Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-05-15
TRUE DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT.
From the La Crosse Democrat.
The White Mans Emancipation.
APRIL FIrrKENrr

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Three years ago to-day, there passed
from esrth to glory--or somewhere, the
soul Of one Abraham Lincoln, the first
reigning despot upon the free soil Of
America.
A little more than seven years ago tina,
small party Of fanatics and lunatics which
openly avowed that for thirty years 1t had
been engaged in the work Of destroying
the fabric Of government so wisely woven
by the patriot soldiers Of the first Ameri-
can Revolution, and the Union cemented
with their blood; the party that for thirty
years has spit upon the Constitution OF
the United States, and pronounced it a
covenant with death and an agreement
with hell, aud in their wild and hellish
fury have frequently committed il to the
flames amid the mockings and scofings OF
the savsges who danced around; the psrty
that for years has sneered at and jeered
the Dag Of our country, and sought to
bring 1t to scorn in the eyes of the world
by pronouncing il "a Haunting lie;" this
party, seven and n half years ago sue
ceeded, despite the opposition Of msjori-
~ Of the people Of the United States, in
olecting an obscure loafer from some OF
the Illinois bar rooms to the Office Of Pres
ident.
A few months after this. Abraham Lin
coin sneaked through 10 the capital OF the
nation in disguise, guilty at heart, and
fearing, lest the honest indignation of en-
honest people, who had been outraged aud
insultod 10 the election of 30 vile a thing,
should lead thom to destroy his precious
lie.
His were the fears Of a coward.
lie was inauguraied, and took into the
position that has once been filed by WISH
ington, and Madison, Jefferson and Jack
son, not one sombsnco Of statesmanship,
but oil the vile and obscene stories Of n
country BARRON, all the animus Of that
reasonable party that, had supported him i,
and many OF the essentials OF u tyfant
moro dsmnablo, because loss reasonable
and excusable than any that have pollu-
ted Gods green earth for years agone
lie immediately became surrounded by an
accursod ret OF plunderers, contractors.
speculators, swindlers, pimpe, thieves. aud
roughs, oil clamorng for Offices, the most
accomplished In crime aud vilainy gener.
ally getting them.
This was the party, and these tho men
that Inflicted Abraham Lincoln upon the
people OF this country, and their most will
Ing tool he proved himself TO b..
AZ the subseryient instrument in the
hands Of Designing and wicked fanatics he
began OF once 10 enforce the sediIious
measures that we're Matched, and nursed
80 long under the shadow of Plymouth
Rock, 10 Puritan New England, aud, as
one OF these measures, continued the war
only few years previously begun by John
Brown, and for which that old horse thief
was huDgl
In the five dark years Of the obscene
Lincoln rule, this couotry--proud
America-has been dragged from among
The leading nations Of the world, and come
to DO pi,ied and despised by all.
This vile butfoon--a ccidentally placed
in power suppressed that freedom Of
speech and OF the press that had existed
since the Declaration OF independence,
aud Was ous OF the proudest boasts Of
Americans everywhere Men who were
not favorable 10 the hellish policy of the
clown were taken from public and private
life and shut in from the world, their
families and the enjoyment Of freedom, be.
hind the creakiDg iron doors of political
bastile, all without charge or trial, where
many died-mUrdered by abraham Lin
coin-while others were bereft of reason,
returned to friends aud relatives raying
maniacs, doomed only to exc out blank
existence at some mad house, while an
outraged people could make no resisiancs
During this reign Of terror and despot
ism brave men were torn from their homes
and taken TO the slaug hter-pens of aboli-
tionism, their families left unprotected,
while the thieves and spies sent out b, the
devil incarnate, stole even the shelter
from above their heads.
During the years Of the Lincoln dynasty.
we have witnessed the destruction of the
business prosperity of the country; the
lessened respect shown TO our flag. We
have had the disgraccful spectacle of the
chief magistrate Of the greatest nation on
earth entertaining and disgusting the en-
bassadors OF other countries, members of
Congress and other prominent men, with
low, vile and obscene stories, that the
ylest rough at Five Points would hest
to repeat 20 his palsl
And all this when the brave men Of the
whole country were engaged upon the
field in those battles he had insiigaied
but was too cowardly to participate in;
when brave men were perishing upon the
battle feld, when houses far and near were
draped in mourning, aud stricken ones
grouped about the hearth-stone sobbng
aud sorrowing for those murdered By
himi
This is picture damnable though It
be TO tho records Of pretended civilized
coultry-lhat will at once come homo TO
the hearts Of many poor, weary ones in
this broad land. IL is no imaginary one
God grant il had been-and will remain
long in the memory Of them all
When We look back over this record
Of the heartless and bloody achievements
of worse than Nero; when we think Of
all tho murders, and crimes and outrages
that have been committed by Abraham
Lincoln; when We look ahead and see
the ruin that is staring US in the face
the mountains Of debt VIC can never get
over; the destruction Of business aud scat.
tering of society; the murders, robbcries,
aud thousands of untold crimes, that are
daily and nightly committed, as the result
of the teachings Of Abraham Lincoln and
his pimps, do you blame US for 6enouncing