War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla And Charybdis: Consisting of Observations Upon the Causes ...
War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla And Charybdis: Consisting of Observations Upon the Causes ...
Henry Stuart Foote
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" 4. They were nominated in opposition to the whole mass of executive patronage, openly wielded by a corrupt and unscrupulous President, and that profligate band of official janissaries whom he holds in his pay, and who, with more than serf-like servility, stand ready to receive his commands and execute his behests. " 5. They were nominated alone by national men and men of the highest independence of spirit, there being not one secessionist among them, nor one slavish tool of power; a few hones...t and firm-minded men, incumbents of Federal office, preferring their country to the enjoy- ment of executive favor, having dared to do their duty as patriots at the hazard of immediate official decapitation. "6. Because the Douglas and Johnson ticket consti- tutes the only available Democratic ticket now in the field, to abandon them is to abandon all hope of Demo- cratic success in the present presidential contest ; to with- draw votes from them is to strengthen LmQ.o\\i ^w^\\:^- N 290 SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS.
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