Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-08-21
Facts for the People.

G gress in the third district of Pennsylva-
: mia in 1866, at mass meeting held in
, Philadelphia, in 1854:
al would sooner shake hands with
| that noble patriot Clement l.. Vallandig-
ham, than with that black-hearted trai'
tor Abraham Lincoln"
The democratic candidate for Congress
in the 9th district of Ohio in 1866, thus
publicly declared himself in 1862
"The war was brought on by d
black abolitionists-it was n d---biack
abolition war--the northern soldierwere
pack of bloodhounds, chasing down
and numbering the people of the south
the South was right, and the North
was intruding on the rights of the South.
Another democratic candidate for Con-
gress in Ohio, at the same time, Mr.
Louis Schaefor, of Canton, sent con-
tribution to the rebel orphan Asylum at
Richmond, Va With the charity no
ono will of course find fault, but he sent
with it card declaring that he had
Never voluntarily contributed far
thing, nor ever spoke one encouraging
word in favor of either of our late abo-
lition rebellions, one headed by John
Brown and the other by Abraham Lin
coin"
And yet this man who would do moth
ing for the orphans Of Union soldiers,
was put forward as democratic candi-
date for Congress. We do not pretend,
by the above several quotations that the
rank and file of the democrats approve
such atrocious sentiments. We yet have
too much respect for even poor demo-
cratic human nature for that, but We put
them forward to show what are the con-
trolling and managing elements. Of that
party rs it exists to-day. The rcpresen-
tative men of the democratic party are
of or with the rebel element of the South,
and they are the ones who will control
the government if the democratic party
come into power, and in connection with
this and to show still further the true po-
sition of the national democracy, we
make further quotations as follows:
eff Old Abe will come to me, I'll tell
him how to stop this rebellion. Extend
slavery over every State in the Union,
and the rebellion will be stopped in sixty
days. Hon. John Petit formerly Demo
crat d. G. from Indiana.
"The people will soon rise, and if they
cannot put Lincoln out of power by the
ballot they will by the bullet Loud
cheers. benz. Allen at Democratic Com
uention at Chicago, 1864.
The democrats have much to say of
the " constitution" and as they endorsed
the President, in their platform at New
York, we give the following on the sub
ject:
Whenever you find q man anywhere
prating about the constitution of the.
| United States, spot him, he's traitor
JOI,asom's speech at Nashville, Tenn. Sept.
1854.
A few more facts:
"And we declare that the reconstruc-
ton acts are revolutionary, udconstitu-
| tional and oid."-Democratic Platform.
That was ma plank in the platform.
-Wade Hampton.
81 yield to none in devotion to that
Lost Cause for which We fought. Never
shall | admit that the cause itself failed"
- Wade Hampton.
4" Agree among yourselves, and act
| firmly on this agreement, that you will
not employ one who votes the radical
ticket. = Wade Hampton.
"Some few years after these stirring
events, John Wilkes Booth, young
man Of generous impulses, fine attain
ments, manly sentiments, and noble as
plratlons, whose gentle manners won
your heart stung to the quick by the
sight of his country's wrongs and iniu-
ries, conceived the bold idea of freeing
that country from the iron rule, and in
obedience to the promptings of a patri-
otto heart, shot the foul usurper dead
Lacrosse Democrat, which claims to have
the largest circulation in the democratic
party OF any paper in the United States.
| REBEL CHRISTIANITY Fluke's Gal
weston Bulletin publishes the following as
a specimen Of Texan christianity:
BETHEL, Anderson CO., Texas. {
March 2, 1868.
| Brother King: On last Saturday a
charge was preferred against you in our
church, for Inconsistency as a follower of
Christ. The charge is here below COP
lied:
i charge Brother w. II. King. a req
ular member Of cur church, and ur for
mer clerk, with having openly ayowed
himself as Black Republican and Rad
ical by accepting of the appointment as
county clerk under the military authort-
lty. III. M. MoRR1s.'
The church wants you to be in attend
ancenext meeting, and bring your church
letter. The church will not fellowship n
Radical. ] am one of the committee TO
notify you.
Your brother in Christ, III. CLAY"
After receiving this letter, of which of
course no notice was taken, "brother
King was called upon for $40 sub