The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-08-09
COLUMBUS. july 25. 1865

ton you represent, or to give me the instruc
lions or resolutions committing the subject tC
you. This accidental omission would be of nc
| consequence, since know you both to be mem
bers of the Union party of this State, and
though we have scarce seen each other for some
years, have believed you to be personal friends
of mine; but my relations to the Union men Of
Ohio are such, that it may become of some i'm.
portance to know who are those with whom
you are acting, and for whom you declare that
a hearty and honest concurrence in the princi.
piles which you and the other loyal people Of
Ohio adopted in convention on the 2lst ultimo,
expressly as the basis of united political action
in the coming State election, shall not be suffi,
cientto secure your votes.
Political organizations, like every other, are
founded upon mutual waving of some arti-
cles Of personal belief, for the sake of securing
united and effective action upon others which
are avowed as the common creed; and the bond
of union can hardly be said to be kept in good
faith when individuals Of party PROFOUND as
tests to candidate questions which were not
acted upon by the convention, especially when
such questions were notorously excluded from
the list OF those upon which community of be-
lief was demanded, because the opinions of
loyal and patriotic men had not yet fully ripen.
ed, or taken definite form in regard 10 them
and the time had not come when, in the "logic
of events" it was necessary to act upon them
In the political phase of the great conflict we
have upon us, as in the military strife which
has Just ended, organization will be found to
be of the last Importance, and though guerrilla
warfare has its attractions am well convinced
that results will be determined by the surer, if
slower march Of the heavy columns
| have always believed that adherence to a
party platform does not exclude freedom of
opinion or discussion upon matters not embodied
in it, though it does imply that such discussion
should be free and friendly interchange of
views, with the object of throwing all possible
light upon subjects which may sooner or later
become topics of Importance. and upon which
we may have to form definite policy. When
the time comes for action, all thoroughly loyal
men should agree to support that policy which
the wisdom of the majority may agree upon
unless it shall conflict with some principle con-
scientotisly held; in which case those who so
dissent have the undoubted right to withdraw
Their connection. not from candidate simply,
but from the party. This view of political or
ganization is the only one have been able to
ind which will secure proper unity and power
of action, and at the same time afford full scope
for trne progress Of opinion and that liberty of
individual thought which, | beg you to remem-
ber,i as much the right of candidates as of
those who nominate them.
Our Convention adopted platform, of which
the doctrinal part is substantially embodied in
two propositions: lst, That Slavery and its
institutions are irreconcilably opposed to free
dom and free institutions" and must be finally
and completely eradicated; ID, That President
Johnson's policy of reconstruction is "indors.
cd " with the nroviso that the comnletad resto.
ration of the rebel States shall be at such time
and l,pon such terms as will Give unouestioned
assurance of the neace and securitv not onIv
"a The lovaI neonle of the rebel States but also
Of the 1eace and nrosneritv Of the Federal
Union."'
The spirit and disnosition which shopId con
troI, us in determining esfbe time and terms
of reconstrnction and all other Questions Of
policy accumplatino mon ia were likewise
stated in two rosoIntiops ona ,r,ina tbe av-
annie of orr n,ort,rod pras;dont :" ;9 vo;t;pg
for tbe soIution Of dif;cult;es 70 be furnish Cd
bv the progress of time and looic Of events !"
the other declaring the necessity " of keenino
steadily in view tbe oreat nr;ncinIes Of our Gov
ernnent "a set forth in the Declaration If Jnde-
nendAncc ),
To ndansa .t;ll r,ore the esseroe of the No.
s;tion Of tbe marty nav be said 10 he the deter.
mination of The nol;t}cal rosnlts Of the war bv
the united and harm iOIls action of truly Iowa
men. actuated bv q snirit at once cant;ons an, i
controlled bv an earnest belief in the broadest
doctrine of human rights.
To those principles I have given nv nublic
and sincere adhesion, You are the onlv mem.
bers of the Union party of the State whom I
have found impatient to commit vour hretbren
in advance Of the meeting of Congres. to def.
mite policy. upon a subject upon which the Con.
vention had bv strongest imnlication declared
Il premature "a decids what course onebt 70 he
taken The State election decides no snch is.
snes. the rrorress of events in The South will
probably throw increased LIGHT unon ali such
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