The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-31
The Record Of The Radical Party
and Its Leaders.
Its Object. the Dissolution of
the Union,

Disfranchisement of the
Southern whites. and En-
fran"Esisement of the Ne
grOes.
The following is 4 brief synopsis of
the disunion record Of the men now ell
gagged in destroying the Repeblic:
The Constitution of our fathers was
mistake. Tear ikfopieces and make a
better. Don't say the machine is cut OF
ordcr-it is in order; it does what its
trainers intended" "Our claim is DIS
UNION, breaking up Of the States! ]
have shown you that our roTk cannot be
dopc under our institutions claws. 1t
does not knotr its otcR face, and calls it.
self national, but it is sectional. 1t is 4
party of the North plcdged G5ateSt the
South ~ Wendell Phillips.
At an anti-slavery meeting in May,
1914, at New York
"ResoIred, That secession from the
United States Government is the duty
of every Abolitionist.
"Reso!rcI, That the only exodus OF
the slave to freedom, unless it hc one OF
blood, Nest be occr tie remains of the
present American Church, and the grave
Of the present CAjoa.
"Resolred, That the Ab0litionists OF
this country should make it one of the
PRIMARY objects of hjS agitation 10 dis
Solrc he Imertcdn Union.
In 1856, Senator Hale presented two
petitions-'praying that some plan be
devised for the dissolution Of tic 1Rcr-
ican Union. This petition received
three yotes-.J. Z. Hale, W. IL. Seward
and S. ?. Chase.
Rev. II. W. Bcccher, in 1856, says,
"the people will decide which is the bet
ter way, to rise IN arms and hFo,c Qf q
G0rcjmment trorse than that Of old King
George, or wait another four years and
vote again" The Constitution is the
tountain and fdther Of all orr troubIcS u
The only hope of the slave is over the
ruins of the Coocrnmeat and of the
Amuican Church.
The dissolution Of the Union is not
primarily question of conscience but OF
POLICY. We made the the Union, and ,ce
haze right to unmake it if we choose.
IL. w. BelIous, 1856.
"!Sir, / hope 1t ,ciU come, Che ISSUE
and If 1t comes to blood, let it come; ii
cannot come too soon-aad when the ,oar
has Jeea proclaimed, roith the knfie, and
TIE knife to the hill" u. p. Hale, 1856
"You call this revolution-it is we
mast, we ,cM hare it-let it come" &C.
SchMz, 1860.
"The portents which darken our land
foreshadows a strife, which, unless avert
ed by the triumph of freedom, ,oiW be-
come fratricidal, parricidal war
with an accumulated aoiekedness, beyond
the ,cickedness of any ,oar in human an
mails. &c. Sumner, 1856.
In 1850, w. II. Seward tells the Sotath
eff they will not emancipate their slaves,
they shall have disunion, ciuiI aoar and
emancipation-then the Shareholders aoitl
perish In the struggle"
In 1856 he again speaks of civil war
as the result of the agitation, and says
Then the free States and the slave States
of the Atlantic, divided and warring
with each other, would disgust the free
States of the Pacific, and they aoould haze
abundant cause and justification for scith,
draping from Uwion, productive aC
longer of peace, safety and liberty to
themselves"
II have no doubt the free and slave
States ought to separate The Union Is
not north supporting, in connection scith
the South. u. s. Pike.
81 can conceive Of a time when this
Constitution shall not be in existence
when we shall have an absolute, military
dictatorial government, transmitted from
age to age, with men at its head who are
made rulers by military commission, OF
who claim an hereditary right to govern
those over whom they are placed. N
Z. Banks, 1856.
IF Buchanan is elected, / don't believe
the Union holds out three years.
shall 90 for dissolution, -Theodore Par
ker, 1856.
Il do not believe that any permanent
union is possible between the North and
the South. h."-The same, 1856.
On the evening of election day, after
hearing Of Fremont's defeat, he wrote
"Of course We shall fight. I have ex,
pected civil war for months"
a few days later
"There are two constitutions for Amer
ica, one written on parchment and laid VI
at Washington; the other also on parch
meut, but on the head OF a drum Il
is to this we must appeal and before
long"
Not long after the defeat of Frem ont
a meeting Of traitors was called at Wor
cester and held there. This was the Ian
guage Of the call
owe, the undersigned, citizens OF
Worcester, believing the result of the re
cent Presidential election to involve foul
years more of pro-slaycry government
and rapid increase i'll the hostility tc
be the offspring not Of party excitement
but Of a fundamental difference III educa
ton, habits and laws
Believing the existing Union to be ;
failure, as being a hopeless attempt tC
unite under one government two antago
ni6tic systems of society, which divergt
more widely every year.
"And believeing it to be the duty
Of intelligent and conscientious men tc
meet these facts with wisdom and firm
ness.
"Respectfully invite our fellow -citi
zens of Massachusetts to meet in con
vention at Worcester, on Thursday, Jan
uary 10, to consider the practicability
probability, and expediency of 4 separa
ton between the free and slave States
and to take such other measures as thu
condition of the times may require"
II conceive therefore, the true objec
| of this war. is to revolutionize the Ma
tional Government"-M F. Conyay, o.
Kansas, 1862.
'HERE LIES PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIT
OWN LIBERTIES IN TRYING TO GIVE FREE
DOM TO THE AFRICAN RACE."-Ewoot
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