The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-16

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pletc success, 10 Is 40 much la thel
right direction, that $4,000 citiSens IN
each Of the States of Arkansas aud
Louisiana have organized loyal STATE
Governments, with free Constitutions !
and arc earnestly struggling to main
tain and administer them. The move
ment in the same direction, more ex
tensivc, though less definite, in Mis-.
souri. Kentucly and Tennessee sho'd|
not he overlooked. But Maryland
presents the example of complete
SUCCESS. Maryland is secure to lib
erty and Union for all the future -
The genius of rebellion will no more
Claim Maryland. Like another foul
spirit being driven out, it may seek
TO tear her but it will WOO her no
mere.
AMENpMESr OF THE CoNsFrrUTIoS.
At the last session Of Congress o
proposed amendment Of the C0nstitu-
ton, abolishiag slavery throughout
the United States, passed the Senate,
but failed, for lack Gf the requisite
two.thirds vote, in the House Of Re
representatives..
Although The present is the same
Congress, and nearly the same mcm'
bers, withoutquestioning the wisdom
or patriotism oil those who stood in
opposition, venture 20 recommend
tie reconsideration and passage Of
tue measure AZ The Sresont session
OF course The abstract question is not
changed, bat an Intervening election
shows ahaosL certainly that the next
Gong. css will pass the measure, if
this does not; hence there is onty Il
pueJtion of tiiGe as to when the pro-
posed amendment vii go to the
States fol their action, and 0s it Is to
80 NJ all events, may we not agree
that the sooner the better. 1t is not
rlaimed that the election has imposed
IA duty on members TO change their
siews or their votes any further Than
MS an additional element to bc con
bidcred. Their judgment may he at
fectcd by il. 1t is the voice OF the
people now for the first time heard
upon the question. In great Ma.
tional crisis like ours, umgnimity OF
action among those seeking a common
end is very desirable, almost indiS-
pensabe, and yet no approach to such
nnanimity is attainablc unless some
Difference shall he paid to the will Of
the majority, simply because it Is the
will of the majority.
In this case the common end is the
maintenance of the l'uiou, and among
the means the secure ,hat end such
will through the election is most
clearly declared in favor of such Con
s,jtutional amendment The most
reliable indication Of public purpose
in this country is derived through our
popular elections. Judging by the
recent canvass and its result, the pur-
pose of the people within the loyal
States to maintain the integrity OF the
Union was never more firm nor more
nearly unamious than now. The cX-
traordiuary calmncss and good order
with which the millions of voters met
md mingled at the polls gave strong
assurance OF this Not only oil thoso
who supported the Union ticket, so
called, but q great majority of the OPP
posing party also, may he fairly
claimed to entertain, aud to he actu-
ated hy the game purpose, 1t is an
nnanswerable argument to this effect,
that no candidate for any Office,
whether high or low, has ventured to
seek votes on the avowal that he was
for giving up the Union. There has
been much impugning of motives, and
much heated CONTROVERSY as to the
proper means and best mode of adj
vancing the onion cause, hut in the
distinct issue of Union or no Union,
the politicians have shown their in
stinc,ivc knowledge that there Is no
diversity among the people in award
ing the people the fair opportunity of
showing one to another and to the
world this iirnness and Tnanmity Of
purpose. The election has oecn of
vast value to the national cause. The
election has exhibited another fact
not less valuable to he known; the
fact that we do not approach cXhaus-
tion in the most important branch Of.
the national resources, that of living
men. While it is melancholy to re-
feet that the war has filed SO many
graves and caused mourning to sol
many homes. 1t is some relief to know
that compared with the surviving the
-foIja n "A ava haan an few WhOln oorns