Western cyclone., 1886-11-04

So many Of the democratic orators
during the late campaign harped about
there being more democrats than re-
publican soldiers in the war of the re-
bellion, we clip the following from the
Atchison Champion in reply to this,
notwithstanding the election is over:
Can it be true, as claimed by the
democratic party, that they sent more
soldiers into the union army and did
more to crush the rebellion, than the
republican party? The record Of the
soldiers vote will settle this question
In 1862 five states passed laws allow
ing their soldiers to vote. We give
the total number ofvotes cast by each
party in those states: republican,
1929; democratic; 6, t54
In 1868 there were six states in
which soldiers were allowed to vote.
The vote stood: republican, 82,275;
democratic, Zip. The total vote cast
in 1868 was 89'387. of this the re-
pnblicans cast 50 per cent.
In 1864 twelve states allowed their
soldiers to vote, Republican, 119, 9,744;
democratic, 14,291. In this election
great many soldiers voted for Little
Nc. simply because they soldiersd
with him, and yet the republican vote
was over II per cent. This settles
that question.
We now give Lincolns majority
over Douglass in 1860, which was
491 ,634, andhis majOrityoyer Mcclellan
in 1864 was All ,428.
Grants majority over Seymore in
1868 was 128,915.
You will see from this report that
for number Of years, and that, to,
during the war, the republicans had a
large majority: vet in the face Of his
tory democrats will dare to say they
furnished the greatest number Of sol
diers. I challenge any man to show
me one single republican volunteer in
the rebel army, and rs have already
shown that for many years we have
had the majority, but to make it still
palmer, We will suppose that there were
100000 Of soldiers; then in order
that the south furnishes more soldiers
than the north in the Union army they
must turn over all they have and
aake draft from some other source.
and after this be done they still have a
force Of their own sufficient to hold in
check the combined army Of the north
and sonth for four years.
With these facts before Us, any man
who makes the assertion that the dem
ocratic party furnished more Union sol
diers than the republicans is either a
liar, fool, or as Judas himself
No republican ever resisted the draft
nor murdered enrolling officers. Dem
ocrats did both No republican ever
discouraged enlistment, but democrats
did
No republican ever reviled Union
soldiers, calling them Lincoln hire
lings' and 'Lincoln's dogs, and Lop
cared Dutch, but democrats did,
The republicass called out themllIua
to sustain the laws.
They emancipated the slaves.
They armed the negroes,
They sustained and upheld President
Lincoln. and they conquered the rebel
lion and preserved the Union. They
found war and restored peace. They
found slavery and gave freedom.
Again the democrats say they freed
the negro: tAe records will decide thi7.
In the statutes of the Territory in Is !
section 6, page 10, you will ind :
Ifanv person will entice, decoy or
carry away, out of any state or other
Territory of the United States, any
slave belonging to another, with intent
to nrocure or effect the freedom OF such
slave. he shall be adjudged guilty Of
grand larceny; and on conviction there
r. ~ ,,arsor ofFaniinw shall auffar