The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-02-08

Congress about distinction ofcolor; but the
very steps which they are taking is increas-
ing that prejudice aud adding to that feel
ing which natnre has planted in the breast
OF every man. There is a point, beyond
which the people will not be passive look
ers-on: To that point we are rapidly beirR
pushed by the modern Jacobins. The peo-
pie of the North realized but little of the
hardships of the recent war. We saw the
taX-gatherer approaching our doors; We
saw the wives and daughters Of those gall
liant soldiers who fell in battle put on the
weeds OF mourning; we saw the manned
and crippled brought back from the front:
but beyond that it was but dream. Il
came and passed away like storm in the
winter, leaving here and there mark indi-
eating that something unusual had trans
pred The people in many sections Of the
south, however, saw more of its solemn re-
alltles. Families we're broken UP and homes
destroyed, all of which was but the legiti-
mate penalties Of rebellion and attempts to
destroy the Government. But even this
hardship and suffering is small in compar-
ison to that which win follow the conflict
that Congress is enforcing upon us. The
fanatics Of that body are leading us. step by
step, into bloody contest that will extend
TO every section of the country. Its evil
results, its hardships and devastation, will
not b9 confined to one section, but extend
over all localities East and West. North and
South, \ war ofraces opens wide the door
for rapine and murder. Itaffects the high
est and the lowest. We have but to refer
to the horrible scenes that transpired in st.
Domingo. ct the close of the last century,
and those of Jamaica but a few months
since, to realize its horrors and dangers.
During our late war all could count upon
the enjoyment Of life, No person was in
danger of the bullet unless he was In front
when the contending armies stood face to
face. But let a war of races be once fully
inaugurated-and at the presentra rate it will
come sooner than we eXpect--and the assas-
sin Is at the door citizen, at his side when
lie walks the street, and he knows not when
he leaves his home in the morning whether
those whom he holds dear will be alive
when he returns at night. The contest will
be the most fierce in the South for there
the races are more evenly ballenced. But
1t is idle to suppose that we will escape its
dreadful results here. We write thus ear
nestly, for we see the storm coming. We
see the fires burning and Congress- en- gagged
III tanning the flames and increasing the
danger. 1t is impossible to look dispassion-
ately upon their work without seeing the
dreadful calamity that will visit us unless
measures are taken to arrest its progress.
We saw enough in the riots in this city, we
have heard enough of the deeds along the
Mississippi, to warn us ofthc danger AHEAD.
Seeing tie whole country standing, as it
seems to US, on the verge of a precipice, we
raise our voice Of warning, in the hope that
even Congress may pause in the storm and
see where il is drifting. The conservative
portion of that body have the strength and
power to arrest the evil if they only have
the courage. viii they not take hold like
men and assist the President in resisting
the fanatlcal tide. and thus earn for them
selves the plaudits of their countrymen?