Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-09-27
WHOLE NUMBER 18O.

lnanoer IN the State Of Ohio, and his views
as to arbitrary power are the more danger
Gus, as they are backed by the sword.
g.. RrsToRATtoN OF THE UNION.
The bloody contest which has inst eIosa5
has cost the country $4,000 O0O, 0Oo. or about
one-fourth Of all the real and personal uroDsr-
ty in the United States, and the lives Of To-
100000 of our best and bravest citizens
This is no fiction, but stern reality.
For what, feTow-citizens, was an thfs Law
ish expenditure of blood and treasure? You
answer for the Union. Yes, and such is the
response Of the surviving heroes Of the war.
What then win you say OF the men, who. af-
ter all this sacrifice, are opposed to the restor-
alton OF the Union until i've, ten, twenty or
thirty years, or such other future time as It
shall please the people of the South to place
themselves upon an equality with fiegroes2
And such, my oountrymen, is the position Of
General Cox. In substance, he says, It Is
true we lost million Of men, and expended
one-fourth Of the wealth of the nation: but.
what Of that2 We have more men and more
money, and the Union must not be restored
until white men are placed upon an equality
with negroes.
On the evening of the day that Gen. Cox
was nominated, Gen. Schenck, distinguish
ed leader of the Republican party, entered
the arena as his chief champion; and from
the steps Of the Capitol, according to the re-
port in the Cincinnati papers, he said:
Il would not bring them (the Southern
States) back this year, or the next year" =
Is II would wait TIL new wood grows
and by "new wood" the speaker meant until
a new generation sprang up; and that, thus,
the brave men who had fonght through this
four years of war, should not be allowed 10
see the Union, for which they had fought, re-
stored.
What IS the Union2 It is an association
Of States under a Government of delegated
powers, and those powers clearly defined by
the Constitution. Each State is entitled to
an equal representation IN the Senate, and Z
pro rata representation in the House Of Rep
resentatives, but the politicians who support
of Gen. Cox are opposed to GLOWING the
Southern States arepresensation in Congress;
or, in other words, they oppose the restor-
alton of the Union; for until all the States
are allowed a representation in Congress, the
Union is not restored.
The New York Tribune, from which I read,
in an able editorial of May II, 1856, says:
''What is called the 'South'-that is the
slave powers thoroughly beaten, and frank
ly admits it. There never was a more COM
pleto defeat, nor a franker confession Of it.
On this point the testimony is CONSTANT and
overwhelming"
The Tribune then gives the following ex-
tract from a conversation between the cores
pondent Of the New York Herald and Gener-
al Hardee, Of the late Confederate service:
General, do you think we viii have real
peace ?"
Il do. I think that tic oPeople ofths South
are anxious for it They wanted peace two
years ago"
"Do you think, General, We win have
guerrilla warfare p
"If we do, the General replied, $50 help
me God, am willing to fight and put an end
to it"
Gen. Hardee expressed the wishes aud feel
ings of the people Of the South, and the Til
bune well remarks:
Here is manifested a spirit which every
generous mind must respect The South, so
called, is beaten. And Acknowledges ths
fact. Slavery has made an issue Of life and
death with the Union; has been worsted, and
submits to the decree Of Prcvidence. Gen.
Hardee says the people Of the South want to
I've in peace with the people of the North;
and will do twill do it cheerfdlly, if the
does rot resort to harsh meas
ures. This is language" says the Tribune;
.'wHf:h all can understand and it appeals for
c1bly to sane statemanship us well as to eV-
erv uagnanimous impulse Of the human
heart"
Here, then, MY friends, we have tns testi-
nony OF the leading Republican journal in the
United States that the Southern people wish
20 renew ilaLefQaI F6laLlOnS Will US, anu once
again, in spirit as well as in law, from part
md parcel Of the Uniou. If then, you are
Is believe you are-truly friends Of the
Union; if YOU desire the old Union Of our
athers; if you wish the scars Of war to be
lealed and peace, prosperity and happiness
,nce more to smile upon our Iand-rise above
he preiudlceS of partisans, and act alone for
Jur country. [Applause.l
The questions at issue are too grave to be
controlled by mere partisan drill Their de-
isiou involves the life of the nation, and it
,ehooves US all to act as patriots, and not as
ARTISANS. And in this spirit I am determine
d to yield to President johnson my cordial
nd hearty support in every constitutional
Measure to restore all the States to the Union,
nd to sustain him in all other constitutional
Measure in administering the affairs Of the
Aovernuent; and, in so acting, 1 viii but
love in concert with the two hundred thous-
nd Democrats Of Ohio.