The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-08-25


and the members Of the administration -
While Mr.. Lincoln was, with honest and pa
tient purpose. seeking only how the country
might DO freed from its perils and embsr.
easements, they we're denouncing him 40
tyrant and q usurpor. No bitterness Of at.
tack seemed too malignant, and no expires.
sions OF hatred too intense, to vent their
feelings against him. whose only fault, 10
their eyes, was that he was the representa-.
tive of the determination Of the American
people to sacrifice their lives and fortunes
rather than that the Union Itself should be
destroyed. And now that the war 10 ended.
this same organization exists, and the de.
feated rebels at the South are lookirg to 1t
as their natura! ally, in upholding the 20.
Iitica' struggle which is now taking tho place
of the military conflict.
SHALL VICTORY Be WASTED.
The war being thus trans !erred to q new
arena, the question nov 20 be decided 10,
whether the fruits of our long struggle shall
be wrcsted from us by a CON mbinatiOn of the
defeated rebels at the South with the de.
fea ted disloyaiists at the North.
During the late war the Southern press
teemed with evidence of the reliance woich
the rebels we're placing upon their allies at
the North, and their confident expectation
that by long continued effors they would
succeed in 90 embarrassing the Government
by opposition to it's necessary measures, or
by stirring up dissatisfaction and strife 10
the several States of the North, that any
prosecution of the war would be-
come impossble. aud their independence
would be achieved.
vALLANDlGHAMIsM.
Ono who was but recently thoir candidate
for the Governorship OF this State, openly
proposed the formation of new confeder.
acy, to be made up Of the Northern States.
and the possibility that new secession might
be accomplished gave courage and perse.
verance to tho rebels of the South. who
knew that this would DO equivalent to the
immediate success of their own cause. In
different forms the same idea con tint ually
came to the surface. What conld not be
accomplished 10 one way. they sought to
accomplish 10 another. With untiring per.
severance and pertinacity they worked for
the SUCCESS Of their Southern friends, and
even now, when the cause of slavery and
the cause Of rebellion seem to have fallen
the most consistent and outspoken
OF the disloyal party boldly affirm both the
storing slavery. The ina,ipct of success
prevents the party as whole from avow.
ing the doctrine Of the more radical winp.
but in their actions and conduct there 10 no
difference to be seen, and the same spirit
and purpose animate the whole. I. is Of.
little consequence what verbal differences
there may he in the statements Of opinion,
or the statements Of principle, which may
be put forth Ly the two conventions of the
opposition shortly to meet in this State.
Their real PURPOSE will be one. and ,be
only question between them will be % to
to the proprioty and advisabil,,y Of greater
or less bolduess OF utterance.
THE NEW SHAPE OF SOUTHERN REBELLION.
Meanwhile, in the South, those who but q
not only the hope of opposing the Govern.
ment by force of arms, but also the purpose
Of resistance to the decrees Of fate 10 refer
ence to their peculiar institutions, are now
found asserting themselves. and preparing
for organizing with a view to . now struggle
TO prevent the results of the war from being
thoroughly cons soIidated and made perma.
mont. They would never have dared at.
tempt or even think Of this. bad it rot
been for the existence of this disloyal party
ut the North. aud their knowledge that It's
organization here afforded them the basis
for action. and ground for hope, where
otherwise the future would have been hope.
less. All history shows US that mems Opin.
ions are rarely changed by military con-
will remain rebels in thought and at hear,
until a change in the condition of the coun.
try, or the establishment Of new institutions
nd s0kA ahnn s.. h. @G
time, change their relations TO the society
10 which they are ss veil as to the rest of
the country.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNION PARTY.
The elements of Southern society remain
substantially the same as they have been;
the anmosities and bitterness which have
the war cannot be expected
to disappear. The growth of free institu.
tions, and the change IN the whole condi.
tion Of tho country which free labor must
make, will 10 time effect thorough conver-
sion. But until time has done its work, the
safety of the country must depend absolute.
ly upon the the efficiency and the power OF
the Union organization. The body Of loyal
men throughout the land must keep 90
closely compacted and so thoroughly organ.
lied that their power can not bs opposed,
aud their political action must be made to
control the country and its destinies. If
we suffer ourselves to be divided, We shall
find our opponents united, and ready to
take advantage of our weakness. Unity
and harmony must, therefore, be our watch
words. since they are our only security. We
cannot afford TO lot our differences of opin-
ion separate ms. The Union party, like the
Union army during the war, 10 made up OF
elements differing in many respects. As
our battaliops were composed OF men from
Tennessee and Kentucky. as we'll as from
Now England and the Great West, 90 our
political party comprises the loyal men of