The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-23
THE UNION &c JOURNAL,

n"o "o Ueeu tOlu That the great masses III tue
South were loyal and had no hand in bringing
about or carrying out secessionl But now what
are we toldI Not only that there are no loyal
men in the South, but that there never we're any;
not only that there Is no Union, but that there
never can be one until States yield up their most
sacred rights, and vest IN negroes powers and
privileges never enjoyed By white men! Negro
suffrage is thus being made prcte1t for refusing
to restore the Union an excuse why peace and
harmony are kept nj bay, and turmoil and strife
should continue To reign throughout our borders.
But it is a prctext, the merest, hmsiest pretext,
and one neither justified or sanctioned by the peo.
plc. The South has been devastated by civil war,
her industries destroyed, her people Inundated,
her Government broken down, and her social sys.
,, TEN overturned and broken M; and bleeding,
distracted aud disOrganzel, the people ask Tor
peace, protection, aud the extension pi that CHAR
ity which il due them on The part ot the country;
but this is withheld because they 10 not ~ Que
swoop, in the twnklng of an eye, purge them
selves ot hereditary, lifelong ol'nions AMI be-
lieis which make " part OF thelr very existence;
anil rcnounce forever sll right to Tree thought anu
action. With what consistency can these pretend
! Ell friends at the Union assume 10 force upon The
South state Of things not only repugnant 10 The
people aud unwarrantci 10y the Constitution, but
something which has been rejected by the very
States they themselves 50 poorly represent IN tue
| North With what consistency can We ask the
|
| the freedom of the ballot while educated AMI III
elligent negroes IN the North denied the same
priyilegeH What more right has Congress. under
| the Constitution, to say To virginia or Aiaoaihs
who shall or who shall not vote within them. than
IL has Ia determine the same thing in Maine
None nc all but an assumed one but II Is this dis.
| position to assume and exercise unwarrantable
powers which is one of the distinguishing features
| Of the times, aud the greatest cause for alarm tn
all loyal, honest, thinking men.
| Il has long been manifest beyond question OF
doubt that il is the deliberate determination of
certain desperate men, under the pretense that ne.
gro suffrage is the great necessity OF the age to
keep the Union indefinitely dissolved for partizan
purposes. Hence we see the loyal representa-
tyes Of States in which no one pretends that
shadow of rebellion has existed for nearly year,
excluded from their seats in Congress by system
OF Jaeobinisn worthy Of France in l7s9. or the
most refined injustice Of the reign Of the Tuiors.
That the legislative action Of such body should
| be most perncious and tend chiefly to the usnrp-
alton and concentration Of power, Is not matter
of surprise. Ia country In which the Goyern.
ment emsnsies from the people, none but legal
and constitutional means will ever be rcsorted to
by those who honestly desire to bring about
changes which to them may seem desirable IN the
| politcal or social system but where the people
| are acknowledged to have no political existence
any means will be adopted which seems best
adapted TO the end H is desired to attain and II
Is also the history Of the world that every form OF
| Government which has disrerarled the rights Of
the people has always striyen to perpetuate itself
| through military power. Hence the recent ut
tempt to set up within this Republic an irrespon'
sble military government To be conducted by
agents not ameuablc to civil law, and the endcav-
or to fix upon the country n regular standing ar
my of one hundred thousand men in times 81
peace, to be supported at an expense OF hundreds
OF millions of dollars, are matters which should
not create establishment but rather such as should
be expected under the present order of things
And still these very men who seek to do this, these
hypocritcal demagoSues and panderers Ot power
and p.undcr who sauander the national treasure
rs though the public purse was Tel Dy hmazons
Of gold who oppose every peacetul cHort 10 et
| feet restoration ot the Union VINO cry lot moro
blond anu denouncc every man rs trator "no
does not uphold them IN destroying the uo'erh-
mcnt and building dcspo'lsm Oh l's RUNS VINO
would reduce the laborihg man 10 poverty anu
make him ponumah OF thc oohunoiurr, Wpose
| toll must support the wealthy III uh'nNeu luxury
AMI idlcncss, ana whose Utue ea,hinss NC co"-
sumed by enormous taxatioh anu tue prices grow
| ing out OF n h'gh protective 1rin Wnlch supPor's
the lew IN resa splenuor vua enes 'nu hn , w.
the condition OF saves tnese Lleu WY .He Tnes
VINO M INC Ngry nen'enS "n a"' 80, si;,;,mIa
erty anu on,oh' anu "rV ~, S.. 500, ..,..hao
Tor the pecuhiN! "cIo VI '.o p,ol',I as'ao".'
not only 10 natonai natcrs, ou. enends uIeu )"
palhla' anAe;y ~, ."v '00"o'''O'' "''''''''''''"
ci0n OF ihunic'l,a.trs A.. ,,,;,,,
Ihal u " lhc ue'erm'"UTh VI 'no "v"a'
party ih 'nls country w 'uo p''seht ''u' W
make tue who.e SCUM ior vars " cpm'e , nrIe
dependency Oh lhe Union. W "c .",vo Wy n'aly
Jaw, hohhay Ior 'e ue' y. w w..
,eal.y ,o' p,iu .s i, ,,,',r, ill.,,
49, az, rn,. c.nS,'r;nS tho prcs;ian, fpr with.
Ira ,v;n,. nnr armies from States n, perfcct peac,
81 iii ,ho will ami by Tho omen ,je,I,r,,;nn
"a lin, man ,ho, n NAV ,.ke ce,er,,;n,s IN
1870 ~, al rac,nstr,ct the IJnion' If This nj
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'eIpt W su'yeo' noNo ' W.. U.s. Povp'1 "
Nassnilage oe'o" .nc se.'n W nu'Sn e"',u w JUS
tihei by any manifestation on tue pa'Iol tue peo
pc ot the south 10 again r,se against Tue coun'
try or, " the uoNcrhhchl na' nol INC power 10
I" enforce ooed'ehce 10 the n"ns','"u"n am Jaw.
at any tme h ever! Shte' u Cpu" ocNemeu WIN
moro complsccncy Out inc southern people are
IN no eohutoh anu ln'hles' ~ ''s,os'uon W io'
Oclnga'h'l tue uovern'nen,, WI wy S,n''ats,
win the Ereates' unahlmE anu h'crny', 'ncy
have amended their state Constitutions AMI nc.
quiescd IN all the other requirements anu susges'
tons ~ The PRESIDENT, ana MI OF their acts SNOW
not only their Willingness out thc'r uesrc 10 re-
turn To the Union To participate In It's dressings
aud protection, aud assist III bearing It's burdens
But this y denied them Dy men VINO rack their
brains and tax their imagina'ions IN multiplying
requirements, which, while they aever can aui
one lota to tue loyalty or hIehty OF any one I'M
pose most Illuminating su6seryency; by men
pOssessci with n sort OF phi'hhthropic INSANITY,
prompted neither by true statcsmanshipo or phil
an'hropy, who seem to bs striving continually to
abandon atrue system OF RepuOi,can Government;
founded ON eiuca'ioh anu enlightenment ana
To- ad"pt system whlch ackuoWedg's Tue
widest negro, fresh from the deserts OF Africa,
equally iIalii,eI lor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Win 'he
most 'nts'l'sent Anglo saxon. ,,,,
That these THINGS nave a inah'ioia lehuehcy 10
evil no one can ial To see In iact There are Al ine
present day lew men possessed OF genuine l9yany
who have NOT long ago u.scoxesa tmc per"'s.oIis
tendency OF Tue uoc,rnes mnum nv w.. - "en na
ues'roSsI our uo , suu ",;na,,v ~. o xo