Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-09-19

.a, From the Spirit of the Times.
The Party Of a New War.

1t' From the Spirit of the Times. ~
The Party Of a New War.
If the Southern Rebellion had beer
right, it would have succeeded There
Is no power in the United States suffici
ent to subdue eleven states united in :
just cause. The Rebellion failed not
merely because of its inferior military
strength, but because of its moral weak
ness. 1t was doomed to defeat by its
own nature. If it had been simply a re-
belllOn against the supreme authority Of
the National Government, it might pos
sibly have triumphed, but it was far
more than that. 1t was rebellion against
the nineteenth century. Therein was
the lost cause" lost, even in the flush
OF Its early conquests and, if the boast
OF Its leaders had been true, that the
North could never subdue the South.
still its subjugation by another power
was inevitable. The Southern Conteder-
acy was the embodiment of Federal p,iu-
ciples and aristocratic theories it oppos-
ed itself to modern civilization. to the
Republican idea, and it went down be-
lOlC LilCtI hICSlSOlOIC Ildu N A.
poleon led the Southern armies, instead
of Lee, the result would have been the
same. Had the north lost Gettysburg,
the issue of the war would have been un-
altered F.; for it is not to be dreamed nor
imagined that, by any power which re-
sides in courage, or skill, or numbers, the
Southern Contederacy could have arrest
ed the progress of humanity, establish
ed its empire in defiance Of destiny it.
self. ..- .i I...4,a, f1rf. a.fT
What Floyd and Cobb and Mason
could not do with all the influence of Bu-
chanan's administration to help them :;
what Davis could not do with his. diplo-
macy, and with the sympathy of Eng
land and France, and the direct aid lot
the whole, cotton interests of Europe :;
what Lee could not do with the, superb
army of Northern Virginia, s with, Nc
Clellan an unconscious tool, and with
the democratic party at the north as an
open ally; what all the military force
and ardoF, and all the intellect and deyo-
ton of the South failed utterly in at.
tempting, after four years OF gigantic
war-Seymour and Blair can never do
by appealing to the votes of the people.
The Rebellion which was defeated ON the
battlefield cannot hope to win at the
polls, and nothing is more certain than
that Grant, who extinguished the fierce
flames Of the cainp-tires which burned
from Vicksburg to Richmond, will tram
pie their embers into ashes. Ills, election
is as necessary now to the country as his
military triumphs were in 1865, for the
Democratic party has revived the Rebel
lion, and Seymour and Blair champion
the cause which Davis and Lee were re-
luctantly compelled to abandon. r. - .,
The pretext for the Rebellion was the
defeat of the democratic party in 1860,
and the struggle was indefinitely pro-
longed by the assistance which the de-
mocracy gave to the rebels. This is
matter of history, yet not more clearly
true than that the democratic party has
deliberately undertaken to restore the
rebel leaders to power, and to put the
whole country under the domination of
political oligarchy. At the beginning of
the war, we called the attention of the
Northern democracy to the fact that the
Southern secession movement was mere
ly the preliminary overture to monarchy,
and that it meant the enslayement Of la
Dor, white and black, perpetually, for the
benefit of aristoeracy. Every event OF
the war proved that we were. right
The purposes of the Confederacy are too 4
well known to need explanation. Every
American knows that it began with the.
denial Of the right of the majority of
the people to elect President, and that
it consistently asserted the authority of
the few over the masses. What argu-
ment could not prove to the leaders, of,
the democracy, one would have thought
the war would demonstrate. Fortunate
would it have been for the country, if
they had surrendered when Lee surren-
dered, and acknowledged the will of the
people. Had that been done, many ,ot
The evils Of the past three years would
nave oeeii SP'rfetui Us, 9it i.i.-sf p. 3sGb otl
But though the democratic masses
were ready to accept the results of the !
war, their leaders were not They dared
not yield, they did net intend to give up
party for the sake. of the country, for
they knew that the great danger to them |
which followed the suppression of the
rebellion was this |: the destruction, Of the
east business of politics, which they had
fostcred till it, had oyershadowedr the
whole nation with its upas branches, cor,
rupted every part of the Government
and debased the mlltitudes to elevate !
the few. The Democratic leaders had
perfected an organization, the like of
which. the world never saw ), the war
broke it down, and now it is their pro- |
fessed intention to, rebuild it, with the |
aid Of the worst enemies of the. govern
ment. The southern wing OF, the party
has completely ly conquered: the, n orthern
wing, and now the, entire organization.
North and South, is one compact of ho-
treason, and its direct ten
1ency is toward monarchy. IA ayrt ~
We write earnestly, yet with moders- |
ton, for in making these assertions we
appeal to the facts we call none but
Democratic leaders as our witnesses. 1t
IS simply the truth that the democracy |
and the remains of the Rebellion are one
lnd the same thing that there is per-
fect harmony between the men who I