M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-08-08

to save the Union, The doctrines Of
| I1776were reiterated by the Reppbli.
cans of 1856, but were denied by
majority Of the judges Of the Supreme
Court, yet Northern Democrats eyad-
ed the issue iu the campaign Of that
year. Except for this evasion Fre-
mont would have been elected. The
will OF the Creator, the selfevident
truths Of mans inalienable rights,
we're as omnipotent then as they were
inlthe revolution oft776 or of1S60.
"0ur principal labor twenty five
years has consisted in getting our
friends to adopt, avow and sustain
the primal truths which : lie at the
basis Of our government, and not over,
coming the strength of our opponents.
| do not hesitate in saying that every
editor and writer Of our State who
has expressed the wish that we shal!
abandon our platform, admits its
truth and justice, and will say at once
that he is ready to support it, but he
will add, the Douglas men will mol, or
the Bell Everett men will not, or that
certain Republicans will not. In.
deed, Mr.. Douglas has often told me,
tina. We never could succeed in get.
ting Wings tJ sustain the declaration
OF human rights, aud Wings often as
sured me that Democrats would nev.
er admit that God had endowed all
men with the inalienable rights of life
and liberty. n-.es.. ~.
"All these men were willing to
support liberty and justice, bat fear
ing that others would not do it, they
would insist that our party should not
base their claims to success on these
sttributes of the Most High. But at
length, after twenty years. Of constant
labor and untiring effort, the issue
upon human rights was fully made
up. On that issue we triumphed.-
The President in his inaugural, and
the action of the Administration has
been directed to the support of our
principles. Those who oppose us
have either rebelled against the Co.
vernmept, or acknowledge the justice
Of oar cause and act with us. The
siSntaniety with which the people OIL
the loyal States have come up to the
support Of those truths which inspir
eG the hearts and nerved the arms o.
our revolutionary fathers, has no par
allel in the history of mankind
Never was our cause 80 strong as al
this day. Never in the history of oul
nation, has any party held such indis
putable sway ever the Government as
that now in power. Three huRdsed
thousand men are in the fed with
cannon aud muskets, and swords to
sustain our doctrines--as many more
are anxious to enter the military ser.
vice for the same purpose.
"Our doctrines and the manner in
which the people have risen in their
support have attracted the admiration
of the Christian world. Procaiming
the imprescriptable rights of human
nature, as the basis OF organization,
and supporting those rights by the
moral and physical power of twenty
millions of people, we present to ci.
vilized nations a spectacle Of higher
moral sublimity than has previously
existed.
"At such a time under such cir.
cumstances, we are called to surren.
der our doctrines; discard our princi'
pies, and 60 into an uncertain unde-
finable organization to save the Union
The stale cry which retarded our tri.
umph for the last ten years, is now
revived at the very moment when oul
victory is near its final accomplish
ment.
"In conclusion | may remark, thai
should our State Committee omit tc
call Republican Convention, | give
it as my opinion that the people will
hold one. Should the Republican
party abandon It's principles, give il
as my opinion that another party will
take them up, will assert and maintain
them to their full and final consum'
nation.
"JosHUA R. GIpDINas.
Jefferson, O., July %, 18612