The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-08-08
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Tho Office Of the democratic party Is 10 destroy
the peace Of the country. Il created the doctrine
Of secession, and nourished III dangerous power
By continual resolves. lteneouraged the dlsunion
outbreak by promises Of divided aud paralyEsd
North. Throughout, The war, every nomination
and platform which Il made was an encourage
ment TO the conledera,cs to persevere In the war.
Since the downfAlI Of the rebellion, the democratic
party has held out tho promise Of reaction that
should sacrifice the results ofihe national triumph,
10 they succeeded In carrying iIk northern cleo
tons. Aud they have most lrcAcherously repeated,
atovery canvass, their assertions or the certainty
Of a democratic triumph. This conduct Of the
democratic party made the rebellion, protracted
the war, multiplied iis burdens aud devastation.
led on the South 10 lie destruction, and has par.
alyEed lie energy iii this time.
Aud 90. also. the recent democratic nomIna-
tons are accepted throughout the South as a
promise of new war, 10 which the reconstructed
governments shall be overlhrown. and the sup
porters Of the National government put under
the feet ofihs rebels. Ia every part Il has stopped
the work Of restoration and Of submission to Law.
and has raised up = party Of revolution, who
openly proclaim the overthrow Of the new State
governments and the restoration Of rebel domi.
nation. And they have abundant documentary
backing Tor this. Tbeyti,e the democratic plat.
form, which declares these reconstructed State
governments to be usurpaiions, unconstitutional
and void. And ifilIcgal and void. the admins.
tra,ion which holds them 90 to be wlll be bound
Ia overthrow them. And u they be overthrown,
what then Why governments constructed By
the same elements thu, carried them into rebel.
lion, and the loyal inhabitants subjected to their
mercies.
They cite the letter Of Frank Blair. declaring
that the President cleo, should put these recon.
sirucied State governments to Eight with the
bayonei aud the fact that upon this letter he
was nominated, and that, too. by the mos, i'm
placable rebel soldiers. The consequences Of this
reasonable course ARE swift We see In the South
= powerful party taking up the war.ery agains,
the uew State governments. and organizing for
the time When with the national troops on their
side, they tan put them to roui, aud can Tr-es-
iAblish the regime OF cruelty To which they sub.
jected unioa men during the war.
Such - the balsfal inhu,nee Of the democratic
party IN this government. During the war. IL
was always treacherous enemy In the rear Of
the national armies, 10 whom the ConlederA les
looked Tor aid aud comfort. They considered
that every election contest which the democrats
made vas fighting their battles. A democratic
victory in one Of the grea, Northern States would
have bren regarded by them as more important
than any battle won by the Confederate arms
In all the political movements Of thc Northern
democratic party, the rebels rceos nised them -
alIies. Since the over,hrow OF the rebel arn,irs
the northern democratic party, aided By =
,rracherous acting President, has prevented the
paeifeation Of the country, aud has raised up
anew the spirit OF rebellion aud nov it has re-.
newsd the reign Of anarchy ia the South by the
promise that party success In the elections shall
be the overthroW Of the new State government
BY force Of arms
Thus the restoration Of peace awaits another
triumph Of the loyal people over the democratic
party Ia the elections. As the confederate author.
titles looked 10 the Naturalization war.
failure iieke, for their triumph, 50 the Southern
rebels now look to the election Of Seymour and
Blair a. the Inauguration Of . new revolution
The elrc,ion thus presents the same issues ila,
We fought TO triumphant conclusion, a. ~
supposed. ia the var, but which the trraciiery
Of the democratic party raises again The defeat
Of the democratic party Is peAce the suec,s. Of
the democratic party is already proclaimed To he
n renewal OF the war