The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-22
WAYNESBURG, Pa, WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST 49, 1866.

dsnounco 1t rs unnecessary, WhJsy and
unconstitutional? and assert that it was
forced upon our Southern brethren by u
wicked Invasion of their rights II the
war was 'Just and necessary" why
did Dem cratic members of Congress
vote against all supplies Of men am mo.
ney-lg'inst all appropriations and
measures necessary to carry on the war,
and do all in their power, by their
speeches, to discourage the loyul people
OF the North, and encourage the disloyal
people Of The South If the war was
"just AMI necessary why did Demo
cratic politicians throughout Indiana dis
courage enIStmen's, labor to keep Dem
oorats from going into .thc army, and
cxhort the people to resist the draft ? II
the war was just and necessary" why
dill Democratic politicians argucthat the
Government could not coerce u State
aud that each State hal n right to Judge
of the intraction of the Constitution, as
well as the remedy! and pcaccably to
withdraw from the Union, according to
the determination It's own Will
If''tho war was ju t and necessary
whv dii the Democracy of Washington
county, in a meeting held al Salem, in
February, 1851, resolve that if scpara~
ton took place between the North and
South, the line OF separation must run
North Of Washington county and that
it they were compelled to fight on either
side, they would be found fighting in the
armies Of the South?
If "lhc var was Just anl necessary"
on our part, then OF course, thc rebel.
lion was wicked, an reb.ls ought to be
punished anl eXolul from Congress.
lfsthe war'was just and necessary"
why did the Sons OF Liberty conspire to
overturn the State Government, release
rebel prisoners, seize arscnals, murder
the Executive, and prec,ptate Indiana
into rebellion &!
If"tho war was just and necessary"
why did not these men encourage ems
I!stments, enter the army themselves,
contribute TO the Sanitary Commission,
hep to support sollers' families, and
ualtc in doing al those things which
shoull be chcoriuly performed by every
loyal and patriotic citizen?
lt"th5 war WAS Just AMI necessary"
why dji th, D!m ,crauc politicians 60
to Chicago in the midst Of The last great
campaign cf 1851, in tho very crisis OF
the fight and there resolve that the war
was wicked and unconstitutional on oar
part ihat it was failure, aul we ought
to lay down oar arms and sUe lJr
peace!
And ia short, if war WAS "ja,l and
necessary" why did Demoera,ic pointer
ans rctl,e to proclaim the fact until SIX
teen months after it was over, and after
thoy bad dooe ali the ham they could,
and when their adhesion to the Govern
ment could do no good.
AIler the rebellion had been suppress
cd-aitor the victory had been won
after every enemy in the field had bosn
conquered, and every obSt1cIe at home
had been overcome, and the nation had
been preserved, without the aid of the
Democratic party, and in spite OF it, that
portion OF it which inhabts this Con,
gresSional District came together in Con>
venlion IN the year of Oar Lord one
thousand eight hundred anl sixty six,
and resolved that "the wir,was Just and
necessary to prevent the disruption of
the Union and the overthrow of the
Constitution.
They never discovered the f,ct until
after success had crowned our arms. and
defeat had overwhelmed their allies. and
their every eif)rt to sccu,e the success Of
the rebellion had failed anl Tie q jes,
ton now submit to you, and which is
already present in your minds, is, wheth
er these men have had an actual reycla~
ton OF new trtith, and have realized
change Of heart, or whehcr only the
circumstances have changed 10y which.
they are surrounded and to which they
arc now, tor selfish and political purposes,
seeking TO adapt themselves.
When Democratic clcaders now resolve
that the war "was just and necessary"
on our part, they stuI'iiy nil they have
said and done for the last six years, aud
contradict and nulify every other plank
in their platform, but they can not blot
oat the story OF tn ir misleeds, nor
erase from the page Of history the re-
cord Of their crimes against the coun-
try.
EouALlziNG REPRESENTATION.
There are two kinds OF representation
in Congrc's---lhe representation Of the
States and OF the people Each State