The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-08-19
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he candidates and;speskels Of the Adminis-
.ration's party leave undistufbed the brave
and chivalrous issofx1of assailihg an.'opponent
absent, because the tyrannic power of the mas
ter executed by military force, compels it
The great. issue of the ayi.ought not to be o
subordinate to- things merely personal, and 2
to my friends generally, that they
initiate the wise Romans and carry the wal
into Africa. sfgo9 cav S dsliT lsosss
The Democracy ofdLucasg postponing all
other issues, and fgd0ring an differences of e
opinien in regard to them, assemble. Of course,
to consider what General Fremont, the can
ditlate of the ffeespeech and free press Repub-
lican party of 1856, very apty styles the up-
permost question of the day, the question of
their own copstitutional rights and Liberties.
This is the practical issueoin the Ohio cam
paigny forced by the President and his party
upon the people, and boldly met by the De-
.mocracy in their nominations and also in their
admirable platform which, as a, candidate,
accept as a solemn and deliberate confession
of political faith, aud their pledge to the coun
Try that they mean to defend the rights
asserted IN it with their lives, their fortunes,
and their1sacred shonorss Until these shall
have been made seemeqit eanneither be made
useful or possible. 10 discuss any other ques-
ton not directly connected with i.
I Here is, indeed, just such aquestien-one,
second only IN importance TO that of public
liberty The Union of the States is worth
| the whole world TO the American people, but
liberty is the soul Of people; and what shall
/ it pro6tuus to gain the whole world and lose
| our ots n soul! stH1a99s nssd sgaa fisae 4sa
!, The Constitution made the Union, and :
when the war began. it was proclaimed to be
for the supremacy of the Constitution and
| laws, and whatever difference ofepinion there
may have been even then asito the mode of
securing it, every. patriotic citizen Of the
United States knew what the, laws and the
Constitution were5s4sssH se7li5 IeIGlss-sl
But what dc. we see to-day? The opinion
and will, from hour to hour, of the President
and such a ? President lis solemnlY and Of
fcially proclaimed superior to the Constitution
and laws, even insthe States who'll lyloyal $50
i that upon the present policy of the Admin =
istration and its party, declared unchanged,
the South is to be forced TO the will and opin-
ion of Abraham Lincoln, instead of the writ
ten fundamental statute and common law
And if we ourselves seorn to yield up.our
4 constitutional rights and liberties to this
4 msnstrous demand, does any honorable man,
j any sane man, ask or expect the States and
peopleof the South to surrender so long as
man survives to strike blow, or a woman to
strengthen his heart or,nerve his arm
l5 Upon such a policy this war must and viii
81 be intermilable.so So many square miles may
+. be soverrun, so much soil may be conquered,
but the. hearts of the people never. How,
} then, stand the chances of the Union, meas
ID ured by the two different policies of the Abo-
"a lition and Democratic parties -
The party of the Administrator declares
ID that the States and people of the South shall
be forced to,lay down their arms and submit.
/, What then? Confseation of all property,
emancipation Of all slaves, and the execution
Ia sof all who, directly or indirectly, have taken
part in the rebellion, namely, nine-tenths of
? the whole population, for ageue al amnesty
8 has never, as yet, been as much as suggested
Fl by either Congress OF the Executive, and un-
conditional submission is now the least which
~ is demanded.lsia / .gsg s6s - 8a qss
! More than this as to any State which may
sel first submit or be conquered Conscriptiono of
II every male person, white or black, between
'h twenty and forty five, for the conquest of the
4 States Still in arms. Nor isthis the worst,
fl for, iRasmuch as all slaves and free negroes
South are considered loyal, and nearly all
a white men and women'disIoyal, and therefore
Z as having forfeited all rights, the negroes,
hereafter free. are to be treated as almost the
only persons entitled to the several rights and
1e privileges of citizenship aud especially the
:, very soldiers to garrison the South; and add
-, to all this the suppression Of the freedom OF
and of the writ of ba6eds corpus, mar
~ tial law, arbitrary arrests. iprisonments ban
: ishnents, interference with elections, tesi
4 oaths, appropriation of private houses, an6
4 s every other kind of oppression, outrage anG
L despotism, which for two years have been re-
o. peatedly practiced even in States never in in
= surection, but always loyal to the Union
- This is the, entertainment to which. unde
l-s the present policy of the Administration, die
q tated by the radicals who control it, tht
:. States and people of the South are invited
r. And repeatedly the question was put TO me
\ when, among them, g If the citizens of tn
.t States still adhering to the Union are contin
% ually arrested, imprisoned banished, or other
q wise outraged, merely because of their polit
rs ical opinion, or for censure and criticism of th
;, men in power, what would not be done wit
US if we were to submit Pr In fact, it is tn
!, very policy which, instead of crushing ou
I the rebellion, crushed out the Union senti
Ct ment among them, and made, as it still keep
N them, united in arms and in spirit against th
l. force and arms of the Federal Government.
OF 1t was repeatedly confessed to me person
I'd allyof several of the most distinguished me
a of the Southwest that if Gen. Buell. ha
le been retained in command and permitted t
or continue his policy Of peace and conci;iatior
n acting the officer and gentleman, observin
re private rights respecting private property, rs
ii. turning fugitive slaves, and violating no pc
,e litical opinions. whether in sympathy wit
ie secession or not, SO long as not carried OF
re into overt acts, tie people of Tennessee woul
I'd have voluntarily returned to the Union 81
to months ago, and they rejaieed in the chang
d of policy and his, removal.a But the mischit