The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-02-06
NEW PHILADELPHIA, O., FEBRUARY 6, 1868.

OH, NY JuukSmVue was hauO " SHu Va
pressed from the 6rst. learned It from
Chatham: my lords, you cannot con-
quer America" And you have not con- 1
quered the South. You never will. 1t
is not in the nature of things possible;
much less under your auspices. But
money you have expended without lim-
il, and blood poured out like water. De-
feat, debt, taxation, Sepulchres, these are
your trophies. lu vain the people gave
YOU trssurs, and the soldier yielded up 4
his life. Eight, tax, emancipats, let 4
these" said the gentleman from Maine,
[Mr. Pike, at the last session, ''be the
trinity of our salvation" Sir, they have
become the trinity of your deep damna.
,ion. The war for the Union is, in yohr
hands, most bloOdy and costly failure.
The President confessed Il on the 22d
Of Semtsmber, sOlemnly, officially, and
under the broad seal ofthe United Sia.es.
And he has now repeated the confess
sion. The priests and rabbis of Abo-
litioD taught him that God would not
prosper such a cause. War for the
Union was abandoned; war for the ne
gro openly begun, and with stronger
battalliOns than before. With what sue
cessl Let the dead at Fredericksburg
and Vicksburg answer.
And, now, sir, can this war continue |
Whence the money TO carry it on p
Where the msnl Can you borrow 3
From whom! Can You tax morel Will
the people bear III Wait till you have
collected what is already levied. How
many millions more of illegal tender
to-day forty>'even per cent. below the
par of gold-can you float! Will men
enlist now at any pricel Ah, sir, it is
easier to die at home. beg pardon;
but trust am not "discourageing en-
Iistments. If am, then frat arrest
Lincoln, Stanton, and Halleck, and some
of your other Generals; and | will re-
tract; yes, will recAnt. But can you
draft agsin! Ask New England-New
York. Ask Massachusetts. Where are
the nine hundred thousands I Ask not
Ohio-the Northwest. She thought you
were in earnest, and gave you all, all
more than you demanded.
"The wife whose babe hTtt snllsd that day,
The fair, fond briAe Of yOstsJ eve,
And aged sire and mHtrOn grey,
Saw the loved warriors hssts away,
| Aud daamad n sin IN OFiaVon
Sir, in blood she has stoned for he
credulity; and now there is mourning il
every house, and distress and sadness il
every heart. Shall this give you any
more! .a
| But ought this war 10 contiuus! | an
swer, no-no, a day, not an hour
What then! Shall we separate! Agail
l answer, no, no, no! What then! An
now, sir, come to The grandest an
most solemn problem al ststesm anshiE
from the beginning of time; and TO III
God of Heaven, Hummer Of hearts an
minds, would hunbly appeal for som
measure, at least, of light and wisdom
and strength to explore and reveal tn
dark but possible future of this land.
CAN THE UNION OF THESE STATES BE RE
STORED! HOW SHALL IT BE DONE
{ And why not! Is ii historically i'm
, possible! Sir, the frequent civil wal
, and conflicts between The States (
r Greece did not prevent their cordi
union to resist the Persian invasion
l., nor did even the thirty years Pelopor
i Messiah war, springing, in part, from Il
i abduction Of slaves, and embittered ar
v disastrous as it was-let Thucidid
' speak-wholly destroy the fellowship
d those States. The wise Romans end'
d the three years social war after mar
!! bloody battles, and much atrocity, |
e admitting the States Of Italy TO all Il
e rights and privileges of Roman citize
), shp-the very object to secure whi'
e these Stetes had taken up arms. IT
,e border wars between Scotland and En-
sr land, running through centuries, did n
IN preven, the final union, in peace and
ID adjustment, OF the two kingdoms und
,e one monarch. Compromise did at !;
,e what ages of coercion and attempt
az conquest had failed TO effect. Engla
8. kept the crown, while Scotland gave t
,e king to wear it; and the memories
= Wallace and the Bruce of Bannockbul
It, became part of the gories of Britt
~ history. lpass by the union Of lrela
~ with England union of force, whi
hs Coo and just men abhor; and yet pl
lii cisely "lhe Union as 1t should be"
v, the Abolilionists of America. Sir,
in rivalries of the houses of York and La
n caster filled all England with cruelty a
I'd slaughter; yet compromise and int
r. marriage ended the strife at last, and
lie white rose and the red were blended
il; one. Who dreamed a month before
of death Of Cromwell that intwo years
of people Of England, after twenty years
ly civil war and usurpalion, would, W
on great unanimity, restore the house
Y Stewart in the person Of its most wor
At. less prince, whose father but elel
ret years before they had beheadedl A
lrs who could have foretold in the begin
'ly of 1919, that within some three YET
ay Napoleon would be in exile upon d
en- ert island, aud the Bourbons restor,
Int Armed foreign intervention did it,
lot It's a strange history. Or who 4
lid iexpec!sd 70 see nephew Of NaPols
Is, thirly-ive years latter, with the cons
,e. of the people, supplant The Bourbon
lily reign Emperor Of Francei Sir, mi
nd States and people, once separate, b
b. become united in the course Of a
nd through natural causes and without c
IN, quest; but remember single insta