New-York tribune., 1867-02-26
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shrcwdly refuses to comply. lie Is uouOtieS9
familiar with the anecdote OF BIAS one
of the Seven Wise Men OF pIeecc'
who. being at sea when violent storm arose.
and n decidedly hard lot of fellow passengers
set m vocferous diSCord OF hoWling 10 the
gods for rescue. begged them to hush Their tu-
mult a. the chance of coming safely 10 lahd
would be decidedly improved by keeping 'he
Gods ollivious of the fact that such characters
were ON board. Mr.. Belmont doubtless fccls
the wisdom and pcrtinence OF the old UleeAS
caution.
Yet the utmost circumspection can but
partially avail. Murder will ont ! and Treason
is usually gifted with perlous yolubllity. we
defy any one to read any prominent Demo
cratic journal for three months continuously,
and not perceive that its editors real behei Is
that the Rebels in our late struggle were ana
are the true Unionists. and that those VINO put
down the Rebellion were the real Dsunion party
Tins The World characterizcs those Members
of Congress who were always opposed to Scces-
sion and its consequences as "Dlsumon,' ana
does the same honor to the only party IN Ken
tucky which never fatcrcd in its fidelity To the
Nation nor urged any surrender 20 Treason.
The Democrat, of st. Louis have just held
meeting preliminary To a State Convention, and
therein gravcly resolved that the Federal Gov
ernment is a mere agent Of hc States and that
any attempt of said Government 10 impair or
abridgc the authority of the States should
be- met and defeated. This is the precise
doctrine whcrcon Secession (Which Jefferson
Davis officially pronounced merely "thc
dissolution of IcagueD was based and
justified Il see no necessity for, no wisdom IN
Secession" said, in substance, Robert t. Lee,
Alex II. stephens, aud ever 50 many Others;
but. if my state decides 10 go out, shall 90
with my State" So they went. And If the
Federal Government was. and is, a mere agent
of the States, why not May not a principal
discard OF change his agent? How i Secession
to bc resisted save on the assumption that
Federal and State government, are alike agents,
creatures, or instruments. of the American
People.
The present Constitution OF Missouri restricts
the Right of Suffrage TO such Whites rs can
swear that they gave no voluntary aid 10 the
late Rebellion denying tho elective franchise
to Rebel, and Negroes alike. This, the De
mocracy of Missouri consider all right so far
as the Blacks are concerned but a nullity 50
far as it affect, Rebels. Hence it * by them
Res0ired That every Whfc man IN Missouri ~ Lawful.
age and sound mnd h- the right 10 vote ana .oud ex
oc-e that right at al hazards and subject 10 an the consc
qucnccs which an unlawful assumption Oi power might
invoke.
This il either rebellion or nonscnse-probahly
both. Apart from the Constitution, n White
has no more right TO vote than a Black; and
when these Democrats declare that so many Of
them as have been Rebels shall vote at all
hazards in defiance of their State Constitu-
tion. they in effect Justify Blacks in doing the
very same. In other words they substitute
Force for Law.
The Democrats of Kentucky held their State
Convention on the 23d inst. There was never
a moment when Kentucky Democracy was not
in sympathy with the Shareholders Rebellion,
though individual members OF the party were
not. When President Lincoln called on the loyal
States for volunteer militia to aid in defending
the threatened capital of the Republic, this was
the response of Kentucky Democracy:
"FRANGroET, April lG, 1901.
"Your dispatch s received. In answer, I say en-
phaticay that Kentucky viii furnish troops for tho
wicked purpose Of uhdung her sister Southern States
"B. MAGofiIN, Governor Of Kentucky"
Months elapsed before the first Kentucky
regiment was organized-in Indina-for the
defense of the Union, though, four days previ-
ous to the above Democratic manifesto, the
following telegram had flown all over the
country:
"IOCEyILLE, KY, April 10, 1861.
"Dispatchcs have come here to hold the Kentucky
volunteer regiment In readiness 10 move st moments
notice from the War department at Montgomery"
And now Kcntucky's Democracy assemblies to
nominate on its State ticket two Rebel colonies
~
federate leader throughout, having concluded
to decline the Governorship, while Gen.
John e. Breckinridge's name was hailed
with general and rapturous cheers. OF course,
Gen. Preston was called out i'll 4 speech;
and of course lac declared that
"There is not far-miudcd man within the sound ofmy
voice that does not feel that Kentucky has been peculiarly
the creature of oppression aud humiliation during the
last six years { was willing TO do much 70 shield her
rom ulc storm tih threatened, ana am willing today,
10 DO rs muchi but hci my words were all for aetl0n,
Qn the Confederate army, TO witt And OF
course he protested against the action Of Con-
gress throughout rcjoiccd that the late Demo
cratic Legislature of Kentucky had restored to
him and his fellow Rebels the right to vote
and hold office, and demanded for his fellow
Rebels III the States further South "instant
" admission into the councils of the Nation" OF
course he "cOuld not recognize the name Rebel
" i'll an offensive sense in Kentucky;" and why
should he, when her Democracy chose fight
ing Rebel 10 the only State office filled at her
last election by forty thousand majority
When Rebel COloncls are thus chosen over
Union Generals, who can say that there is any
thing "offensiye' in the term Rebel
Gen. Preston closed with this neat but need
less appeal 10 his fellow Democrats. in behalf Of