The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-04-10

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900 0O0,o 900, and debt to that amount in.
Cured, while, as matter Of fact, not one
fourth of that amount had been issued
This no must havo known, if he had paid
any attention to the report Of tho Secretary
of tho Treasury. lie included thorein tho
full amount !hat Department is authorized
to issue in any evont, aud OF this moro than
100000, 600 is, in his estimate, included
twice, In addition to this, he gives the i'm.
pression that tho provision mado by Con.
gross was only for tho payment of expenses
already incurred, wbilo, in truth, it is in.
tended to meet ovory possible contingency
until the lst Of July, 1864
Ho will not encourage and sustain the
Administration in tho prosecution of tho
war for tho Union. "Wll not go into tho
army unless drafted, and il will take q sirong
drG!n to hold HIM" His declaration sounds !
very much like another, read by the Sena-
tor from Fayctte in the course of his ro-
marks, from tho Marion County Mirror, in
which tho editor of that paper says: "For
our part, We shall oppose tho draft. II Old
Abe or his minions arrest us for this, wo
will submit to tho arrest, il he people say so,
and mol ,chhout" These, taken in conuCc.
tion with tclegrapkic signals of approval
passing between Senators upon this flour, as
tho quotation above referred to was read,
irrosistably force upon my mind the con-
clusion that there is determination on the
part of some to resist tho Government in its
attempt to add to OF fill up its army. will
not ask, is this Loyalty?
The Senator, aftot denouncing in the Bit
torest terms the acts of tho Administration
in its conduct of tho war, says: "But, not
wi,hstanding all this, you ask US to endorse
it," In this he is simply mistaken.
While wo would rejoice that every man
should bo arrayed on the side of his country,
it is for himself to choose. II by that
choice he takes position with the opposi.
lion, he, with those with whom he unites
his fortunes, must take the consequences.
Only let him take position decidedly, so
that we may know where to fed him.
The Senator from Clerm ont Mr.. Johns
ton comes to us, and pleads that all "strife
and pickering may be done away with"
in this hour Of difficulty and danger
This appeal is truly patriotic, and 10 it ev-
cry loyal heart responds approval. Who
WAS it that in 1861 proposed that all party
organizations should be abandoned, and
the whole people unite in the support Of
| the Government, but the friends OF the
Administration And who rejected that
proposition, but its opponents, with whom
the Senator acts? Having in strong Ian
: guage portrayed the course and policy o
} the Administration in carrying on the war
: and denounced it with fierce inyeclive, he
in language Of earnest eloquence,I woulC
be glad il my frail powers would equal
declares the Republic is rushing madly
on TO ruin, n,-fanaticism rules the hour u
and then calls upon the people "to afse
in their might, and at the spring elections
rebuke this fsnaiicism which rules the
Administration in the conduct OF this war;"
And ye, he wants party strife done away
with. Not one word as to the rebellion
and the danger TO the Republic from the
combined attacks OF. Rebels. No. All
the danger in the mind Of the Senator is
in assumptions Of power and constitutional
eucroachments by The President.
Mr.. Jchnston-I have denounced and
do denounce the rebellion as an unholy,
unjust6able rebellion, and the actors in ii
as liable 20 the severest condemnation.
Mr.. Hitchcock-Yes, the Senator de-
nounces the rebellion, but does he call
upon the people to "arise in their might"
and crush it out No, he does rot do
so. He expressly says he will not. From
the time Of the adoption Of the present
policy of the President in the conduct of
the war, his support has been withheld,
and shall continue TO be SO until the Presi-
dent comes back TO such conduct Of the
war as shall suit him. His support, like
that Of the Senator from Perry, depends
upon the adoption Of policy such as he
would mark out. AH rebeldom would be
loyal, allowing them to fix the terms OF
their loyalty. He earnestly calls upon
the people "to rebuke fanaticism at the
spring elections" and still asks that party
strife may be laid aside.
The Senator tells us that the Critten-
den resolution is. the "Shorter Catechism
oil the political church" to which he be-
longs, but forgot or neglected to say, that
the "ShOrter Catechism," before being
adopted by them as their creed, had been
very much abbreviated by leaving out these
words: "That the present deplorable
war has been forced upon the country by
the disunionists of the South, &c." being
/ the first clause Of that resolution, in which
a division was demanded when passing
Congress, and which is the basis and soul
of the whole resolution.
For what purpose was this dono' Only
to admit Of their changing the responsible
ty of the war elsewhere than upon those
who have taken up arms to overthrow the
Constitution and destroy the Union. The
Senator to this end quotes from declarations
Of individuals in different parts of tho coun-
try, made previous TO the commencement
Of this contest, and to party action, at.
tempting to show in these declarations and
in that action, an excuse for this outbreak
What does no mean and for what is this
showing made 1t can be only that thoro.
by an influence may be created by which
partisan success may be gained aud ultimate
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