The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-08-07


.Neoey, never. The Constitution
as it now is, is but q dead letter
still II ought to be respedted and
sustained. 1t stands before US as y
written compact, and it ought to
be taken in.all cases, as the true
guide in all that concerns the
American people but MS for the
"upion as 1t was,9 the thing is
well expressed by the parties who.
talk of being for i), it is gone,
and all the powers on earth can
never restore it again to what twas.
To carry on the war to restore the
"Union as it was" is simply to
carry on the war to abolish slavery
for the abolition of slavery VIII
be the direct and inevitable conse-
euence of the war. Tens of thou
sands of negroes have already taken
advantage of the war, and have
thus freed themselves, and others
are daily following. The Union
MS it was, or that part of it which
consisted of slavery, has received.
if not q death blow, a stab by the
present war, from which, in ouI
opinion, it can never recover. We
are not willing to think for a mo-
ment, that other educated Demo
cratic journalists do not see this
self-evident fact just as we see it
Why, then, do they continue, weel
after week, to urge on the war tc
restore the "Union as it was ~
Would it not be q far more homes.
and manly course, to urge Oh th'
attention of all parties, the neces
sity of the immediate adoption o
some honorable, just and human
plan, by means of which both the
North and the South might b.
brought together in harmony
making the best of the worst o
what has happened.
Should the present war be con
tinued for another year, the braves
and best men on both sides will b
sacrificed on the battle field, prop
ertyt to an untold amount destroyed
J and the tide of civilization, com
r mercial prosperity, and the pre-
t gress of arts and sciences will a
be thrown back to an indefnit
8 period. To reduce the Southcr
/ States to territorial sections of TIL
4 continent of America, is an .ide
! which will not bear examination
t Such a scheme would not answe
: for three months,
We have thus spoken our min
freely, and God knows that W
have no other end in view by on
, humble labors in the cause {
/, American Democracy, than tn
) restoration of peace, harmon.
Y union and love. We look upo
! both the Democrats in genera
Y and the Republican Abolition pa
f ties, as we'll meaning, butill-advise
g men. What America wants {
e this moment is peace and reeonci
+ iation, and not unconditional WI
and destruction. The men VII
hound on an unconditional wa
,. let them be Abolitionists, RepuI
O liuous. or Democrats, are not Il
friends of eitner the whites or Il
blacks. But the forthcoming Da
lot. box will demonstrate to IL
e world what the American peop
is really want and mean to have. !
It they wish to continue the war wit
e all its horrors, let them say so
a their votes ; but if they think tn;
the present wal ought to be put 6
s, end to, by means of reconciIiatic
and mutual terms of agreemel
ia with their Southern brethren. !
Is them prove it by their voting sue
q men into Congress as will &c
s. justly, and love mercy" The wo.
of slaughter has lasted long
nough.
Popularity of Mcclellan.
A friend of onrs travelling