Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-09-02
A HE w FACTS FROM THE DEMO-
CRATIC RECORD

, Il duy Oue VIII turn through TIT
; Congressional Globe from the OUT
break of the war it will be found iha
+ 10 the cases given below the majority
of the Democrats then in Congress
were arrayed against the Government
and that IN comparatively few of thl
/ instances cited was there any marked
departure from a strict party vote:
On the 81 of December, 1861. the
Democrats IN the House voted
mat any attempt to preserve the Union
by force wOuld be impracriea bic and
destructive to republican liberty.
January 8, 1861, they voted against
a resolution approving Maior Ander.
CONS withdrawal from FOTt Moultrie
to Fort Sumter, and indorsing the de
termination of the President to sustain
him.
February 18th they voted against the
bill to suppress inSurrecfion, aud an
th0rizing the President to employ
troops for the purpose.
March 3, 1868, protested 10 writing
against the act to indemnify the Presi-
dent and other officers for suspendinR
the act of Ha6eas corpus.
August, 1861, and again in May
4 1862, opposed a bill declaring such
slaves free as should be employed BY
their owners in aiding the insurrec
ton.
March, 1862, opposed a resolution.
! recommended in a message from the
President, That the United States
! ought to Co operate with any State
which may adopt gradual abolition Of
slavery, giving to such SJare peeuDiary
aid, to be used by such State 10 its dis
erection, to compensate for the incOn-
veniences, public and private, pro-
| duced by such a change Of system"
April, 1862, opposed bill for COM
peDsated emancipation In the District
Of Colum bia. aud prohibiting slavery
| within those limits except as a punish
ment for crime.
April, 1862. opposed iustructiDg q
committee to inquire whether any plan
could be devised for the gradual emau-
cipation of the slaves in the Border
States, and how far the Government
ought to aid ia the matter.
January, 1863, oppnsed bill repor-
ted from select committee to secure
compensated emancipation in Missou
ri.
December, 1862. voted against
resolution indorsing the Presidents
proclamation of emancipation, and for
ton Of power dangerous to the rights
OF citizens, and to The perpetuity of
free people "
June 1864, opposed the repeal Of
the Fugitive Slave law.
July 8. 1861, oppnsed the passage Of
the following: Resolved, That in the
judgment of this House, it is no part
Of the duty of the soldiers of the
United Sta es to capture and return
fugitive slaves
March. 1862. opposed the new arti
Gle of war prohibiting all persons en-
ployed in the military or naval force |
from employing any of the forces IN
der their command to aid In returning
fugitive slaves
June, 1862. opposed resolution for
bidding he employment of slaves, in
navy yards, dock yards, arsenals aud
forts, or at the Naval Academy.
April, 1862, opposed the recognition !
of Hayfi and Liberia.
April. 1862, opposed removing the
republication Of color in carrying the
mails.
February, 1863, opposed the enroll
ment act, and. subsequently,, all acts
supplementary thereto.
Decent Der. 1863, opposed raising,
n,rming, equipping OF paying negro sol !
diers
December, 1863. some of the rebel
States being occupied and held by the |
Union forces. steps were taken toward |
reconstruction The Democrats Cd |
posed the first bill looking in thai |
which authorized the Presi- |
dent to appoint Provisional Governors |
IN each State reclaimed by the national /
forces.
June, 1862, opposed The resolution
requiring The iron clad oath for all ap i
pointed or elected to Offices of honor
or pr"fit under the Gnvernment.
June, 1864, and January, 1865, vo
ted against the 18th Amendment abul
ishing slavery.
February 20. 1866, voted for Mr.
J 0hnson's proposition to admit all the
rebel States 20 immediate representa-
ZION
Voted against the Civil Rights bill
and the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and /
70 sustain Mr. johnson in his vetoes
Of these measures.
July. 13rh committed the party
against the 14Fh Amendment, and sub |
to all measures passed 10
pursuance theranf.
Decem ber 21 1866. voted for series
of resolutions offered bY Mr. Voorhees,
indorsiDg President Johnson in the
views he presented TO Congress IN his
message.
Feb 10. 1866. against a resolution JUS
iifying the President IN still suspend
ing the writ of Aa6eaS cOT61kS ia the
re bel States, and thanking him for EN-
nioyiDg the military forces 70 protect
Union men and freedmen.
June l1th, opposed a resolution de.
claring it the opinion OF the House
= hat Jefferson Davis should be held 10
custody, end tried under the laws of
che land
June, 1866 opposed eulored suffrage
in the District of Columb bia. /
Such are some ofthe main points of |
the Democratic record during the war
aud the year following it. OF course
there is nothing new 10 the counts.
But at fhe entrance of the campaign
they will serve to refresh the memo
ries of voters and prevent any present
Establishments of the late N0rtheru
wing of the rebellion from leading any
one to forget its real record.
Since the war, also, the party has
been consistent. Every step in recon
struction has been contested. and every
measure to protect the Union men OF
the South has been bitterly opposed
The various rights sought to be con
ferred upon the colored populations;
the Freedom of the courts; the opening
of the United States Courts to Union
men prosecuted for aiding the Govern
ment; the 10Th Amendment, and all
the legislation to enforce it; 10 short
each aud every attempt on the part of
the Government TO secure the results
IF the war has received the undivided
of the Democratic party. IT,
record can be summed up in few
words;
l. A Democratic Administration
plugged the nation into war.
2. Through all the years of the
struggle the Democratic party went to
the verge of active treason to enoour. |
age rebels.
3. Since the war, this same party |
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