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VOL. X
WAYMSBIJRG, PA.. WEDiN'SSDAY, AUGUST 1, 18CC.
NO. 9.
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FIRST "K1TWS.1L. ill;!,
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Wayn esto vi i?ss9
D. Bosun, Pres't, J. C. Fixssihkx, Cashier.
DISCOUNT DAY-TUESDAYS.
May Hi, 'lid.-ly.
W. e Tg Tr ii N,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYNESBURG, PA.
CvfOi'i-icu In N. Clark's Iniildiinj,
fcdilll'liCtf
A. M'CONVHI.I,. ,1. ,1, lllII IMArr.
M'CQNNELl & HUFFMAN
Attorneys and Counsellors ut l.sr.v
tyagnexlmni, Wm'.
jtOi-fiou m fie " Wrlirtit House," En l
doore. Collect""' ", Ac, will receive prom,-!
attention.
Wnrnnsbunr Ar n-l L'li. I8i!2. If.
R.7. DOWNSY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
ftyOMeo In Ledwitli'9 IJuildin::, opposite
the Court Ilonro, Wiiyncsliurg, Fn.
Nov. 4. ISii.-i -lv.
Oiso. nri.v. ' .1. A .i. iu-ciunan,
WYLY & P.UCIIAKAN .
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW
ey-OFFICE in the old Dink Riiildln;:.
Wnyncsburif, 'a.
February!!.!, 1 sscrt. t-f
1EAI.KR IN Rinks, Stationery, Wall Paper.
if Window I'aiier. Ac. Sunday School
Hooks of all kinds constantly on halnl, W:y
neshnrj;, I'a., oppositu l'nsi Oiilce.
May il. 'liil.-ly
"f PTM I T c "ii eT'L
Main St-, nearly cppmilo Wrii.V Home,
IS prepared to do stitched mid pejied work,
from the. coarsest lo the llivst ( also, puts
tip tho latest style, of Hoots and Shoes, ('oli
liiinit done, on ressonalilo terms. Jlayi.iim.
. Mi:nciT..T TMr.on,
boom ih iii.ai'iii.kv's ulii.i i.svi, w.vvxns:ii;i:o.
WORK made to order. In Uncut and liest
stylo, Culling and l''iiti:i;,' done prompt
ly, mid' fiecorilinu to lutcst lashlon plates.
HlocUon hnnd and for sale. May -, If
wm. 2E3.I1os.
WATCHES AND JEWKUJY.
JIAIN BTItKKT, oitositk-WlilCHT iipt sn.
KEEPS ON 1IANP3 ALWAYS A choice
mid select assortment of watches and
jewelry. Hepairin;; done ut the lowest rates.
up', 'y ;
N. Gr. UUttHES,
SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER,
Main St., nearly opposite Wriyh' Jlmisr,
READY mndfl work on hand, mid litivlng
soenrcd thu services or two liist-(das work
men Uu Is prepared to execute ull orders in the
ncRtUft mid lies! style. May'.'.tiin.
THIRST UO MORE!
CO TO
ill! has ,n:sroi'i:si:ii
N K W S A TOO N ! !
Keeps Good Rvu Whiskey, Hnindlcs of all
kinds, Gin, Wine, Alo.&c. Ami has the wliere
witli to put up I'micy Drinks, full and seo
him In thu brick part of the Adams Inn.
apr 2fl Cm
PEOPLE' S LI.Nl'l.
HTEAMKR "CIIIKF
TAIN," U. It. Aiiiiams,
v iriiiniiiiiiiTi , 'ii I fi II,
''TV r l -
fMriyjL.r.ii'rvi' 7 r' '- ' iiahu, v lei iv; leuvea
Oreensboro, lor l'lttslmrHli evury Monday,
Wednesday mid Friday, ut H n. m. Leaves
Pltlsburli" for Greensboro every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. May l(i,'llU.-Uin.
