The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-08-17

of the freedmen. | am not mlsled
hv the terms of the call, however in
tyrprcted for the public eye, nor by
the axiomatic truths IL contains,
found i'm almost every elaborate pc
| ticol platform, where, at least, a
seeming respect for the Loyal sehtl-
mcnts Of the country is required
Nor am | deceived because OF its not
opposing, in words, the constitutions
nj amendment, the names OF It's sign
G =. Senators Doolittlc and Cowan,
who voted against the amendment,
giving me all the Information ] need
ON that subject. We know that IL IL
was intended to he in the interest ot
the Union party, the Convention wo II
have been called, not by Senators
who left that party months ago, Dut
toy the regularly organized National
Con mitl, appointed by the Baltl
more Convention, that nominated
Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Johnson, whose
call would not have needed the in.
of Democratic members
of Congress to commend it TO the
loyalists of the country.
No, my friends, there is no neces-
sity for our being deceived as To the
objects of the Convention, nor by
what it may do. 1t Is called IN the
interest of the Democratic party,
which, in the darkest hour Of the war,
pronounced it failure, ahd thus de
clared its readiness TO surrender To
the demands OF the rebellion, and
which, because of that and its oppo-
sition to the Government when strug-
Cling against treason for its exist
encc, has become SO discrcdilcd IN
the Judgment OF the loyal people oI
the country rs to feel the necessity OF
meeting in convention under no par
ty name, or the assumed and TN
nearing one of Conservatives.
There is, however, this source oil
qualification in this movement OF the
Democratic party. 1t assures us OF
its conscious weakness and democrat
ization, and its conviction resulting
from its exclusion from power while
the country was in peril, and loyalty
needed champion, that its only hope
of restoration to power Is under
some other flag than its own, on
which is inscribed political scnti
mcnts not absolutely necessary to
the loyalty of the country.
IMPORTANCE OF rHE CAMPAIGN.
return to you, my fellow citizens
and neighbors, Mt the opening oil
your canvass for one of the most inn
.portant elections ever held in this
State. am not clear that the de.
feat of the Union party at the ap-
preaching election will not be follow
ed by greater disaster to the country
than would have attended its defeat
at any time Outing the war. Then
we could have relied on the adminis-
traiion under Mr.. Lincoln to have
saved the nation, as far as possible,
from the dangerous consequences oi
our misfortune. Now the admins
tration has no sympathy with the
Union party, but will hail its defeat
as an approval by the people of its
policy in respect to the rebcllious
States, and of the distribution of its
patronage TO the advocates of its pol
icy, iucludi"s It," .-hoi. hg'' o e".';"
party BE not deceived. Think not
that the Democratic party Of this
State is the only political enemy you
| have to encounter in the coming
election. The Federal Adminislra.
tion is not less opposed to you, nol
less anXions for your defeat. Its on
lv hope of controlling Congress and
compelling it to accept its Tor policy
the reconstruction ot the Southern
States is the defeat of the Union party
in all the coming State elections. To
this end it will spare no effort. Its
patronage will be used and its prom
ises made whenever or however it,
purposes may be best accomplished
! will not attempt to describe the
/ fatal consequences to the country o
the success of the administration ant
the Democratic party. j may do 81
on some other occasion during tn
canvass, here or elsewhere. AT pres
cnt | will venture onl y To ask that il
case of the restoration OF the Demo
cratic party To the control Of Con
grcss, what security will the nation
have for the preservation of its iaitl
To It's public creditors z What sccu
rity will the soldiers and sailors VIII,
saved the Government from over
throw by armed treason and rcbelllo
have for the payment of their pen
sions and their bounties2 What sc
| curity will the four millions of black
u in the South, whose loyalty was nc
the least hope Of the country in til
gloomicst hour OF the war, have lo
their practical freedom But wit
c all the opposition against it, | do nC
y look for the defeat of the Union pal
. ty. The memory of the struggle
j, through which we have passed I
: save the nation and free govcrnmcn
d and of the blood and treasure G,
| pended ip that holy cause, is to
n fresh to permit me TO doubt or ii
>. triumphant success of the loyal scl
g timcnt at the coming elections. III
Il issues we have 10 meet are ncw.-
Il Some of the questions are new, hi
/, they form parts of the same issu'
10 we met and upon which We conquc
n ed at the ballot box during the wa
/. They are comprchended in the sing
At proposition, "Sholl loyNl or disloy
D.. ltnpn rOntrnl tho GoNprnmput ?" n