The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-08-20

and with it giyeDthem quiet and
securitydn the enjoyment of their
rights, properties and institutions
Of every Kind, as in the beginning
of the Government, and before fam
atics and demagogues made slavery
subject of moral or political agi-
tation.. We promise also to our.
selves, and Of course to the1n,'a
free press, FREQ speech, free elec.
tions, liberty of conscience and O.
inion, habeas corpus, due process
of law, judicial trial, trial by,jury,
no midnightarrests, no martial law,
no military orders or commissions,
no provost marshals, no military
governors. In short, we ask and
offer nothing but the CONSTITUTION,
TIE UNION AND THE LAWS. a.t III
Which policy, then, let me ask,
is best calculated to restore the
Union? =? Which party best able to
effect the restoration ? All wise
and candid men now admit that
even if the military power of the
Confederate States could be broken
down by force, and, her armies dis
sipated, the final settlement Of ttis
great controversy must be the re-
suit of craftsmanship, not arms---
conciliation, not force. And to
whom but Democratic statesmen,
untainted with Abolitionism, and
in whose wisdom and integritYrthe
people of all sections-South eas
we'll as North and West-have con.
'hdence, cun the work be securely
committed? Can they accomplish
lit, who come with acts and IprOelai
nations of abolition, cen6seatiep,
conscription and death ?-men, who
are for no peace or union till slavery
lis abolish ,d?Fi Believe me, the
success of the Democratic ticket
lthEllsfall inc ohio, will fES1 dc. more,
mot only for CONSTITUTIONAL liberty,
but for the Union, than such men
could accomplish i'll a hundred
years. -.g e., e, --e,sz eaT
Inced not repeat my often re.
pcated conviction, which time has
always vindicated, that the South
can not be conquered by force of
arms. But granting, for arguments
sake, "the eifectual check and wa.
ming proportions of the rebellion,
as proclaimed now again for" tho
hundtedth time, byit orgahtd Of
the Administration, and that by
the second Monday in January
next, all the armies, of the Confed.
crates will have been captured or
dispersed, and their remaining FIVE
hundred thousand square miles Of
territory overrun and occupied,
then the hour for the pacifcstion
Of the South, aud the Cancellation
of her people will have arrived.
And which party will most readily
be hearkened to by them.2 Who
as Governor of Ohio, will De the
most efficient agent, in that, great
and arduous work? Your, candi-
date, committed wholly to the rest.
Grafton of the Union|as it was, or
the candidate of the Administers
ton, pledged to policy full, upon
the one hand, of continual eXasl
peration and hate, and, on the 9TH
er, of irsurrectiorl and revenge p
Very momentous are these ques.
tions; for until that shah have been
accomplished, there can be neither
Constitution nor Union, and 10
security and no quiet in the land;
nor can o single soldier, till then,
return to mother, or wife, or child,
or home. Reason together thsA,
Men Of Ohio, and judge wisely, 30
who love your country, and Would
restore it to its former peace, pfosr
perity and glory. Continual war
and strife are the forbidden fruits
Of our political Eden, and besF
still the primal curse, uttered in
tones louder than the voice ofthe
mighty Cataract in WHOSE presence
I now write" IN the day that thom
catcst thereof, thou Shalt surely de-
TSigned] C|L. L.VAtIANDIdnlSSs.' Ss -
= i 1A Ay.'o % J1OtgfaIi 9sG
NoTE,-That part of tie letter
from the stars to the hand, st the
close of the last paragraph but oqer
was omitted BY the Register iq its
issue Of last week. ComRcRt 10
nesdlase led.