Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-07

The Question settled.

put down the rebellion Its journals
repeat il every day, and its orators pro-
nonnce it upon all occasions, until. per-
haps, some of them get to .hink il is
fact. The Republican party is respon>
sible for a great many things about
which there IL no division OF opinion,
but is it true that il furnished the men
who composed the army which fought
the rebels for four years and pnt down
the rebellion? Let Us have this one
important point settled before We go
further"
To the first question asked, I" Is it
true that the Republican party put
down the rebellion 7" We answer conf
IDENTIFY, and without doubt, it is true.
Has the Post any doubt of this being a
fact? IF so, we would request it TO ask
Jefferson Davis, one of the great lights
of Democracy, if he ever, in public or
private, used any means, or made use
of any expressions that would IN any way
be detrimental to the interest of the
rebellion, aud tend to it's suppression.
Let it refer to the records of James Blu
chanan. and see if he ever, under any
circumstances, did ought towards quel-
ling the rebellion Let il refer to
Stonewall Jackson's record, to Beaure.
gard, Lee, johnson, or any Of the
acknowledged leaders of the Democratic
party during the war, and ask them if
they ever, in any way. assisted in put
ting down the rebellion. We would
then ask il to refer to the files of the
Richmond Examiner, the New York
World, or any other accepted Dsmo-
cratic paper, that ever published one
line denunciatory of the rebellion dur
ing the war; Then let it refer to the
proceedings of the Chicago Convention
of '64, and see if they passed resolu-
ton, or even uttered one word that
could be construed into favoring the
project of putting down the rebellion.
If 1t cannot find anything there, where
were congregated the great lights Of
Democracy from all parts of the coun.
l,try, to sustain the fact that the Democ-
racy put down the rebellion, then we
would ask them to refer to resolution,
or any set of resolutions, passed by any
National, State, County. or District
ConyentioD, in favor of vigorous mea-
sures for the suppression Of the rebelli-
on. II, in all this search, il cannot fud
anything to prove that the Democracy
put down the rebellion, We are forced
Ito the conclusion that the Republicans
did do it (for there were but the two
parties during that confict), unless the
ground is taken that the rebellion is not
yet quelled.' As to our thinking that
! the Republican party put down the
rebellion, we frankly confess We believe
it to be fact. Not only have our
journals repeated it, and our stump
orators proclaimed it," but History.
that Universal chronicler of time, pro
claims IT, and will continue to proclaim
| it. as long as time endures This testi.
mony, corroborated by thousands Of
good and true men, who have witnessed
the contests ON the field, is so strong,
that il leaves no room for doubt. As
to the responsibility of putting down
the rebellion, we would say, the Re-
publican party seeks not to shirk from
any such responsibility, but rather
claim it as an honor. The men who
fought to sustain the Government dur
| ing its hours of trial were staunch,
true-hearted Republicans, who favored
a Republican Government in its purity
Ia representative Government by the
people such Government as Wash>
iugton and his CO workers favored, and
fought hard aud long to sustain--a
Government that would be MI honor to
themselves, and ablessiug to posterity.
From the responsibility of sustaining
such Government, there is not man
in the Republican ranks that wishes to
shirk. We, therefore, think the point
| settled, that the men who composed
the army which fought the rebels for
four years, and put down the rebellion,
were theoretically and practically Re-
publicans.
And we think further, that if, after
the search through all the sources of
information already mentioned, the Posi-
can find no rebutting testimony, it will
candidly come to the conclusion that