The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-09-09
IN. Y. Tribune.l
The Deceitfulness of History.

taken all this time as to who actually
did take part in the war ON the side o1
the Union and put down the Rebel,
lion? We have supposed all along
that as it was a Republican admins
tration and Republican policy, so ii
was for the most part Republican
soldiers who fought in the armies OF
the Union. But if a gushing orator
named Gallagher, who swung his
arms and pumped thunder the other
day in the Connecticut Democratic
Convention, is to be believed, it was
not Republicans at all but Democrats
who put down the Rebellion. This
veracious thunder-pumper is reported
to have given as the reason for the
Democratic defeat in 1S65-when,
the election being held on the day the
news of the fall Of Richmond was re-
ceived, the Republicans carried the
State by 1900 majority that so
many Democrats were absent from
the State in the Union Army, the
Republicans carried it by default
This is altogether fresh and new.
Nothing so startling in its originality
has been uttered since the campaign
opened.
And so it was from the Democratic
party that the Connecticut regiments
were recruited? And it was because
of their absence from home that the
Republicans were able to carry the
State so many years in succession :?
And the impression that has hereto
fore prevailed concerning the election
of 1865, that the Connecticut Demo-
Gratis were discouraged by the news
from Richmond and did not come out
to vote, is altogether wrong! Well,
well, this is queer. And this Mr..
William W. Eaton, who presided over
the Connecticut Convention the other
day-there has been prevailing de-
fusion that he did not particularly ia
vor the war, or assist materially in
putting down the Rebellion. History
must be mirage after all. It pre-
sents everything bottom-side up.
Why, if any dependence could be
placed ON history, we should have to
believe that Mr.. Eaton was engaged
in raising white flags and addressing
peace meetings and advising Demo-
Gratis not to enlist in "the unholy cru
sade against our brethren of the
South during the war. And we
seem to somehow vaguely remember
a record Of the thunder-pumping
Gallagher in that period as Of an op-
ponent of all war measures, and espe-
cially Of the draft. We recall-this
must be he-a man who gained the
soubriquet of "Kill-'em DAMIEN"
Gallagher from the impassioned man
ner in which he advised Democrats to
resist Federal officers to the death.
So, so, this is all mistake. Mr.
Eaton and Mr.. Gallagher were in fa-
vor of a vigorous prosecution of the
war, and the Democrats of Connecti-
cut, influenced by their exhortations,
focked into the armies of the Union
at such rate that in the last year Of
the war the Republicans were left in
a majority of 1900 in the State!
And here they are running a Union
General for President on the score Of
his great services in putting down the
Rebellion. How false all history is,
to be sure! And how slow the truth
is in coming to the front. The delu-
sion no doubt still fingers in many
minds that the person who set ON
foot the Rebellion, founded the Con-
federate Government, recruited and
its armies and fought it's bat
Ties were Democrats. This will pres
emily be dispelled. We shall learn
very shortly that the Rebellion was
the work of the Republicans, and
that the Democrats vanquished them.
The campaign is young yet, and the
truthful Gallagher has only just be-
gun to pump thunder. Wait little,
aud we shall see what a mirage all
history is.