Mason and John Slidell, the Rebel emissaries in Europe, were Democrats,--that the officers, who, after obtaining their education at West Point at the public expense, threw up their commissions and lifted parricidal hands against their country, Hood, Beauregard, Johnston, Lee, were all Democrats.
Sumner lists prominent military figures who were Democrats and later turned against the Union, highlighting their betrayal.
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