New-York tribune., 1868-08-28

urbty Ul0tting treason in the capital of the nation
This uprising Of traitors these pieuseS " n"Ttnein
Democratic leaders, this SUBMISSION OF the Demo
cratic masses to the plotting OF he IuslrectoIsts
rendered moro yulgarly insolent the champions ol
the rebellion at the capitai oan @ idossoT nau ot
called together the Legislature 10 hasten Texas ont
of he Union IvelsOn said that II he did not yield
10 the sentiment of the people some IeXan Brutus
may arise TO rid his cOnntry of this old, hOary-
headed traitor Mr. Seward invited a calm discus
sion 0f the pending issues Chngman replied that
many of the free debaters were hanging on thee
trees Of Texas The unaTmed Star of the West"
bearing food to defenders OF SUMTER was turned back
by the frOWnng batteries OF treason. Wigfal taunt
ngy told that she had staggered into Charleston
HarbOr. had received stunning blow on the lore
head and staggered out helpless and we dare not
resent it. But in that - dark and troubled night"
Of Democratic apostacy, Republican hearts were
0cratic statesmen. In being Democrats Ed
win NJ Stanton Joseph Holt and John A.
Dix, did not forget to DO patriots. Wmle
Uuratio Seymour saddening the hearts OF
the loyal by bis unplTiOtic declaration . Let us SEQ
if successful coercion by the North is less reyou-
tionary than successful secession by the South those
same hearts were thrilled by the immortal order OF
John A. Dix " If any man hauls down the nag, shoot
him" At last that long, gloomy and terrible winter
ended and the 4th Of March gladdened the lohghg g6
eyes and burdened hearts of the patriotic men VINO
cung TO their country with deathleSs tenacltX Wnen
clouds aud darkness were settling upon It, 10 that
day, and to Lincoln, thoy had looked as anTlonSly as
night for Blucher!" The riyen aud shattered gov
ermRcnt passed from the neryeless hand OF that
est, brave, and strong grasp OF Abraham Lincoln.
Then that huge. hOrrid and barbariZlng despOusm
of tho slave propaganda SUNK TO rise no % more
Against that deSpotsm the Republicans had strug-
gled through seven weary years, AMID ObI0quy re-
prOach and insult. History would record uat
throughout that contest they Epi acted In harmony
with the Constitution of their country, with the
teachings of its ustrOus tmcrs' the utterahces OIL
poets sagrs. aud philosophers and the great ana
good Of all tho agos and with the command oi Goas
Holy Word. That stainless record gave assurance TO
all the world that IN ceptug the gnaldlanship OF
their Impered cOuntGy, they wOuld cherish 1T Win
all their hearts and defend IL with all their hands
Soon the men, TO whom tho Government had peen
iLtrustcd were summoned 10 ITS defense DIT. LIN,
coin, in assuming tho administration, had proclaimed
70 his dissatisfied countrymen of the south that the
mOncntous issues OF ciyll war were IN thclr hahds
But the Rebel chiefs fearing that the already aroused
passions of the South might not completely sever the
bonds Of affection; fearing, too tho elect OF tho
closing words OF his inaugural, where, with such
pathoS lac said: Tho mystic chords OF memory,
stretching from every battle-hod ana paGr0J grave
to every living heart and heathstone all over tins
broad land. VIII vet swell the chorus of the Union
when again touched, rs they surely VIII be- by the
better angels OF our nature the Rebel Secretary OF
War ordered the batteries inenaclhB NuidcT 10 open
their fires upon that devoted fortress. 1hat order
was swiftly Obcytd. The flag Of united America
came down. and the Confederate flag waved Oor lts
smoking ruins. Thus was inaugurlt0d, Dy Southern
Democrats. that great Clyll war IN when 0)O,VD
loyal lives were sacrificed, 4OO,OO were Wonhucd,
SbW0UON0 were expended ana the pIoGuc-
! tive industries Of the country burdcncd Wlth
National debt Of $500 0lOOJO. To the full cOnpra-
henson Of every intelligent man IN America, whose
ulud has not been poisoned by our great NalouA
/ crime nor matdcned by partisanshlp, Slavery was
the inspiration OF this terrible conflict, and tho Dem
Ocajic party its instrument, winch must be hcId re-
spOuslbic before the present and coming ages, lot
every drop of blood aud every tear OF SofrOw agony
OF affection; Tor every dollar already expended, ana
for every dollar of taxation which must IN 80 many
forus and for many years, rest heavily on thO
/ capital and labor Of the country. when any one
galts on the grave Of brave soldier who fell IN
/ our defense. upon one wounded in the stern
H..f tIlal oh
stones OF the land; whenever he Is called 10 con
tribute the relief Of the wives and children of our
slam cOuntrymeu; whenever he reads the tax lists.
