The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-29
Cali You This .Democynr,,.

Call You This "Democrncyiv
The World, the Acknowledged or
gan of the present ruling clique of
! the New York Democracy, in an ed
i,orial article speaking of the recent
change OF position by that party in
that State, uses the following Ian.
guagc:
"Wh is the main political qncs-
ton in this important inncturc? BY
the consent of all parties and ofmen
belonging to no. party, Of our own
citizens and of foreigners, it Is Re
construction. And what is the pres
ent state of that question? Why,
this: that the President has in pro.
gress plan for tho immediate res
toration of the States to their former
position Of full federal equality: and
that the most VIGOROUS, earnest, de-
, termincd and perhaps numerous por.
tion of the party that elected him are
pledged to Illustrate that plan, ir pos
sible, through the action of Congress
Now, thirdly, which is more for the
interest OF the Democratic party,
that the Southern States should he
Immediately restored and exert their
inll weight in federal politics, or that
they should be kept out of Congress
and excluded from participation in
the next Presidential election2"
That is frank enough for the most
exacting. 1t "is more for the inter
est Of the Democratic party, that the
Southern States should be immedi,
ately restored and exert their full
weight IN Federal politics" iustcad
of being "kept out of Congress and
excluded from participation in the
next Presidential election" therefore,
these political trimmers want the
work oil reconstruction completed ut
once. Not that such policy is "Gor
the interest of the' country. oh,
not at all! Others may direct their
action toward the national welfare,
if they be verdant enough, but rs for
cute chaps like Dean Richmond,
John A Green d CO., they have
"othcr fish to try" They are look
ing ont for number one," which can
best be promoted by looking after
the 'interest Of the Democratic par
ty"-but more particularly the ''in-
terest' of the operators doing bus
mess under that name. They think
they could make good use of the "f'ull
weight of the Southern States in the
next Congress and sin the next Pres
idential election" hence the admira-
tion of the President : reconstruction
policy. This way of stating, it Ger.
tainly has the credit Of dircctinoss.
We are reminded that just year
since these same politicians were also
lclamorimg for reconstruction. -
Then. as well as now, they felt the
"intcrcst Of the Democratic party
required the "full weight of the
Southern rebels in Federal politics.
and 20 urgent were thcy to secure that
! aid, that they declared the war for
the Union Il "failurc," and demanded
lIat our armies should be withdrawn
AMI the "rcsources Of statesmanship''
relied upon To get the rebels back
The Emancipation Proclamation,
Freedom Amendment, Amnesty Oath
and other features Of President John
sons reconstruetion policy, waro thon
| denounced as unconstitutional, obi
Gus, and subverslve OF free govern
ment. That was because il was be-
licved that the "full weight OF the
Southern States" could sooner be
made available in Federal politics,h
by buying the rebels with concess.
ions, than by subduing them with
the. strong arm of the National pow.
er. If they could he convinced that
the adoption of negro suffrage thro'
out the Union would hasten the time
when these schemers could obtain
this coveted aid from the rebels Of
the South, we doubt not they would
be as ready to endorse il as they now
are the great measures of Freedom
which they so violently denounced Il
year since. Nothing that promises
/ to advance the "interests Of the Dem
ocratic party"--however inconsist-
emit with their former profes 10 IS
will stand between them and the hope
Of success. Can so base counter
felt rs this, pass among intelligent
men for Democracy
Far be it from us TO object TO the
honest support Of the Presidents re.
construction policy, come from where
it may; and our only complaint
against this is, that it is not honest,
but purely hypocritical, We sup.
port that policy because we believe
it is "for the interest of the coun.
Try that it should be carried out, and
we further believe that il will sue
cecd best without The aid OF PLOTTING
demagogues who shamclossly confess
that they have no higher aim than
the "interest" of party which has
for years been rcpudiatol and con.
temned by q large majority OF the
loyal men of the land.
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