STEAMER "ELECTOR." Koiikut I'iiii.
mi, Commander K. O. Taymih, Clerk i
leaves Oreensboro for ritlsbnrgh every Tues
day, Thursday mid Saturday, Leaves I'ltts
burgh for Oreensbt ro every Monday, Wodnes
iljiyund Friday,
ADAMS' EXPRESS LIME,
THIS safe lino will forward with dispatch all
VarkaKea, trunks, Ac, lo nil parts of the
United Btuteu. Apply to
JOSEPH COOKE
JyIVil.-4t. Agent.
"SLATEH ODKNlilAUGII, '
DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, IJ
nuors and every thliitf portalnlnij to n llrst
clnsa IJrug Store, rruvcrlptlons carelully oom
Souudnd. , "Creluh'i Old HUnd,' Wuynes
'V. Muy UO, 'CG.-Jy.
E3 O 3EZ
op
Governor -OliviT P. Morton,
DELIVERED .IL'XE L'o, lMfi.
liMitr.s .ND Gi;nti ftnis If I wcro lo
eoiisnll ii iuk'nei', t lit impvoyeinutit, ( f
my lienltli, I hlii itlil not tin lie-ru toi-niolit
lint I Imvo u grennr'-i ' to do vii:'.tever
lean to proinrilo tlio ciniso wliicliisto
lio won or lost at t lies :i j roat:li i n jf dee
lion, ami I liuve been ilcsire'l by ii icinLs
also, to deliver n slioit nddross lieloro tlio
ieoilu. In cotHpIiatieo with tliis desiio
of my own, ntnl tlio wishes of others, I
shall ntlciiiiit to ndilrtss you tonight
upon Romo of the ii-sucn thnt nra involv
od in tho )iproiuihin c:imiaifn.
Since I h.'ivu lieen here to night my
mil (1 h'i lieen .h'.'sy with tlio lust live
now gii'inp; on six yearn. I believe lliis
is t! e first lime I have been on this stajju
since the tennination of the war, ntul I
have been thinkini; over the limes that
I Wilson tins hinge (lining the dark
hours of the rebellion, np'ienling to the
people, calliii", fur volunteer:! and exhort
in;,' the citizens of the the Statu lo stand
by and support the Government.
The war is over the ubel'.ion has
been suppressed the victory litis licet
won, nnd now the question is presented
to 1H at the coining eleelii ti, whether the
fruits of viciory thall be preserved cr
'lost.
st'iiitT or thu urMociiATio iwin v
It is beyond doubt that the temper of
the Democratic party is not ehang"d or
improved since tlio (ermitiiiiion of the
war, but on the contrary it sei ins to have
been greatly embittered by defeat in the
field and nt the ballot. box. Its Fyinptt
thy w ith those who were lately m arms
against the Government its more boldly
avowed than ever, aril it heroines iirgti.
luentivo and enthusiastic in behalf of
thn right of secession and righteousness
in the lehellii The tri o, cpirii. of the
Deuiocraliu party in Ir.diaint has recent
ly received a lemnrkaMe illustralion I lint
should command the so'cniu considera
tion ot the people,
'Some four or live weeks since a con
vention was held in the city of Louisville
composed in, largo part of men who
had been engaged in the rebel nrnuc'.
Thete men assembled in convention,
proclaimed thenuelves mi mbers of the
National Democratic party, and dcckir
od their unfaltering devotion to its time
honored principles. Tin ytvindie.iled the
righteousness ot the rebellion and declar
ed their stern purpose to maintain at lh(.
ballot box the sacred principles for which
they bad taken up anus. Prominent
Indiana Democrats met with thiin in
Convention j mingled '.heir tears with
those who W'pt over Southern heroes;
uttered glowing eulogies, upon the tiiem
ory of Stonewall .lack-on and John
Morgan, and endorsed tluir most ultra
mid treasonable doctrines ; and to show
the complete identity between this as
sembly f'f traitors and the Democratic
party vt Indiana, the Indianapolis Ikriiil
the organ of the party, in thu blondest
and most unqualified manner, earnestly
and enthusiastically endorsed its pio
cecdings, resolutions and s'peehes, The
members ot this convention did lib,
disguise tlio fact that they were rcUds
and Northern Democratic IcudciR, believ
ing that the time for punishing trwison
has gone by, now make hnsto to declare
that they are ami have been united with
them in sympathy, Rcntiim-nt niid pur
pose, and that they will -co opntato wi'.li
them lo the bitter end, in restoring to
them what they call their lights, and in
repairing the damages done to them by
thu war. And lo t-how thnt this male
olei:t and treasonable spiiit is not con
lined to the Democratic leaders ol Iudi
una, numerous meeting'', resolutions,
newspapers nnd declarations, in every
part of the United States, may be rcler
red to, nnd especially the votes and
speeches ol the Dcmocialic members ot
Congress.
