M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-08-20

OF their rights, properties aud institu-
tions OF every kind, as in the begin
ming Of the Government, and before
fanatics and demagogues made slavery
a subject Of moral or political aglts
tion. We promise also to ourselves,
ard of course to them, a free press,
free speech, free elections, liberty ol
conscience and opinion, habedS corpus,
due process OF law, judicial trial, trial
by jury, no midnight arrests, no
military orders and commissions, no
provost marsbaIs, no military Cover.
nors. In shOVt, we ask and offer
nothing but the CONSTITUTION, THE
UNION AND THE LAWS.
Which policy. then, let me ask, is
best calculated to restore the Union 2
Which party best able to effect the
restoration Z All wise and candid
men now admit that even if the mill.
tary power Of the Confederate States
could be broken down by force, and
her armies dlssipated, the final settle.
ment Of this great controversy must
be the result Of craftsmanship, not
characterization, not force. And
to whom but Democratic statesmen,
untainted with abolitionism, on whose
wisdom and integrity the people OF all
sections South as we'll as North and
West--have confidence, can the work
be securely committed Can they
accomplish It, who come with acts and
prOclamations OF abolition, cOntisca
ton, cOnscription and death amen
who are for no peace and union till
slavery is abolished 2 Believe me,
the success of the Democratic ticket
this fall, in Ohio, will do more, not
only for constitutional liberty, but for
tho Union. than such men could &C.
complish in a hundred years.
| need not repeat my often declared
conviction, which in time has always
vindicated, that the South can not be
conquered by force and arms. But
granting for argument's sake, the
"efectual check and waning proper.
tions OF the rebellion" as proclaimed
now again for the hundredth time, by
the organs of the Administrator, and
that by the second Monday in January
next, all the armies of the Conteder
ates will have been captured Or dis
persed, and their remaining five
hundred Thousand square miles Of
territory oyerrUn and occupied, then
the hour tor the pacification OF the
South aud Cancellation OF her people
will have arrived. And which party
will most readily be hardened to by
them 2 Who as Governor OF Ohio,
will be the most efficient agent in that
great and arduous workl Your can
didate, committed wholly to the res
toratlon of the Constitution as it was
or the candidate o! the Administra,
ton, pledged to policy full, upon
the one hand, continual exasperatiOr
and hate, and, on the other, If insur,
rection and revenge9 Very moment.
GUS are these questions !; for until
that shall have been accomplished,
there can be neither Constitution nor
Union, anG no security and no quiet
i'll the land, nor can single soldier,
till then, return to mother, or wife, Or
child, or home. Reason together,
then, Men OF Ohio, and judge wisely,
ye who love your country, and would
restore it to its former peace, prosper
ity and glory. Contirua! war and
strife are the forbidden fruits Of our
political Eden, and bear still the
primal curse, uttered in tones louder
than the voice of the mighty Cataract
in whose presence now write-"M
the day MaS ih0w eateSt thereof thou
shut surely die."
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