M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-09-28

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to dehounce and oppose every at
tempt to smother the inestlmable
right Of free discussion. Ap'
plause.)
SO Wedded is Mr. Stanton 10, arbi=
trary power, so aSerse is lie to the
establishment of civil liberty, that he
continues to interfere with the bayo>
net 10 control elections. until at
length the New York Tribune, the
Cincinnati Commercial, and other
Idissisguished journals OF the Repub-
siea1 5ssaty, have adsnoehced these
usurpations with equal courage and
ability. But the evil still exists, and
the people alone can apply the RENE
dy, for these and like abuses have
grown into such common use, that
one violation of the Constitution is
cited as precedent to Justify anoth-
er, snd many Of our pablo men have
seemed to believe that their arbltra-
ry will is paramount to the Consti-
tuition. Thus, Gen Cox, the distin'
guished nominee of The Republican
party, in his speech at Ripley, on
the 9th of August, complained that
the Democratic parry maintains that
State rights must b, maintained, and
the Union of the States only exists
through the Constitution, and that
the National Government has no
authority over tha States, only what
is delegated oy the Constitutior.-
.[Applause.] ..
Such is clearly the doctrine Of the
Democracy; such, too, was the doc
trine taught BY Washington and
Franklin, by Madison and Jefferson,
and by all the early Fathers Of the
Repubic; but while we believe in
State Rights, as defined by the Con
stitution, we deny that a State has .
right to secede from the Union, or
nullify a law Of Congress.
Ger. Cox maintain that the Fed
eral GoVernment-that is, in his
meaning, the Prcsident-can dc as
he wills, without reference to the
Constitution, or ia other words, that
the power ofthe President, like the
power OF an absolute monarch, is
withSIs control. Bat such, | am
glad to believe, are not the views oI
our patriotic people, and it they de-
sire to preserve our free institutions
as a legacy for their children, it be
h9oves them to rebuke and resist the
encroachments Of despotic power
Applause.
Gen Cox is at this moment militia
ry com mandant OF the State OF Ohio
, and his views as to arbitrary poweI
, are more dangerous, as they are
backed by the sword.
The bloody contest which has jus
closed has cost the country $4,000
3 100000. or about one fourth of al
. the real and personal property in tn,
| United States, aud the lives OF l, 900
900 of our best and braVest citizens
s This is no fiction, but a stern real
8 ty.
: For what, fellow citizens, was al
}. this lavish expenditure of boo
: and treasure? You answer, for tn
q Union. Yes, and such is the re
g sponse of the surviving heroes OF tn
: war. What, then, will you say t
y the men, who, after all this sacrifice
h ale opposed to the restoration OF th
}. Union until i've, ten, twenty or thirt
= years, or such other future time as
n shall please the people OF the Sout
C to place themselves upon an equalit
o with negroesl And such, m
countrymsn, is the position OF Gel
y Cox. Iu substance, he says, it
\ true we lost a million Of men, au
N expended one fourth of the wealth
= the nation: bat. what Of thsta W
10 have more men and more none!
IS and the Union must not be restore
IF until white men are placed upon a
p equality with negroes.
y On the evening of the day thI
Gen. Cox was nominated, Gel
Schenck, distinguished leader
r. the Republican party, entered Il
ct arena as his chief champion; ar
IN from the steps ofthe Capital, accOrc
?. irg to the report Of the Cincinna
10 papers, he said:
IN ii would rot bring them (tl
Or Southern States) back this year,
lg the next year."
}" 81 would wait till new wood grows
se and by "new wood" the speak
le meant until new generation sprar
up; and that, thus, the brave me
l. who had fought through the fo'
ct years of war, should not be allowt
'e to see the Union, for which they h'
40 fought, restored.
d. What is the Unionl II is an ass
10; citation Of States under Goverume