WHAT DKMOOIiATK) l.tr'ADIXS HAVE DONB.
The lenders who are now managing
the Democratic party in this State, nro
the men who at the regular pension tt
tlio Legislature in 18(11, declared that, if
an nrmy went from Indiana to nssist in
putting down the then approaching re
bellion it must fust pass over their dead
bodies
They aro tho men who in tho Demo
cratic Convontion on tho Slh of January
I8C2, gave nid nnd comfort to the rebel
lion, by resolving that tho South had
been provoked nnd driven into tho con
test by tlio unconstitutional nnd wicked
aggressions of tlio people of the North.
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They are the men, who, in speeches
and resolutions proclaimed that "South
ern detents gave them r.o joy, and North
ern disasters no Kirrows1" They arc
the men who exerted their influence to
prevent their Democratic Irieuds fium
going into the army, ,and who by their
incessant and venomous slanders iigaiiis,!.
the Govcn'uicnt tV'i ked tho spirit of
volunteering, and made drafting a ncco'i
ty. And when the draft bad bem forc
ed upon the country their wretched
subordinates inspired by thuT devilish
teachings endeavored in many places by
forco of arnis aril the murder of enroll
ing ofliecrs to precnt its execution.
They aro tho men who corresponded
ith the rebel leader in tho South, giv
ing them full information ot our condi
tion, and assuring them that a revolt!"
tion in public opinion was at hand, and
that they had hut to, persevere a few
months longer and the National Govern
ment would fall to pieces of its own
weight.
They arc tlio men w ho in the Legisla
ture of'lHfi.'J, allemptei! to oveilurn the
State Gove' nmeut and establish a Leg islative
(evolution by sciv.ing the n. Hilary
power of the Stale and trari.foning it
into the hands of four State officers three
of whom were members of the trcasona
bio society known as .the ''Sons el'L'.ber.
ty." They are the men, w ho, having failed
to overturn the State Government by
seizi' g the military power, dett '(mined
to defeat its operations and bring about
anarchy, by locking up (be public treas
ure and thus withholding the' money
necessary to cany on the Government
They aro the men who for the pur
pose of private (-'peculation, and to dis
credit tlieSlatc, before the world con
spired to prevent the pr.yniei'.t of the
interest on the public debt, by withhold
ini' tin org' i g. fn'o-Julcrt !jivry:t ti e
money ree'e ved from taxes, paid for that
very purpose. This lawsuit was fraudii-le-ntiy
smuggled through the Circuit
Court and lodged in the Supremo Cour'.
before the mut'ilcs of the ea-e had b"cn
read and signed by tiie Circuit Judge, or
he had been made nt.ipiaiiited with its
character and was hastily decided by
the Supremo Cuttrt nga'nst the credit ol
the State.
They are the men who introduced and
organized in this Statu that dangerous
ami wide-spread conspiracy lirst known
as thn "KnigUs ed Ihe Golden Circle,"
and alterwarils as the "S ins eif Liberty,"
which had for its purpose the overthrow
of the StNle and National Governments-
Not all ot them, it is true, belonged
foimeily to this infamous order, but
such as stood on the outside had knowl
edge o( its existence, purposes Mid plans
and cat chilly concealing their knowledge
was ready to accept it.s w ork.
