Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-27
A COMPARISON OF PARTIE i.
Extract Grom Senator MOrtomsu great
speech az Wi1mtnEton.

i the administrator 0A Htt GANEF hOFEEM-
ment placed in their hands, il is just
and prnper, and it IL nat unkind 20 in
1 Quire upon what their claimaLa popu-
lar ~cOnddencs D support are bHHed
and I now PROFOUND this question IN sll
andoF u sincerity: What god
thing has the Democratic party
achisued or proposed 70 achiewe7in the
last twenty years3 Can b be namedR
Since 1850 Il III been a party Off mere
lnegations. It opposed every measure
Co put down the rebeHi0n ;Eit opposed
4 every STRIP IN the way or -pToXrvss ana
reform ; it has opposed eve yaTemPt 10
Smend and perfuetOar National tons
stituGiOn IL has opposed every attemps
20 extend the boundaries OF human
L tights it has opposed every attempt to
Improve the National credit OF protect
the National honor. For ten years be-
! fore 1850 it was an Affirmative party,
but amFmed the worst possible 1bings.
Il afirmed the r~iRhtfulness and bene-
/ fcence Of slavery: Il affirmed the r.
llneafOfth Missouri Compromise, which
was n CREST breach OF National faltn
4 and WAS the beginning Of b war 1t
kafirmed the Infamous d~octrtnrSoI tne
Drsd Scott 6ecisiOn5 by which our
j National Constitution was converted
! from 4 charter Of liberty into an indrn-
turs Of slavery and, in general Terms.
\ IL Affirmed ali n Of wickpdness,
f~corFuDtion and extravagance IN Ma
\ ti6naf and state administrations. The
~DGWuOLTaLIC party CAAuUk DE AAFRAOFN
Lfrom its historical and traditional
character. We are told we should no
| nut new wine intD old bottles, tot at
L Tempt TO patch dPcayPd and altered
gaFment with new cloth, and y6u can
hot take the decayed, edete and cor
make out OF It a new p~atriOtic and hon
est party. When the Democratic or
aanization has been destroyed or aban-
doned and tie members COMPOSING 1t
have entered into q new ORGANIZATION
which accepts tins results Of the war, and
sspouBes the great doctrines or the Re-
publican party, and The principles upon
which the Reconstruction OF the South
IS being Brought about, 1t will be time
enough 20 place them in power and
give 10 them the CONTROL OF Govern
ment. q party that was opposed totlle
Union, and favored the rebelliin, can
never be safely trusted with the pre-
s~eryatfon Of the Union. al party That
was opposed to the creation OF tie. pub
lie debt to put down the rebellion can.
never be safeIy trusted with the pzy-
neDt OF the debt and the profession 81
the NatioHal honor. A party thtt low
ed slavery, and desired to pprPetuate
and extend Il the country, cannot
be SAFELY trusted with tbs prO,eotion' Of
human liberty. a party that hstrs the
negro race and believes they have no
rights that white men are bound to re-
rpect, canEot be safely trusted with
the protection Of the rights ard privfl-
eges OF the culored people.
General Rosecraus was placed in
domination by The Democratic party
: as a candidate for Governor upOa their
ickpt, and against him / hhvs not one
Fl word 10 say. He served the c0untry
we'll dttrinKthe war, and although he
= WAS nnfortuhate and made some mis-
: takes, yet he never made one which
WouIdFqual in magnitude the accsp-
tsuce.Of this Democratic imagination.
