East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-05-05
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, MAY S, 1863
must be war for the present OF the nation.

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al capital will be in possession ofth Con
federates; certainly, according to the act,
passed pursuant to the Supreme Law
the constitution, the lac of tls land is a
state Of aoar on Mis rebellion, and those
who say that not dollar more of money
and not another recruit for the army,
can have nothing To oppose To the plant.
ing of the secession flag above the Stars
aud Stripes at Washington 1t mat
tiers not that the extremists disclaim
such a result that they protest they are
/ in favor of the Union aud the constitu.
| ton for men of common sense know
that with such peace policy there can
be no other result. .- .. .
Let the protest be widely made that
the views of this meeting are not tho
views of the Democracy. The speak.
ers referred to the course of the Ma.
tonal Democratic Convention. When
this body assemblies it will announce its
true terms. AS against the views ex-
pressed in this meeting, We put the
show of the October aud November
elections, as evidences that the great ma.
tional party will be for so much war as
may be necessary to transmit the Union
to posterity, though it may not be for a
war to carry out the terrible radical
programme, or to keep in power off
cials who have engineered for party.
and to catch popular breezes, when
their guide should have been the con.
stitution, and their end the good of the
country. For the present the senti
nents of the conservatives Of the states
must be looked for in the platform of
the State Conventions There is the
platform of Kentucky, ,outspoken against
abolition ond secession, just laid down;
and were quite unable to SEQ any vari
ance between its terms and those of the
conservatives of Now York State plat.
f,rm of 1862 There is no such i'm
practicable plans in them as Fernando
Wood and his associates urge IA tests
of party faith aud we respectfully urge
that, at such a time as this, conscrva-
tives--wc mean the great body who
carried the last fall elections-wll do
or their country justice not
to take this action as expressive of the
intentions of International organization,
and keep together. 5-.-.-.- a...
There is but one course for Demo
Gratis. 1t is to live up to their profess.
ions, of placing country and the things
that belong to it, before the strictly
l'nrfisnn, ~ they always have done
The question is one of preserving the
nationality and transmitting republican
government. not Of policy under a
government; and certainly if the people
abandon the war they must give in to
dissolution of the Union anu the de.
'truction of the constitution. A ma
iona and constitutional course must
lttract the good and true men to its
support, reunite the North, and in the
md restore peace and prosperity to the
For the abuse Of power, uniustifable
misapplication Of means,
'tfical corruption, improper personal
'artlalities and animosities. the ruling
'arty in the government will be held to
strict accountability by the people,
vhe will relieve themselves of unwortt y
ervants in due time, and place author.
ty in the hands of those capable of ex.
rcising it for the preservation of the
country, and worthy to hold the trust
f a nations life. Until that time i,is
he office of true patriotism to sustain
ur Federal institutions faithfully
gainst the aggressions of rebels and
,ctlonists, aud to hand down the great {
rk of our national Union and freedom.
bundled upon the constitution formed
y y,onr fathers, unimparcd, if possible
form, or shorn OF a single prerogative .