The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-07
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Has the war Failedf

Has the War Failedf
ring the late Presidentialcampaign,
epublican party employed all its
ID endeavoring to fasten upon it's
nents the charge of declaring the
q . failure" The clause in the plat
odopted at Chicago in 1864, which
Intorted by the Republicans into a
ation that the war had failed, as
merely that latter four years of
. to restore the Union by the ex-
mt of war;" it was the opinion of
Dn there assembled that better
aanship should be invoked to give
ID to the Union cause. They
imply the historical fact that,
II years of fighting, with the
tle purpose of restoring the
fhe Union was not yet restored.
~ {t is not worth while now to en-
~ 11tP any discussion of the principles
oxu1ro1ed in what is known rs "the
4 20 platform We have merely
nltrG4d to the subject to recall to the
M{nd4 of our readers the fierce bitter
neo6 nth which the Republican party
a. I<H contended that the war had not
f4<Ie4 to accomplish the purpose for
u1l6t it was waged.
X61l, the war was made as successful
n4nny war could be made. The armies
6 The rebellion were crushed; the
p 3kity of the general government
Hfl acknowledged all over the country;
an1tno far as war could restore it, the
EJufon was restored. But more than
1<nk and half has elapsed
the last rebel army sur
~ red, and the radicals them
1<{b now say that the war was a fail
\ That the Union is not and will not
6 totorcd. Not single one of the OBJ
Tor which the war was declared
xeen attained, notwithstanding the
fhat the forces of the rebellion
0ol6 completely ovcrthrown more than
3 <16r ago. The radical politicians have
scs&mplished the destruction of the
D1{Dn far more effectually than the
I1{h could accomplish it by force of
~; and the very same men who de-
ncrnced General MCCLELLAN and his
and falsely accused them of
lso1aring the war failure, have them
H{Ves prevented the war from accom-
hing single one of the purposes
fhich it was begun.
6yond the mere fact of peace, what
ne nation gained by the late war ?
1ettlement of the disputed right of
1cGcssion cannot certainly be regarded
|Iomong the results, because the dom
Inrt party in the Congress of the Uni
@ ties still contends that the South
erz ates did secede, did withdraw from
f6> ion, and are still outside of its
p4Il That the war has preserved "the
rtR1( equality and dignity of the
s930 States unimpaired," is denied by
th6 y that ten States are still with
6t resentation in the Federal Con-
~ That the war has not restored
~ ION is evident from the fact that
~ ng party reckons no more States
a. Jnion now than were represent
= tngress during the existence of
&r. That the war has not sue
q in compelling all the peo-
nI1 reverence and obey the
II Zion of the United States,
in the fact that, in def
anoe O. unconstitutional provisions, the
x1tI persist in depriving the South
ere in making the laws for its
61I 5ernment.
= 80 what have we gained by the
. sacrifice of blood and treas
ure x1e by the American people du-
- past FIVE years. The people
IAYUX1ght TO KNOW what worthy anu
im1 Mt results have been achieved
II "a 1nfferings they have undergone,
on6 hat blessings have been pur-
q whose advantage will out
a. the monstrous debt under
Influence they toll. They have
~ 10 demand that something cores
1it to the efforts made for its at
tsI61c6nt be shown them as the result
a Fearful struggle through which
q I've passed. Can the Radical
~ ms who have controlled the
bn of the country point to a
III jmportant advantage they have
ii the people to reap, Can they
be charge of declaring, bytheir
q and by their political theories,
war has failed TO be productive
>ods
A Suggestive Fact. s-zs'g'