The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-05-03

es to sentiments not essentially differing frol
5, those which were proclaimed by the SUI
n POrters Of Mr.. Vallandigbam in Obi
b UnWarned by the fate of the Ohio Demo
, Gratis, the Representatives of the Ne,
/ Hamshire Democracy assumed a positio
1t that virtually pledged their State to max
e war on the Federal Government, shoul
u they succeed in eleetiDg Mr. Harrington
!, their candidate for Governor. The issu
L was distinctly made and the people @
T New Hampshire, by a much larger major
o ity than has usually marked the result o
4 their State elections since the Civil Wa
/ began, reelected Mr. Gilmore, who oWet
! his first term of Office to the Legisla
;. turs s action: so great was the chang
wrought in one year. This shows tha
some Of the Democratic voters are no
prepared to follow their leaders to de-
struction. So was it in Connecticut Tht
: Democratic convention in that State ex
hibited a very strong feeling Of disloyal
ty, but the people rebuked its members
by re-electiug Governor Buckingham By a
maj rity twice as large as that which he
received last year. Here We have proofs,
that, while the men who manage the Dem
Oeratio party are prepared to go all
lengths in opposition to the Federal Gov
ernment, they can not carry all their or
binary followers with them, when they
unhesitatingly avow tlsir principles and
purpose. If they are so rabid, when en-
gaged in action that is simply preliminary
to local elections, what might not be ex-
pected from them, should they find them
selves intrusted with the charge of the
National Government They would then
behave in the most. intOlerant manner,
and would introduce into this country
system Of persecution quite as bad as
anything of the kind that was known to
the Romans as one of the most frightful
consequences of their great civil contest.
This would lead to reaction, and every
Presidential election might be followed
BY deeds that would make our country
a by-word, a kissing, and reproach
among the nations. There would be an
end to allthOse fond hopes that are enter
tanned that We shall speedily recover
from the effects of the war, let peace once
be restored. Prosperity would never re-
turn to the land, or would return only !
under the rule of some military despot,
whose ascendency would gladly be seen
and supported by people weary of un-
certainty and danger, and craving order
above all things,-as the French people
submitted to the rule of Napoleon HI.
because they believed him to be the man
best qualified to protect themselves and
theirproperty against the designs of theSo-
cialists. Our constitutional pOlity would
give way to a cannonarGhy, as every qui-
city disposed person would prefer the ar
bitrary government Of one man to the Or
ganization of anarchy If we should ss-
cape from both despotism and anarchy, It
would be at the price of national des-
lructiOn. Every great State would "set
up for itself, while smaller States that
are neighbOrs would form them-el7es in
% confederacies. There would come to (
sxist a dozen nations where but one now I
,xists,-for we leave the Southern Con
ederacy aside in this consideration. That c
Jonfederacy, however, would become the c
greatest power in North America. Not t
'uly would it hold together, but it would O
t once acquire the, Border States, where s
lavery would be more than restored, for ?
here it would be made as powerful an in Il
crest as it was in South Carolina and 4
but four years ago. War has v
7elded the Southern Confederacy togeth- a
r and in face of our breaking-up its rul- v
rs would have the strongest possible in n
ucement to keep their Republic united, #
ecause they then would hope to conquer a
lost Of the Free States, and to confer up Il
u them the g blessings" of the serYiie Il
stem of labor. ~ .r "
It is sometimes said that, if the Dem. p.
cratic party should resume the rule of y,
his nation, the Confederates, or Rebels, Pl
ould signify their readiness to return e7
ito the Union, on the simple condition TT
lat things should be allowed to assume ca
lie forms they bore prior to Mr. Lin b
,ln's election. They rebelled against eT
lie men who came into power through "
le political decision that was made in F
$50; and, the American people having in
served that decision by restoring the Of
emoeraoy, the cause of their rebellion Of
wing been removed, rebellion itself an
Ould cease as of course. Were this as
ew Of the subject indisputably sound, nj
would Ill become the American to sur III
nder to the men who assume that the el,
,eision of an election, this way or that, tn
fords sufficient reason for a resort to rel
ms. We should hold our existence as th
nation by the basest of tenures, were til
to admit the monstrous doctrine that Us
ly one party is competent to govern SCI
e Republic, and that there is an appeal ve
,m the decision Of the ballot to that of it
e bayonet. There never existed a great tn,
ople so craven as to make such an ad- tht
ssiOn; and we're we to set the example tai
making it, we should justify all that PEI
S been said adversely to US by domestic be
-itors aud foreign foes. We should POI
ove that we were unfit to enjoy a.,
; greatest Of all public blessings, con- vol
tutiOnil freedom, by surrendering it at ula
, demand of faction, merely that We VII
ght live in security, and enjoy the Vll
,perty we had accumulated. Ancient
tory mentions a people who were so
d of their ease that they placed all
yer in The hands Of their slaves on VII
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