Every wolf in sheep's clothing, who pretends to preach the gospel, but proclaims the righteousness of man-selling and slavery—everyone who shoots dow… - Oliver P. Morton

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Every wolf in sheep's clothing, who pretends to preach the gospel, but proclaims the righteousness of man-selling and slavery—everyone who shoots down negroes in the streets, burns negro school-houses and meeting-houses, and murders women and children by the light of their own flaming dwellings, calls himself a Democrat. Every New York rioter in 1863, who burned up little children in colored asylums—who robbed, ravished and murdered indiscriminately in the midst of a blazing city for three days and nights, called himself a Democrat. In short, the Democratic Party may be described as a common sewer and loathsome receptacle into which is emptied every element of treason, North and South, every element of inhumanity and barbarism which has dishonored the age.

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About Oliver P. Morton

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (4 August 1823 – 1 November 1877) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Indiana and a member of the U.S. Republican Party. He served as the 14th Governor of Indiana.

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Native Name: Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Alternative Names: Oliver Perry Morton Oliver Morton
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