The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-05-16

these considerations alooo ought to c0d
tho contes. When we calmly com pare
these two political organizations, aud
como TO choose between them, the idea
that any patriotic and sensible nan can
choose to vote with tho dead Copper.
head party almost passes belief, and l
can not believe that many such can be
found.
But it is not only BY their past that
you arc TO judge these parties: You
must look also to their tendencies for
tho future. You remember that one
year ago every free State from Maine to
California, and evon New Jersey, raised
the Uuicn tias, and many Of the rcsur.
rected Southern States have shown the
same feeling. So it is in Maryland and
Missouri; und If Delaware md Kontucky
had gone out and had boon whipped in,
it would DO the caso. With them also. Ten.
ncssec will soon bo as loyal Stuto as
Ohio. So the States stand. Well, they
wuut US 10 brsak this grand Union pbal-
unx for the bcncf. Of the Democratic
party. Laughter. Now I don't think
we had better do it, my friends. But,
suppose ac did, what would be the re.
suit; what would be the tendency Of the
Coppcrhead party in its hour of victory?
It would be to form at once an alliance,
offensive and defensive, with the rebels
of the South. to enlarge und extend the
powers and influence Of the lately rebel
States, and to place unrepentant rebels
in high positions at Washington. The
only hope of the Democratic party now
is in forming such an alliance. Well,
suppose it were formed, what would they
do then? l toll you, my friends, they
would undo all that wc hayc accomplish.
cd during the war. For example, do
you supplse they would pny the national
dcbt2 not at all. They would look uyon
tho uationul debt as though VIC had been
beaten, and theyrHould certainly rcpudi.
a,o it. Do you suppose thoy would pay
tho pensions to thc widows and orphans
ofour dcud soldicrs2 The ,li,tlo pension
DOW given to the lame and the halt, and
the small pittance now doled out to the
widow of the soldier--do you think they
would be paid2 Why, the Copperhcaa
porty would Insist thatif. Jon paid pen.
Sions to one side, you should pay tbom
on the other. They would say that peo-
pie on the other side kad; ;lost legs and
arms as we'll as&on yoofs; that vive,
90 tho other side hads LOST, husbands as
we'll US on yours, md they would insiat
TINT 10 tho matter Of pensions the uffer.
crs should be put upon perfect equal.
ity. They would say that if you had
your national wnr debt, they had theirs;
uud that all moneys collected to meet the
nu'ional debt should go in part to pay q
portion Of tho rebel debt ulso. They
would also require you to pay for tho
damages done by General Sherman and
General Sheridan in their" raids 'aod
that you would fud pretty biz bill? The
whole tendency Of that party, if it were
10 power, would be to rc'toro old things
as they were before tho war. even slavery
as far as they could, and they would
oppress aul grind the poor negro, not
to pcrdition but 10 determination. They
would belle all the promises that our Gov.
ernmeut has made for tho last four years,
and put leading rebel, in high places to
carry out their purposes; and to any one
who vcntured to remind them Of the re.
Leliop and its guilty actors, they would
say that it was only difference Of opin.
ion, political mistake, nnd men ought
not to DO prosecuted 70: mistake.
TIE WAR A FAILURE UNLESS WE MAKE
SURE " ITS RESULTs-LET Gs DE.
WARE, OF A SECOND REyoLUTloS-A
VOICE FROM HISTORY.
Some men say: "Oh, tho war is over
now, thoro is no more danger; but oil
Of you who have read history know that
nothing is moro difficult, critical, OF
dangerous than a restoration. 1t has
been said that one restoration is worse
than two revolutions. Look at England d
under Char'cs II. The Commonwealth
under tho rule Of Cromwell had attained
to high pitch Of influence and power
but in nome OF of weukne Charles l l.
was restored. lie surrounded himself
with his parasites and Aatterers, and SC
conducted the affairs Of tho nation that
iu about twenty years the people of Eng
land were compelled to resort to sec.
ond revolution. Look at France, where,
by the power Of foreign arms, her people
wcrc compelled to submit to the restora'
ton Of Louis XVIII. Tho Bourbons,
it is said, never learned anything and
never forgot anything; and Louis came
back to tho throne With his old idcss
and bis passions heated, to put them in
force, and the result was that the people
had recourse to mother revolution to rid
themselves Of tho incubus. Like the
Bourbons, our Democratic party DeVe'
learn anything, though there arc some
things that it tries hard 10 forget; snd
tell you now that if 10 moment Of weak
ness tho, American people should be
tempted to restore to power that halt.
blind, broken organization, they would
be com PEELED, in order to preserve their
liberties, to resort to revolution. Why,
tho idea IS fearful to contemplate, that 10
90 hour Of weak forbearance and fhls'
macnauimity, the people Of this country