M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-03-20

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4 was made hy ne founders OF tire
Government. They want no four
millions oIslayes set free. They have
no NJ, ncy to purchase territories Tor
vast schemes of colonization They
arc opposed to gigantic standing arm.
les with which to lIold, from year TO
year, and through all time to come,
degraded States in sunicctiOn. In
,his honr of triumph the true friends
OF the Uuion everywhere demand that
IA policy for the reconstruction OF the
GnvernmeLt be proclaimed from here
which shall inurc for thl future a
! Unicn Of equal and honoTcd mem.
LrIs.' L9t our kindred aud country.
men" o. the South know that liberal-
Ily and magnanimity animaie our
councils. and that the spirit Of venge-
lance int IlcrAncc and spoilatipn has no
/ placc in our midst. In this day uf
! ul victory let the hera'd5 of the Gov.
ernmcnt 60 before cur armies and
proclaim peace and the Union, on the
1 basis ot quality, On the basis Of the
| C,n,ttltipn, apl Oh the basis Of the
laws. let them announce that the
pledges uitha -Gararninan!, ,-s-l-hOsiy
given in the early part this struggle,
will not b. broken ut the mad Gehcsts
Of Abolitionism Tut that the condi'
ton Of every human bGiug in the
South shall remain unchan !ed, whot.
Ihrr the revolution shall succeed or
fall.
Sir, to my mind it is an omen Of
ovi! that lh1 spirit Of Abolitionism,
like n lurking f1nd Of mischief, a
Mephistoprelcs Of in'quitY should
boldly stalk in here, and, in such a
crisis as this, assume to control Amer.
lean legislation. Its croaking raven
,crv is a baIciul sodnd to the cause OF
The Union. Its arrogant and defiant
demands fill the future with gloom
no longer comes in here the skulk'
ng aud Gespi2ed miscrcant that it
once was; but, with the elevated mein
and swagger;ng port Of a conqucror,
it strides forward over the mangled
form Of constitutional government
1t 10 longer hides, and covers, and
d nies its name and nature, and as
sumes false shapes, like Satan in the
garden OF Paradise, with whic h to be.
guile aud deceive, as it did a lew
short years sgo' the vailed Prophet
OF KhorassOn has revealed himself,
and bis hdeous face ls almost enough
to alright union and concord from the
end.
Why comes this fell spirit here now
accompanied by its train of horrors Z
has no merit in tho past to enttle it
o control the present and shape the
uture. 1t can point to no good act
that it Ea9 ever accomplished. The
cause of Aholitionism is barren OF
benehccnt results. No State. no Ter.
ritory has it ever dedicated to free la.
bor, and no slaves has it ever set free
except in violation Of law. 1t has
never had the sanction of the great
and good names which like stars in
the clear upper sky, adoru illuminate
our history. On the contrary, it has
been the object oftheir incessant NAL
ediction from the hour of it's birth,
, Its presence in the halls of Congress
j was their adherence, and they prog
r nosticated "evil, and evil only, ant
q that continually" from its influence
e in public affairs.
u Why comes it here now9 ltnove
s was u friend 10 the Union, and it i
not to day. 1t never wanted Unior
/, with slave States, or fellowship wit
a shareholders, and does not now. !
is at war with the Constitution; it
= an enemy to tie Government; it is til
IS twin monster to the doctrine OF secel
" sion, and like the withered and hatc
y full hags on the blasted heath OF SEQ
Ie land, the two together concocted t
1t hell broth of tue present civil wa
10 Let the spirit of the Union, born
&c the Constitution, rise up between the
re like bright angel, and Danish the
d. both forever. Then will the n
RS tionreuew its might youth, and go
re again in its swift fight Of prosperi
S. and renown. Then wi kindred al
Mt countrymen once more assemble und
at he same flag, and obeying the cor
G mand ofthe Prince Of Peace: "Lo
'u one another" "