The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-09-28

of President, 1000 Northern white
freemen, but only 100000. If YOU
keep your blacks cvermore in scrf
dom, 1t must not be because we
tempted you so to do, and rewarded
you for so doing"
Fellow citizens of every State, but
especially of those soon TO hold cleo
tions' we entreat your earnest con
slant heed to the grave questions
now at issue. If those who so wan
tonly plunged the Union into civil
war shall he allowed by you to die.
tate the terms OF reconstruction, you
will have heedlessly sown the bitter
seed of future rebellions and bloody
strife. Already, you are threatened
with recognition by the President
of sham Congress made up of the
factions which recently coalesced al
Philadelphia on a platform of John
sonism-a Congress constituted by
nullifying and overriding plain law
lOf the land - a Congress wholly in.
Ispired from the White House, and
appealing TO the sword alone for sup
port. SO glaring an attempt n,
usuipation would be even more Grim
nal than absurd. Happily, the peo.
lple, by electing an overwhelming ma.
jority of thoroughly loyal representa-
Ilves, are rendering Its initiation IN
possible.
We can not close without mos
deserved tribute to the general idel
ity wherewith, in view of the Presi
dents detection, the great body o
the people, and even of the Fedora
office holders, stand fast by their con
victions and their principles. Th,
boundlcss patronage of the Execu
tive, though most unscrupulousl
wiel led against those to wuose vote.
he owes IL, has corrupted very few
either of those who shared or of thos,
who would gladly share in its enjoy
ment. Not one of the twenty tw,
states which voted To re elect Abra
ham Lincoln has given in its adhesion
to the Presidents policy; while Ne,
| Jerscy--the only free State that vote,
d against him--has added herself +
/ their number.
Our great war has taught impres
sively the peril of injustice; and th
lesson has sunk deep into millions o
hearts. The American people, chast
1 ened by suffering, are wiser and no
D bier than they were, with quicke
/, and more open ear for every genel
Z. Gus suggestion. The fearful lesson
| of Memphis and New Orleans hav
T. not been lost on them, as is prove
by the result of the recent election
IN Vermont and Maine. We cheris
d no shadow of doubt that Pennsylva
c MIA, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, firs
II then New York, New Jersey, Illinoi
1t Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas an
n Minnesota, will do Likewise, and th;
true restoration, genuine, abidin
o peace, will thus be secured to OF
! country--a peace that will endur
because based on the everlastin
l. foundations of Humanity, Justi(
Il and Freedom.
III Yours,
!. Marcus l.. Ward, ~ j., Chairman
o Horace Greeley, New York,
o ). A. Puryiance, Pennsylvania,
II William Clallin, Massachusetts
o n. b. Smithers, Delaware,
" IL. w. Hoffman, Maryland,
II ii. H.Starkweather, Connection
Al II. b. Cowen, Ohio,
John b. Ga Ike, N w Hamp hil
e. Samuel f. lIussey, Maine,
i,l Abraham b. Gardner, Vernon
II j. 5. Fowler, Tennessee,
ls Burton G. Cook, Illinois. r
in Marsh Giddings, Michigan,
a.. ID. p. Stubbs, Iowa,
rc A. w. Campbell, West Virgin
nI $. Judd, Wisconsin,
=. ID. Il. Goodle, North Carolina,
as S. II. Boyd, Missouri,
A. W. j. Corning, Virginia,
# Thos. Simpson, Minnesota,
in G. IL. Robinson, Florida,
LI Newton Edmunds, Dakota,
,is ID. Deirees, Indiana, Secretary
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