The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-09-21
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The First Gun Of uhe C0nglctI
'8Odfdispdtciies RON fhdiahapoil say
2 man was killed there byiss mol, ,spd
several othersi@onndody yipaffDnt ofthe
hotel whore the President and his
party were stopping. 1t is the first
gun of the conflict The shadows OF
the c0mingnight begin 90 lehxthenA to
grew darker andlmope IGlsonkt / Whe
men who were shot at indianapolis
weeB ,tofs coeTse, firs1fJaHhf s3i0ffftfth
Heigltbbfs, Their fel6~ItotYnsiheh We
may see in these murderous assaults
asnfnpa vivid and sBloodyTniff5r, Rinibl
in'a6S nS t6PoSE SilSfS hS iiSS S sasos sSs
now in operation, unless those ehuses
are arrested by the great bulk Of re-
speetabR lcitl lzenA 3thoda refbre4de to
party lines. A. He Indianapolis rot is
u forotnste ofwlatthe people I'm every
considerable town. md inevery county
ofthe Nppthern Ststesymay,eKpeet, ,luIlr
less.the kreat niass Of good fncnlrdsolke
that the unhealthy excitements now
existing ard daily ipere9Niig sliall 9lse.
If no efforts are put forth by men who
have a substantial interest in maintain
ing peace and order to check the head
loAg gfdfy OF unscrupulous demagogues
who are yperpetually ,popripg goilrgpen
the flames, how long viii it be before
the very worst elements Of societywill
be in the ascendency? How long be-
fore fanatical assassins, too bigoted, too
brutal, and too stupid ever to have had
thought beyond th9irI Own evil Ipas-
sions, viii seek 10 Iohsd tleSengdancc
of the mob against those who differ
from them in opinioDs,A TO- waylay and
assassinate them2 One disgraceCul
decd begets another In ono Village
there may be majority on one side;
in the next, majority ON the other
In,one State)t6e ihasscs. inhy GiUo.f 6nd
side; in another, and an adjoining
State, they may favor the other SIDE
1t seems to be natural for unthihlSing
persons, carried away by their heated
imaginptiQns, and by, ideas of thgir,own
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lb5k D9ply upon
one side of a'question, to Aighore views
from, any other standpoint and to
regard NOTHING ebdp inifRediatt8 eJfiset
quences.
= The President Is tKre6oned With i'm
parchment. If, under the circum-
stances, this should--be actually at
tempted, there can be no question that
it would be regarded ~ a respeetablS
majority In many Of the States, andby
large majority in many other States,
as q high -handed, extra .judicials mn-
constitutional and retoluaonary meas
ure. We strongly incline TO believe
thatsucha stepwowd Ibe teceivediby
q majority of the whole voting popu-
lation Of the United States as an mn
justifiable, national outrage 1t would
naturally almost ypnaYoldably, lead TO
divided authority, a divided ale
glance; to a house Of York and house
Of Lancaster; each sideanathemDtzing
the other; the partisans of each shoot
ing and hanging those of the other /;
divided States, cities, counties, villages
aud neighborhoods, friends and .rela-
tives and fellow-citizens, and kindling
such fires in the. human heart sas such
feuds have never faiicd TO light up.
Each side,would denounce the other as
traitorous, and its adherentsas as traitors.
Each would declare that treason must
be made odious;" each would be very
likely to take grounds in favor of an
extreme course IN the,spiritof retalia-
ton, and mot d feMwould favor tho eX-
termination of the "enemyw In Bos-
ton, the adhefents of the sTlcsidential
or Constitutional party would be seized,
imprisoned, shot. In New York the
Radicals would share a similar fate
and thus the fires of a consuming ven
goancc would rage overthe Whole coun
try till the consumption should make
it desolate, till nothing should remain
but blackeged and bleeding lcOintly
covered with pleague spots, afflicted
with famine and disease, with prowling
gangs Of men in pursuit of flying fhgi-
tives, with shipsrottingat the wharyes,
with railroads torn up and all business
sinitten with paralysis and death. In
one State the majority would overcome
the minority, and establish a State
Government recognizing one of the
parties in the General Government
and in another State themajority would
establish a State Government recog-
nizing the opposite party in the Ma.
tlonal government lnnumerahlegueF
rilIas would run at large, aeknowledg.
ing allegiance to no party, and making
friends with each by turns, as should
best serve their purposes for plumber
Parties would at length crystalizs
around military chieftains, the wretcled
people would cry out in the bitterness
of theirsohls for peace upon amy terms
for any sort of government that
should relieve them from their intoler.
able miseries. They would pray fol-
rest as Ajax prayed for light, and in