M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-08-01
An Right as Ear nd To COOS.

Mr.. McBETH, to his credit bo it
said, last week denOunces the Ohio
'Natc Jou,aa', and denies its Repa5.
li,anism. It answers its own gucs.
tion thus
"WHAT the Wan IS FoR.-Whatwould
be the auty of the President! We do mol
hesitate TO answer the exercise Of bis un.
doubted right to proclaim immediate iree-
dom TO the slaves, and thus destroying sla-
very and the war at once Again, 1--WE
believe military emancipation to be the only
h nofatle and humane solution OF our diih
culties. Ohio STATE .'OHraa 1901
MCBETH calls this a damnable he
resy, a monstros;ty do we, to the
Constitution, aud he and us stand on
this point on the old Wing Clay Plat
form, and the Democratic Platlorm,
both based OIL the Constitution. Now,
Mac, let US embrace and keep in line,
ard help us to kick these Aboltioni8ts
out Of bed, and demand LINCOLN
shall repudiate them-put them ont
of office, so they can't do any more
mischief. Let us have the Republi,
can State Central Committee resolve
THAT the partnership heretofore exist
ing between Republicans ard Aboli-
tionists shall be henceforth and iorev.
er dissolved ; and we are thea ready
to unite with you and carry on Ihis
Government upon Constitutional prin.
ciples. But, as you don't seem tc
know, Mac, what 10 going on in youl
party, and don't take the papers, Lei
us give you few more to denounce
We hope you will do it, for they dc
serve it richly. Look atthc follow
ing petitions Of some Repub' leans tC
!he present Congress @
o1he U. s. States Senate and Hous. of Re
rcscatdtiucS, in Congress Assembled
The Undersigned, a portion Of the loya
people Of the United States, lamenting il
common with many Others the numerous
evils Of civil war, respectfully petition tina
you will take such immediate measures 70
the entire removal of the cause Of this wa
-teiug in our view, the continued peEmis
sion OF slaVery-as the wisdom and patriot
ism ofyour honorable bodies may decide"
Then read from one Of the warmes
and most influential leading papers 0
Western Pennsylvania, Of the 9lst o
July:
at is, therefore, a war Of slavery, ogains
freedom, freedom against slavery. 1t is tn,
'irrepressible conflict OF which Mr.. Sewar(
spoke in his speech at Roches stern conlic
altogether unavoidable, aud one which ma,
be suspended, but which eannever be ter
minated, until one or the other OF these Az
tagonistic principles shall succomb."
On the 26th of april the samo pa
per said:
, EITHER slavery or the Union must 3,
must conquer them or they will conqaOs-Us
Either liberty or slavery must be driven IA
the wall"
The Boston Atla8 and Bee, the
leading Administration paper in New
England, says:
1.-THE meaning OF this fight isthe doom o.
slavery, and the sooner the Government acts
upon this idea. the less will be the carnage"
The Hartford Press, tho State or.
gan of the Republicans in Connect.
cut, says:
at is mistake to say that ,the Conlelcr-
ale states are in rebellion against the govern
ment-The slavery in them Is in rebellion
against Republicanism and it is the sla.
very in them, and not the States, that is TO
be suOjuga;ed."
The New York Times, which is
regarded IS the special organ Of AR.
SEWARD in New York, makes the fol-
lowing pacific suggestion:
Like Popery, slavery is incompatible
with the spirit OF the age, or, in other words,
with liberty and civilization. Their pro-
gress i7 at an cEd and fate or Providence
seems to have doomed them to a speedy de-
struction, by the folly their devotees."
These are all from leading Repuoli-
can papers. DO Republicans Of Vim
ton endorse them I