Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-25
UNCONDITIONAL SURREy.
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Our neighbor Of the Democrat succumbs e
the logic Of events, and candidly admits tina,
The seepter of power has passed out OF Demo
cratic hands. We reproduce its entire article
upon this subject:
"There is no use in trying to ignore or cover
up the fact, that at tho recent elections held in
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana ard Iowa, the
radicals have succeeded beyond even their own
expectations. That we are sadly disappoins-
ed we admit. There is now no doubt but that
the 10Th Congress will be as radical as the pres
-ent, and no sane MN believes that any more
favorable terms will be given to the lately re
beliious states than those already offered by
Congress- Whether these terms will be ac-
espted by the south is for themselves to deter
mine.
However much we may have desired "the
Union ne il was, AMI the Constitution as il is"
the result Of the elections shows beyond caviI
that these will never be again; they are num-
bered among the things that were and are not
Disastrous as We have deemed such a change,
70 the prosperity of the country, and danger
Gus 10 the liberties OF the people; vet the peo-
pie themselves have decreed il, and we must
bow submissivey to their decision. Should the
result Prove better than we anticipate none
will rejoice more heartily, or abandon their er-
rors more chesrfully than oursslf. We await
the DEVELOPMENTS Of the future with no little
anxiety, because whatever tends to increase
the happiness and prosperity Of the people we
ardently desire, ami that which would en:an-
ger the permanency Of our overpment or de-
,prive the people OF their rights, as ardent.
1y hope may be svcrted. Our national affairs
at present are in such an unsettled condition
that it is not easy to clearly far into the fa-
ture, but the action taken BY the President and
BY Congress atitsapproaching session will ind-
cate What may be expected rs the result either
good or bad Of the successes OF the radicals a.
the polls"
1.-The Union as il was." with political parties
a they we're. is indeed an impossibiity, bu,
the change will not prove disastrous to liberty.
The lessons learned in the school CT war are
to be pro6ted BY, and the results Of the great
conflict are 70 be made permanent by consti-
tusional guarantees. Tho terms proposed BY
Congress and endorsed BY the loyal masses,
have been denounced as ungenerous and calcu-
eulated to humiliate the Southern people. Let
VI examine the Constitutional Amendment.
which. embodies the ideas of those wto
stood by the country during its season OF peril,
and find, il We can, reason for these char
ges:
: ltprovides for the equalization Of represen
taiion by making voters its basis, and doing
away with long perpetuated Injustice whereby
enc yoter in South Carolina has heretofore
welded - much political power as one and
thra h. wasor in, Ind nd IL
the rebels from pro6ting BY their own treason
byeas Increased representation in Congress
Isplaces the civil rights Of every citizen of
the United States upon q secure Foundation.
Il affirms the validity and inviolabitity of
the public debt. |
IL forever prohibits the assumption Of the
rebel debt, or the payment of claims fos eman
cipstsd Slaves. -
Is excludes prominent and influential rebels
such a. have deserted the service Of the
United States, or have taken an oath to sup !
port the Constitution of the United States and
Afterwards participated in the rebellion-from
political power.
All these things seem TO Us perfectly just
and proper. and we have advocated them in |
the sincere belief tina, they necessary to
the future happiness and prosperity Of the
country.
Another thing plainly indicated BY the re-
cent elections, which our neighbor will not so
readily admit, is the determination of the peo-
pie never again TO trust the Democratic party
or give IL another opportunity to make war
upon the government. In the recent campaign,
encouraged by the detection OF Johnson ana
supposed dissensions in the Union ranks, the
anti war men Of 1864 have fondly hoped that
they were about 10 step into Office and power.
So much embroidered did they become that
they thrust forward their most obnoxious men
for Positions and vainIy imagined that with
Voorhees,, Cofroth, Turpie and Keu--men
who were loud and pcrsisten. in their denunci- |
atoms of Abraham Lincoln and the war--they |
would be able to undo the great work which |
has been sancti6ed by the hcroism OF whole |
people and baptized in the blood Of three hun
dred thousand Of liberty's martyrs. The de-
feat Of this, the greatest conspiracy against the
rights Of man ever formed, il calculated TO call
forth thanksgiving and praise to the great God
who has vouchedsafe to US the victory.