M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-07-31


The meeting appointed a Committee
tn. report rvspohse t, your address.
4 Tie fepCrt, was made on Yesterday,
and die actipn oflhe ulajarity ildica.
lied clearly hat tie resp9Dse reported
or one IN Substance the same. would
be aeeilted ana presented to yOuA
4 Inasm1ch as'we cahnot, ,Jhsistent
lly with our own sense OF duty to tine
country, mdef=tlIe existing perils
twhicheprpaund ~ eFncur in that 70.
spos6, we feel it TO b. dne to yon and
To ourselves that we MAKE yona brief
aud candid answer oyertoaE0wnlqS, |
natures.
E.@Webelioye oyesstlmt the whole power
of the Government, upheld aud sus
tanned by pll the influence and means
of all loyal men in all sectious,- and Of
lall parties, is essentially necessary to
put down et,e rebellion aud preserve
the Uhion aud the Constitution. We
understand yonr appeal to Us to have
been made for the purpose Of secur'
iipg,thisresplt. A very large portion
OF tue people in the Nprtbern States
believe that slavery is the ilever pow.
er OF the rebellionp it matters not
whether this belief is, well funded or
mot. The belief, does exist, and We
have to deal with things rs tley arc,
and not as we would have them be.
| In consequence ofthsexistence ufthis
belief, We understand that an immense
pressure is brop! !ht to bear for the
purpose Of striking down this ins'itu
tion through the exercise Of military
authority. The Government cannot
maintain this great struggle ii the sup
port and influence Of tile men who en-
tertain these opinions be withdrawn,
Neither can the Government hope for
early success if support Of that ele.
9 mem called conservative" be with =.
: drawn. - -.g.os a.g5 yJ.i.
: Such bping the condition ofthiEgs,
the President appeals to the Border
State men to step forward and prove
! their patriotism by making the first
. sacrifice, No doubt like appeals
: have been made TO extreme men 10
: the North to meet US bali way, IN Or.
. der that the whole moral, political
pecuniary physical force of the nation
= may be firmly and earnestly united in
one grand effort to save the Union
: and the Constitution, sa s,Ig ya. sl
: Believing that such were the mo.
tives that prompted your address, and
;, sucl the, results to which it looked
! we can not reconcile it tV our sense
Of duty, in this trying hour, to re-
: spond ina spirit Of fault finding cl
! guernlousness over the things that
= y are past. We are not disposed tc
; seek for the cause Of present msfvr
J tunes 10 the errors and wrongs OF 9th
. ers who nov propose to unite With
u us i'll common purpose. But. or
!, the other hand, we meet your address
: in the spirit in which il was made
= and as loyal Americans, declare tc
: you aud to the world that there is no
! Sacrifice that we are not ready to make
to save the Government and institu.
tions Of our fathers. That we, few Of
E US though there may be, will permit
;, no lnen, from the North Or from the
+ South, to 60 farther than we in the ac.
. complisbrnent Of the great work before
= us. That, in order to carry out these
= views, we will so far as may bein our
power, ask the people Of the Border
States calmly, deliberately, and fairly
to consider your recommendations. -
:, We are the more clnboldened to as
I sume this position from the fact, now
: become History that the leaders o.
: the Southern rebellion have offered
4 to abolish slavery amongst them as q
> condition to foreign intervention in
/. favor of their independence as a ma
= ton. ryis,
If they can give up slavery to des
!. troy the Union, we can surely ask
our people to consider the question O
i en- ancipation to save the Union.
n With great respect, your obedien'
;, ;. Jfs, JOHN W. NoEIL, W. G. BRows,
|, SAM, S. CASEY, j, 3. BLAIR,
d GEO. P. Fisher, W. +. WILEY,
"a u, CLEMENS, ..r.,r n.
- To the PRESIDENT.