The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-30
Duty Of the Republican Party During
the Present Emnrrencv.

like the present, we find loyal men, who ar
capable Of contriving plan, from all part
OF our country, taxing their mental facultie
with ideas which they think may be beneh
cial in the struggle for liberty and freedom
Of their beloved and y.bought country
And even in the more common circles o
society, where men are not endowed wit!
the same advantages, nor possess the sam'
intellect, predicting the future policy and
"outcome" of our nation. We find alsC
those VINO uould.be men of knowledge
predicting the downfall of our nation -
nation conceded by all powers to be the
best ever framed by the hand Of mortal man.
We would ask-What is the duty Of the
Republican party in the present struggled
The administration meets with opposition
from all parts Of the United States, North
and South. In neither section do we meet
them. unless they are disposed TO sympa-
thize with rebellion, JEFF. Davis. Yancey &
Co.
Can we expect the President, Gen. Scott,
and the Secretary of War TO listen to the
Of every mani We are called
upon to aid in protecting the Constitution,
as it was given us by our ancestors. Eleven
states claim already to have severed them
selves from the Union, and have formed q
provisional gDvernment, stolen our mints,
forts, arsenals and other public property be.
longing 10 the federal government. Still
we find some good and loyal men in the
South: such as Hon. Joseph Holt, Of Ken
lucky, Andrew johnson and Emerson Eth
eridge, Of Tennessee, and Others. They are
men Of min and intellect - men who love
their country, and they would sacrifice all
that earth calls good and great for the main
tenancc Of the stars and stripes. What do
they say of the present administration DO
they condemn and vtllify il, calling it a
weak fabric, composed Of lot of boobies
collected at our national capital-the name.
sake OF the Immortal Washington - for the
purpose of performing divers miracles aud
wonders for the purpose Of disgusting the
popCiacel No. they tell you the admniS-
tration is right, and doing the best it can to
sunoress treason AMI rebellion. They are
not men Of the Republican party, but Dem
ocrats who supported the Buchanan admin.
srrotion in its supposed former purity.
Some have clameI that when the present
came into power, the sumum
Donum would be to extlngl.ish slavery - an
institution peculiar to the South. But this
Nc find is not the case In the Presidents
inaugural address and his late message to
he extra session Of Congress. Mr. Lincoln
indicates policy far different from this.
We find men IN the North, and even in
he state olOhio, adheTlng 20 patty and party
The recent Democratic Con-
which met IN Columbus on the 7th
ns'la, adopted a set Of resolutions not
uitrd TO the times, and in direct opposition
o the administration. We find them at this
ate honr, talking aboyt sectlonalism. North
IN and Southern ianatIcism, &c. They,
q the second place. claim that "the war
hould not be waged flr conquest or Suhiu-
alton, nor for the purpose Of ovvrthIowing
II interfering with the rights or eSiablish- d
OF states" Thry claim IN T..
ama, that they are willing 20 maintain tie
unremacy of the federal Constitution.
Why do they not do this in their ac.ionS'--
clions speak louder than words. Why do
hey, in their third resolution, ask for
. Y, # tNN fnr nj
citl,ng our present difficulties nnd restoring
'race to the CnIon'f
In scanning over the Cincinnati Gazette,
# the 10Th instant, notice an article emit.
led: a. DrmociaiIc Gail Tor a National
jnion Convention - The People Moving"
ihc writer, who signs his name NJ, purpbItS
D be Democrat. and | imagine by his Ian
uagc, that he belongs to the Jacksonian
lass being an unconditional Uniou man.
Ie says: "in answer 10 the cali oi the State
Central Commlttee OF the Democratic party
or a State Convention, based solely, as It is,
,pSn opposition to The national admin!Stra.
ion, We b,S leave to warn our fellow Dem
,cfats OF the mSch'cyous tendencies of the
all referred "a. Howrve. much We may
llfer with the present administration upon.
,ther matters, which have hitherto divided
IS from the Republican party, the question
which now ahsoIbS all the energy Of the ad-
and eScItes the anxious atten
,on Of the whole people, ought to allow OF
NJ difference in the minds NJ loyal people.
We believe that we must be either for The
Union. with all our soul, mlnd aud strength,
" against it. Hence we record ourselves as
unconditional Union men. We are in IA
sor, in these troublous times, of sinking
party into patriotism, and hence We call Tor
, patriotic Union Convention oi men of all
parties, pledged 10 support the governm enti
in all constitutional efforts to put down this
unconstitutional rebellion, aud ask that the
Democrats Of other counties may sign this
call for Union Convention for the nomi'
nation of state officers, TO be held at such
time as joint conference of leading Demo-
cra,s and Republicans may agree upon,
based upon the pledge to give our time,
and our lives, II need be, to the
Of the government against all
foes, foreign and domestic" &c.
The writer also recommends the senti'
ments Of letter written by Hon. G. Volney
Dorsey, on this subject. which reads as fol-
lows: -"When the United States troops
were at Charleston, in 1882, by order of
the President, tGen. Jackson,) for the pur.
pose Of crushing out nullifcatIoD, and a fire
occurred which threatened to destroy the
rebel city, they engaged actively in efforts
with the citizens to stay the destroying ele-
ment, and for time all were one party in
the presence of common enemy. SO let it
be with us, Democrats and Republicans