The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-05-24

Had they succeeded, we are told
it would have destroyed this Re
public and ruined "all its glory."-
1t would have done nothing of the
sort. 1t would have curtailed the
dimensions of the Union, and then
would have left it much larger in
extent than what New England de-
manded it should be under Jeffer.
sons Administration. To the ex-
tent our territorial limits would
have been curtailed, would our
glory have been diminished, and
would have caused Republican pol
iticians to be forever execrated,
because they would not consent to
such compromise as would have
secured US against war and against
disruption.
In political point Of view, the
eleven States referred to are out of
the Union, and. are to us much
more expensive than if they were
an independent Confederacy. They
are allowed no voice in the FEEDER
al Government and we have dot
ted their country overwith Bureaus
that are to the country exceeding
ly costly. If, then, there is any
force in the language of General
Garfield, this Republic must be
considerably destroyed and its glo-
'ry Sery much broken down. Who
is Aeping it in this destroyed and
broken doVn conditions Not the
Presidents certainly. Since De-
cember last, he has striven sner-
getically to restore it to its former
strength and glory. In return for
this patriotic effort, he has been
recompensed by the recognized
leaders in his party with an i'm
peachment of his fidelity to the
party that "for five years" did a
most flourishing business as "the
unconditional Union party" The
Republican leaders, therefore, are
holding this country in a destroyed
and dishonored condition, for no
other reason than that their party
may be perpetuated in power. If
they could have had their way
they would have permitted the
South to withdraw from the Union.
The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia North American,
about the time that Fort Sumter
was fired upon, said that all in
Washington, with the exception of
President Lincoln, were for COM
promising Or allowing the South to
depart. The call for $4,000 men,
Immediately after Sumter was fired
on, was an experiment. Itwas not
supposed that the people would
respond in the numbers and with
the enthusiasm they did. Had
they not responded, the South
would have been allowed to depart
by the Republican politicians, who
would have hailed their departure
as a good riddance, believing thaS
it would give their party an almost
perpetual control Of the Govern
ment. This is the truth as to their
feelings. The people, however, de-
termined otherwise. They deter
mined that the territorial limits of
the Union should be maintained,
and with it our Republican form of
Government. That's what they
went into the war for, and the first
object of the war having been Sc.
cured, they will in due time see to
it, that the Republican form of the
Government is maintained. They
will not permit body of con.
scienceless politicians, to promote
the ends of party purely, to thrust
"the eleven States" out OF the I'm
ion, they fought to the death to
keep in the Union. The talk Of
General Garfield about the South.
ern people ruling us, is nothing
but clap-trap, designed to delude
our people into justification Of
the disfranchisement Of the South.
ern people, so that his party may
rule those who are not identified
with the Republican party. !
From the New York Herald.l
Wnak SnntS in the National Bank