Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-30
The Disunion Party.

The Anh- ,Slarery Standard, in com
menting upon the policy of the President,
says
''Itis purpose, however, remains unchanged,
and every desperate eNpolient he clutches Mt
only shows how resolutt he is 10 save his own
scheme though he destroy the nation in the at
tempt.
gro SU0tooe. 10 that the President makes every
thing else bend. We, therefore, on the one hand,
demand thnt cuc,U HfnQ SItdN 6cnd 10 The purpose
of kecptnghcm out u'kt Negro Su0tdgc is sSccurtd."
When the rebellion first broke out there
was party in the country, consisting main
ly of the ultra Abolitionists, which was in
favor oficttiBg the South 20, in order that
the North might be relieved of all response
blity. for the sin of slavery and that North
ern men might no longer be hampered by
the South, in their control of the National
Government. II wus IN pursuance Of this
policy that Mr.. Chase, in the first. Cabinet
meeting helddfter Hc dttdcL on Fort Sumter,
opposed raising dng troops or making dny
,cur, and it was also in persuance of the
same policy that the tribune took ground
in favor Of secession, provided a majority of
the people Of the Southern States wished to
secede.
/ The patriotism of the nation overrucd
! this policy and resolved upon war. 1t was
then demanded by the same party that eman
cipation Of the slaves should be at once pro
claimed, partly as means of carrying on
the war, but mainly as an act of justice to
the slave--and that the war should not
cease until the emancipation had been sc.
cured. Mr.. Lincon's policy, which was to
sare the UaiOn--using slavery or abolition
as a means to the accomplishment of this
end-was denounced with intense violence;
but it nevertheless prevailed until, in due
course of time, it became clear that, as a
military weapon, emancipation was neces-
sity and that public sentiment had become
ripe for its employment Mr.. Lincoln then
issued his proclamation, and that, instead
of the preservation of the Union, became
the main object for which the extreme
party referred to sustain the war.
Now that the war is over, the same party
resist the restoration of the Union, orrather
make it wholly subordinate in Importance
to the elevation to political power of the
cufranchSed slaves. As the Standard
clearly puts the case, they mean to make
"eccWhHg bend to the purpose Of keeping
the South out of the Union until negro sut.
frage is secured Their policy has been
steady and consistent. They have never
swcrved hair 5 breadth from their leading
purpose. The have made everything
IOCHt W tlle lHltIcSl anu tlCNullDl Vi t1ll
negro race. They would have consented tc
the division of the Union and the overthrow
of the Government, rather than the contin
uance of slavery. The war destroyed slave
$ ry, and now they not only consent but de-
mdnd that the Union shall not be restored
until negro suffrage has been secured in the
Southern States.
: We have nothing to say now about the
question of Negro Suffrage 1t may ormay
not be desirable. But those who place il
above the Union, who were and are willing
to destroy the Union and perpetuatc the
; reign of confusion and violence in order to
secure it, may be phlanthropic within their
sphere, but they are not good patriots, nor
men who should be allowed to dictate the
policy and decide the destiny Of our coun.
try Their immediate purpose is to force
Congress; to thwart the Presidents efforts
to restore the Union and re e-establish the au-
thority of the Constitution and Government
unless Negro Suffrage is secured as a CON
dtion precedent We do not believe that
either fanaticism or party discipline or both
united, are strong enough in Congress to
give them success.
The foregoing is from the New York
Times, u Republican paper. 1t will be
interesting reading for some of the intensely
"loyalh -