Daily Republican., 1879-01-14
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We have Of being anything or nothing
for the sake OF Office, is that OF Senator
Thurman in his letters to the eighth OF
January gathering at Columbus, Ohio,
convened with the published purpose
TO pay honor TO the victory which Cen
eral Jackson gained over the British at
New Orleans, but with the self evident
purpose of engaging in President max
ing. TO this meeting Senator Thurman
was invited, and fearing to trust his
personal presence at such place for fear
he might say something which would
initiate against his chances for the
Pres id~ncy he confines himself to writ
ing letter carefully studied and care
fully written to please the Janus faced
Democracy. |. is quite evident how
ever that Senator Thurman is not much
shown in his letters 10 the Teller Com
inittee, zach letter trying to explain the
other aud the last farther from the
mark than the first. Thurman IN hi,
letter to the ONO Democracy gathered
in its purity and excellence At CoIum-
bus, tells them that during Jackson >
term III the Presidency, the Democracy
was intensely devoted to the Union and
~ The Constitution. This 10 rather a
grim compliment to the Ohio Democracy
or else the Senator must have thought
they were deficient in historical knowl-
edge 1t is hard " See what the sena-
tor is driving at, Tor it is we'll known
that the Democracy a. the time to which
he aliu,Ies was not devoted " the
Union. That Jackson WAS, nobody
doubts, but what does the Senator call
Calhoun and bis followers The latter
we're d good Democrats as tho former,
and MI. Thurman need sCarcetJ be re
minded that an attempt was made in
Jackson's life to break up the Union
and the attempt, as i'll the later days,
,was u.alo by Democrats. Il Is strange
that Senator Thurman should write all
the way to Columbus to glorify the
patriotism Of the Democratic party when
it il well known that the Union was
never assaled except by Democrats and
NO other party ever deliberately set to
work to repudiate the Consultation.
More surprising than all il the claim
Senator Thurman sets up for tho u, m
Ocratic party in saving the Union. lie
must have forgotten that they were all
Dome rats, who, having plunged the
South into rebellion, were the first to
FIRE Oh Fort Sumter. Does he forget
that the leaders of the Democracy were
the leaders III rebellion against the
IniOu lutht men 10 whom tAt uls-
tinsulslled Senator So glngery refers
were Democrats when they marched
out OF Congress and conspired to disarm
the Federal Government by handing
over its forts, arseuals, mints, custom
houses and ships to the enemies OF tue
Union who had combined to repudiats
the Constitution. They were Demo
Gratis wnen they hauled down the Ma
tional hag aud ran up the colors of the
Goufed.racy. They were all Deinoci ats
during all the dark and drcary years
Of the rebellion, and tue Democrats oil
chose times are the Democrats of TO day.
This is tue Union feast " which the
Senator invites the American people,
Unfortunate Thurman, what d pity for
him that the real back bone Of the party
TO which he belongs and which he ad-
dresses with such endearing solicitude,
il but the remnants of the back bone of
the rebel lion. low unfortunate for
hin, that when he glorifes the Demo
cratic party for saving the Cuion he
has to address the party that did all in
its power to destroy the Union. Mr..
Thurman knew very well when he pcu-
ned his letter that two thirds of his
party had been in rebellion against the
Union and the Constitution, and thu
other third that from polite motives
d d not engage in the rebellion sym
pathizrd with it, and yet he has the
audacity TO tell the Democracy that
they saved the nation. This Demo
cracy We know is that which is popu ar
at the present day, but it is not the
Democracy that burned in the heart Of
Andrew Jackson, who when that lead
ing Democrat Of South Carolina, John
c. Calhoun was about heading multi
tication patty to disrupt the Union,
threatened to hang him, and in the
indignatlea of his soul exclaimed
"By the eternal the Union must and |
shall be pres.rved.' What an insult
to the memory Of Jackson was that
meeting at Columbus, and tie most
brazrn part Of the insult was Senator
Til urmaU'S Idudati0ns Of the men for !
patriotisla that Jackson, had he been |
living, would have hung for treason.
A cheeky part Of the Scna tors let.
ter is that in which he says that the