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


elccA> "ho will vote to feed and clotho it,
but farther than this bo will do nothing to
encourage the loyal people of the North to
engage in and prosecute the war for tho
res toration Of tho Union. His policy, like !
! that of Governor Seymour of Now York, !
declared littlo time since, Is ono of oppo.
silion TO tho Administration IN its Efforts TO
suppress rebellion. Not to indicate any do.
cided policy, but simply to stand in opposi-
. ton, doing nothing. AS before indicated
! this is virtually opposition to tho Govern.
| menlT and tho object is evidently, il hot pro.
hesscdly, to hinder and defer the consumma-
/ tion of the war for two years until change
Of the Administration can bo effected No
ono taking tho position he does, proposes
! to rovolutionize and turn out tho present
Administration until it can bc done through
tho ballot box aud tho inevitable result of
the course suggested by tho Senator is as
stated. Tho country, in tho meantime, lie
, to be held in its presont deplorabio condi-
/ ton, whilo the mon in our army continue
to suffer- scken and die, tho public debt to
increase. and all tho horrors Of war DO OK.
pcrienced until such change can DO
brought about as will secure the manage
ment Of tho war in accordance with tho
/ Senator's own notions. Is this truo loyalty !:
The Senator dates his principal objection
] to tho conduct Of the war, from the issuing
of tho Presidents emancipation proclama-
d, ticn. As to tho policy or impolicy of that
act, its constitutionality or unconstitutional.
ty, they have been so fully discussed, shall
not attempt repetition Of tho arguments
made, or TO adduce new ones. 1t is sufficient
for mo to say, have no doubt of the po,cer
OF the President to issue that proclamation
rs war measure, and hayo just as little
doubt of his duty to do so, whenever, in his
opinion, occupying the stand point he does,
1t was necessary to cripple, or would aid in
cripping rebellion. To /. he was bound BY
his hcavon registered oath, and impclred by
the impulse of an honest, patriotic heart.
1t isa little strange, however, and indi-
Gates little remaining consideration on the
part of the Senator, aud those who act with
him, for tho feelings of ihosc with whom
: thoy have been poiticallv associated in times
past, and OF whom wo sometimes spcak as
our "erring brethren" that when you touch
rebcs whero their strength lies, they should
all at once have such holy horror of con-
stitutionai violation. The lcodors in this
rebellion arc striving to establish govern
ment whose corner stone is slavery. In
their efforts thoir great clement of strength
is slavery. While white mon ia their army
fight tho battles of Rebeldom, four million:
of slaves arc at home engaged in caring foi
tho interests Of those men, and raising sup
plies for the support of that army. More
than this, they are pressed into service,
and made to dig tronches, raisc fortifca-
! tions and oven hold arms and shoot bullets
by which our brothers. sons and friends are
wounded and killed. Yet, if you strike at.
or in any way intorforo with this systom,
though it bo necessary to save the nation,
the Senator is horrfed.
Other acts to which he objects arc the
suspension of the writ of ha0eas corpus, and
/ arrests made by tho order of tho President
He tolls us "that it was enough TO startle
, any loyal man" when the President or
, dcred arrests of those countonancng ro,
, bellion, discouraging cnlistments, opposing
2 drafts, &c. Who Aud why ? No man
, need be startled unless he had some scnti-
ment in common. Loyal mon were in no
danger of arrest. and certainly would not
object to the confinement OF disloyal persons
in time like This. But it was an mption
or abuse Of power, and in this was tho reason
for being startled. An assumption of pow.
er for tho Government to dttempt taking
caro- of itself Search tho Constitution and
you will find, if not in words, tho idea,-
"ths Government can take care of itself" /"
running through the entire instrument.
, have yet to learn of the first truly loyal man
who has boen made to suffer from the suspen.
sion of the haboas corpus act.
, Tho Senator claims that misstate his po-
sition He does not claim that what he
r said is misstaed, and upon this hc must
allow m to put the construction which the
[ language implies.
a Mr.. Johnston-If public opinion should
# be clearly against the policy of tho Admin
istraton, to the extent that tho great body
of the pooplo believed i. would lead to the
!, destruction of tho Government, would you
o adhere to and support the Administration
!. in such policy
il Mr. Hitchcock-The question hangs upon
o q contingency which does not now exist.
Is The Senator seems to refer to the express
o ions of public opinion in the result of pop
!, ular elections, when such result may be
o brought about by party engineering aud
}. uuwarranted maneuvring on tho part of a
n fow persons having personal and unjustiia-
e ble opposition to the government Such
ls result being then falsely claimed as a ver-
10 dict against the administration of the gov
r. ernment, Vheu such was not, in any sense,
10 the purpose of a large proportion of those
g. by whose action il was secured. Wait until
r. thore is such an expression, based simply
D. upon the naked question, unaided by other
of issues aud influences, and We will be better
ii L.