To accomplish ihe hellish w oik of this
conspiracy, military oiliees w ere appoint
ed, m;litary organiz tlions created, arms
and ammunition purchased in immense
quantities and smuggled into the State,
coircspondcnce opened with rebel com
manders, and military combinations
agreed upon, rebel ofliecrs and agents
intiodueed into the capilol and conceal
eYl in hotels mid boarding houses, and it
was deliberately planned and agreed
that upon a day fixed, they wuuld aud
demly uprise, and murder the Executive,
seize the arsenal and its arms and am
munition, and releasing 0,000 rebel pris
oners in Camp Morton, put arms into
their bands, and with their combined
forces -licet a military and blocdy revo
lution in the Slate. This dreadful
scheme necessarily involved nuirder,
conflagration, robbery, and the commis
sion of oveiy climo whiih makes black
the chronicles of civil war. , ai d yet its
authors and al ettors, w ith the proofs of
their guilt piled mounliin high, are
nguin htruggling for power and asking
the people to put info their guilty hands
the government nnd prosperity ofthe
State. Some of these men w ho are high
in favor and authority in their putty,
nnd are largely entrusted with its man
ngoinont, have heretofore occupied i 111
ecs of great trust anil" respon-ibibiy in
which they proved to Lo recreant and
corrupt.
They nro the men who, in Ihe Legis
lature of Indiana bitterly opposed and
denounced every effort to confer tho right
of'siifTraga upon soldiers in tho field who
could not come home to vote
They nro tho men who wrote letters to
soldiers in tho nrmy, urging lliem to do
ner!, and nssuring them ot support nnd
protection if they did.
They aro tho mou who labored With
devilish zeal to destroy jho ability ot the
Government to carry ton the war by
depreciating its linaiiclal credit. They
assured tho people thjat "greenback"
would die on their hands, and warned
theiuseleu nly ng linst Government bonds
as a wicked device f fob thein eif their
money. j
They are the; men " do refused to con
tribute to the Ii :i j'i"';4Coiiimissi(ui lor
the- relief of sick and foundcd soldiers,
upon the lying and hyp'icvilicul prelense
that tho contributions w ere' coiisuhkmI by
the ofliecrs ol the nrinyv
They are the men who excused them
selves from coiiti'ibulinj; for tho releifot
soldiers' families at home by tho infa
mous slander that they 'were living bet
ter than they ever elo'ie, and by, foul
imputations on the ehiiftity of soldiers'
wives.
They are the men li declared in
speeches, resolutions, anil by their votes
in Congress, that not noihcr man nor
anothe r dollar should he voted to carry
i . .
on a 'jruel war ngainsti their Southern
brethren i
They arc the mm wly in the midst cf
the last great campr,igij eif 1801, at tho
time when Sherman was fighting his
way, step by step, from Chattanooga to
Atlanta, and Grant was forcing Lee
back into l! e dele n-es of liichliiniid, in
desperate and bloody ba, th.'S Iroin day to
day; when the fate of the nation bung
in the bVnnce, and the world w atched
with breathless inteieSt the gig:inio
struggle w hich was to iettli! Ihe ipics--tu-ii
ol Ki piiblicau Government, assem
bled in Convention in Chicago and res
olved that tho war was n failure ; that
our cause was unjust, nnd thrrt we ought
to lay down our arms aril sue for peace'.
It was throwing a mountain into the
I
Confederate scale to la, ike the Union
kick the beam. It wara bold and des
i:.t:'i P reVec i:i lbnll'e.f the rebel-,
boil, r.' the very crisis -d' the fight. It
was an insult to tlio byd armies nt the
nation, so vast,' malignant and deadly
thai language can convey no adequate!
idea ol its weakness. jAnd in future
limes tho historian will j record the fact
with astoui-hincnt that the Government,
althe most critical moniciit of its life,
when n few hours or a lew days at the
larthe.-t. must, detei mine whether it
should live or die, could permit a'Jarge
body of its enemies to niH't upon its soil
in peace and security, and publish a lla
grant inanilesto in behalf of the rebellion.
