The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-09-07
WHO SHALL be our NEXT REP
RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS I


Not who sholl be our candidate S-..for
that has been Outhorihtiytly sotllod By the
only tribunal known to tho Union party, 10
wit the Convention Of the % uldmo, and
we.as lrqe Union monrccognizo ito authority
and obcy its mandate Before it spoke, the
question: Who should be our candidate p
was an open onc, and very properly subject
to discussion, and each Union man, for him.
self, had perfect right to advocate the
niminaiion Of any one, and discuss the
relative merits Of MI. But now, that tho
Uuion party, III Convention assembled,
has selected the candidate Of the party we
hold it to be the duty Of al, in right good
faith, to lay aside all past preferences ard
most heartily support the no'unoc And
II there ever was a timo, above all other
times, when this should be our governing
rule, his is that time
To properly appreciate the Importance Of
this question, let us calmly look at the situ
alton in which, as nation, we arc placed.
Some sixteen montbs ago, the rebels, by
Jorcs Of arms alone, were compelled to
surrender, almost Internationally, to the
Army and Navy of the United Statos, which,
under God, had successfully battled for tho
nation, it's life and its honor. Soon after
that surrender the nations chosen chief was
murdered and an tintried man thereby placed
in his stead The nation then had upon its
hand eleven States that had attempted to
20 out OF the Union. These States having
destroyed their practical relation with the
Government, had to be readiustcd aud re.
organized in harmony with the changed
condition Of the country. There were also
the rebel inhabitants OF these States, q class
moro wicked and vindctive, though far less
brave, than the men they scntiu the rebel
army and over 100000 conquered soldiers,
all TO be dealt with as Justice tempered with |
mercy should demand, having due regard |
to the just rights Of the loyal as well as
the dsloyal people of tho nation. There
were also the rights and claims of over half
q MI Hon of conqncrng heroes, with thuus-
ands upon thousands Of our disabled sol.
licrs, aud tho widows aud orphauts of as
many more Of our fallen braves, who all
had claims upon our Government that it
can never pay. Aud to these must be
lddcd the four millions of true aud loyal
blacks of the South, together with the many
thousands of loyal whites in tho South,
who through trialo, the like Of which the
world had never witnessed, attested and
maintained their devotion to the Govern.
meut. All these are to be properly aud
permanently provided for,
And, though almost a year and half has
passed away, since these momentous ques-
tious were thrown upon the nation for pro.
per adjustment, they are still unsettled
But they will aud must bo adjusted and
settled properly or improperly, justly or
unjnslly, permanently or temporarily, just
as the loyal mon of tho country shall deter
mine at the approaching elections,
Tho manner in which these questions
shall be determined, is the issue now sub.
mtted to tho American people, Upon that
issue the people of this country are divided
into two parties--
The one, the great Union party, ever true
to the Government and it's brave defenders,
regardless of color, is to-day, as it has been
since the commencement of the rebellion,
the bold and fearless champion of the Re-
public, it's life, its honor, and its brave do
Tenders, their widows and orphans, as the
acts and official declarations of the party
everywhere most unequivocally attest. To
tho past record of this great party we point
with pride, and claim that inasmuch as it
has thus far proven itself true to the Gov
ernment, it is tho party of oil othors that
can be safely trusted to properly aud per.
mauontly adjust these great questions.
Tho other party, of recent birth, the
offspring of the lato Philadelphia Conven-
tion, embraces leading rebels, representing
the entire rebel clement of the South, to
gether with the leading mon of the Demo.
cratic party of the North, This new or,
gani2ation embraces every enemy that the
Government has had during the past five
years--euemies who having failed to de.
stroy tho Union, by military power, are
now seeking to get the control of the Gov.
ernmeut through the ballot-box, Should
they succeed, we have bat to look at their
history for the past five aud a half years, to
know how that party will settle and adjust
these great questions.
As these issues will, doubtless, be do
termin cd by the Congress that will be
elected at the coming general elections, the
question AT the head of this article is of the
utmost Importance to all. The Union party
Of the Tcnth District has renominated Hon.
j. NJ. AsnLRy, man of long experience and |
acknowledged ability, who has ever been |
true 10 those great questions, involving the
vital interests of the nation. All who know |
him, know that as in tho past, so in the
future, he will faithfully and earnestly !
curry out the principles aud wishes of tho
Union party--thlt on all questions at issue
between the Union party aud the Johnson-
rebel party, Mr.. ASHLEY will always act
and vote with the former, About this there
can be no doubt in the minds of amy who
are acquainted with the man.
The my policy" party in this distrio,
have placed IN nomination General IL. s.
CoMMA0ER, and should he DO elected, he
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