The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-06-28


right to keep them ini" To. day, the
rebels want 10 come 10 again 70 rule
the country which they could not des.
troy; hence, to-day the Democrats
platform is: you have no right to
keep them OUT" Yesterday, the chill
dren Of Vallandigham swore that the
rebels would go out To day they
swear that they must como In
Taus, regina, quid optics, erplordre Ia.
bor; mihi jussa capesssre pas est. The
South commands and the Democratic
party obeys. It has mo other princi.
pies or sentiments but tho whims Or
wishes Of It's rebel masters.
Such party can not be trusted with
political power at o timo like this. As
long as the results Of the war have not
been fully secured; as long as the spir-
It Of disIoyalty is still rampant 10 the
South; as long as the abolition of slave.
~ has not become a reality and South.
ern legislation has not conformed 10
the now order of things; as long as the
inhabitants Of the United States are
not protected in their civil rights,
wherever they may go; as long as law
and order, and security of person and
property are not completely ro-estab.
lished in the States lately in rebellion;
as long as a citizen in Ohio or Penn
sylvania can not live, travel, do busi-
ness, or express his sentiments in South
Carolina or Mississippi with the same
freedom and security with which o
citizen of South Carolina or Mississip-
pi can live, travel, do business, or ex-
press his sentiments in Ohio or Penn
sylvania; as long as there is danger
that the national honor be sullicd by
or bad faith to the national
creditors; as long as the work of recon-
struction has not been fully completed
on the basis Of liberty, justice and 10y
atty; so long the Government Of the
United States must notbe surrendered
to those who bore arms or plotted
against it during four years Of mortal
war. 1t must remain in the hands of
its friends and net be given up 10 its
enemies. 1t must not pass into the
hands ofthose whose views and prin-
ciples form standing threat to our
existence. and prosperity as nation.
THE UNION PATTY NOT vINDIcTlvE.
The Union party, representing as it
does, the loyal American people, is not
vindictive. 1t does not dream of whole.
sale prosecutions. 1t has set to the
world an example of clemency and
moderation unparalleled in the history
Of civil wars. Treason is held to be a
crime all over the world. Capital pun
isbment is denounced against it by the
penal codes of all nations. The rebels.
by engaging in most wicked and
criminal effort to overthrow the Gov
ernment and to destroy the union of
our country, have forfeited their lives,
their estates, and their political rights.
Every one of them, with the exception
of those who were forced into the rebel
army, might be tried or convicted,
hung or imprisoned, according to the
laws of our land and the universal law
Of mankind; his property might be
confscated and his political rights TAX
en- away. Rebels might be pardoned.
it is true, but the Government would
have right to impose the most rigid
conditions. Yet the Union party pro-
poses TO do nothing of the kind. 1t
discsrds the policy Of Marius, Sully
or Louis Napoleon 1t has no Cayenne
and no Siberia for political prisoners.
1t has not executed one man tor poll
tical crime. 1t does not thirst for
blood. 1t represents the magnanini-
ty Of enlightened modern civilization,
the humane spirit of the nineteenth
century, the noble generosity and cha
rity Of the American people. 1t tells
those who fought against their own
country: We will not punish you
Let the pecuniary losses which your
rebellion has inflicted upon you suffice
as your punishment. We are prepared
to enter universal nOlle prosequi; but
we must insist on one condItion-it is
security for the future! We want no
more civitwars. We want no more re-
bellions, no moro secession, no more
bloodshed. WE want an everlasting
and prosperous peace. Our terms are
few and not in the least oppressive
Give us security for the future, and We
will forgive the past. The guarantees
which We require do not affect the life,
the liberty, and the property of sir
gle individual throughout the land
Theysuro intended merely to avert fu-
ture evils and protect our country
against future dangers. They are con-
ceived in spirit of liberty justice, and
magnanimity. They are the follow.
ing:
/. Slavery, the cause of thelate war,
shall remain abolished in fact, and not
merely in name. The rights to live,
to work, to enjoy the fruits Of his labor,
to acquire and dispose of property, to
appeal to the tribunes of justice and to
be protected, by equalJaws, in his per-
son and and property, shall be guran-
teed to every individual who lives in
the United States.
2. We tell tho late rebels; We will
not force negro suffrage upon you; but,
as the negroes do not vote, you
must not vote for the negroes. AS they
are not entitled to representation, they
must not give you an increased repre-
sentation. As their roteS are not re-
ceived, their numbers ought not to be
counted. AS no political power is con.
ceded TO them, they must not serve to
give increased political power to you.
We will not dictate to you'uho shall
vote in your States, but we must in
sist that only uoterS shall be represent