The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-07-19
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much longer submit to the tricks,
stratagems and maneuvers of fac
tion that to enrich itself-retain
power-would keep open, irritate I
and inhame the wounds of civil
war, that only need time and peace
to heal and be forgotten. For, re-
member, time is running by--op-
portunities unused never return
Still the people of the South trust
the people of the North and West.
They still hope in their generosity
still hope in their just second
thoughts = their calm common
sense. Let not reconciliation
true, real reconciliation--be delay
ed until that confidence is gone
and replaced by the sullen submis-
sion of disappointment and .des-
pair. !, too, trust in the people,
They are often abused and misled,
lied TO by factious men and for fac
tious ends. But it is by playing on
their noble instincts and generous
impulses they are betrayed. Ir.,,
Misled by Fancy's meteor ray, NJ. .A- i
BY passion driven, I.r r'I
But still the light that led astray bro. .-
lf, Was light from Heaven 10
Tell them but the truth-lay bare
the deceit--show them that they
are made the unconscious instru.
ments of wrong, and they will be
as quick to resent the treachery as
to undo the mischief it has caused.
Citizens of New York, l don't
speak now to Democrats alone, or
to Republicans, many of the issues
which divided us are settled, and
need not divide us more. speak
to you now OIL subject whereon
VIC all must agree. Citizens OF
New York, you are generous and
charitable. Never men had more
than you "a tear for pity and hand
as open as day to melting charity"
You are eager to relieve want and
alleviate human misery all over the
earth. Do you know-do you re.
alize the fact that men and women,
Americans, of the same language,
faith color, as yourselves, your tel
low-citizens in South Carolina, one
Of your sister States, are starving,
dying for want of foods Will you
not help them, toos You can help
them-they don't ask money. All
they ask for is justice tempered
with mercy. Give them that, they
need no other help. Confidence
will be restored. Capital will flow
thither. The wreck and ruin of the
war will be repaired, and they will
soon add to the wealth of the Re-
public instead of shaming it with
their misery. 1t can never be we'll
with New York while it is i'll with
South Carolina or Tennessee. This
alone is Union-Union, not in form
and name alone, but in substance
and reality, that no wrong can be-
inflicted on any State, or any city,
Or.any man, from Maine to Florida,
without all the States, all cities, all
men, feeling the hurt and desiring
to apply a remedy. This is real
Union-all for each and each for
all. Citizens, don't look at this from
the low level of faction. "SurSum
corda" Ascend the higher emf
nence from which the wider and
grander prospect may be obtained.
There is danger for New York when
the rights of Tennessee is excluded
from representation-by the same
wrong your own State may suffer if
the eXi9encis of faction required
that crime. During the civil war
that is past many things were sub
mitted to for which the alleged ne-
cessities of war were the only ex.-
cuse. We saw the Constitution vi
olated and the civil law set aside.
We bore it for the sake of the I'm
ion. which we thought by such a
sacrifice could be preserved. But
now the war is over. The Niola-la
tions of the Constitution and the
law continue, and the Union is not
restored. Citizens, beware! The
Republic is in danger! The his
toric danger of republics! The
Government has fallen from the q
hands of the manvinto the hands
of the few. From the many who
are apathetic, to the few who are
energetic and bold. The idea Of
the Republic, the respectfor the
Constitution of our fathers, is ia
ding out of mems hearts, and when
that dies the Republic is lost i'm