Now, I do not mean to say. that all
the Demre'i'atio leaders' have done all
these things, but what I do" say ia this,
that the men who have done these thihgs
are combined togclher.t and constitute
Ihe real lenders ol' the D"liic,orati(t parly.
liiu lew moderate men of the paity
have becn'stripped of all power and in
fluence, am! are carried along with it
merely tor numbers and policy, bile the
living mid aggressive element which con
trols it aro the "Sous tf Liberty" and
those who acted in sympathy and con
cert vt ith llicin.
They arc the men who have pervert
ed the word Democracy, from its once
honorable meaning, to bo a shield ami
cover lor rebellion, and for every crime
that iiltachos to a causeless and atrocious
civil war. '
WHO e.'AI.I, TIIDMSKI.VKS IU-.JIOCKATS.
Every iinregenerated rebel, lately in
arms against his Government calls him
self a Dciin crat.
Every "bounty jumper," every 'deser
ter," every ' sneak" who ran away from
thediafl, calls himself a Democrat
Howies, Millignn, Walker, Dod.l, Hor
sey nnd Humphreys call themselves
Dcniicrats. Every "Son cf Liberty"
who conspired to murder, burn, rob
arsenals., nnd release rebel prisoners,
calls himself a Democrat. John Mor
gan, Sue Monday, Champ Ferguson,
U'irz, Payne, nnd Hooth proclaimed
themselves Democrats. Every m n who
labored for tho rebcllitn in the field,
w ho murdered Uni n prisoners by cru
cify and starvation, whu cinspircd to
bring about civil war in the loyal States,
who invented dangerous, compounds to
burn steamboats and Northern cities,
who coMrived hellish schemes to intro
duce into Northern cities tho wasting
pestilence of yellow fever calls himself
n Democrat. '
liveiy di-honest contractor who has
been convicted of defrauding tho Gov
ernment every dishonest paymaster or
disbursing officer who has been con
victed of fquundeiii'g tlw public tnoney
at the gaming table or in-gold gambling
operations every officer in the army
who vvaa dismissed for cowardice or;
disloyally,-calls himself a Democrat
Every- wolf in sheep's clothing, who
pretends to preach the gospel, but. pro
claims the righteousness ol tnan-seliing
and slavery every one who shouts
down negroes in thu streets, burns
negro school houses and meeting hous
es, n ml murders women am' children by
the light of their own flaming devi'llings,
calls hrnsell a Democrat. Every New
Yoik rioter in lHt;:',, who burned up
hlllu children in ci.lored asylum who
robbed, ravished and murdered indis
criminately in thu-midst of a blazing
city tor three days and nights, called
himself a Democrat.
In short tho Democratic parly may
be described as a common sower and
loathsome receptacle, into which i emp
tied every element ot treason North and
South, and every element ot inhumanity
nil hailurism which has dishonored
the ago.
And this parly, 'composed of the men
and elements I have described, in dell -mice
of truth and decency asserts itself
as the special champion of tho Constitu
tion and thu Union, which but a short
sixteen months ago it was in arms to
destroy; and proclaims to an astonished
world that the only c fleet of vanquishing
armed rebels in the field, is to return
them to scats in Congress, and to restore
them to political power. Having (ailed
to destroy the Constitution by force, the.V
feck lo dj it by constru.ition, and as
sume lo hive mule the remarkable dis
covery that rebels who lotiglit to destroy
thj Constitution were its true friends,
and, Ilia', the men who shed their blood
and gave their Mibslanc; lo preserve it
were its only enemies.
Dl-MOCKATltJ rUUl-OSltS AM) POI Il'V.
Ami now let us inquire what meas
ures the Democratic parly are for aflir
matively. It is and has been opposed to
whate ver the! Union party is in favor ol,
but it has also a positive and iiflirina
tive policy, which it is important that
the people should tliideistand, The
great and leading measure of i's policy
is the immediate and unconditional ad
missii ii of a full repre sentation in both
Houses of Congress from the rebel
State's : that the' test oath shall he repeal,
ed : that there shall be no punishments;
that there shall bo no political or civil
disabilities imposed upon any man w ho
lias been engaged in the rebellion ; that
there shall be no amendment, to the Con
stitution lo make it conform to the
changed circumstances of the nation :
that there. shall he no legislation to pre.
