, 1866-04-03

claimed protection of the British Govern
ment. Fl. Wayne was also one Of the ptincf-
pal nests Of the Sons Of Liberty, and
the members Of that reasonable
organization who sympathizcd 80 heartily
With slavery and rebellion were principally
iftsn. Iheir leader was Paddy o,Rourkc,
whcse uame plainly Indicates his natiouafity.
By the way This saine Paddy O'Ron-ke is one
OF the great Democratic lights Of this county
nn9 pas quite hapkcring after the loaves
aud Dishes He: was the copperkcad candidate
Cor County Auditor last fall, but WAS
badly defeated BY, the Republican can-
man vote being cast against him on account
q hts dtsioyalty- He Is ont again as cand1-
date ioF clerk Of court, and threatened in the
late Democratic Convention that he would
ruin the party If they did not Give him the
nomination. Through the influence Of h:s fal-
ioM ,oss, Sons ne WI undoubtedly get It. but his
against him to man, as their organ tho
ssaats Inlan9 las already plainly Indicated.
u is getting clearer every day that even iu
Fort Wayne the honest people have deter
mined that coppeEheads aud traitors must
take the back seats for awhile. The power OF
the time Is surely coming when The people
Will place different and better claas of men
at the head OF her affairs. HoosIrR'
A SOLDIER ON RECONSTRUCTION,
An old soldier, writing On reconstruction.
says:
It was only because We had the morat power
upon our side that we triump1ed, f wna
only because we fought for freedom md ins.
ucc, for the grand Ideas for which humanity
Is struggling the world over, that Sherman
was able to march to the sen, and Grnnt ~
overthrow Richmond. We had the sVmpa-
thies Of mankind with Us, and God Almighty
himself. Our soldiers we're not lighting Just
to maintain the Union, but, whether thew
knew 1t or not, they were fighting to carry
out great idea. 1t was war between frea-
dom and slavery, not between twenty five
States and eleven States. It was not simply
to project Washington and overthrow Rich
mond, but to maintain the right and over
throw the wrong. Arc ne then to bring this
wondrous conflict, this noblcst battle fof free
dom, to "most lame and impotent CON
elusion:" When the rebels have laid down
their arms, but not their principles, Is the
war over? When the cannon has ceased to
thunder when shot md shell no longer roar
and whistle, when the bayonet is shcathed,
Is the victory completce II We fought rs
Alexander md Napoleon fought, for conquest
and glory, 1t IS. If we fought merely for the
possession Of barren territory, it Is but II We
fought for Leas, 1t Is not. The war is still
ident johnson Is about as applicable to tho
sonth, In it's present condition, as the nppli-
Gallon: of coat-plaster to O madman. We
have not got political sorea to heal, but an
Immense principle Of wrong to combat agn1nst,
but only By tie triumph Of light ideas. Our
new and more perfect union must be born not
only Of water, but of the spirit; not only be
protected By gun and bayonct, but be found
ed upon the principles Of flrcedom and Justice.
Whatever politician would settle tits fur
reaching struggle in any other way, no mat
the wind "a nuisance, to be sure-but In
spite Of It the breeze will still blow On.