Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-07-26
Hypocrisy Unmasked.

speech at New Albany, Ind. last
week. 1t appears, that a few weeks
previous Democratic convention
was held in that city, at which can
didate for congress was nominated,
snd among other resolutions adopted
was one declaring that "the late war
was just and necessary to prevent
the disruption of the Union and the
overthrow of the Constitution. -
Gov. Morton, with his characteristic
energy, denounced this as worse
than eleventh hour repentance OF the
Democratic party, and gave them
plainly to understand, that a party
that during the war never ceased to
denounce it as unjust and unconsti-
tutional, can not now deceive the
people by fair-werded resolutions
like the above. He says:
This resolution is a complete and
unreserved confession of the disloyal
and reasonable course pursued by
the so called Democratic party
throughout the war, and full ad-
mission that their principles and
practice were hostile to the Union
The whole country will regard it as
a dying repentance, forced from a
convicted criminal who is standing
in full view of the scaffold, but will
regard it as a confession, springing
not from penitence of heart, but
from the hopes of pardon and re-
newed life. The men making this
confession ask the country to re-
ceive it as an evidence that they
have from the first been in favor of
the war, and demand they shall be
received as good Union men, who
have protected and preserved their
country, and not as friends, aiders
and abetters of rebellion.
Allow me to say to them, their re-
quest will not be granted. They
will be held to the record, anil can
not be relieved from their great re-
spousibilitIes by the cheap discoye-
ry that the war was 'just and neces-
sary," sixteen months after it was
ended.
Ifthe war was 'just and necessa-
ry." as these men now say, why did
the Democratic party throughout
the war denounce it as unnecessary,
unholy and unconstitutional? and
assert that it was forced upon our
Southern brethren by a wicked inva-
sion of their rights? If the war was
'just and necessary" why did Dem
ocratic members of Congress vote
against all supplies of men and
money-aga;nst all appropriations
and measures necessary to carry on
the war, and do all in their power. by
their speeches, to discourage the
loyal people of the North, and en-
courage the dIsloyal people of the
South? If the war was '.just and
necessary" why did the Democratic
politicians throughout Indiana dis
courage enlistments, labor to keep
Democrats from going into the army,
and exhort the people to resist the
draft? If the war was '.just and
necessary" why did Democratic
politicians argue that the Govern
ment could not coerce a State? and
that each State had a right to Judge
of the infraetion of the Government,
as well IS the remedy and peaceably
to withdraw from the Union, accor-
ding to the determination of its own
will?
And in short, if the war was 'just
and necessary" why did Democratic
politicians refuse to proclaim the
fact until sixteen months after it was
over? and after they had done all
the harm they could, and when their
adhesion to the Government could
do no good.
The whole speech throughout is q
triumphant rindication of the princi
Piles and position Of the Union psrty,
and the severest arraignment of the
Democracy it has ever yet received.
The Cincinnati Commercial publish
ed this and Morton's great speech at
Indianapolis, on the 10Th of June,
in an extra sheet, at the rate of one
dollar and a half per hundred. We
adviea oil to hn,r ond rood fhap,