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

more alarming measures proposed
and warmly advocated; the audacious
attempts to overaw the President
whenever he hesitated to yield 20 the
demands OF the radicals; the unmeas-
ured abuse that has been heaped up.
on almost every General in the field,
however meritorious, who has declined
10 become an emmissary of Aboli.
tionism, the daily PRONUNCIATION Of
doctrines utterly destructive of the
Constitution and of civil liberty, and
the Incessant deuunciatiOn Of every
conservative man, howeverloyol, who
does not subscribe to them; all give a
warning that ought not to pass un.
needed by the people, and require OF
all who desire to see the Constitution
maintained and the Union perpetuated
an expression Of their sentiments.
We, therefore, the representatives
'of nearly or quite 100000 voters Of
the State Of Ohio, who have as deep
a stake in the welfare of the country,
and in the preservation Of the Union
as any other equal number of men, in
the exercise OF our duty and constitu-
tional rights, and with the desire of
upholding instead of weakening the
Just powers of our Government, aud
anxious to unite all men, without re-
gard to theN former party associations.
who agree with us in opinion, and to
treat all loyal men who honestly diff
or from us with becoming respect, do
hereby declare our own opinions and
those Of our constituents, as follows:
1. ResOlved, That we are, as we
ever have been, the devoted friends OF
the Constitution and the Union, and
we have no sympathy with the ene-
mics OF either.
Q. That every dictate Of patriotism
requires that in tine terrible struggle in
which we are ingaged for the preser.
yatiin of the Government, the loyal
people OF the Union should present
an unbroken front, and therefore all
efforts to obtain or perpetuate party
ascehdency, by forcing party issues
upon them that necessarily Tend to di
vide aud distract them, as the Aboii
tlonists are constantly doing, are hos
| tile to the beStinterests of tle country
8. That the abolition party, By
their denunciatlon Of. the President
whenever he has manifested a con
seryative spirit, by their atroclous de
lfamation OF our Generals, who were
Exposing their lives for their country
and who needed and merited it's hear
ty support, by their acts and declara
tions tending to promote insubircina
Etion in our armies, and want of conf
Edence in their commanders, and b,
the present representations Of all con
servative men in the loyal States al
sympathisers with the rebels, hav,
EAiRsn immease- aid and comfort TO th,
rebel cause, and encouraged them t,
hope for ultimate success.
4. That we have seen with indig
nation the iDtimation of the Governo
of Massachusetts, that the State viii
be slow in furnishing her quota o
troops. unless the war be carried oI
for the purpose OF Emancipation, wheI
the nation is straining every nerve
and pouring out its blood and treasur,
like water, 10 preserve its existence
1t is monstrous that conditional Un
ionism, that places Abolitionism abOv,
the Constitut ON, and the success OF
patty above the integrity Of the Re
public, and thus rear its head in high
places, and seek to dictate the conduc
Of the war.
| 5. That while we would mete on
merited and legal punishment to tn
plotters Of and leaders in the rebel
lion, we are opposed to the contempli
ted sweeping and indiscriminate act
of contication and emancipation b
Congressional legislation and execuI
live proclamation; because.
j /. We do net believe that such act
would be constitutional.
Q. We believe that by driving tn
rebels to desperation, and convertln
Union men ofthe South into rebell
they would have the effect to indetin
itely prolong the war, afford preteS
for foreign Intervention, and rende
the restoration of the Union next t
OF quite impossible.
4 8. Because, if practicable and car
ried out they would engender feel
] ing of bitterness between the difieren
sections of the Union that wonld nc
be allayed for generations to come
and that would be an eyer. .presen
cause of danger and disturbance +
the public peace, a source o! perpet
ual weakness in the Government, AM
an ever.present incentive to foreig1
powers TO interfere in our domestI
concerns, and to promote q disruption
and overthrow Of the Republic.
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