M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
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VI Will kuolT uDmebLlC lnSLlt0lOO9,
with the rights OF individuals, or
with their private affairs; that the 70
latioEs Of parent and child. guardian
and ward, husband and wife, master
and servant, should all be respected
and remain unchanged by the war,
that these pledges strengthened the
weak, confirmed the doubtful, fred
the patriots heart with new zeal, and
enabled yOn to coommBnd all the q.
vaiIable Union strength in the nation
that upon them Congress voted all the
men and money that you desired; that
soon you had collected by volunteer.
ing the purest, noblest, grandest ar.
my OF intelligent Christian soldiers
that ever was seen on the face of the
earth; that this grand army, com.
posed of Democrats, Republicans,
oId-line Wings, Abolitionists, and
men Of no party, met around the al
tar of their country, and standing 40
on your pied ses. sank the parts an
in the patriot, and, in til Q ncme Of
the God of Liberty and of the Union
were marching forward like band
OF brothers to victory and to glory;
that yoer pledges, too, had inspired
the Union man inside OF the rebel
lnee with new hope and new life,
and made him rejoice in the justice
of the Government of bis fathers;
and finally, that they served 10 in.
crease division and distraction in
the rebel army and among the South.
ern people, so that great hopes we're
entertained Of counter revolution in
the South in favor Of peace and In.
ion; write down these facts on one
side, say, and then write down on
the other side that you changed your
mind and violated all these pledges;
that you broke the Constitution and
your oath to preserve it; that you in.
ter!ered with the rights OF the States
ard of individuals: that you usurped
the power to disturb the relations be.
tween master and servant, and issued
proclsmations lre eing the slaves, that
you procnred the passage by Con.
gress Of Odious confscation laws; that
you are now trying to change this
war into a war of plunder, conquest
and suGjngation; that you claim tEe
right to reduce sovereign States into
the condition ofconqnered provinces;
tina; to accomplish these things you
have placed the military above the
civil authority; that you have institu.
ted a system OF arbitrary arrests
which has given rise to numerous in.
stances Of cruelty and oppression, by
dragging innocent men, and, in some
instances, even women and children
away rom their peaceful homes, to
undergo the privations OF a prison.
in which some OF them must die, and
all to CRAFTY the private malice Of
some OF your partisan leaders, though
| do not pretend to say that wicked
men are not sometimes arrested; that
you have constituted strange and IN.
constitutional courts to try citizens.
denying them the right of being con-
Ironted with their accusers face to
face as well as the right of trial by
jury, and denying them the benefit OF
The law as well as the privilege Of
having it expouuded in their behalf
by learned judge, these strange
courts haying power to imprison cti-
zens for life, and even to Danish them
from their country. that you have dc.
clared martial law and denied the
right to the writ of habeas corpus in
the loyal State of Kentucky, at a
time when the civil authority was in
full force; that you have permitted
military officers in Kentucky to iuter.
fere with the freedom OF elections by
issuing orders stating who shall be
allowed to run for Office, and who
shall be allowed tO vote-thus drying
up all the fountains Of civil liberty,
aud leaving life and property inse-
cure; and finally, that the effects Cf
this change OF policy have been to
drive many original Union men in
the South into the rebel army, aud to
unite the Southern people to such an
extent that all hopes of a counter rev
olution III the South is lost, at least
for the present, while so dividing the
people Of tue loyal States that you
have iears which God grant must nev
er be realized! that revolution will
burst forth in the North which may
cause you to lose your head, aud also
cause Union to be lost in the midst Of
disorder, blood, aud ruin. If, Mr..
President, You can not face your case
so stated, it is only because you can
net face the truth. -
lfyou, by persisting in your policy
of fn,o;hlv ahnljehinO c1avArv chonlJ