Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-07-12

wounded soldiers upon the lying and hypocritical
pretense that the contributions were consumed by
officers Of the army.
They are the men who excused themselves from
contributing for the relief OF soldiers families Mt
home by the infamous slander that they were lv-
ing better than they had ever done. and by foul
imputations on the chastity of soldiers wives.
They are the men who declared in speeches,
resolutions, and by their votes in Congress, that
not another man nor another dollar should be
ted to carry on n cruel war against their Southern
brethren.
They the men who in the midst Of The last
great campaign Of lS64, at the time when Sher
man was fighting his way, step by step, from Chat
tanooga 20 Atlanta, and Grant forcing Lee
back into the defenses of Richmond, in desperate
and bloody battles from day to day when the fate
OF the nation hung in the balance, and the world
watched with breathless interest the gigantic
struggle which was 10 settle the question OF repub
lican government, assembled In convention in Chi
cago and resolved that the war failure; that
our cause was unjust, and that We ought to lay
down and sue for peace. 1t was throw
ing mountain into the Confederate scale to make
the Union kick the beam. 1t was bold and des-
perate interference in behalf of the rebellion, at
the very crisis of the fight. 1t insult to
the loyal armies Of the nation so yast malignant
and deadly that language can convey no adequate
idea of Its wckedness. And in future times the
historian will record the fact with astonishment
OF its life, when few hours a few days at the
furthest must determine whether il should live or
! die, could permit large body OF its enemies TO
meet upon its soil in peace and security, and pub
lish fagrant manifesto in behalf OF the rcbel-
ion,
Now, do not mean TO say that all the Demo
cratic leaders have done all these things, but what
| do say is this, that the men who have done these
things are combined together, and constitute the
real leaders Of the Democratic party. The few
moderate men Of the party have been stripped of
all power and influence, aud are carried along with
it merely for numbers and policy while the living
and aggressive element which controls it are the
.Sons of Liberty" ana those who acted in sympa-
thy and concert with them.
They the men who have perverted the word
Democracy, from its once honorable meaning, to
be a shield and cover for rebellion, and for every
crime that attaches to a causeless and atrocous
civil war.
WHO CALLED THEMsELyEs DEMOCRATS.
Every uniegenera,e rebel, lately in arms agains:
his Government, calls himself a Democrat.
Every "bounty jumper" every "deserter," eve
ry "sneak" who away from the draft, calls
himself Democrat. Bowles, Milligan, Walker,
Dodd, Horsey and Humphreys call themselves
Democrats. Eve-y "Son Of Liberty" who con-
spired to murder, burn. rob arsenals, and release
rcbcl prisoners, calls himself a Democrat. John
Morgan, Sue Mundy, Champ Ferguson, Wirz,
Paine and Booth proclaimed themselves Demo
Gratis. Every man who labored for the rebellion
in the field, who murdered Union prisoners by
cruelty and starvation, who conspired to bring
about civil war in the loyal States, who invented
dangerous compounds to burn steamboats, and
Northern cities. who contrved hellish schemes to
introduce into Northern cities the wasting pesti
lence of yellow fever, calls himself Democrat
Every dishonest contractor who has been convict
ed Of ofdefrauding the Government-every dishonest
aff,o h,k H.
victed Of squandering the public money at the
gaming table or in gold gambling operations
every officer in the army who was dismissed for
cowardice or disloyaliy calls himself Democrat
Every volt in Sleeps clothing, who pretends to
preach the gospel, but procaims the righteousness
of man selling and slavery-every one who shoots
down negroes in the streets, burns negro school
houses and meeting houses, and murders women
and children by the light Of their own flaming
dwellings, calls himself Democrat. Every New
York rioter in 1863, who burned up little children
in coored asylums-whO robbed, ravished and
murdered indiscriminatey in the midst Of 4 blaz-
ing city for three days and nights, calls himself
Democrat. In short the Democratic party may be
de scribed az a common sewer and lOathsOme re-
ceptacle, into which is emptied every element OF
treason North and South, and every element of in
humanity and bdrtarism which has dishonored the
age.
And this party. composed of the men and ele
decency, asserts itself as the special champion OF
the Constitution and the Union. which but short
sixteen months ago ii Was in arms 10 destroy; and
proclams to astonished world that the only ef-
feet of vanquishing armed rebels in the field, is to
return them TO seats in Congress, and to restore
them to political power. Having failed to destroy
the Constitution by force. they seek to do il by
construction, and assume to have made the re-
markable disco very tha. rebels who fought to de-
stroy the Constitution its true friends, and
that the men who shed their blood and gave their
substance to preserve it were its only enemies.
RECONSTRUCTION.
1t is impossible to adopt plan Demonstration
which will fully meet the views OF all loyal men,
and approximation is the utmost that be
hoped for.
IL would, in my opinion, have been both just
and polite to have admitted to their seats ena-
tors and Representatives elect from the State of
Tennessee at an early period in this session.
Such action by Congress would have saved much
evaporation of feeling, ahd given general salts
faction to the country and should be glad yet to
see it taken before the final adoption of any legs
lation in connection with which the constitutional
amendments may be submitted to the States
They are loyal. have been properly elected. have
have q loyal constituency behind them, and can
honestly take the oaths prescribed by law.
Congress has passed joint resolution, by ma
jority of two thirds in each House. containing four
sections, amending tne CONSTITUTION OF the Uniteu
States, which, when it shall be ratified by three
fourths of the States, will bee a part of the
fundamental law of the land The first section of
the amendment declares that
All persons born nafuralzed in the United States,
and subject the jurisdiction thereof citizens the
United and oi the States wherein they reside No
shall make enforce law which shall ahridge
the privileges immunies of the citizens Of the United
shall deprive person of life, lib
crty property, without due process of law deny TO
person within its jurisdiction the equal protection Of
I the laws.
Oppose this section who can't l cannot com
prehend how any right minded nan, who is not n
believer in monarchy or slavery, take issue
with any portion OF it. |. establishes the funda-
mental principles upon which the Union is based,
and is IA expression Of pure and unalloyed Dem
ocracy.
The second section equilizes representation in
Congress and in the electoral college, by taking
from the white people of the States lately in re
bellion the right 10 represent in Congress more
than four millions of negroes living in their midst,
whom they deprive OF all political rights whatever.
! As the matter now stands the white people of the
Southern States have sixty per cent. more of po-
! liticaI power in the House of Representatives and
In electing the President and Vice President than
an equal number of white people in the Northern
States. This is gross and unrigh.eous neqsali
ty, and an absolute injustice TO the Northern peo-
ple. Even if the Southern people were all loyal
they could not have the slightest claims to any
such advantage. But when we consider that near
" all of them are Democratic rebels, and but few
| months ago waged bloody war against the Gov
| ornment the idea of their retaining such