vent the furl her recurrence of future rs
be.'!lioii!biit that Union men and rebel,
Union soldiers anil robe! soldiers, shall he
put upon a perfect equality before the
law. and that no honors or rcivards shall
bo extended to tho one which are not
equally bestowed upon the other. In
pi-'otil of this last position, lei mo refer
you lo the notorious fact that, in their
speeches and newspapcis they bestow
brilliant and glowing panegyrics upon
the genius anil yiitues eif General Lee,
but are significantly silent about Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan They weep
copiously over the memory ot Stonewall
Jackson, but have not a tear to shed for
the untimely deaths of Lyon, Kearney,
Mcl'herson and Ilaeklenian. They
mourn from day to day over the factitious
Kutleriugs of Jefl" Davis, but have neve
yet expressed a regret for the murdered
thousands at Andcrsonvillo nnd Salis
bury. These things point to their feelings
and their policy wilh llio unerring cer
tainly of tho needle to the pole, and
lenvelho rational mind without shadow
of doubt as to what they would do
should they again come into control of
the Government. TJiey are opposed to
equalizing thu representation North and
South, because" it would diminish the
power of the rebels in Hie Government
Theyaro opposed to prohibiting thy
assumption of the rebel war debt, -for
that would be to prevent them from do
ing just what, they intend to do should
they get the power.
We nro nli'lc fo predict with absolute
certainty what would bo their first meas
ures should the great cahniiily happen
that they otne into jfower. They
would assumo tho rebel war eleb't, and
put tho owners of it upon tho fiinio foot
ing with tho holders of llio stocks of tho
United States i they would pension rebel
soldiers nnd the families of rebel soldiers,
bestowing upon them equal honors nnd
employments with tliofo who belonged
to the loyal" armies of the) Nation j they
would nsncailyns possible rcdiicu the
freedinen ot tlieS. uih back to theoondi'
tion of -slavery by depriving thein of all
protection and civil righ's. They would
harrass and oppress Union men both
North and South, by subjecting th- in to
vindictive law suits, and to the brutal
veiig".'ince-id rebels whom Ihey had de
li'.lled in arms.
And most important of all, they would
proclaim lin; right f secession, and bid
the Southern States In go it they yet
wished to do so, and tell tho Slates of
I lie North wesj; to go in peace and-ioriii
a Northwestern Confederacy, if such
was their desire. There is not an ac
tive Democratic leader in the North west
to-day who has not from tho beginning
of the war asserted that tho people eit,
Ihe Nor; li were the aggressors, nnd tlnfl
the people of the South were stau bug
justly in defense of their cons.itut'oiial
rights.
co.M'.i:iii:m insi'i.ts to soi.tumis.
While the war was in progress (lop-,
perhead politicians denoiiii'.icil Union
soldiers as "Lincoln hirelings," a i mi r
eenaries, and' as lighting lor nay and
plunder, and not for principle, ami their
treatment ol Union soldiers now is pro-y
eisely upon that theory. They nppea
to believe that the) adherence of soldiers
to thu Union party, is for tho solu pur
pos (if getting office and ollicial rewards,
and if it happens that a soldier fails to
rcci ive a nomination for an ollice, an
hundred Coppei heads run tiller liiin and
whisper treason in his ear. assert thai
he has been betrayed, and assure him
thai, it he will but desert to his enemiesM
laud join t.iu ranks ot those who fought
i against, him, they will not only forgive
ihe fat t that he was a Union soldier, but
evill lake him to their arms and cover
I him wilh rewards, just as the devil eif-fet'i-d
e.ur Savior, all the kingdoms of
the world .if he would but fall down and
worship him, when in point ol fact tUe
lying old rascal was only a tenant tit will
niniselt and had nt a loot ol Ian. I to give.
