The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-02
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THE DUTY OF TiaE HOUR.

| The great truth for the people o
this country to bear steadily in mino
is, that the success of the Democrat,
party is hailed by all the enemies o
the American Government and the
American principle as their victory
If that party could now return tc
power the real result of the war would
beindeiinitcly postponed, and our poll
tics would continue to be contest to
settle the civil equality of all citizens.
the old leaders, trained in the school
of slavery, would renew the old de-
bate upon the old policies which sprang
from that fruitful root of iniquity.
Even now their only cry is "Nigger
equality y In a country of more
than thirty millions of people, of whom
a scant four millions are colored, and
the greatmajority of them Just emanci-
pated, the Democratic party appeals to
the false pride and the prejudice and
the passion of the white race to save
the country in the name of Heaven
from "nigger equality" and "niggcr
supremacy" 1t is as inexpre8sibly
degrading and humiliating as every
other cry and policy Of the sullcn feu-
dial and roactionary spirit in this coun-
try which calls itself "Democracv."
The conscious want of the country,
of all the people and all the interests
in it, is peace, but how shall peace be
secured except by the will of the pco-
pie as expressed in Congress ? That
will has defined the terms upon which
the late rebel States may resume their
places in the Union. The President
insists that Congress has no right to
declare terms, and that the rebels
were entitled to be represented the
moment they surrendered. The De-
mocratic party supports his theory
while it repudiates itpersonally. And
the great fact, as we said, which every
thoughtful citizen should remember,
is that every act of the President and
every success Of the Democratic party
stimulate the hopes of the rebels and
prolong the confusion OF the country.
The Democratic party, which had |
become a Propaganda of slavery, fur
nished the theories which masked the
rebellion, the leaders who commanded
it, the excuses which justified it, and
the embarrassments which prolonged !
it. 1t was party morally response
BILE for the war. Its method of avoid
ing it was submission to slavery. Its
policy for ending it was a confes-
sion of ofconquest. Forced to use the
phrase ofloyalty, the party has never
theless constantly betrayed its sympa-
thies. Its recognized leaders in Penn
sylvania, who are they? They are in
the most comprehensive and offensive
sense-Copperheads. In Ohio who
are they? Vallandigham and Pendle-
ton. In New York ? The most no
torious and malignant opponents of
the war. In Kentucky? Mr.. Helm,
whom the Democrats had Just elected
Governor, and who died fortnight
since, was known only as rebel SYM
pathizer during the war. The New
York World, the chief copperhead
paper in the city, hailed Helms cleo I
lion as a great Democratic victory,
notwithstanding, he was opposed by a
'arty of $4,000 organized Democrats, {
who hated radicalism, but who also
ldSed rebellion. The Kentucky war L
Democrats the World would not re-
ognize. The success of the rebel t
ympathizers it hailed as a great Demo- j
ratio victory. And the same World, I
!pon the news of the California cleo
ion, unable to restrain its real sympa-
hies and feelings, cried out, ''Read r
his handwriting on the wall, ye Dis {
nionists who have squandered a a