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The 13 i-7::l± CO:i'iplains thr tfC XrtoX'd; needed atteniio?) uevery legitimate issue thiit can ntt* into the contest, l*H no amount of whining will prevent us from following sind scourging Oie wrenches who,• 3css than two years ago, wore engaged in •planning a ri'l*nh A m the Norib \vest,and ! were in the pay of Jeff. Davis. They | found refuse then, i:i the bosom oi life j Democratic party, cootroled hi a largo I measure its nomination* tti»d policy, and 1 now, although their guilt lias been*made*: so manifest that none can doubt it, they j still occupy their old prominence in its ranks, and are thrust forward on every ! possible occasion as exponents of its doctrines, anu greeted with honors and cheers ic iis Conventions, whilo Democrats who tried to stand by the country as well as by their party organization, are treated wiib coldness, if not positive contempt.When any member of those traitorous organist ion s with whicli tho State was infested during the war, presents himself as a candidate for office wo shall expose the scoundrel, if advised of his antecedents, and shall hold the Democratic party responsible for the prominence it gives him. When selects auch men as Andrew Humphreys to preside at tbs pablfe assem-. blies, we shall Uko care to speak of liis connection with the insurrectionarv plot of 186-1, and to call public attention to the favor shown Mm by the party. As long as X. W- root hoes impudently obtrudes himsolf upon the people as a candidate for the United States Sen ate, we shall be very apt to speak of the disgraceful record ho hai made since ISfii. Until Jesse D. Bright keeps away ivom Democratic State Conventions, and ceases ia exercise an influence in them, wo shall deem it perfectly iegitimate to refresh the memory of the people of the State in reference to the anxiety h«j manifested to have JeiF. Davis supplied with the most approved quality of fit*arms*So long as the Democratic party furnishes a iheltor to the conspirators who undertook to iGrcis through the Legislature of 1863, a bill to depose the Governor and to appoint four military dictators in bis place: so long will the party be held re* responsible for their revolutionaryr unconstitutional and treasonable conduct. It is folly for that party to take the notoriously disloyal men of IS62-4 to its embraces, hed at'the same time attempt to avoid the responsibility of thoir acts.Partios.hs well us Individuals,are known by the company they keep; and ifthey fraternize? with traitors and con$pirators,tUoy must expect to share tiro disgrace sod Ignominy that attach to their associate*.— Ind. Jour,
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Fort Wayne Daily Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 28, 1866
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