The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-09-19

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ing to arms TO meet tho rebel host
who were striking at the life of tht
nation, Yallandigham wrote as fol
Iowa
"Millions for dcfcnse-not a MAJ
nor dollar for aggressive and OF
fcnsive civil war. Tho war hai
had many motives for lis com
mcncement; 1t can have but ont
result, whether 1t last one or fifty
ycars-fnal, eternal separation
disunion."
On the goth Of August, 1861, tho
same person, in his seat in Con
gress, in a speech against the war
said IL repeat with Chatham
My Lords. you can not conquer
America. -" 'A..
That was probably his opinion
1t was certainly his desire that
history should record a fulfiImept
oc the prediction. lie meant, Of
course, that the nation could not
suppress the rebellion. Bot the
boys in blue proved that the rebels
were not America, and that the
loyal arm of the nation was strong
enough TO crush rebellion and save
the Government.
The declarations l have quoted,
as showing the sentiments of the
Democratic party in the beginning
of the year 1881, were in harmony
with the sentiments Of that party
in all the free States, and sounded
the keynote of the policy of tho
National Democratic organization.
We have thus shown that this par.
ty arraycd itself, in the beginning,
on the side of the rebels; and had
the leaders been successful in car.
rying all the people who had act.
ed with them, do not hesitate to
say the rebellion would have been
q success, and the Government
would have been destroyed. But
in the hearts of a large proportion
of .he Democratic party the pa.
triotic feeling was more powerful
than party associations; and they
joined the hosts that rallied under
the flag in defense of their country
This movement upset the plans Of
lhe'leaders, disappointed the hopes
of armed rebels and saved the
country.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DURING THE
WAR.
l will not undertake here to show
by quotations from Democratic
speeches and platforms that the
leaders who held tho machinery o.
the Democratic organization ad
hered, throughout the war, to the
treacherous policy laid down at The
beginning. tits not necessary thai
| should do so. You all know the
course ofthat party during the wal
how thoroughly its members
sympathized with the rebels; how
they mourned when Union arms
were successful: how they rejoiceC
when the rebels gained victory
how they opposed and embarrassed
the Government at every step; ho5
they discouraged cnlistments; how
hey deprecated the credit of th'
nation; how they combined TO rur
up the price of gold; how they dc
clared that grecnbacks, five twen
ties and seven thirtlcs were no
worth the paper on which they
were printed; how they predicted
the ultimate acknowledgment o
the independence of the Southern
Confedcracy; how they resolved Il
Chicago in 1864, that the war wa
q failure and ought to be stopped
how, by vote and voice: they en-
couraged armed traitors, gave aiC
and comfort to the rebellion, ant
kept up a vigorous fire in the rea
of our gallant armies. These thing
are all known to the people, an,
to dwell upon them with view I
impressing them on your mind
would be IL waste of time. In ev
cry loyal heart and in the histor,
of our country this record of tn
Democratic party is written, ant
never can, as II never should, b
forgotten. ,tfl -a,1 ',a.sn n
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TO-DAY
!, Having seen what the Democrat
ic party was at the commencement
OF. the war; what it was during tn
war, we now come 10 inquire wha
it is to-day" Ppropose to show 20
that it has not changed either il
leaders or It's principles; that it
f now, as it has been all along, i
i close sympathy with the rebels
and that as 1t desired the success
of the rebels in war, so now it dc
sires the success of the rebels i
peace. Ifthore is present a Demo
|, crat who loves his country, or
man who, having acted heretofor
, with the Union party, now propC
ses, because of differences on mino
, issues, to cooperate with the Den
: ! ocratic party, it is important b
. should know what that party is tC
day, and where it proposes TO lea
him. ,
= THE. PLATFORMS.
G In the first resolution of the D.
i, mocratic State platform, adopte
at Columbus on the Sth of Januai
d last, the doctrine Of the right of s.
/, cession is fully declared. This re
$ olution declares that the Feder
4 Government is o Government
Q limited powers, and it possesses I
r powers but such as are cxpressl
@ or by necessary implication, del
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