Quote#Self
Every unregenerate rebel lately in arms against his government calls…
Quote byOliver P. Morton · 1823–1877
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Arraignment of the Democratic Party (June 1866), As contained in Treason Exposed: Record of the Disloyal Democracy (1866), Republican Party (Ind.) State Central Committee, p. 2.
English (original)
Every unregenerate rebel lately in arms against his government calls himself a Democrat. Every bounty jumper, every deserter, every sneak who ran away from the draft calls himself a Democrat.
— Oliver P. Morton
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