The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-09-08
NO. 91O

passions have wrought out their natural
resahA ? ~ stshp, 80
they were impeTied to spurn all measures
of compromise. Step by step they hay'
marched on to results VII chCat the o0Set,
thay. would have shrunk from horror; and
oven now, when war has dcsolSted our iapa;
has laeNits heavy bdrthen upon labor, anu
when bankruptcy and ruin overhang' u.s.
they Sill;hot llaye the Union restored except
upon conditions unknown to our 0onsu-
tutionz They wilLnot letthe shedding Ok
blood cease even for little time, 70 see Il
Christian charity or the wisdom OF states
manship may network out method to save
our country. Nay, more than this, they
will not listen to apropoSal for peace which
does not offer that which this Government
has no right to ask.
This party cannot now save the Union"
It would Ithas, by its prcclamations, BY
its vindctive legislation, and By displays OF
hate and passion, placed obstacles IN Its
own pathway which it cannot overcome 1t
has hampered its own freedom and acton
w uuconsttntonalities 1t cannot be said
of the failure of its policy that it is due to
the want Of courage and devotion on the
mart of our armics. Never in the history Of
the world, have soldiers given their lives
more freely than have those Of the armies
which have batllcd for the flag OF our I'm
ION in the Southern States, The world
Will hold that they have done all that arms
can do, and had wise craftsmanship secured
! the fruits Of their victories, today there
would have been peace in our land, but
while cur soldiers have desperately strrgI
ged to carry our banners southward to the
! Gulf OF Mexico, even row the Government
declares in the edct Of q General, that re-
bellious discomfort has worked Norihward
to the shores ofihe great lakes The guar
anteed right of the people to bear arms has
be, trampled under foot, up 10 the yer!
borders Of Cana da, so that American ser''-
tude is put in contrast with British liberty
This Administration thus declares to tie
world that it has no faith in the people Of
the States whose votes Laced it in powc,
1t also admits by such an edict, that these
people have no filth in this Administration.
Let not the rnin Of onr country be cha
gcd to our soldiers tits not due TO thc!E
teachings or their fanaticism.
In my constant olicia intercourse vi
them, have never heard uttered one scxt
ment of hatr' ioAard the people of T.
South. Beyond all men, they value Il
, blessings of peace, and the virtues of mere
, OF gcntlencss aud Of charity while man
who stay OF home cry havoc, and demar
, that no mesct shall be shown. .,t.
The Administr alton can't save this Cnicn
We can Mr. Lincoln values many things
above the Union-wc put it frat Of a.
! He thinks proclamation worth Tore than
peace We think the blood Of our people
more precious than the elders Of the Presi
dent. There are no hindrances in our
pathway to Union and peace We demand
no CO ,dtions for the restoration Of our
Union. We arc shacklcd with 30 hates,
no prejuJices, no passions We wish for
fraternal relationship with the pehple OF tho
South; we demand for them what VIC de-
mand fer ourselves-the full recognition OF
the rights of STATES. We meun thai ever;
star on our Nations banuer shall shin 9
with an equal lusler. In the coming eloc
r ton, men must decide with which ofthe par
|, ties into which our people are divided they
:, will act. If they wish fer Union they will
; at with that party which does now and al
! ways did love and reverence that Unio1'
, If they wish for peace they will act with
. those who sought 10 avert this war, and who
now seek to restore good gill AMI harmony
among all sections Of our countrh If they
care for their rights ofporsons and sacred
ness of cir homes, they will act with those
who have stood up to resist arbitrary Hr.
9 rests, dePpot;o leg slation and the overthrow
OF the judiciary. If upon the other hand
u they are willing to continue the present pol
5 icy Of the Government and condition Ct af.'
!, fairs, lot them act witt that organization
which made the present condition ST our
country Four years ago it had its birth
. upon thsspot. Let us see By our action,
! that It shall die here whero it was born.
Gentlemen, I DO trust that our presence
here will pc marked by harmony. lido
earnestly believe that We shall ne animated
by t c greatness of the occasion In all
. probability the future destiny of the conn
t Y hangs upon our action.
u God Of our fathers bless us now lit us
= above all personal considerations fI IA
: with Just idea Of the grent responsible bilitios
which rest uron us, and give again to o
. land its union and peace and its liberty.
Loud aud enthusiastic cheers grcetd Gov
. crnor Seymour as he concluded his speech.
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d |, Bse-- The expanses of the Government for
, t5eventy'two years proceeding and up TO the
y period that Mr.. Lrncoln was inanCurated.
we're Eve hundred millions cf dollars lass
than half that has been expended in three
and half years and yet the shoddyites ask
hn