Franklin County: "What Has Become of the Democratic War Cries?," by Unknown, September 13, 1870

Summary: This collection of rhetorical questions seems to be an indictment of the Democratic part's potency after the Civil War.

What has become of the Democratic war cries of ten years ago? Is slavery still a divine institution? Does the constitution as it was, or as the Domocracy would make it, carry slavery into the territories of the union? Should capital own its labor? Is it right and proper that abolitionists should be exterminated at any risk, or by any means? Is it constitutional for a nation to fight for its own preservation? Can the South ever be conquered? Should not our wayward sisters depart in peace? Ought we not to have these issues discussed before the people by our Democratic journals and orators? Why, of course not, these are dead issues say our friends. Well then what becomes of the party that risked its political life on them? If it is not dead it ought to be.

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Bibliographic Information: Source copy consulted: Public Opinion, September 13, 1870, p. 2 col. 2