The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-11-21
Situation. and Prosnects.

issueS anu IilofePreseliIaCons,
the Democracy carried the
States of New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana and Hi
nois, and commenced figuring
up their columns for the, Presi-
Dental contest. u 9ii5
This year, under even less ia
vorable circumstances, they are
again building Democrat apyr-
amids." We verify believe they
will be crushed beneath these
pyramids next Fall. One of
our Democratic. exchanges
thinks not and adds gleefully
that we have no army in the
field now to lend us transient
power by trumped up victories,
which gave the army a false
show of success. Very true,
but we have a Congress that is
fighting out the battle so glori-
ously begun by the army, and
like the army, misconceiving
the spirit of the rebellion, they
met with reverse. But they
reformed their lines, changed
their tactics and are bringing
us. victory just in the nick of
time 5..4 T.,
The Democratic sneer that
was thrown at us during the
Fall that we had not restored
the Union, cry that reminded
us very much Of the old one,
that we could not, and which
they used against us to their
benefit, is likely to prove a
burden to them in the next
campaign. Under the recon-
suction law several of the
rebel States have held elections
and decided to avail them
selves of the terms offered by
Congress. The Convention for
thepurpose of re-organizing the
State of Alabama is now in
session; other Conventions will
soon assemble, and the pros
poets are that all of the States
will yet be represented in the
10th Congress. Then the re-
sponsibility for the delay will
be lifted from our shoulders
and placed where it properly
belongs-upon theirs-as the
party that attempted to OBJ
struct a just and honorable set
Element for partizan purposes.
This will be a victory of Con-,
gress that will forever and ef-
tectually wind up the rebellion
and Democracy, and as Con-
gress represents the Nation in
peace as the army represented
it in war, the victories of one,
no less than the other, will add
to the glory and strength of
the one national party. We
can say to the Nation and the
world that when the Republi-
can party came into power,
scarce eight years since, they
found the country divided,-
that it is now united; that then
the most extensive rebellion
ever known in the world was
in progress, and the flag of the
country was trampled under
foot over half of our territory,
while those who had sworn to
defend it were basely deserting
it; that now peace and. quiet
reigns all over the country, the
rebellion is crushed, the flag is
respected at home and abroad,
and those who deserted it are
craving its protection. That
we found in the country foul
millions of slaves, that we have
been the humble instrument
in Gods hands to give then
freedom, and they now, from
being as beasts of the field, are
lifted to the estate of citizen
ship. The Democracy will have
accomplished what they have
so earnestly opposed, the recog
milton of the rights of all mel
who obey the laws of the coun
try, and having fulfilled thei
destiny will shuttle of this NOR
tai coil, and will be able to d.
nothing more than shake thei
drv bnnas at recreant RaDuhli