The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-01-31
rhe Alleghan1an.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1887.
MagnaniRIfty.

the country could be advanced by exact;ng
the lives of the more guilty of the rebel
leaders an1 now that the lnpsiug Of
twenty months eaves little less than abso-
lutte assurance that the scaffold will have
no victim, we are more in a mood of
rejoicing than of lamentation. The regret
of many Of this generation, that no life
has been exscted by the victorious loyalty
of the nation, will be the pride of all ere
the dawning of another century. True
craftsmanship seeks not to establish insti-
tutiOns, and especially such as are Of
republican nature, in the hearts of the
people, by the agency of the gallows and
guillotine. Happy will the country be if
her defenders, after SO complete triumph
over treason, gain one no less complete
over themselves. Aud what is such a
triumph? Il is that there De seen running
ell through the work of reconstruction,
not revenge, not confscation, nor disfran-
chisement, nor prescription, nor punish
ment of any kind, for ats o,on sake, but
sincere, earnest desire to establish the
Union, aud the principles of the fathers
who were the authors of the Union, and
of the Declaration which was the fore
runner of both the Union and the eonsti-
tuition, in the hearts Of the people both
North and South. a Republican govern
ment must live in the hearts of the people,
or 1t cannot live at all. Thanks to the
party that carried on the war to It's sue
cessful issue, the policy of reconstruction
has been and will continue to be humane
and generous, imposing no badges of
disgrace On people, no oppression upon
individuals. Yet against this policy, the
whole Democratic press of the country
appeals with invectiVe and mutterings of
violence to such as give them ear. What
they would do were the scales turned and
the Republican party the overthrJwn plot
ters OF treason that the late rebels of the
South now are, the conservative" rule
and the means used to secure that rule in
Maryland bear abundant witness. So
many of the fighting men of the State left
Its borders to do battle in the ranks of the
rebel army, that the Union men of tha.
State acquired control of it, and imme-
diateiy disfranchised those who went into
the rebel army. The rebels once returned,
they hesitate not, while clad even in con-
federate uniforms, to indulge in perjury.
They trump up charges against loyal
officers, and with these charges clearly
disapproved, recreant Governor, acting
as their tool, seeks to displace them, and
brings the State to the very verge of civil
war. But though such be their course to
secure control of the State, it is outdone
if possible by their subsequent acts. In
order to elect the infamous Governor
Swami TO the United States Senate, they
seek to repeal an established law giving
to another part of the State than that in
which Swami lives the Senator next to be
elected, and providing that the law so
repealed shall Immediately after Swann's
election re-enact itsele. For the accom-
piishment of this purpose, they lack a
single vote, aud to overcome this difficulty
they intend, after brief delay for decen-
oy's sake, to Gust from his seat Union
member in favor of contestant 'conser-
vative" Nor is this all. In November
last, the loyal people of Baltimore elected
a mayor and other city officers, whom these
Uery conservative rebel and rebel sympa-
thizing gentlemen propose to deprive Of
Office by changing the law regulating the
term for which these Offices shall be held.
Of which the effect is, that the terms OF
the present incumbents will expire in
March next, when their places viii be
filled by some admirers of JEFF. Davis.
Such is conseryatism of the present
day. The only thing it seeks to conserve
is what is left Of Slavery. In the North
ern and Western States, being stripped of
power, it finds congeniel employment iu
abusing the law w-making branch of the
government. Yet comparing the acts of
3 Congress that holds undispused sway
with the acts Of the legislatures of rebel
States, how finely these conservative IN
Vectiyes ring upon the ear But the
Repa5lican party in its great strength can
afford to be generous, can afford TO estab-
lish the unity OF the country, not on the