M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-07-10
DIsIoynIly 10 lhe Govcrnmcnt.


fairs in the North--at least we shonld
Judge 80 from the following article.
1t says.
"There is disposition NANTES!
now, IN certain quarters, 10 charge
disloyalty upon all who do not concnr
in the police that a dominant party
Iinthe Government proposes. The
party in power find it convenient -
use the patriotic purpose ofthe peo-
lpleto maintain the Government to pro
lect them in the execution oftheir par.
/ ty purposes. It is time that the peo-
pie should scrutinize the ats OF this
party in power, and separate party
AND patriotism. We are for sup
port ofthe Union, with all the hazards
that the contest involves; for all the
evils in the Union will be aggravated
leufold out OF ii.
"a separation ofthese States is no
remedy for evils telt or apprehended.
The errors and the crimes Of one gen
Grafton may lie borne; for it small
period in the lifetime OF a nation
But Union ofthe States once broken
up, the principle Of free government
written in our Constitution are at haz.
ard. Wsmsy add they are lost.
1--WE shall not, however, euHer the
cry Of Union to blind our eyes to the
designs and purposes Of party, nor suf.
fer the suggestions ofdisloyalty to the
IdispaFagement Of those who aid the
Government in maintaining its auth
ority, because they rebel against the
beAests Of party. Our Cpinon is that
there are no greater enemiee 10 tie
restoration otthe Union than the Abo.
lition partlsans at Washington. ItiS
hypocritical to cry Union, and assail
the conditions OF the Union7-condi-
tions which existed at she commence
ment Of the Government, and 10 which
the Constitution was adapted.
These conditions Of the States re-
main, and the administration Of the
Government must con form itself to
them if we are to have a Union in
peace and prosperity. 1t is idle
to tell Us that o violation or disregard
OF these conditions is necessary to pre-.
serve the Union. ~
"Look at the measures Of this Con-
gress, and tell US how many cfthem
that have passed, and that a majority
of the dominant party desired to pass
had any thing to GO with the question
of preserving the Union.
ave need not add that some Of the
Republican presses; and indeed the
most influential portion Of it, do rot
hesitate 10 avow their hostility to the
Union as it was, and that they have
no wish for its restoration. Such
language would subject a man to ar.
rest in this latitude, and ought to be
sienced any where.
"They have not been able to accom-.
plish all they propose. The majority
in Congress have not followed the
majority Of this Republican party
But give this same party the power
once more let them be sustained ut
home, and they will have none Of their
OWE party IN Congress- not Of their
own stripe.
"TheSc men no,C shield their par.
ty purposes wnder an affected zeal for
the Union. Whoever opposes their
JaoObinica! purposes, and danounceS
them, as dtsiOyeL. They cry, mad
dog, TO dj0Srt tile puJlic mind from
theirpartisan purposes and meas.
ureS
at IS convenient to charge those
who denounce the schemes of this
dominant party with sympathy with
the rebellion. 1t is cheap mode Of
defense.
Sensible men. not blind with fau-
must see that all these parti-
san movements are deleterious to the
ostensible o5iect-the restoration of
.he Union. What has been used to
stjr up rebellion IN tile South and
Keep 1t alive is rendered plausible by
Ms conduct ofthis party. IL has
ueryed the arm of reb belliOn and girsn
ID vitality wNtn 1t 'oould otherwlse
haze langnished.
"Now, we intend to get up a rebel
ion against ali these party schemes.
We call upon the people Of the free
States to scan the purposes of this
party, and replace these Representatives
in Congress by Union men, who are
not rebels against the Constitution as
bur fathers made 1t, aud administer
ed the Government under it. These
politicians are wild, Jacobinical set,
and their measures revolutionary.
"They are no more loyal than Div.
Is & o., and their higher law is OF
no more authority than his. II the
people want union and peace, they
can get them as our fathers made
Ln,n Tha,y ora NOT ,,ro of.oal.la ,>,s