pays, IN some of it's various forms ms portion OF
our vast taxation let him not forget that all this Is
due 10 the apOstacy Of the Democratic p4ry-to the
open treason OF ITS DaNleeS, IoOmDS ana MahOH5 at
the South, and the fll-COncealcd sympathy OF tho
| PiorCes, the SCymours, the PcndlctOns, aud thor
many other partisan5 al the North. The Republican
Administration promptly accepted the m0mcntOus
issues OF ctyii war" thus forced upon IT, The PTes
dent Immediately issued call for 1000 men TO pro
tect the capital which Was followed, IN lew days,
by another for 0O0 for the suppression OF the Re
belOn. On the 4th OfJuly Congress assembled. gave
the President $4,000 men and SjJOOOOO0. and
adopted the requisite legislation Tor the organization
! aud government Of the military forces OF the United
States. The uprising Of the people, startled by the
echoes OF tho cannon which treason trained on sum
ter had silencea the Rebrl-sympathizng Democracy
Littl0 was now heard against "oOer1ion% but
Breckenridge, who yet fingered In the senate, and
Powell. Cox, Vdllandighan, and their Democratic
associates protested against the subIngatlon Of the
South" Tho Administration, sustained 10y Congress,
the united Republican party and many patriotic
men Oi the Democratic and other political oTganza-
/ lions IN the nation, raised and sent INTO tho held
moro than 100000 men, created the most powerful
! navy that ever rode the ocean. fought SIX hundred
actions upon land and sea- coerced" Rebel States
subjugated" the South, destroyed or captured the
Rebe armies, and utterly annihilated the power Of
tho COufrdoTaTe Government 30 that q Rebel bay
onct no longer CLEANED IN the southern sun, nor
Rebel banner waved on the Southern breeze.
In tho grand uprising Of the people. after
tho firing upon Sumter, many Democrats who
/ IaI IN ed le HuglAUHT lIHTCp.
PrndetOn, and their comprers. nobly aOned Tor the
past by cOnsecratlug themselves, all they were and
all they hoped 10 be- TO their country. During these
seven yeurs Of trial tho field and in the councils
OF the nation. they have associated their names for
ever with the defenders of the country and the
champions of liboltY but most OF the leaders OF tho
Democracy bowed rather than yielded To the patriotic
current that swept the land. Poisoned by Sla-
very dominated 80 long by the Slave Power aud the
chiefs Of the Rebellion, they trusted that the disap
pOutments losses and sacrifices Of the war would
bring a reaction, and tnat their hOurOt triumph WOnld
como Grn John COChrane who well knew these soon
Democratic leaders, said m letter written iIom the
swamps Of the ChickahOmny, IN the early Summer Of
lS'2: They will emerge from their gloom rs the
shadows fall upon their country" The shadows
soon fell upon the country. Disasters came 70 our
armies. Tho dlsappOutments aud sacrifices of the
war; and Mr. LlncOlns Proclamation Of emancipa-
ton, hastened the hOped-for reaction State after
State pronounced against the Administration In
their triumphs the Democratic leaders INDUCED IN
wouS and acts showing unmistakably TO all the
world that they regarded the Government of the
United States aud Abraham Lincoln not the Gov
ernmeut Of the COufedeTacy and Jefferson Davis.
their foes SO unpatriOtic were the Legislatures of
Illinois and Indiana that Gov. Morton and Gey.
Yates were forced TO prorogue them and send the
conspiratOrs 10 their homes Democratic orators.
presses aud societies all the North assailed the
Administration. struggling 10 suppress the Rebellion
in language so violent seditous and revolutionary
that it gave confidence to the Rebel councils and
hope TO the Rebel armies. Horatlo Seymour,
elected in the disastrous Autumn of 1862
Governor of New York over the patriotic
and solfsacrfcing WadswOrth. protesting 10
speak for dissatisfied people bnrdened. by word
and act the great heart OF Abraham Lincoln To