The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-18

Impossible IOr uS 10 i've baIely,e as
sharers Of a common government,
with the people ofany State orr com.
munity,g our .repubicanism might
force US TO consent to separation. but
couldnot Justify, us In holding them
MS su6jectsSand this proposition is
true without reference to race or COLI
or. IT0p Y1Gl.iZgG sli wGTbJ'iN % iGa
o Representation . IL janot a privilege
conferred upon majorities, but It is
most efficisht for good when It ap.
proaches most nearly to- giving voice
10 the Legislature to all minorities in
proportionlto to their humber. noilnilsa
II is better and safer that a minori.
tyg however hostile to ius in principle,
should be so represented as to be
openly heard and answered than that
it should have the advantage of win
ming sympathy and gaining partisans
by making issue upon the question Of
the right Of representation instead Of
upon the falsityof its obnoxious prin.
ciples. yli9l 9 .1IlV .GdrI p IliGe9.
Military government Is in its very
essence a despotism, and any long con.
tinuance of itafter the cessation of
armed resistance is contrary to. and a
confession Of tho failure of republican
| ism. lISi HolhhFa1 oN NpN to2 N N7N,N'e
These and many similar general max.
inns of government are the intellectu-
al diet upon which every living Amer.
lean has been bred, and ofwhich we
have been such earnest propagandsts
that mo one of US can deny them
without incurring the contempt of the
civilized world. They are mere alb.
stractions, it is,true, but We need to
bear them in mind none the less care,
fully for that, All rules are abstrac.
tons, whether they be the formula
for solving tho problems of govern,
mcnt OF, other sciences. We recall
them to lest our work, and we reckon
ourselves to have made good progress
in proportion to the, failhfulness With
which we have adhered to them. Vs. . -
In the heat of our just wrath against
those who would have swept repnbli-
canism from the continent, had they
been successful, we are in danger, Of
forgetting principles to which we owe
Allegiance and therefore we should
not excuse ourselves from the thank
less task Of, reminding each other OF
them. To follow these rules. and vet
provide that the national safety be- not
endangered, 10 determine who ofthe
late enemies of the Government are
without the pale of clemency. and yei
to extend amnesty to the other mil.
lions OF those w1o were rebels, 10 re-
store political privileges to those who
We're formerly masters, and yet pro,
tect the freedom Of those who were for,
mcrly slaves-such is the diffirull and
delicate work before the Executive
and the Legislature of the Nation, and
they may rightly claim of us all such
appreciation of their task as shall
make us most kind and charitable
judges of their differences from favor
lite measures of our own. Wo have.
indeed, reason to be devoutly thank
ful that the work has fallen upon men
in whose patriotism and wisdom we
have so great cause for confidence, and
that the progress they have already
made promises conclusion which
shall be reasonably speedy and gen
orally satisfactory to the country. ir
In the presence Of the vast Interests
which are before us as part of the Ma.
ton, the local concerns which lffeci
us as State alone, are likely to be
dwaried and lose their attention.
do not propose to enter into any dc.
tailed or elaborated examination Of
our condition. or to make recommen
datons of legislative action. This
has been fully and ably done by my
predecessor. 1 shall only glance at
the outlines of affairs and content my.
self with the briefest and most cursory
view OF the situation. In our official
state dntios we find no such heavy res
possibility us rests upon the shoulders
OF tho officers of oar national Cove n
ment. Tho close of the war has ta-
ken from us the necessity for putting
armies in the field, and relieved us, in
our state capacity; Of the labors Incl.
dent to close cooperation with the
6 neral Governmental in all the great
affairs which have made the past five
years so memorable in our history
We are subsiding into the quiet rout.
inc of peaceful times, and as young
men are returning to their farms,
their merchandise and their shops, tho
great drain upon our physical strength
being removed, the energetic use Of
intelligent labor will soon provo how
rapidly the recuperative powers of
this people act. and how true it is that
tho times which make least show in
the world 8 history are very common.
ly those Of greatest real happiness and
prosperity toa State. Our veterans
will not be adding now names to the
long list of their fields of glory, but
they will be winning victories over
physical nature notwithstanding the
fruits ofthe soil and the minerals Of
the earth into that wealth which shall
spread comfort and happiness every.
whore. We, who have been called to
! guide the movement Of our State Gov
ernment, will connect our names with
no such brilliant acts as have given
widespread reputation for statesman
ship to the succession Of State officers
who have preceded us during these
troubled times; but in the humber