How the gallant, soldier wdio eriled bis
lite for his country, and has returned
maimed and shattered from thn battle,)
must feel dishonored and humiliato'V
when he finds himself irealed as a more
mcKccn ny, and is apjioached by Cop.
perheads with arguments and tempt n
lions which slain his manhood and insult
the memory of the dead who.fell in hat.
lie
iy his sido. 'Themselve-J regarding
eiflhio.gelting, as Ihe sole business oflifcJ
and that Governments wero established
only to provide hungry politicians with
lucrative places, they mo -unable to eon
oi ive the idea ofthe patriot soldier, who
loving his country more than wealth,
luxury, and thu comforts of homo, hud
all these together with his life, ns a cheer
ful sacrifice upon tho National altar. '
A WOUl) TO YOIKI1 .MUX.
And hero let me address a word tei
the young men of Indiana. You, aro
i'lsl starl in;: in life, with llio world all
before yn it, where and how to choose.
IJewaro how you connect your lorlunes
with a decayed and dishonored parly,
indelibly stained wilh trein.-on, and iiiion,
w hose tomb.-tone the historian will write1
"fal-e to liberty, lalse to its eeitintry, atnJ
f .lsei to the age in w hich it lived " Thb
Democratic parly has eommilleil a crime
tor which history has no pardon, and
the memories ol men no forgelliihicss;
whoso colors grow darker from ago to
age, and lor which the oxi'eralions ot
mankind become more, hitter troin gene
ration lo geiieraliou. It committed
treason against liberty in behalf of -slavery
r against civilization in behalf of bar
bins ii; audits chronicles will bo written
in the same volume which records the
most dangerous nnd malignant factions
that have ever nlllicled Government or'
retarded thu progress of mankind. '1 he
r. hellion was born in tho Democratic
parly ; cradled in its lap, nursed from
ils breast, and cherished and sustained
by it until it perished by the avenging
sword of thu nation, and it must soon
be fallowed to the tomb by its guilty
parent
The Federal parly -opposed tho war nly
1812, ami died from the elfeels of it in i(
lew years. The Whig party opposeiP
the .Mexican war iu I8UI, and lived but
six years longer s yet those parties
mciliiatod no treason, irid when the
conflict began did not Nvmpalhizo with
the enemy, or give him aid and comfort,
but gave their earnest and hearty imp
port lo tho Government and the army.
How, then, shall it bo with the Demo
eralio party ? the parent ot the rebellion,
who, with thu southern wing was in
ill ms against ' thu government, the
northern wing gnvo lo it inntsrinl aid
mid comloi t, ami cheered it on in the
deadly contest.
coNci.rsro.v.
I have not attempted to autioipato the
action of Congress or the President, or,
to discuss things that aro settled, or any
issues that, do not seem necessarily in
volved iu thu approaching elections; and
in conclusion I exhort he Union n on ot
Indiana not to sullVr themselves to be
enticed from the consideration of. tho
groat questions by Hide issues, whloh
Demoeraliei politicians nro busily engag-l
ed iu thrusting forward. The "interests
at stake aro too vast and vt' ul to bo en
dangered by division iu our own ranks
upon immaterial questions, or by bring
ing forward matters which, although
may he important in themselves, can
gain nothing by being pressed at a timu
like this.
DEMOCRATIC AlltJSK OF TIHtl SOU
DU5IW.
Colonel De-hurt, in his spbocli before '
the Indiana Soldiers' Convention, reaii a
largo nuuibur of extracts from' Demo-
eralio papers, f-peeches nnd resolutions
showing tho allee.tion ofthe Donldoratio
party tor the soldiers when the y wete, '
absent lighting tho relndi. This Demo
cratic ahiiso ot tho soldiers is not forgoU
ten, and never Avill bo We) extract
from tho speech the following, tor tha
benefit of thu sohliers of Michigan i
"The banner ot our armies is tho ban
ner of tyranny and oppression1 " HocieU
How does that sound to a soldier t,
The banner under which you have been
lighting so long and iu defence of which
you have shed your blood so freely
upon theb'ittlu fiul I, that b inner is "tho
banner of tyranny ami oppressionl 'That
is one specimen ot their '-loyalty."
Here is another proof of their devotion
to their country :
"This is a el unneil Abolition waf1, and
wo believe Abo Lincoln is as muelwof '
traitor as Jell I) iyis." AiMand (Ohio)
i..,, in..,-.,;..
