The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27
HOW THEY HATED LINCOLN.
Sa upIe of Abuse Which the "AntI.Imper'
iaiists" of 1864 Heaped Upon the En-
mancipatOr


cry of imperialism is not new
campaign trick we invite attention to
the following from various sources
during former presidential contests:
In my deliberate opinion. if Mr..
Lincoln is reelected we shall have a
military despotism fastened upon US
and our children. with a standing
army OF negro ianissaries. lie
Combs, Of Kentucky
II Lincoln is entitled 70 the graft
tude of the blacks. ought he not to
receive the eternal curses and maledic-
tions OF the white race:-Cincinnati
Enquirer. september II. ls64.
There Is not man here whose life.
property and everything-whose wife,
children and home will not be in
danger should such deplOrable re-
suit follow as the election again of
Abraham Lincoln Hon. John Nc
Keon to the Democratic convention,
September /. 1864.
If Lincoln is reelected We will never
again have peace or union in this
land.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oct.
u. 1864.
The election of Lincoln means war.
anarchy and disunion-the success of
Mcclellan will bring peace and the
restoration of the Union. These are
the issues involved in the elections OF
October and November. er.-Indianapolis
Sentinel, September I3. 1864.
The party of which Abraham Lin
coin is the candidate and representa-
tive, though protesting fealty to the
Union, is its most dangerous foe.
The facts of its history, the spirit of
its policies, the tendency of its meas
ures tally as completely with dis
Union designs as if they had been
dictated by cold: subtle and calculat-
irw ho-tai;tics to our national great
ness.-New York World. September
-. lc64.
II Abraham Lincoln is reelected
President the liberties OF the people |
are zone forever Military despotism |
will rue. There viii De no liberty of
speech or press. Taxation without
limit will grind the people TO dust.
There vii! be more widows and |
orphans and more tyranny and OPP |
preston tnan the world has seen for
centuries Niles Republican.
By arrogating to himself powers not
granted by the constitution and the
laws. Mr.. Lincoln has exercised, or |
attempted to exercise, a despotic power !
over the people such as only the
Emperor OF Austria can exercise. be
ha- given himself over to those who |
declare that the constitution Is a |
league with death and covenant with |
hell Col. Gray, OF Detroit Michigan, |
October >, 1854.
The constitution is indeed a most
sacred instrument. 1t is attacked oy
armed traitors in the South and by
iusidiouS. doubls-dyed traitors in this
administration-M Lincoln at the
head-at the North. J. 3. Has
kius, 70 the Democratic convention,
August 81. 1864.
| can not give you any better argu-
ment why you should change this ad-
mlnistration than to say that if you
prefer liberty to slavery you will
change it and change it quickly, for,
if Lincoln is elected, farewell to civil
Liberty in the United States.-Ex-Gov.
Wickliffe, o: Kentucky, at New York,
September 9, 1864.
| can not resist the conviction or
certainly the deep and earnest appre-
henslon that if the policy adopted and
pursued by President Lincoln and his
supporters during the last two years
is to be persisted in for four years
more. we shall find ourselves plunged
irretrievably into fearful and fathcm-
less abyss of disunion.-Hon. Robert
c. Winthrop, at new York, September
IS, 1864.
Resolved, That the administration
of Abraham Lincoln. by its imbecility
in the conduct of the war and its
ruinous financial policy. has forfeited
the confidence and respect OF the loyal
states. adopted by a
Democratic meeting, New York City,
September /, 1864. II