The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-01-21

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The VindI cation Of the Administrations.
II the Administration lad been evr-
rupty imbscile, tyrranical, who can
doabt that il would have been uttely,
condemned by the vote of the loyal
States? Had one third of the accusa-
tons made by its enemies been true no
honest voter could have failed to have
votedssgaiass II. It was tried in the
supreme tribunals of the Democratic
party, found. gnilty Of the cruelty Of
Nero, the meanness of Arnold, the
imbecility Of Buchanan, and senten.
ced to death. But the people, who were
arpointed.hs executioners, refused the
honor They have not denounced. it:
they have approved ii: they have not
destroyed IT. iliey.have preserved il.
1t rests securely in the solid basis, of
the will Of the American people and
executes their expressed purposes. All
Its measures are vindicated by their un-
conditional approval
81 w administration has ever bad i'm
posed upon 1t'a greater responsibility
than that now in office. Without ready
means of defence, it was forced imme.
diatly TO defend the nation against the
great rebellion of modern times. Trea
son had the advantage of thorough
organization, ami the conniyance ofthe
preceding Administration The danger
Of tile BDion cannot be overrated: it
was colossal; it appealed to the people
of the North; it started the world. To
meet this danger would have been a
mighty task even for a Government
fully prepared, but what was it for an
Administration untrieH and saddealy
required to confront an unknown foe,
and achieve the greatest victory of the
world, or suffer the most ignominious
defeat? The unprecedented position
Of the legally elected officers of the
United States should have at least
gained for them the generosity of their
former political foes. History will
record to the eternal shame of the
Democratic party that the danger Of
the country, the critical position of the
Administration, but added to the fe-
rocity of its passion for power. The
Government was denied common jus.
tice, and its. opponents seemed to care
little if, in destroying it. they also de.
stroyed the country. Their policy en-
couraged the rebels, prolonged the war,
and disgraced the North. 1t was sui
cidal.
{ No Administration has SO much
needed, for the sake of the whole coun-
try, unconditiond support. None has
received speh, unconditional. enmay
No sland+n was too base, no falsehood
too gross, for its enemies to utter.
Gloriously has this wicked opposi-
ton been crushed. State after State has
given loyal majorities-majorities for
the Administration, for the Union. The
mightiest argument the opposition pos
sessed was founded upon the charge
that the Administration had misman-
aged the war; This charge, to which
defeats and mistakes, Incidental to all
wass, gave color, the people have de-
clsnsA to be false. Ohio gave the lie
fdfrsot to the copperhead party, by II
majSrity of eighty thousands; Renasyl-
.vavia gave it the lie direct when she re-
elected .Govenor Curtin; New York has
toldHoratio. Seymour that he was
eIeeted.one year ago upon'false perten-
ces, and eight other States has
declared that the Administ ration is
prosecuting the war with vigor, that
il is worthy of' ansconfdence and hon
or, aud that it is only by giving.uncon
Sdi!ional support to its energetic meas
ures that the Union can be maintained.
The elections this year in every State,
not in actual rebellion, have thismean-
ing and none other, and we do not ex-
eepr New Jersey which, though sshe
abss not,spoken, firmly for the Admins
tration, has, by Union gain Of ten
thousand votes,, censured the party
which controls her, The approval, not
of any party, but Of the People, is the
vindicalion OF the ADMINISTRATION. 1t
needs none other. orr as