The American Platforms — 237
The Croydon Democrat publishes the following platform arranged to suit all parties. The first column is the Secession platform, the second is the Abolition platform; and the whole read together is the Democratic platform. The platform is like the Union—as a whole it is Democratic, but divided, one half is Secession, and the other Abolition:—
| Hurrah for | The old Union |
| Secession | Is a curse |
| We fight for | The constitution |
| The Confederacy | Is a league with hell |
| We love | Free speech |
| The rebellion | Is treason |
| We glory in | A free press |
| Separation | Will not be tolerated |
| We fight not for | The negroes’ freedom |
| Reconstruction | Must be obtained |
| We must succeed | At every hazard |
| The Union | We love |
| We love not | The negro |
| We never said | Let the Union slide |
| We want | The Union as it was |
| Foreign intervention | Is played out |
| We cherish | The old flag |
| The stars and bars | Is a flaunting lie |
| We venerate | The habeas corpus |
| Southern chivalry | Is hateful |
| Death to | Jeff. Davis |
| Abe Lincoln | Isn’t the Government |
| Down with | Mob law |
| Law and order | Shall triumph. |