Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-07-24

which had been gotten up undcra Demo
cratic administration, and in which mem
bess Of the Democratic Cabinet aud Sena,
were active participants, and the party i
power failed to do anything to stay the pro
ceed;ngs. This rebellion the Republican
party put down. and at the same time wer
opposed by the Democratic party leaders i,
every measure adopted for that purpose
Yet We were successful in raising money an,
men enough to quell the rebellion and keel
rebellious and dangerous democrats in ,h,
North in their proper places, or at least
few Of them were kept for time in ,he
proper places.
As an evidence Of the fact that the Dem
ocrasic party did no. enter very fully into ,h,
spirit Of putting down tho rebellion in III.
first start, instance the fact that Jolly band
Of faithful democrats stood ready to butche,
the FIRST Union soldiers that passed through
Baltimore, and at later period plenty Of
Of them were ready to sccrcte aud rrotec,
deserters and shoot Provost Marshals in the
discharge Of their duties. Again, during 9
the war the great Democratic party met in
National Convention in Chicago, and re-
solved that the war Was failure. This nc,
turned the estire Democratic party agains,
the war, for il must be admitted that the
masses in any party follow The leaders and
endorse the platform erected for them 10
stand upon, and from this time We had not
only to fight the rebels in the South but vir>
tuslly 70 6ght the Democratic party in the
North, by overcoming the influence Of their
position relative to the prosecution Of the
war. OF course there we're many honorable
exceptions among the Democratic party.
But where Democrat took leading and
efficient Fart in the war, and he does not
nov damn the nigger, and virtually advocate
the return Of the miager to slavery or wosc
condition. they fail 10 find language to
express their contempt for him. As 4 proc. !.
Of this, instance Mr.. Mills remarks with
regard to B. I, Butler and J. A. Logan.
We admi. that lie National deb, has been
enormously increased since the Republican
party came irto power. But our Democrats
ic friends had taken . mammoth job, which
thev, - they stepped out Of office turned over
to us without plan or specifications 10 per
form. We entered upon the work, scarcely
comprehcnding The magnitude Of the job,
when, il they had furnished us with their
private notes Of the preparations Of the enc.
my, We might perhaps have acted more un.
der::andinsly. We though. to perform the
work with $4,000 men,-this failed, We
tken employed more, and then moro. And
now, ~ we had got thoroughly TO work, and
- party had resolved that the rebellion
must be put down at al hazards, the
Democratic party assembled in National
and resolved that the war Vas |
failure, or in other words, that we were &C.
nothing in the way of putting |
down the rebellion, and were not likely to |
accomplish anything, and that we had better
perhaps give the rebels |
he best part Of the bargain. Il is glori>
BUS thing for this nation that such thoughts
never entered the minds of the Republican
,arty.
This national resolve Of the Democracy
Encouraged the rebels in the South (for
very one knows with what cheers Of ap>
,rovsl the proceedings Of that convention
were received in the rebel armies), and EN-
'oldened traitors in the North, aud prolong>
d the war perhaps one year, and thereby
,dded from one two thousand million dollars
o the national debt. Ard soms portion of
bis debt was incurred in capturing and re-
toring trai.orous and dangerous whi.eliver>
d Democrats in the North.
The Democracy have no right to complain
it did cost more than they had anticipat.
d to have us perform the contract that
hey had taken and turned over to 10 for
ompletiou. ] have no doubt that they
right have done il much cheaper, for they ,
,oss certainly had il in their power to have
ipped the rebellion 10 the bud and 10 have
6ectnally put il down at almost no cost to the
ountry. They have no right to charge
mis- debt upon us. as it Was incurred only in
be execution Of the work that they had
for US.
II the Democratic party will paw off that
Or;ion of the National debt, which 10 justly
nd morally chargable to them. and which
uturc history viii charge TO their account.
have no doubt but the Rep iblican party
'iil pay of the balance, il any balance re-
,ains, and in this way We may be out Of
ebt before Nr. Seymour is elected as Presi.
ent. or Mr.. Mills takes his seat in Congress
md then, should these gentlemen be elected
, the positions to which they aspire. they
Ill hare no national debt to manage, and
1ey can devote their energies to the best
ood Of the country. And We shall not, in
ny event, object to their turning out every
ishonsst of!ice-holder. a. 1t would give .
icrious opportunity for some Republicans
, get into offi.e, unless they left the Office
acant, or appointed the same breed Of dogs
lot they had turned out. Neither will We
tject ifihey make the gold dollars Of which
Il. Aills spoke. - plenty - the potato bugs
re 10 Iowa, es The grasshoppese 10 Nebrss-
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