The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-08-20
The JOurnars Chickens Come
Home to Ro0st.

The Journals Chickens Come
Home to Roost.
The journal is an unfortunate institu.
tion, (f indeed a.concern SO soon to be
wiped out by its own party friends can
be called an institntion) for 1t can make
no charge against the Democratic party
but can be turned against it. Witnes:
4 the following: ne
eIt is a Radical SANDER to charge the
Democratic party with the design of re.
Establishing slavery, is it2 But it is an
lundeniable truth that the Democratic
|party is in favor Of paying che slave hol
lders for their human ehattles emaneipa-
ted as result of the war. The Mary.
4 land Constitutional Convention is Dem
ifocratic body, and the vote on the adpp.
Ition Of the first section ~of the bill oi
rights was nearly strict party vote--
the Democrats voting Aye and the Re
Ipublicans No. Compensation for south.
ern slaves is. the leading plank in the
Democratic platform; and Democracy in
Kentucky, Maryland and other late slave
States means nothing else
The Journal will find that the PROPOSE
tion tt. pay for emancipated slaves came,
mot from the Democratic, but from the
Abolition party. The facts to prove this
we find ready made to hand by our CO.
temporary of the Piqua Democrat, and
we use its extracts 70 show the Journal
that it is condemning that which was
Abolition doctrine but few years since:
March 9th, 1862, the President Lin
coin sent the following message to Con:
gress:
81 recommend the adoption Of a joint
resolution by your honorable bodies,
which shall be substantially as follows.
"Rcsolued, That the United States
ought to cooperate with any State which
may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery
giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be
used by such State in its discretion, to
compensate for the inconyeniences, pub
lie and private, produced by such chan
ges of system'
In concluding this message the Presi-
dent said: "In full view of my great
responsibility to my God and to my coun-
try, earnestly pray the attention Of
Congress and the people to the subject." /"
On the 10th of March, 1862, Mr.. Ros-
coe Gonkling, member Of the House
from New York (and now the Radical
Senator from that State) under suspen.
Nsion of the rules, introduced the resolu-
tion, verbatim, as proposed by Mr.. Elm
coin, ant, it passed the House by vote
|of-yeas 81, nays 36-the Republicans
voting for and the Democrats against it.
April I'd. the resolution passed the
Senate yeas 80, nays 10--party vote as
in the House. 80 g afaass 9 s.
April 10th, 1862, President Lincoln
approved a. bill emancipating the slaves
in the District of Columbia, and giving
the owners thereof the sum of $500 for.
each slave emancipated. ISIS
This bill passed the Senate April Sd,
by-yeas 20, nays 14-Republicans yo-
ting for and the Democrats against it.
April 11th, same bill passed the, House
yeas go, nays SO, a party vote as before.
Dec. 1st, 1862, President Lincoln in
his second annual Message, suggests to
Congress the following proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, and recommends its passage by
Congress and submission to the States
for ratification:
"ARTIoLE-Every State wherein sla-
very now exists, which shall abolish the
same therein, at any time, or times before
the first day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred shall
receive compensation from the United
States, as follows, to wit: I'd
"The President Of the United States
shall deliver to every such State, bonds
of the United States, bearing interest at
the rate of-per cent. per annum, to an
amount equal to the aggregate sum Of
---.----fOr each slave shown to have been
therein by the eighth census of the Uni
ted States, said bonds to be delivered to
such States by installments, or in one
parcel, at the completion of abolishment
accordingly as the same may have been
gradual, or at one time, within such State
and interest shall begin to run upon any
such bonds only from the proper time Of
its delivery as aforesaid.
January 9th, 1863, Mr.. Noell, Repub-
lican, of Missouri, from a select com-
mittee, reported a billproyiding for the
|nnvmant tn the State nf Missouri. on tha