Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-12-06

cheers Second, The amendments OF
their State constitutions, which have
been adopted by many OF their State Con
yentions so reluctantly under the press
ure OF dispatches from the President Rno
the Secretary of State, should be ratified
by a majority OF their people. We al
( know that but q very small portion O.
theIr voters partic pated in the election
of the delegates to these conventions, anC
nearly, If not all, the Conventions have
declared them in force without any rati
iycatiOn by the people When this cri-
sis has passed, can they not tura groun0
ard say that these were adopted under
dUress, by delegates elected by = megr,
vote under The provisional Governors anO
military authorities, and never ratified by
a popular voter And could they no,
turn over the anti-LecOmpton argument
against Us, and insist, as We did that
constitution not ratified by the peepl,
may have effect, but no moral effect what
ever! Third. tie President can Oh al
occasions insist that they should elec
CODETessmen who could take the catl
prescribed by the act Of 1862; but, in de
tiance Of this, and insulting the Presi.
dent and the country, they have, in
large number of instances, voted down ths
the Union men WhC could take the oath
ana elected those who bOasted that they
could not, and would feel disgraced II
they could. Without mentioning names
one gentleman elected in Alabama, By
large majority, declared in mis- address tC
the people before the election. that the
iron pen OF history would record the
emancipation as the most mcnstrous deco
OF cruelty that ever daTkened the annais
Of any nation; and another who syoweo
rhas he gave All possible aid and comfort
20 Tie rebellion, denounced the Congres.
OF 1862 AS guilty in enacting such az
oath. A yoice-"put them on prOba.
,ion." The South is filed with mel
who cannot take the oath, which de
clare., Il have not voluntarily taLer
part III the rebellion" Every cOnscrip
IN the Southern army can take the oath |
because he was forced into The ranks b, |
Their consellptlon act snd every man who |
stay ed st home snd refused 10 accept |
sIyIl or military office, could take thai /
oath. But these were not the choice o.
the States lately III rebellion. Fourth /
while II must oe expected that = minor
Ily cf these states viii cherish for years
perhaps. their feelings OI dIslOyaltg. tht
country has Il right 10 expect that before
their members are admitted 10 q share il
the Government Of this county, q cleaI
majority OF the people Of each OF thost
State should give evidence OF the earnes
and cheerful loyalty, not by such speech
5 as are Sd common, that they submitted 1
the arbiirament OF them, but they are
wiling toSiand by and fight for the flag
Of the country against as enemies al \
nome or abroad. The danger now is IL
100 much precipitation. Let US rather
make haste slowly; and we can then hope
hat the foundations OF cur Government.
TBen thus reconstructed on the basis ol !
IndlsputaOle loyalty, viii be as eternal a.
the stars. APpieues.l Ia President
j Johnson l have uashaken contidence.-
1 cannot forget that IL the Senate at the
opening Of The rebellion, hs was the ons
Southern member who denounced it ano
It's OTigInators, and that he was faithfuI
among the iaIthiess. Applause Non
do ] forget that when ON his wav from
the Capitol 10 his home, lnSuited though
ne was at many Of the railway stations,
he never ta.leFsd ia MS devotion TO the
Union; nor can forget mis- speech when
Military Guye-uor OF Tennessee. to a wal
meeting Of the oc.ored men AZ Nashville,
IN which he declared that ali men should /
nave & fair s;SrJ and an equal chance in
the race OF lie, ana let him succeed who
has ;he most merit You all remember
his speech to Ihe cu.Oted regiment OF the
District ol Columbia. where he repudi
ated the sterotyp ped declaration thar this
Is "a white mans country alone, and in
sisted tHat IL was tneus also. You re-
ne miner afsfa .rL- f1 l. 4
Carolina delegation, that the only night /
system was To protect all men. both white
and black; that II they got the general |
right, the details snd collaterals
would follow. We all remember too, his
earnest dispatches TO the Southern Con
ventiens, and that he has signed the
death warrant OF every one who has been
convicted OF conspiracy. The great Union
OF the country has carried il
aided by our heroic defend
ers, through the perIlOUs crisis of the pas
four years. Our beloved martyr President
leaned upon II. In the darkest hour il
stood by the the national cause unfalter-
Ingly. IL voted down the Chicago plat
form, which declared the war to be fail
uer, and which demanded a cessation OF
nosJiltles. The people then placed the /
whole power OF the Government in his
hands, executive, legislative and judicial,
and Teassured It by the brilliant victories
Ot this fail. Lst Us emulate the example
Of its friends Ia all the states Let Us
study unity III the light of duty, and
believe the Executive and Legislative De-
psrJments OF the Government, when they
compare views together, viii cordially CO.
operate IN this great work before US ali,
and so act that the foundation of our I'm
ion, wisely reconstructed, shall be eternal
ss the ages, with a hearty acceptance by
The South OF the new situation. IrejOice
TO believe ihst, under a system of paid
tree labor and respecting the rights OF
freedmen, il will 60 forward in a career
Of prosperity, wealth and progress IN
paralieled in its previous history. It has
a more genial cline than we have in the
cold NOrth-a wider range of produc-
JiOnS, for Il has cotton, tobacco. rice and
sugar, which command such high prices
now IN the markets of the world, and has
OOundless water power, almost entirely
Rid now of the sbiftless
system of slave labor, it will, with its
IONS girded anew, rival US in the race Of
In conclusion can but echo
the words of our departed President, in
his last inaugural, on the steps of the
Japitol-"WIth malice towards none,
with charity for all, but with frmness to
10 the right as God gives to see the right,
md ali will be we'll"
The address was cheered throughout,
md at Its conclusion many in the crowd
'ushed forward to congratulate the
.perker, while the band played patriotic
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