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


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Congress Inaugurating RevOlu-
tiOn--A War of Races iii Pros
pect.
No person can contemplate the action of
Congress without forebodings for the fu-
ture. This is to us the darkest hour in the
history of the country. 1t is true that we
have crushed an extensive and powerful
rebellion. The disputed question in regard
to the Interpretation ofthe Constitution has
been appealed to the arbitrament of arms,
and settled. 1t has bcendisposed ofgeneral-
ly and forever by removal of thccause of dis
agreement, in the total abolition OF slavery
In this decision the people in the reyolted
sections have acquiesced. and now come
back. asking from the Government the priv
ilege of enjoying all the blessings ofa re-
stored Union and the exercise of their
Legitimate rights under it. At this point
they are met by Congress, which dehantly
refuses them admittanCe: TINS, in effect,
saying that those States which could not
Secede by passing ordinances of secession,
which could not sever their connection
with the Union by the sword and bayOnct,
are nevertheless out by the will of Congress.
Thus the nation which has been cOnyulsed
by war, and is now longing for peace and
reunion. is kept under agitation by fanat-
ical and revolutionary Congress. Nor is
this all. The daily records Of the proceed
ings of that body are filled with infamable
torches, which, being applied to the body
polite, are kindling the fires of another
revolution more extensive, fierce and re-
lentless than that from which we have just
emerged The Jacobns in Congress are
doing their utmost to bring about a war Of
races-thc worst of all wars. Instead of
pursuing a course of pacifcation they are
trying to stir up strife, and are sowing the
seeds which sooner or later, if they con-
tinue, will dcluge the streets of our North
ern titles and the plains of the South with
rivers of blood. There will be scenes of
bloodshcd to which the instructions in st.
Domingo and Jamaica, with all their chap
ters of horror, will furnish no comparison.
The enemies of this country in Europe.
were constantly predicting during our late
war that it made no difference whether the
North succeeded Oh the battle field or not;
the Union was destroyed and the country
could never be united again. The South.
they declared might be whipped, but they
would never renew their allegiance to the
Union. We have already seen how false
and erroneous has been this prediction.
Even those who were the loudest in pro-
claiming it have long since admitted their
error. But instead of this evil threatening
us we have one still more formidable, preg-
nant with the most dire results. Toward
this we are drifting with an alarming velOc-
lty. The war for the preservation of the
Union has ended. The Chief Magistrate of
the Nation inauguratcd a policy under
which the country was rapidly changing
from wDrlilsp nttitnln tO thnt cf,
Our gallant soldiers are rapidly returning
to their homes and resuming their places
around the family freside. Just at this
stage Congress assemblies, and at once ar
rays itself against this course of events.
Not only is the revolutionary faction
which controls that body laboring to arrest
this march Of peace, but they are plunging
us into ineXtricable difficulties. Before the
blood of our soldiers who fell in battle is
cold, or the grassi is green upon their graves,
the Jacobins are endeavoring to force war
of races upon the country, and carry DESC
lation to the very heart of our populous
cities and thriving villages. Here we
stand, Nation burdened by an enormous
debt, with the taX-gatherer at each elbow !;
our commerce, which is nearly driven from
the sea, again trying to resume its place !;
one section of the country paralyZed by the
soSAh .'NttS VI "'i' sSO o. uSSllllS W Ilsc.
PheniX-like, from the ashes, and yet Con-
gress actually refusing to render assistance
and insisting upon adding fuel to the flame
and holding the country down with its ia
natical grip-all for the purpose of retain
ing party supremacy. This is the picture
which is now presented to our view. This
is the feast which is now being prepared
for us by those whom the people supposed
/ were their representatives in the National
Legislature. Sad as it is, painful as it may
be to look upon it, it is, nevertheless, SOL
emn and living reality.
This revolutionary faction, under the lead
of their Dantons, Marats and Robespierres
in Washington, are instigating measures
and passing laws, upon the pretext of pro-
tecting the black, that must eventually land
us to direct conflict between the Anglo
! Saxon and African races in this country.
Thus, while pretending to be a friend of the
negro, they are in reality his enemy, and
fastening the day of reaction which will
sweep him from our land. The blacks, in
their joy over freedom and their rejoicing
over their proposed political rights, little