Year: 1863

The Louisville Democrat, under this head, has
very iorcible article, containing truths of great
significance. We quote:


We have been plunged into the black horrors
of civil war by two disunion parties. aiming to
grasp each other by the throat-each eager for
the strife, angry, defiant and raitorous TO all that
constituted our Federal Union


Southern disunionists or secessionists appear
openly in their true character, and glory in their
proper name. There is no counterfeit in their
party-we know what they are and how to meet
them. But Northern disunonists are in some
respects more dangerous party, because, though
far less formidable in arms, they are far more
terrible in their snaky malignity-their inexbaust
ible cunning, and their capacity for disguise and
fraud.


The radical Northern party, which by accident
obtained the control of our Government and en-.
deavored to crush our every vestge of civil liber
ty, as well every principle of humanity. is the
basest counterfeit we have ever seen.


They profess to be devoted Unionsts-to be
| fighting for the Union. ravaging and plunderiug
for the Union, tramplng down the Constitution
for the sake of the Union, violating all the
rights of States and rights of citizens for the
sake of preserving the Union violating their SOL
emn oaths for the sake of the Union, when their
entire party, from head to tail, is nothing but a
disunion party, and, by an instinct keen as the
VOLTS for blood, is following up every measure
which tends to the present and permanent des-
| truction of the Union.


The press of our country bas not with proper
efficiency performed its duty in exposu ug this gi-
gantc fraud, and millions are following the dc
tates of corrupt party leaders whom they would
spurn with scorn if their true political principles
were properly understood.


The entire Abolition party are a set of dis
union conspirators and secessionsts, whose polit-
cal success has been obtained by false pretenses,
| by cunning Jusglery, by denying their true prin-
ciples and by protesting be the very reverse of
what they are-Disunion Traitors.


Their first campaigns for the Presidency were
under the disunion motto that the United States
Constitution was ga league with hell" and the
doctrine that the Southern and Northern States
| should he separated unless free negroism would
be established


They assumed the name of Republican because
their true principles anti republican. They
are the only anti nti.republican party our country
ever held They have done their utmost to de-
stroy every remnant of republican government.
The rights of States and of c;izens-the freedom
of the press and of Speech-freedom of elections
and security of the citizen in his personal liberty
they have assailed with recklessncss never sur
passed before. Until the advent of this corrupt
party, we never had in our country the apologists
or advocates of military despotism. Now the
| doctrine of the unlimited power Of the President
is sustained 10y the Black Republican party. and
they are organized in secret conference-"Loyal
| Leagues"-to enforce despOtic doctrine by the
| bayonet


Despots in principle, they assume to be Repub-
licans in name, and with the same brazen audac-
ity in all their strateges, being disunionists in
principle, Il ey assume the name of Union party
wherever they find the name of Republican too
thoroughly defled and tattered to any longer
as disguise


This party never was, and is not now, $50 far
as it has any principles but public plunder) any
thing but disunion party. Its first Presidential
campaigns were undisguised dsunionism. Its
campaign under Fremont was conducted with a
sixteen starred fag-a disunion flag, under which
| it is probable that Mr.. Lincoln himself deposited
vote for the Fremont ticket We might quote
dozen speeches of the leaders of this party to
show that they are still hostile as ever to the
Union, and only partially reconciled for the time
being to its existence, by the hope that it will
enable them to subjugate and devastate the
3South, turn loose the negroes, annihilate State
rights and destroy the Democratic party. They
have repeatedly consulted and plotted as to the
question whether the time had arrived to fling
away all disguise and come out openly for dis
solution of the Union.


party so utterly corrupt and inhunan. so ac-
customed to disguise and false pretenses, is for
mdable in proportion to the ignorance or guilt
bilty of the people, and 6ourishes only by the
suppression OF free speech and free press.
1t never dares to present itself before the peo-
pie in its naked deformity, in the full breadth
of its principles. 1t makes its way by insinu-
atng portion of its private creed public
measures wherever it can fnd or make a corrupt
corner that will yield to its pressure or bribery.
F, 1t works in under every plausible disguise and
patriotic profession, always selecting a name the
most opposite to its true nature, and making pro-
fessions the most opposite to its habitual prac-
| tees


| If il cannot spread its principles, it asks sup
port for its measures, and If it cannot get sup
port for them, il asks support for its men, for
men whom it knows to he corrupt at heart, or to
sympathze with Abolition violence and law
| lessness.