The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-11-26
Fifteen Radical Raaseasoas an
fEa a Row.


Ia q ROW.
Perfectly bind 20 TIE eaoEmiiy of he
Grimes committed by their party leaders,
By which whole States 10 sJna instances
have been denied participation in tie
ShOice of a Chief Magistrate, and by
which in other States tens of thousands OF
S'tizens have been excluded from the pols,
ihe Radical press Is constantly reiierating
fhs charge Of fraud against the DemocrG-
ey, and repeating The staIest and falsest Of
charges against the glorious old party Of
Jefferson, Jackson and their conpeers.
It is charged that it ''enconrged seces>
zion" BY no act of its history, by no
words ever spoken by It, did 1t ever DO
any such thing. On the other hand,
Horace Greeley, the acknowledged lead7
er Of the ''Republicans'' of that day, and
speaking, unrebuked, in their name, fire.
quently in the winter of I8G0-'6I, sen
eouraged secession by telling the South
ern people that they had perfect right
to 60 out Of the Union and speaking to
the people of the North, he said-we write
from memory, and may not give the pre-
else words-''if the people Of the cotton
States are dissatisfied IN the Union, for
one, am willing to let them go. And
Greeley WAS 10 less out spoken iu denounc-
Ing coercion
It is equally false that the Democracy
"Opposed the first call for troops for the
protection of Washington" or that it ever
preferred to let the Unions''slide,' rather
than slavery should be destroyed The
first "Uniyn slider we ever heard Of, was
\. L. Banks, who said that rather than
tue Union should exist acitA slavery, he
was willing 10 ''Iet it slide''
1t never expressed any preference for
the Confederate Constitution"
Il never conceded hat rebellion was
success or ''the effort to suppress it
failure
II never 'assailed" the defenders of tie
flag, bat always esteemed such men as
patriots.
It never "rejoiced at confederate yio-
tories"
1t never 'urged the South to reject the
most liberal terms of reconstruction, ''be-
cause none snch were ever offered
1t never honored any Of the rebels,
whether brutal or humane. That Is
left for the radicals to do. Witness Joe
E:own Of Georgia.
1t never permitted "TYado Hampton,
Forrest & Co, 10 dictate platform"
1t never encouraged Il second war in
the South" That honor belongs to tie
radicals in their attempt to make the ne
groes equal, If not superior, 20 the whites
On the contrary, the Democracy has ear
nestiy advocated >'peace' in pursuance Of
the terns Of capitu!atiou at Appomatlox
court house.
It never sought 10 make ''the represen-
taIYes Of the people su6seryjent 70 the
Executive Viii" Il only demanded that
the Legislation Of Congress be kept within,
and not ''outside oF the Constitution"
Il never sought ''to restore the lost
cause nor 10 reverse the verdict of the
battle ield"
Ituever ''avowed repuliutioa," nor any
thing like it. This, 100, is an honor ex-
ciuslTe!y monopo!ized by The Radicals
IL compelling creditors to take paper mon
ey in payment of interest on the State
debt, when the bond called for payment
in gold.
1t is not responsible for The war. or any
OF lis lameutab!e consequences. If it had
remained IN power there would Lave lie n
no war, no debt, no burthensome taxes,
40 devastation and the people would be
prosperous, contented and happy, enjoying
Ubion in fact as well as in name
1t never ''encourageG' civil war, anar-
chy, or the restoration of traitors to power
Here are no less than fifteen clear, dis
tinct and straight up-and- down falsehoods
charged against the Democratic party, and
all found in q single issue Of Radical Jour
nal, II the history Of newspaperdom can
furnish parallel, Darnum should be ap-
priced Or il without delay.--Harr.sJu1g
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