M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-05-12

81,
j." 's sa'" Ih"t no eonieu"racy can
vAis' oy "recoShi'lo'l O' 'hls pr'hclp,e'I
oht sueh was not the v'ew 'oi 'he
'W"ers o' our hJHernhlcnt; " was ho'
'he we" OF J'nvFsoh "h1 MaolSoE III
'he;r lhh'of'H' res"Inf"NS VI 1858
anu lI99'
II has been enid. Mr.. Chairman,
that it would make II conlederacy q
rope ni sand, bnt if 40, II is strange
that the Southern Confectionery, where
. is recognized, should hold togoth'r
through such bloody pressure as we
have applet I" It f'r the last three
years it is n strange rope VI sand
that cndnrcs all that.
| BIT To return, Mr.. Chnirmqn. As
will be Judged, perhapa, by the tenor
OF these remarks, am reluctantly
! and despondingly forced to the con
clrsiun that Tic Union ID Lost never
to hc restored. | regard all dreams
iuE the restoration Of Tie Union, which
WAS the pride OF my lite. aud to res
tore which even now would poar
out my hoart's blood, IA worse than
idle. see neither North or South
ally sentiment Oh hicb it is possible
10 buid q Union those elements OF
Union which Mr.. Adams described
have by the process Of time been des
troycd. WOrsc, yea, worse than that
| Mr. Chairman, | am reluctantly Tor
ced to the conclusion that in attempt.
ing to pre- serve our Jurisdiction over
the Southern States, We have lost our
constitutional fern Of government
over the Northern. What has been
predicted by our wisest aud most en-
,inen, statesmen has come to pass in
graspng at the shallow, we have lost
the substance in striving to rdtain
the caskct OF liberty in which our
i,weIs were confined wo have lost
those precious monnments Of freedom
| Our Government rs nil know. ia not
'any thino resembling whnt il was
three years MO there ia hot one
single yostise Of the Consti,ntian re.
naming: every clause and every let
ter of It has been violated, and have
no idea myself that it will ever again
l>e respected. Revolutions never 90
back 10 the point at which they start
cd. There hns always been a larg.
party il this country favorable to II
irony or ;nonarchiaI government, AMI
they have nos all tho slcmepts upon
ah,ch 10 establish one. They have
u vast army, an immpnse puhlic debt.
ani an Irresponsible Executive. Am.
bitous to ret ain power. he il can
didate for re election, and q Com
mander in Chief, it is stated (whether
true or false shall not undertake to
decide that he has already used the
army in the Florida expedition to ad.
vance his chances of success. One Of
the Generals he has decapitated (Gen.
EremOnD has entered the field to dis
pute his claim to a continuance in
power, and # the Chronicle Of this
city, the Presidents organ, is correct
! in it's construction of tie suggestions
oi the New York Herald, speaking oil
Lieutenant General Grant, tho ques.-
ton ia already mooted whether Le,
in certain contingencies, at the head
Of the army, would not be justified in
assuming the reins Of government.
The very idea upoh which this war
is founded coercion OF States leads
to despotism to preserv We republi-
can form OF government under any
constitution, under the prevalence OF
the doctrines now in vogue, is clearly
impossibIe These convictions OF the
complete overthrow Of our Govern.
mept are "a unwelcome and unpleas.
ant to me as they are 70 any member
of ,h;s IIouse. Would to God the
tacts were such that | could sherisb
other convictions ,osy he denoup
cod as disloval and nnnairjotic for on
ter,a;pin, them. but i will. only be
nv aballow fools and srrapt knayes
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