( THE men who piaeed him in homins-
ton were his friends during the war,
Z and he was not their friend. Onthe CON-
2 trafv. he denounced their conduct and
their policy in the bitterpst terms, and
hfa hatred they most cordially recipto-
D Gated and returned, and there Is no res
son TO believe they like him any Better
) now than they did ehen. But they Are
willing tohiAy hold. OF his skirts and
O. baYe him drag them into bower II pes-
sible. md next ypaf they Will, with
4 tsquaE aviditY, ray hold OF b GARMENTS
oftbe.American citizen OF African des-
cent for the same purpose. Between
: GeueraI Rosecrans and the Democratic
o party tbereca be no sympathy what
a ever, unless Oae or the other hHSsUnder-
! R0ne q radical change, and thatthe par
ty has not changed We have HeODciuSiVe
eVidpnee in their PlaIfoFm and in THEN
= department aud expressions through
outthe country. 7-t
/ q DNHH 81 WIS " A4Nu BGGA A0AaA 1ADly
expected, General Rs,sscrans has been
faithful TO the principles for which he
fought during tbeiFeCeut war andahas
: been uuWilllng1tO stuitify htmself by
? aeceptiBg1a nomination at the hands Ol
n the Den who were in sympathyTfWiGh
bis armed snemisss and ,whout la then
denounCedin al&ths bitterness of his
fheaBts His rejection ofthe nomination
} for Governor lie almortiiYtRga EEbuke1to
che scheming politicians who hatedtbe
- - - E--.hN
} IL through to9hnSl victory, but were
n Wi4lingfO make profitable merchandise
) out oftha 1aurelsiOf assucceesfuL 6ener-
aha & Van1 ~ H~EoaJHaarR a4noms tIii
4 Toee2FiumphzoveEs the rF~ebslion; the
RepnbicanSparty bad triumph over
II OVER slavery 5iabddt Nasua triple tFi-
umPhs Il makes tue heRW of the true,
RepAEhlican rejoice when heauredpctE
that there - nOtaB0w a slRYsbin all our
borders, and that-the foHl blat which
so long 6isgrReed nR0urf national
. esoutcheon has been wiped out for
II ever, and that this was the work OF
the Republican party, and that now
there Is not onlysne fAlaYerY,- but there
are equal civil rights for aEl~-eQN41 pro-
. teeriOn for all and thRtia@on there vii
. be universal suffrage and equal poll
! teal rights for ALI and thai our Repub,
lie will then realize the grad vision Q
q perfection and greatness which Presen
" AGA 4eGA ~ as pESS 0ATBA4 A9ArA@a mAH1
= And the work nef the Republican
party is not ended; its mission lie no
finished. The work OF reconRtrucflo
y is not completed and, although i'll
10 progressing well with every Assnranc,
4 Ofthe- most favorable results. yet ]
: would be shsurdtO turn Il over in it
unfinished state INTO the hspdSO Of ~
enemies, who would atthe iaetmomen
if they had the power destroy al tina
has ben done, and throw the country
1T has just escaped. There are reform
yet to be accomplished, imperfection
to be removed, and impFoYementsto b
Ell made In our grand political system, an
which has so Rloriougly begun tn
work should so on to its completion
The Republican party has done on
thing at a time, and has done IL wei
IL has advanced step BY STEP and vii
still progress in the anne wayrr If J
had undertaken 10, accomplish eyer,
rs thing at Gnce, as was desired bYPome,
would perhaps, have Tailed In. All, but
y like the good mechanic Who &tyes7 hi
A undivided labor and attention to on
thing. till it is accomplished, and whei
tai that is done, and Wels done, takes ul
=, task is 6nished-sHch Is the fashion an
N history OF the Republican party Ant
d j here call tbealtentiou or all rofofmer
n 10 the questionable fact that their bes
- CQEQoo EOE Bucc64H III .Au~kA@ pOAOm Q
the Republican party, which viii IL
due lime take up one reform After An
other, and such az are found TO be necs
% sary and proper will be pushed forW Art
y 10 final succeE4. The Republican par
lily is emphaticaIlY the great reform
party Of the Nation.
is But what. on the nther hand, has tn
Democratic party to ofrr IN cOntras
"a with all this 2 It presents a beggardl,
n dish or Virginia distractions, blood
= stained Agd spotted with the 1epros.
AZ OF 4ie7@ou and rulitical death, q recor,
OF aptssilluu Ia all the gI5rioo
a things that 1 have mentiOpPd1a fecor,
y of pegations, observation-disclosures bad al
T most said, of iulbecility, in which 70
re discover net Qns FRlnE thai gTAtihe
approval of the Judgement. Histor
SS is full of instances wnere nations q
C. been stricken with poverty of intelleC
andFFHOurces, and have Tor generation
allied to produce any great lQr goo
- thing, but have Continued to decliu