New-York tribune., 1880-10-29
THE LETTER

To fht EdftOr Of The Tribune.
SIN. The Official " directory Of the present
Congress. which contains biographical sketches OF
all the members IF both houses gives good deal
of information showing the tendencies OF the two
great political partes-informauon Interesting TO
all voters. and especially 80 to Union soldiers.
Ibaye made a summary Of the statements scat
tered through this official Democratic document
In the Senate of the United States there are hVe
Union solders--all Republicans. There are hlteen
Copf.derate soldiers-au Democrats In the House
of Representatives there are flty-two Union SOL
d,.r, of whom forty are Republicans. ten are Dem
oc-.t, and two are Nationals In the same House
tLer, are ffty-ive Confederate soldiers, all Demo-
crars In the two houses combined there are fifty
seven Union soldiers Of whom fOrty-hve are Re-
nub.icsDs ten are Democrats and two are Nationals
T. tbe two houses there are also seventy rebel
sYldiers-au Democrats
Tb.,ls instructive. The Democracy claims to be
Union Darty-a patriotic pary-just as patrlotIc as
the Republican if not more so just as friendly t"
tie soldiers who saved the Nation any party can
bc and 7 sends seventy rebel soldiers 70 Con-
c-e.s ro make laws for the people Of the United
States and ten Union soldiers Seventy TO ten
There are 1913 Democrats in both houses of Con-
frcss so that more than OuethlTd Of the whole are
Confederate soldiers and barely one-twenteth are
UuIon soldiers There are 1GG Republicans IN both
houses: more than a foarth of the whole number
being Union soldiers Ii strikes me that these are
fast, which IT would be well for Republicans. and
especially for Union soldiers. to recolect. Demo
crats are frequently indignant because the De-
1nocr.cy is called % secession party "Whv,' says
one o. was q Union soldier throughout the war"
"A.d mv brother Jacob cries another was a
CAPTAIN 10 the UuOn Army, and he is "a good Demo
c-at" " And my uncle Hcza kah' exclalms third,
"is another -taGuch Democrat. and though he was
700 old for active service, me did al he coud 70 help
Ta.s. troops aud support the Government Ihen
Iue-,eurs the chances are several thousand 10 one
that neither vou nor your bro;her Jac,b, nor your
uncle Hczekiah, is "A member OF either House ol
Congress nor IN any position 10 ai CT the policy of
the country The Democracy doesn't choose that
kind.
THH DEMOCRATIC PARTY SECESSION PARTY.
party Is rightly known and judged Ivy the men
whom 70 chooses as rulers Of the nation, !or they
alone can produce pract,c results. Judged by
thos- ruler. the Democracy Is "a secession party and
II cannot esca the character ii has gained through
it daily. hourly. habitual course, merely by nom-
mating Union General once IN sixteen wears. Cen
eral Hancock IS a tolerabiy broad-shoudered man.
but he can't hide seventy rebel soldier Con-
pressueu. uor make ten Union soldiers look Ike "a
large con- button % the National Legislature Nor
could lee II elected Withstand the secessionism OF his
party For IT is a part Of the creed Of the Democ-
racy that Congress may lawfully force the PIesI-
dent 20 DO Us bidding by stopping the supplies ana
Starving the administration into a surrender Every
Democratic Congressman has 80 voted withn the
last two years. A Republican President would un-
doubtedly refuse 70 surrender his constitutional
power to the Coniederates and their tools. but
what could a Democratic President dot lie might
Justly be called treacherous if he accepted the NOM
inaton knowing the position Of his party, aud then
attempted to stand by the veto power against the
will Of Congress.
What Democratic Congress Is 1 have already.
partially shown bat there other facts. explana
tory of It's character. which worth remembering