiug the Northern Democracy Ia
sustain rebellion with arms IN case oil
resistance to secession.
And this is the PARTY, these the papers
and tic men who now have tho unblush
inc effr0nteYY to charge the party whose