The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-17

was in minority of million of vote
in the whole Union, while, if the elev
en- States withdrew, they would hav,
a majority in the remaining States. 7
it strange that the leading politician
said, before the war, g Let them go
we don't want them % =
J. What interest had the Demooracy
i'll the dismemberment of the Govern
ment? If the South, in its madness
seeded, it left the Northern Democ
racy in an inglorious minority, subject
to the control of the fanatical Repub
licans, while the Southern Democracy
If left to go in peace, would govern
themselves. Is it not plain to be seer
that the Northern Democracy had
more at stake, and would suffer more
than any other class, because they
would lose their identity and be swal.
lowed beneath the foaming surges OF
political wave, and be heirs to the
common ruin offa distracted country
Then, it was the interest of the North
ern Democracy that the South should
be brought back to the Union and, by
their great leader, S.A. Douglas, they
led-they Were not the ones to second
the project, but they originated the
idea of putting down the insurrection
by force jOf arms. The South when
the truth is known, would have been
permitted to go in peace, as Greeley
and his friends favored,I had. it not
been for Douglas and his followers,
who were determined to have the I'm
ion preserved at all hazards.a Douglas
was the intimate personal friend OF
Lincoln, though his political opponent,
and, in all sincerity these antagonists
went in for the preservation of fthe''best
government the sun ever sshone upon. !"
The old; 'disunion abolitionists coun-
eiled together, and viewed the situa-
ton with serutlny-and saw that the
reins of power were in their hands !;
that the battlefield would be the
wealthy plantations of the eSouth that
a field of plunder was open to view,
and concluded to abandon their ad-
vice to allow these Southern States to
4" go in peace, and they rallied for the
war. y9dj daff-r fa 5...t ,..,5 -.'''''
Lincoln declared that he had no
right and no rdesre, to interfere with
or disturb the institutions of the South
ern States Congress passed, with un-
heard of unanimity, the famous Crit
tenden resolutions; setting forth the
objects of the war on, the part of the
Federal Goyernment-that it "was
not prosecuted on our part for the
purpose of conquest or subjugation,
nor to interfere with the institutions of
any of the States, &C." The people of
the whole North were comparatively
= unit in favor of the declared object
Of putting down the Rebellion, and
preserving the Union with all the
rights, dignity and equality of the |
several States ataeS9epatred.v III j..
Douglas died. The eagle eye of
hat able and true patriot no longer
watched over and directed our official
councils. Other advisers were listen
ID to, and, their councils needed. /
Wendell Phillips, who had "labored ;
nineteen years to get sixteen States
,ut of this Union" was ,comselled.
Greeley, who had been crucifed, now
'ecame the Savior, whose, Apostles
we're the Chicago preachers. And
low the. latent objects of these old
isunionists became apparent, and-ul-
a triumphed. Democrats eff
he North protested, but their protests
7ere silenced by the madness of mobs
f1fiicially advised, OF illegal arrests and
legal imprisonments. The people
ecame melancholy, and the spirit of
atriotism was no longer manifested.
'olunteering ceased; drafts, COM
Fenced, and gags were ordered. {
ever before did people submit calmly '
such rashness ahd such high handed {
'urpations. Laws were. SO formed t
at men with $500 capital could evade 1
e draft and the perils and privations b
war, and the poor were compelled t
go. And when complaint was d
ade Of this outrage, the air was g
ade vocal with the cry of " traitor" "
Copperhead, 9. " secession sympathiz- a
s." by the rascals who had framed the h
op-hole for capitalists. to crawl out. s
Sherman, whose bullets were, from y
e first, directed to the avowed OBJ p
It's of the war, marched his brave "
my through the midst of the insurg- hi
country to the sea, and broke the ty
OK OF the rebellion, and ended thu, cl
II. He effected a compromise with Eee
hnson, which secured to us all we ci
i fought for; but Congress said no /; FL
object was not solely to put down b,
rebellion, but certain other things ad
st be done. Not only must slavery 81
abolished, which was done, but YOU th
st have negro bureau to take care hi
your negroes and refugees, to be, to
Ter the control of carpet-baggers. nj
re you are without State Govern
nts, and we must, make them for T..
! to suit ourselves. And SO so thew m,
an the work of reconstruc,ttilnl,gy,. 70. and re,
work was placed III the hands of tbi
very negroes who were were unable to tn,
e care of themselves, but who, were DO
and clothed and warmed from the Wi
lie crib. Still more. You ot1o must nj
W your negroes to vote, and per- .t5-
yourselves to be "disfranchised. =.
even that was not enough, and the, lall
demand is in SO many words. s say y
)te the Renultl;con +;ot-a4 the