The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-06

United states Democrat.

Who Did the Fighting?
United states Democrat.
It has been long the boast Of tht
republican partv that it furnished
the army, who went as republicans
fought as republicans, and came out
us republicans where they came out
aI all. That had 1t not been for the
republican party there would have
been no Northern army. That q
very large per centage OF Northern
soldiers were republicans; that no,
to exceed twenty per cent, Of all the
soldiers Of the Northern army were
democrats. Thus was the gag and
leather spread on for years. As the
fog has lifted the figures In the grasa
are discovered to he standing out &c
plainly boldly, that every person
who wishes can see for himself as
to how much OF truth and how much
OF falsehood there has been in these
many years made and repeated
from one end OF the country to the
other, as to the numerical strength
Of the republicans in Northern
armies. Here are few lguTes oh.
tanned from tho war department aJ
Washington and from records In
different states, as the same are
being overhauled, worth noting and
put aside for future reference: From
April 1861 to April 1865, the New E.
States furnished thet otal Of 1863, ,122
soldiers, OF whom 144,O4O were dem-
ocrats and l29,122 were repub-
licans. Taking 1864 as an aver
age, the republican vote OF New
England was 325,747 and the DEM
ocratic vote was 189,9O3 Compare
the number of democratic soldiers
in the northern arms from New
England with the number OF demo-
cratic votes in six New England
States, and compare these with re-
publican votes and republican SOL
diers and the reader will see which
Of the two. proportioned to their
strength, furnished tho most fight
ing material. The total number OF
volunteers and enlistment as soldiers
in the Northern army from April,
1861, to April, 1866 were 2,678,967.
Or these soldiers in the northern
army, 1,222,006 were republican and
!, ,456,917 were democrats.
The democratic volunteers from
what IS called the solid south in the
union army and navy during the
late war were 3l4,832. The republi-
can volunteers from the solid sonth
were 35,23O.
OF these who volunteered into the
northern army during the war over
all other than the southern states,
967 ,7O8, were republicans and 99S..
OBS were democrats.
The democratic majority OF all
who volunteered or went into the
northern army was 234,847, showing
that the democratic party OF the
north bad larger representation in
the field by more than a quarter OF
million OF people than did the re-
publican party.
The total union troops from the
slave states were 433, SOB of whom
81, AL were blacks.
During the late war $4,000 Union
prisoners died in rebel prisons, and
26,OOO rebel prisoners in Union
prisons.
The state Of New York sent to the
war as her portion OF troops, 245, GAO
democrats, 2O3,2Ol republicans max
Ing total Of 448,85 OF her citizens
who went forth to fight for the
preservation Of the Union.
New Jersey sent 42,83S democrats
and 33,9O5 republicans.
Ohio sent 154,248 democrats and
156, 1892 republicans.
Pennsylvania with all her immense
republican majority, sent l67,998
democrats and l69, 932 republicans.
Wisconsin, another strong repub.
lican state, was represented in the
union army by 1895 democrats and
1892 republicans.
Illinois, another republican state,
was represented in the northern
army by 35,O0l democrats and l24,-
OOlrepublicans her total l59, 9,O92.
Indiana sent 1O9,39e democrats
1906 republicans into the union
army, her total being l9G.O92.
Iowa an intense republican state
where all democrats were classed us
rebels, traitors, copperheads. lick
spittles, &c, sent into the northern
army 33,495 democrats. 42.747 re-
puDllcans. Her total was 76,242.
Michigan, another heavy repnbli.
can state sent into the union army
io,ls1democrats and 1888 republi.
cans.
The southern or so-called rebel
states, furnished democrats to the
Northern army as follows: Florida.
l,NO; Kentucky, 1896: Louisiana.
5,224; Maryland. 44,344; Mississippi.
045; North Carolina, 1856; Texas. l..
965; Virginia and West Virginia.
were represented in the Northern
army by 3O,139 democrats, while
Missouri had in the northern army
92.O63 democrats. The total solid
south furnished to the northern
army344832 democrats and IS. .23O
republicans, including the black. Ii
will be seen from the above figures.
which are reliable that the republi.
cans have greatly deceived them
serves In this matter, and that the
democrats in their love for the union
and great confederation OF states
handed down to US through genera.
tlons ofhonest men and democratic
rule. did much more Ia preserve the
union than did the republicans who
tirst gain I'd sheir foot-hold in New
England and other states under the
avowed declaration that they came
to destroy the union.
Some one has said that truth
crushed to earth will rise again.
That the eternal yeags OF God are
hers. So II Il ai that as the returns
come IN az arc opened so that they
can be got ut BY those who are
curious to know the facts in the
case, the republican party is proven
to have been u great big brag and
bluster from the first, even as it is d
very rotten sinking carcass at the