The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-29
See that ye do not fall out by
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ter of one who thirteen weeks
back, took in hand and heart to
supply every name on the Press
office books, with your own organ,
and through good report and evil
insinuations we have fulfilled our
promise to the letter; and in the
peculiar circumstances in which
we have been placed, we have done
our very best to serve you, and to
promote the real interests of the
American nation. That the great
bulk of our readers are fully salts
fled with our editorial labors, is a
fact, and that fact is our strength
and pride, and we cheerfully record
it i'll this our first issue of the
second volume of the Democratic
PreSS. We are truly grateful for
the good measure of appreciation
bestowed upon us by our faithful
friends, and intelligent patrons
and, cheered and sustained by so
determined q band of true brothers,
we are resolved, in the strength of
God, to hold on our way with clean
hands, and doubt not, that we
shall grow stronger and stronger.
We are not only for the Union
the whole Union-but we are also
the Democratic party who have al
ways stood by the Union, the
Constitution, and the great laws
by which the United States were
first cementedtogethe in one grand
federation. When the dissatisfied
men of the South withdrew from
the North, we were among the
first to condemn their acts and
deeds as evil. We have never
ceased to do so,-we do so now,
and are fully prepared to make
any reasonable sacrifice in our
power to bring them back into the
Union; but here arises a question,
which presents itself in the form
Of a proposition, and every candid
mind, every true and loyal citizen
residing permanently in America,
be he naturalized or not, is in true
faith, honor, and justice, bound to
look at the proposition hereinafter
stated and argued, calmly, impair
TALLY, and nationally.
The question then, which pre-
sents itself to us, is as follows, that
is to say, what are the means
most likely to succeed in the end:
in bringing the so-called Confeder'
ate States back into q Union Of al
the States?
Our brethren-the Republican
party-who have just as much
legal right to their opinions as we
have to ours, contend very gene.
rally, that war to the bitter end is
the weapon which ought to be,
and which must be employed, in all
the ~justifable forms in which it
can be made use of, to compel the
States Of the South to submit to
law and order, and walk back into
the Union.
We believe that we have here, in
: a few words, stated the ground Of
proposition upon which our breth.
ren-in general-of the Republican
school, have taken their stand rela.
tive to the present, and to them
as we'll as to us, calamitous war
/, Now, while we do not admit fol
;: Gae moment, that our oPponentS-
we select our terms-are a viii
more patriotic, loyal, or t"1e Oniol
men than we are, we cannot sur
render our own judgment, give up
our own convictions, or yield up
our Individual right to think, speak,
or act relative to the great struggle
now going on in the South and in
the North, as reason, conscience,
justice, and mercy dictate to us
and, consequently, we advocate the
necessity of prosecuting the wal
conditionally. We mean by the
word conditionally, that we would.
on terms just and honorable to the
North, and not degrading or hu.
initiating to the South, offer peace
to the people who have gone out
of the Union, even at this stage o.
the war, and if they would moi
!, listen or consent to accept reason.