St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-09-18
Choose Ie ?

Choose Ie d?
We have again and aLain pointed out
10 our readers the fact that the election
Of seymour would be an endorsement OF
the piin,i pics and au affirmation ut th,.
policy OF the secession party which
plunged the country into war in 1861.
The proof of the fact is logical and indl,-
pulabIe. and it cannot be too often re-
Pr:.tcd. Thus:
The TAmmanv convention that uomi-
narel Mr.. Seymour declared in iis plat
form. that
The reconstruction acts of congress are
Unconstitutional, revolutionary and
void"
1t follows, then. as congress passed
these acts. that thai bn.iv has no power
over the states ior which these acts were
passed: and that il crn@rr>, has 10 pow
er. no authority has: therefore.
The states included in these acts mu.t
bc admitted to til. UHI'n vIthou, hind
rance. c"ndliion. qualification OF -uaran-
Tee. rr',iug clearly that
Rebellion against the constitution anil
the laws j. no Grim: har@usr. according
To- drmrcr,t!c authuritv. tie r,hc!lon
WIS .ju~;.iithIc: hence - every public act
= rood ov bad. this ne, Of wa-ing
Iu' war wa- patriotic, Therefore mrr-
itoriou~. Ii >G,h.
Those who made the war are dc-crv
ing ot rrwar,i-arr ru;itIyd t. IT,. r.pav-
meat OF all thy expenses incurred in III,
rcu'lct and To reimbursement for al
their losses; and with inl blood >ti
fresh on their hands which wlS hid in
defense OF liberty.
The rebels. falsely 80 called. must b5
Immediately and Internationally inIuctec
into power and by natural ~squ,urr
every man who toGaht against them au..
for tie intc9rity OF tile Union, must b.
punished.
This l. the logical method cf rracI.:n-
conclusion that the sham democracy
have adopted. We find. ii, :, consc.
quence OF their position on thee que
ii ms. that anon. the men who - tul
Seymour and Blair. are
All the rebel generals,
All the rcbc! coiouclS.
All the rebel Privates.
All the executive officers of the CJn
tcdrrate government.
All the men who starved our prison.
err. ut Salisbury. Andcrsonviile, Libh,
and other pens in winch more tnan fort
thousand OF our soldiers gave up tn
ghost,
Al the rebel agents abroad.
Al the blockade runners,
All the burners in New York and TN
threatened burners III Chicago,
All the PRISONERS AMI all the men VIII,
wanted to introduce cholera and yellor
fever into the north,
All the tire-in-t -the-rcar-mcu like tn
editor of the Chicago Times,
All the draft rioters.
All the bounty .jumhers,
All the men who discouraged enlist
ment>.
All the men who rcjoiccd over rebc
victories,
/ All the men who were sad whei I'll
Uuion armies triumphed,
All those who asSailed the nations
credit,
AL those engaged in the massacre G
Fort Pillow,
All like Beaurc-ard, who proposed t
raise the black flag and give no quarter
AL those vino are tor slavery as tn
poiicy OF the nation,
All those who contemn ,r, el)m as iii
inevitable coroilary of democratic prir
ciples,
All who want to stamp the hunb
and the lowiy into the dust,
All who want capita! to own its labo
All vino are not in favor of paying
full days wages for faithful day
work,
All the men who do not believe i'll il
equality of mankind, before the law,
All who approve the assassination
Lincoln.
These, and
Nine-tcnths Of the doggery-kccpers,
All the professional gamblers,
All the bawdy house keepers, pimp
inmates and hangers on,
All New York rioters.
e All the Arab. OF our civilization,
I Tne Pope Of Rome,
The Devil,
ID