The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-13
THE DEMOCRACY AND THE UNION.

I1On. Lyman IrumDull, one VI IHe
founders of the Republican party, is the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Illinois. He was twice elected to the
Supreme bench of the State, once to
the House Of Representatives, and three
times to the United States Senate. He
became identified with the Republican
party, when itwas organized in 1854,
and was one of it's leaders up to few
years, ago. During the war, as United
States Senator from Illinois, he was
one of Lincoln's confidential advisors.
In speech delivered at Belleville, Illi-
nois, recently, at which 10000 persons
were present, in discussing the question
Of "who suppressed the rebellion, he
referred to the fact, that in the Presi-
Dental election of 1860, Lincoln receiv-
ed 1855, 352 of the popular vote, while
that cast for opposing candidates at the
same election was 2,SlO,5Ol. Official
documents show that the whole num-
Der of volunteers enlisted during the
war was 2,67S,967. Does any sensible
man suppose that the l,S66, 352 persons
who voted for Abraham Lincoln, fur
nished 2,67S,9 1867 volunteers, or that his
supporters alone could or did suppress
rebellion entered into, as Republicans
pretend, pby 2,SlO, sol who voted against
him? Illinois in 1860 cast l72, 16l
votes for Lincoln and l66, $50 against
him, and yet Illinois sent 259, l47 troops
to the field to suppress the rebellion.
DO not these figures demonstrate be-
vond all question that Democrats, as
well az Republicans, united in the sup
preston Of the rebellion? "What think
you, MY countrymen, asks Mr.. Trum-
bull, 'tof a party, which to keep itself
inspewer, can thus belle history, and
like the unworthy son of noble ances-
try, seek to- cover up it's corruptions
and crimes by the halowhich surrounds
those from whom it claims descent =
Mr.. Trumbull proposed to bury this
false claim of the Republican party so
deep by facts and figures, that only
sdupes ndddemagogues can longer be
,gtilledhby it, and in doing So said :
THE Democratic State of Missouri
alone, in which Mr.. Lincoln received
but 1923 votes in 1860, furnished
100, l'men to the Union army-a
greater number than was furnished by
all the Republican States of Vermont,
Rhode Island, Minnesota, Nebraska,
and Kansas put together. Neither
Michigan Wisconsin nor Iowa furnish
ed as many troops to the Union army
as Missouri. John A. Dix and Daniel
S. Dioleenson of New York, Lewis Cass
of Michigan, and Stephen A. Douglas
of Illinois, all lifc-fong Democrats and
leaders'of that party, the moment Fort
Sumter was fred upon came out in pub
lie speeches for the Union. General
Cass said,' He, who is not for his coun-
try is.against her. Douglas declared,
There can belno neutrals in this war
only patriots or traitors. | express
it asmy convection before God, that it
'is the0 duty of every American citizen
to rally around the flag of his country
Had the Democrats favored the rebel
lion, as they are now falsely charged
by the Republicans of having done,
itnmust have been success, and this
glorious Union,r with its present great
mess and hopes for the future must
have persisted from the EARTH
ExsSenatop Trumbull says, neither is
il true that the Republicans abolished
slavery S.thatwas the result Of circum-
stanoess and was accomplished by what
is known al the Thirteenth Amendment
to the CONSTITUTION of the United
Statess whiehl he, himself, reported to
the Senate of the United States, by
which twas passed April 9Th, 1864.
1t failed to pass the House of Repre-
sentatives at that session, but the vote
by which it was defeated, was recon-
sidered 40 the next session, and it was
then ,ryzHsAdk sixteen Democrats VOTING