National Republican., 1880-08-23
THE CHARGE or rAIsEuoop.

of it,
THE CHARGE OF FAIsEuooD.
When Mr.. Secretary SHERMAN says that
General HANCOCK, i'm tho ware of the rebellion
fought against the democratic party for four
years. Mr.. Secretary SHERMAN INSERTS what
he knows TO be false. Hc knows that If the
the union, If thcv had not rallied to the do.
icns ol the old flag, bat had taken sides with
the south, the war would have ended IN o
week, iu the establishment Of the coutrdcmCy.
-DcHocrd'ic organ.
1t iso very easy thing to charge fnlschood,
but that does not establish the allegation
II is the common resor, of class whohayo
no clear understanding Of what is truth and
what is ftlschool to handy epi,heis and
dispute well established facts; but such
methods weigh nothing with intelligent
and candid people History well authcnti-
Gated and irrelagablc vindipatcs to the full
est exteutthd truth orthcproposition which
is criticised 50 ychcmen.ly The demo-
cratic party mado its own record. mdi-
vidual democrats, all honor TO them, made
theirs by tuning away from that party and
enlisting under the banner of the union.
That was their act and not the net of their
party. Tie record Of The democratic pn-J
| from The firing ON Sumter to the mcc'iug al
! AWomoior 1rcs y'riuoUy against tie vaio.
cause and IN WmpoAy irH That Of The re-
b,Ni0R In the first place irc chd1cgge M,
production Of q single Wicrmcc of The domo.
! cratic party Ia cOnrcWioR, drrMg the ra oi
since, ir1ieh opCay and Joldy condemns OF
crea r,julc' the rcls1ioh This one fact
clcary jusuGes the declaration o
Secretary SHERMAN, for out of tn,
abundance of the democratic heart it.
mouth would have spoken if it had been o,
the side of the union cause. 1t was silcn
and sullsy throughout except when il
found occasion to be boldly honest in as
serting its true position. II was 80 under
stood, and all history of the democrati,
party during the four years Of war iustifics
the understanding that it melted the rebel
lion and sympathized with it up to the day
of its surrender, and, for that matter, dow
to the present hour; and that assumption il
based upon the patent fact that it is not re-
corded in history that the democratic party
has ever condemned it. The leaders of thu
party and their following had not the cour
age to follow their sympathies, othorwis
all their names would have been on tn,
rebel rosters. This is not an unjust con.
clusion under the circumstances
The democratic party denounced the frs
net to crush the rebellion as unconstitu
tional and fought against it with all thei
power. That party, through its organs, op
posed the draft and denounced the volun
teers as "LINcoLY's hirelings." Itsleadel
declared that they would never vot
a man Or a dollar to put down the rc
bellion, and after it had been crushed the
followed out their sympathies by embat
RAISING the laws of reconstruction, and eve
now follower and supporter Of Generi
HANCOCK openly pronounces him to be "lh
soldier who first dared officially to en-
"barrass the reconstruction acts of the 20,
"ernment at the close of the war" 1t is
r matter of history that in 1864, but sho
! time before their rebellion crumbled
! ruin, the democratic party by solemn res
luton declared the waT a iailure-when L
to that time it had not, nor since has it, d
clared the rebellion even TO be wrong.
In 1868, after the war had closed, Il
J democratic party denounced the amen
: ments to the constitution. Thus the care,
of the democratic party is marked in hi
= tory as being in the interest of the rebellion
This fully vindicates the truth and justic
:, Of all that Secretary SHERMAN said in h
recent admirable speech in this city, an
> which seems to have challenged the mo
= vulgar impulses Of the democratic mout
piece, which attempts to brand him wi
ialsehood.