M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-10-15
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TstkO DOmpfntias State cs9tfSE iGtss: "
.beeGENHEMSN1r7Yopr esteemed javor
Inviting ms to meetwith the peopleto
consult y6tR aehI Iup6Fi tlje5 5pe1loaS
c9ndMod pfbdH bdo|h bb9tnl@pbj
county, Mas been feceited. 40 >
W Hl-heal repdeEedsit imRetRti8e
That l sh5Gd FlbdfR%fom e atn{,
and in May 1ast1 tsndered ny Fesig
nation, which was accepted on the
sth day Of June. Since then, / have
/ been absent from my home, under
Ahediiet, ~ ltTsasp0ptgR Rut Aaae fs9a to
ut i HfbI, addssill E m Ion.
yictidR flht the resDgnitidN byab, Of
lhe co1pR States hsIan ipdepS1hent
power you'd end, ,Hcfever all tIbpe Of
re-u1iob with tbeqa They anpaally
proddcs @ur milHSh bRle&Sf Softon,
1averdghs five bhRdrcR P6unS per
bale, Vhfued, belBF2 :thH flhlli1ni at
ten cents per pound. An export duty
Of ten cents per pound would yield ta
tthe SouthsrhG 9yernmsnt Cthe dh0Fp.
GUS revenheEof M8 huhdtea Million
dollars per apnum. lp other words,
jthoi euti!sy 4dpiTggatOn04i beF
i.Goyernmobt army. navy, andpeaCe
establishments - would be supported
Eby q tax imposed on the world at
Ilargc; while with free trade as to
imports, they would always sell at the
| highest, and buy at the lowest prices.
| With such q Government, favorable
treaties would be eagerly sod8ht0by
the first class powers, and instead OF
IL friend, We would 'have upon our
border a constant rival, and, in con.
sequence OF the a BolitinBts,i ia dais
ferrous foe. ! 4 "a 4 " %
y Entertaining these viewS, you may
| feel assnfeds that none Abut rpasaht d
haighty moment could Induce mt, at
this crisis, to solemnly declare that |
believe that tho only hopSt Brethe
Union, and the security oedataliBof.
ties, rests in the calmcpalEissi and
fIfneed be, coursgepus iae siGr 0f Stlla
,eople at the ballot-box, whereby the
! rlaarty in power may be displaced, and
! q wiser, policS adopted. W. -
I I. Wishing to Bee the whole people
gnriled, and the war'copductOa with a
view, ,.sinsly5.the preservation of the
! Union, two years ago on my return
home from Europe, declared in favor
Of the election OF Gov. Tod. Why
Nh, Lincvluhad solemElY proclaimed
tliAt he had neither the Wish nor the
right to interfere with tue institutions
| of the South 4 on thetg2d of July,
Congress, by hhs alRoSt nnapimt gus
lvote, fGsoIvedthat therwaf Was tot
wdged IN amy spirit Of!uppressiou, or
tior, the purposeiof conquest r,suhjuI
cation, bpt simply, for the preservation !yFlaIllj N
of The Union; and the convention
which nominated Mr., Tod reafirmsd
that resolution in lis every letter. My
yiews, then and now, were tliercin
expressed, butII regret to say that in
every particular has j r, Lincoln dis:
regarded his plighted faith T..
While-in tho army, as a matter Of
militaryprOpriety, eafetpIIyabstai::
ned from political action Of aGs kind,
and do not know, to5this day, the
party predilections of-somesof the
officers who composed nay staff They
were faithful andeompetedt; i asked
no more. Bit once during nay tern
Of service did give public express
ion of my views as to the Conduct Of
the war. Ia
In the month of July, 1852, l f9
ceived letter from II. B. Curtis, Esq,
and other gentlemen, requesting me
to become a candidate apr Congress,
and urging certain reasons why /
should do, SO, Courtesy demanded, .
teEdy, and frankniess REQUIRED i truth.
full -utterance OF my seatiments.- In
doclinidgjt6 become al candidate, !
said, "We must conquer and eonoiG.
ate." Ard in regard to the employ.
ment of,pegro soldiers, l,emphatically
dissented from the proposed use oi
"blsck bayonets.
:, Having now resumed the, duties
and the rights of, citizen, | shall In
good faith perform the one, and main
tain the otlher. - g Il I
:, Our country is,iu double peril. Mr
Davis aims 4 vital blow by the at
tempted, disruption of the Unipn, and
Mr.. Lincoln has assumed despohc
powers, under the plea Of carrying on
4ths=warv=it-isthensth every
good Gtizepfoonaintai u1andtsacohrl
bagsi urlgHlIRnt armies inrpbistingaht
tdsruptionnef the Union sand to resist
bat the ballotaboxi the5iencroac achhehts
itupGn theirdiberties BY iMro tIihdoln.
Would that this statementn twas
IEovefdrawn.l Unfortunately, it but
feebly conveys an idea Of the evil
which thraatens ma For the first time