The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-08-29

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those people who were late in arms q.
gainst them or where there is less puF;
pose or less danger Of any future attempt
to overthrow ther authority. II would
seem to be both natural and inevitable
that, in States and sections so recently
swept by the whirlwind of war, where all
ordinary modes and methods Of organised
industry have been broken up, aud The
the bonds and influences that guaranteed
social order have been destroyed-- wheF6
thousands and tens of thousands Of tur.
bulent spirits have beensuddenly loossd
from the discipline of war, thrown with:
out resources or restraint upon disot-
ganized and chaotic society, and wherS
the keen sense Of defeat is added to the
overthrow Of ambition and hope, scenes
of violence should defy for time thSirh;
perfect discipline Of law, and excite anew
the fears and forebodings of the patriotic
and well disposed. It is unquestionably
true that local disturbances Of thiskind,
accompanied by more or less violence, ID
still occur But they are confined entire!
ly 10 the cities and larger towns Of the
Southern States, where different races
and interests are brought more closely id
contact, and where passions and resent.
ments are always most easily fed and
famed into outbreak and even therd
they are quite as much the fruit Of uu.i
timely and hurtful political agitation as Of
any hostility Of the National Government.
adhesion to the Government. -ll
But the concurrent testimony Of those
best acquainted with the condition Of So
ciety and tho state Of public sentiment il
the South-including that Of IFS represent
tatives in this Convcntion-establis
the fact the great masses of the Southerh
people accept, with as full and sincere sub!
mission as do the people Of other States;
the re.established supremacy Of the Narss
tionl authority, and are prepared, in thd
most loyal spirit, and with a zeal quick
ened alike by their interest and their
pride, to cooperate with other States and
sections in whatever may be necessary I'd
defend the rights, maintain the honor,
and promote the welfare Of our couimoa
country. History affords no instance
where people, SO powerful in numbers,
in resources and in public spirit, after d
war so long in its duration, so destruc;
tive in its progress, and SO adverse in it9
issue, have accepted defeat and its con!
sequences with SO much Of good faith as
has marked the conduct Of the people
lately in insurrection against the United
States. Beyond all question this has
been largely due to the wise generosity
with which their enforced surrended waa
accepted by the President of the United
States and the Generals in immediate
command Of their armies, and to the lib
eral measures which were afterward takeen
to restore order, tranquility and law ID
tho States where all had for the timS
been oyerthrown. No steps could hayd
been better calculated to command the
respect, win tho confidence, revive ths
patriotism, and secure the permanent and
affectionate allegiance of tho people OF
the South to the Constitution aud lavs
OF tho Union than those which have been
so firmly taken and so steadfastly lpur.
sued BY the President of the United
States. ,..-.. .-..I..'.J ii,
Effects of Legisldtiue Exclusion. .iw
And if that confidence and Loyalty
have been since impaired; if the peopll
of the South are to-day less cordial in
their allegiance than they were immediate
ly upon the close Of the war, We believe
\ il is due to the changed tone of the legis
lative department Of the General COY
ernment toward them to the action BY
which Congress has endeavored 10 sup
4 plant and defeat the President's wise and
beneficial policy Of restoration; to theii
exclusion from oil participation In oRl
common Government; ; to the withdrawa
from them Of rights conferred aud guar
anteed by the Constitution, and 10 th,
purpose Of Congress, in tho exercise Of
usurped and unlawful authority, to reduo,
them from the ranks Of free aud equa
members of Rupublic of States, Will
rights and diguities unimpaired, 10 th,
condition of conquered provinces and {
conquered people, in all things subordi
nate and subject to the will Of their cod
4, querors free only to obey laws in maxim;
: which they are not allowed to share. he,
! Reprisal Against Oppression Jastyfsi
No people has ever yet existed whos
/ loyalty and faith such treatment, LON
D continued, would not ALLEVIATE and in
pair. And the ten millions Of American
D who live in the South would be unworth,
citizens Of free country, degenerate son
. Of an heroic ancestry, unfit esen.to be
come guardians Of the rights and libsrjii
5 bequeathed to us by the fathers and found
D ers of this republic, if they could accspi
, with accomplishing snbmissivepess. th
r Limitations thus soughtto be imposed pp
on them. Resentment Of Injustice ID q
{ ways and everywhere essential 10. freedom
{ and'the spirit which prompts the Stalk
! an people lately in insurrectiou, butliu
3 surgant now no longer, protest againi
: the imposition Of unjust and idegrAdipl
conditions; makes them all the meT
! worthy to share 10 the government Of
!. free commonwealth, and gives still Rrme
3 assurance of the future power and ffs'
I dom of the Republic y'r1 ioFg liaoy
:. asr Rebellion has been Erpiated. ;.s' Z.
For vhstever responsibility the sop,l
eln people may have incnred in Fesistia