The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-08-16

fact with astonishment that the Govern
ment, at the most critical moment Of its
life, when few hours, or a few days at
the farthest, must determine whether it
should live or die, could permit large
body Of its enemies to meet upon its
soil in peace and security, and publish a
fragrant manifesto in behalf Of the re.
bellion.
Now, I do not mean to say, that all
the Democratic leaders have done all
these things, but what do say is this,
that the men who have done these
things are combined together, and con-
stitute the real leaders of the Democrat
ic party. The few moderate men of the |
party have been stripped Of all power |
and influence, and are carried along with |
it merely for numbers and policy, while
the living and aggressive element which
controls it are the "Sons of Liberty
and those who acted in sympathy and
concert with them
They are the men who have pervert-
ed the word Democracy, from its once
honorable meaning, to be shield and
cover for rebellion, and for every crime
that attaches to a causelcss and atrocious
civil war.
WHO CALL THEMSELVES DEMOCRATS!
Every unregenerate rebel, lately in
arms against his Government calls him
self Democrat
Every "bounty jumper" every ode
serter," every "sneak," who ran away
from the draft, calls himself Demo
crat. Bowles, Milligan, Walker, Dodd,
Horsey and Humphreys call themselves
Democrats. Every "Son of Liberty"
who conspired to murder, burn, rob ar
senals, and release rebel prisoners calls
himself Democrat John Morgan,
Sue Mundy, Champ Ferguson, Wirz,
Payne and Booth proclaimed themselves
Democrats. Every man who labored
for the rebellion in the field, who mur-
dered 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
contrived hellish schemes to introduce
into Northern cities the wasting pesti-
lence of yellow fever calls himself a
Democrat. Every dishonest contractor
who has been convicted of defrauding
the Government-every dishonest pay
master or disbursing officer who has
been convicted of squandering the pub.
lie money at the gaming table or in gold
gambling operations-every officer III
the army who was dismissed for COW
ardice or disloyalty, calls himselfa a Dem
ocrat. Every wolf in sleeps clothing
who pretends to preach the gospel, but
proclaims the righteousness OF man-sell
J ing and slavery-eyery one who shoots
down negroes in the streets, burns ne
gro school houses and meeting houses
and murders women and children by the
light of their own flaming dwellings
, calls himself a Democrat. Every New
3 York rioter in 1868, who burned "
little children in colored asylums-whC
8 robbed, ravished and murdered indis
! criminately in the midst of blazing
city for three days and nights, callet
himself Democrat In short the Dem
ocratic party may be described as com
: mon sewer and loathsome receptacle
! into which is emptied every element o
, treason North and South, and every ell
e ement :of inhumanity and barbarisn
. which has dishonored the age.
$ And this party, composed of the mel
D and elements l have described, in def
t ance of truth and decency asserts itsel
as the special champion of the Constitu
B ton and the Union, which but shor
f sixteen months ago it was in arms t.
destroy; and proclaims to an astonish
ed world that the only effect of van
> gushing armed rebels in the field, /
/ to return them to seats in Congress, an'
t to restore them to political power
n Having failed to destroy the Constitu
ton by force, they seek to do it by con
: stluciion, and assume to have made tn
r remarkable discovery that rebels VIII
J, fought to destroy the Constitution wer
: its true friends, and that tile men VIII
: shed their blood and gave their sub
stance to preserve it were its only enc
= mics.
II pECONSTRUCTION.s
: 1t is impossible to adopt plan of re
:, construction which will fully meet th
u views of all loyal men, and an approx
nation is the utmost that can be hope
for.
n 1t would, in my opinion, have bee
5 both just and polite to have admitted t
II their seats Senators and Representative
y elect from the State OF Tennessee at a
n early period in this session. Such at
: ton by Congress would have save
u much evaporation of feeling, and give
e general satisfaction to the country, an
is / should be glad yet to see it taken bt
o fore the final adoption of any legislatio
x in connection with which the constlt'
s. tional amendments may be submitted
% the States. They are loyal, have bee
9 properly elected, have loyal constltl
a ency behind them, and can honest
&c take the oaths prescribed by law.
$ Congress has passed joint resol
O. ton, by a majority of two-thirds
E. e. each House, containing four scctio1