Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-28
WHO DID THE FIGHTINGq
And What Grounds Have the Re-
pubncans for Claiming that 1t
is Disloyal to be Dem
Ocrat?

OuG sto IcpuDI1CdIlS. where lQey CAME Oul
at all. That had it not been for the re-
publican party there would have been
no Northern army; that very large
percentage of the Northern soldiers
were republicans; that not to exceed
twenty per cent. of all the soldiers of
the Northern army were democrats.
Thus was the gag and lather spread on
and worked in for years. AS the fog
has lifted the figures in the grass are
discovered to be standing out so boldly
and plainly, that every person who
wishes can see for himself as to how
much of truth or how much of false
hood there has been these many years
made and repeated from one end of the
country to the other, as to the numeri-
cal strength of republicans in Northern
armies. Here are few paragraphs of
facts taken from figures obtained from
the War Department at Washington
and from the records in the different
states, as the same are now being over.
| hauled:
From April, 1861, to April, 1865, the
| New England states furnished a total
| of 363, ,162 soldiers, of whom IA ,O40
were democrats and 219,122 were re-
publicans. Taking 1864 as an average,
the republican vote of New England
was 325, ,747 and the democratic vote
was 1S9, ,903. Compare the number of
democratic soldiers in the Northern
army from New England with the
number of democratic votes in the six
New England states, and compare
these with republican votes and repub-
lican soldiers and the reader will see
which of the two, in proportion to their
strength furnished the most fighting
material.
The total number of volunteers and
enlistments as soldiers in the Northern
army from April, 1861, to. April, 1865,
were 2,67S, ,967. OF these soldiers in
the Northern army, 1920, ,160 were re-
publicans and 1,456,SO7 were demo-
Gratis.
The democratic volunteers from what
is called the Solid South in the Union
army and nav during the late war
were 314, 1882. The republican vol
unteers from the Solid South were 3d.
go.
Of those who volunteered into the
Northern army during the late war
over all other than the Southern states,
967, ,7O8 were republicans and 998,O35
were democrats.
The democratic majority of all who
volunteered or went into the Northern
army was 234, ,S47, showing that the
democratic party of the north had a
larger representation in the field by
more then quarter of million of peo-
pie than did the republican party.
The total Union troops from the
slave states were 433 ,5O3, of whom 93,-
AL were blacks.
During the late war $4,000 Union
prisoners died in Rebel prisons, and
$4,000 Rebel prisoners died in Union
prisons.
war as her portion of troops 245, $40
democrats, 203, POI republicans, max
ing a total of 49, $50 of her citizens
who went forth to fight for the preser-
vation of the Union.
New Jersey sent 42,618 democrats
and 33 1896 republicans.
Pennsylvania, with all her immense
republican majority, sent 167 1898 demo-
Gratis and 169,9 1886 republicans.
Wisconsin, another strong republi-
can state, was represented in the Union
army by 42, ,935 democrats and 1882
republicans.
Illinois, another republican state,
was represented in the Northern army
by 135, ,0e1 democrats and 124, ,001 re-
pubhcans, her total 159, ,092.
Indiana sent 109,S 1893 democrats and
81, ,965 republicans into the Union army,
her total being 197, 1858.
Iowa, an intense republican state,
where all democrats were classed as
rebels, traitors, copper-heads, lick
spittles, &C.. sent into the Northern
army 33, ,495 democrats and 42,747 re-
publicans. Her total was 1922.
Michigan, another heavy republican
state, was represented in the Northern
army by 40, ,S03 democrats and 43, SCI
republicans.
Minnesota, another strong republi-
can state, sent into the Union army TO-
1S7 democrats and 13, 1888 republicans.
The Southern. or so called Rebel
staIes, furnished democrats to the
Northern army as follows: Florida,
,2e0; Kentucky. 1896; Louisiana,