The Position and Policy of the Democratic Party (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Position and Policy of the Democratic Party I agree with you that the radical Abolitionists prefer a separa tion to 'a restoration of the Union as it was with all the rights of the states as they exist under the Constitution, including slavery, and just so soon as they are convinced that a majority of the people of the North and of Congress, are determined to admit a peace upon the old basis, they will labor for a separation. They seem determined to invent and practice every provocative possi ble toward the South, in order to produce and continue a degree of alienation which shall prevent them from embracing the tender which the conservative North is ready to efi'er them, to return and enjoy the protection of the Constitution unimpaired. These pro vocations, in connection with the known state of feeling perved ing the whole community South, render any 'hope that they will embrace the Democratic offer to return and resume the status quo ante bellum, entirely futile at the present moment. They will, with bitter contempt, spurn this offer now, let it come from whom it may. Such is the present state of feeling in the Southwest as well as in the Southeast. Victories must be won before they will listen to reason from any party and accept reunion on any terms. Were the Democrats in power to-day, they must win victories before they could save the Union. If these victories are won while the Abolitionists rule, may not the South accept peace from us when we attain the control, quite as readily as if won under Democratic auspices? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.