't.llfl,. U I II, I JI.Ufl,
Sohliers, that sentenco was put forth
by thu very men who to-day ask you to ,
UIMilWII-l tin .11- r..n..li,l.it.io (Vi nllt,.,, I
-.'--. v in.... . .. ,,. 1,11,11.,7 -u. Willi. ,
Here is another proof of their loyalty I
'Tlm Diinirw-rnei.- teill vnt tnliuli Alia
Lincoln and his co-usurpers that thd , )
way of the transgressor is not easy V
Hon A. G. Do.lgo of Iowa.
15 loth was not the murderer of Abra-"
ham Lincoln. I hold tlio Demouratio
party responsible for that crimo. It
was that party that by their denuncia
tions of the Government and thoir fre
quent acts of encouragement to rebels
and traitors, that sharpened the dagger,
that nerved tho arm tint at the last tired "
llio pistol at tho head or heart of that
loan u'lii'm wo all loved in well. '
! Anolhur snocimnii !
y "History will relate that we (the A
North) mauiibiclnrod tho conlliot, forced I
it jt ii bulbed procoeity, and invited it."-
Detroit Frou Press, April 16, 18(55.
We did bring on this war by refusing
to do as tho olel Democratic party has
done, ki.eel and lick tho luinrl thnt
smiles it.
"It (the Administration) h is Kit arms
in tho hands ot outlaws, thieves and )
murderers and traitors." Crawford
CiiiiHti Forum, ( Jkm).
Itelerriug to our soldiers. I
To day tho sumo men aro saying to
you, "we aro very glad to soe you, como
over to us; wo will p' otect ydil and givo
you ollico, wo 'are your friends; and have
always been."
"We will never givs any aid or flasla
sistimco to tho continuance ot this un
holy and unconstitutional war." Alltn
cou illy convention, Aitijust, 13, 18G4,
This is another beautiful instanoo of
their patriotism. Here is another speci
men :
','Any man who volunteers to go and A
iigtu in tins, war ought to bo shot.
They are. dainne I abolitionists." Xflni
r.oii'iji d'hjdtcto l.ln Aliehiga-i DemO'
train; (inrctttio:l. '
What do y.m think of that f That
proves them to ho yottr friends unques
tionably, and duseiving of your confi
dence. "You black Republicans have sent '
your hell-hounds down South to'devas
tain the country."
This is from Geo. W Pock, a distin
guished patriot, uw.
."say to vou, my constituents, that
ns your tlepresentnl'no I will never vote
ouo dollar, or ohm gun. to the" Adminis
tration of Abraham Lincoln, to make
war auninst tho South." Ii. W. Voor
tees, M. O, Seventh Indiana district,
April, I SGI.
Another instance of tho hearty sup
port these men gave to their country in
ils hour of peril i
j "Tis a lamentable fact that not one-"
ihoiuaiiiltli part of all our vast armies
Nip lh . enlisted purely from patriotic
motives. Som ) went for money, some
lo get offices, some to get applause at
homo, and all with a raguu ambition to
become renowned. Aivl. too, alas that
we should say it 1 thousands upon thoag.
amis to steal. Theso nro facts, and n
amount of lino writing or frothy indig
nalion can change thorn. We do not
know that Ijiei Southern soldiers were
any lieer from such incentives, but"
they probably wero as theirs nnrfnnb
warol'stlf-defouco Lansing Democrat
Jc Jmirnnl, J.i 10, 18.0G.
.ion weiii nro tno army lor motley
according to thesn men. That is what)
Ihey say of you, mid yet they call upon
you with open arms to como into the
ranks of this great, "loynl" Domooratio
parly.
The Democrats cannot say to yoa
that those nro only utterances of indi
viduiils, editors nnd speakers, for whose
assertions tho party is not responsible, 1
tor tho very life and spirit of their utter
anccs wero re echoed nnd reiterated by
tho great Democratic rtartv itself- ,..,.
bled i.i national convention at Uhioa-r
OO." Ih tfn'it P,i ' J