Year: 1861

The delegates to the Union Democratic
Convention have great responsibility rest
ing upon them. They have to decide whether
10 bid for the support of Secessonists or Of
Union Democrats. The Convention will not
be strictly partisan body, under the call of
the State Central Committee. 1t is called
solely with reference to the Union question,
and all who belong to what the Secessionists
call the war party, were invited to take part
in the election of delegates All who with
Judge Lindley opposed Coercion" were ex-
clnded by the terms Of the call. If any who
voted for Douglas last fall are now opposed
to bis Union doctrines. and are against the
military measures of Lncoln's Cabinet and
Gen Scott aud his war councils, then they
have no part nor lot in the Fourth Of July
, Convention. Men from other parties, who
do approve the vigorous acts OF the Govern
ment towards crushing rebellion can be asso-
ciated with us regardless Of partisan antece-
dents. If there are any recreant Douglas men
who now filter, and fear to talk as he did on
the war question, lest they be called Aboli-
tionists they had better set up new party,
or join the one already in existence, and
Differed by Botts, Heydenfeldt d. Co. There
is no room in any Union State Convention for
any man who is opposed to vigorous prose-
cution, by the Government, of the war COM
menced upon us by that bold outlaw-Jeffer-
son Davis If any anti. war men desire office
for themselves or friends, they will of course
have the deceney to keep out of war-party
| Conventions. Their side of the great uues-
ton of the day is yet to be heard let them
seek nominations at the bony hands of the
grisly phantom of Secession Democracy,
should that fearful shape revisit the glimpses
of the moon, according to appointment on
the 23d proXimo. AS for us-the Union De-
mocracy-we shall probably adopt plat
form containing the latest words of Stephen
A. Douglas to the American people, uttered
in his great war sreeches in the Northwest.
We shall nominate men who dare to stand by
the duly constituted authorities of this ma
tion as he did, and to denounce all who do
not.


We think this war is cbargeaJle upon those
who commenced it, and it was commenced
by the armies of the Great Unhung-the
vain man who calls himself President of the
Southern Confederacy The laws of the
United States now in existence are all that
the most ultra of the traitors ever de-
manded. The Republicans were not ia pos
session of the Government when rebellion
was inaugurated and could not have had
majority in Congress, had not portion of the
opposition majority a6sconded in order to
give them all the power If they had been
the revolution would have been totally un-
justiiable. We believe the Union ought to
be preserved, no matter what party gets the
Offices We furthermore believe that the
Republicans are not outlaws; that they have
right to vote. and to enjoy the fruits of
peaceful victories at the ballot box. If their
President ever should be guilty of wrong
doing in office, the Constitution provides for
his impeachment. Jefferson Davis should he
hung. Those who do not think 50, will find
association with Union men an impossibity.
The Fourth of July Convention will, we have
no doubt, do its whole duty, and it will
be sustained by the people of the State