The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-15

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have been made dependent upon the
will Of military commanders who are
naturally repulsive to the people Of
their Districts. These commanders
arc sustained BY princely salaries, in.
vested with q large political contin.
gent fund, and are lndulRing In all tho
excesses Of Lords and Emperors, and
thereby rendering themselves dcspots
in the most hateful sense of the term.
It is true the people of the South
are conquered, but II they can be edu-
Gated tamely TO bear with such con
duct on the part of the officials of the
Government and be converted to such
a political faith, we, us their kiudred,
will be compelled to acknowledge the
imbecility Of our race and our inability
10 maintain self-government.
The frauds and speculatlons upon the
Treasury are unprecedented in the his
tory of nations. But time will not
permit me to refer so facts and figures
in detail. IL is sufficient to assert that
it is an incontrovertible truth that
these things are increasing instead Of
diminishing, and the pastdemonstrates
that there ean be no reform effected ex-
cepted by a change Of officials.
/ have referred briefly to these i'm
portant facts as indicative Of my ems
ons for my present course. q.
But there are two other matters /
deem of still more importance. One
is the tendency to deny the right to u
fair and impartial trial for crimes by
jury,
1t is true that this threatened evil
is yet in its infancy, but prccedents by
the highcat authority have been cstab.
Iishej n 30 long as these prcecdents
remain the danger IN imminent that
upon one pretcxt and another they
will be followed until military commits
sions will become powerful instruments
Of political retaliation.
There can be no excuse for the vio-
lation Of the legal rights OF citizens.
II N form Of government IL made
qua!e 10 furnish a remedy for every
wrong, the sooner We acknowledge it
and adopt a 'orm that will provide ad-
cquato remedies the better.
1t is apparent to me that it is the
solemn duty Of every good citizen 10
hid in cruising these presidents, and
wrestling the power Of the Government
from the hands of those who refuse to
be elrcnmscribcd in their official action
by the laws of the country.
The other question is thatofNeSro
Suffrage.
A political heresy, devoid ofa single
plausible argument for It's defence. A
measure foiRtcd upon tho party by
ianatlcal leaders as a stepping stone to
power.
, I shall not detain you With any de-
tail Of my views upon this sabject.
II is sufficient for me 10 say, that
amongst all my former political asso-
ciatcs who now assume to favor this
measure, there is not ono who did not
formerly rcpel the accusation o fbe:ng
or intending to be, what they now
profess, with anger and a dcnnnciation
that this assertion was an infamous
f%alsehood. / have so depied it repeat
eddy, and at times, too, when my good
nature forsook me. The only differ.
ence between me ard my former asso.
%ciates now is. | still repol the imputa,
tion and they do not.
There is no question 80 p%nrtcntious
ofevil ut this question Of snftrago.--
The Government IL founded upon Il
and the denial Of tins right To tn,
white people Of the South ahd tn,
comforting of it upon the blacks III
successfully must inevitably losI to the
saddest results. In view ofthese grave
questions, and ignoring all past polit-
cal prGjudices, l am to day a hearty co,
Ia borer with the old Democratic party
| havo no ambition TO sec that party
triumph as a party. l have no desire
to see any members Of that party
elevated to power for tho reason that
they arc Democrats. But l desire
only tie safety ofmy country aud the
peace, happiness and prosperity o.
the people, and l look to that organ
i%zation as the only possible hope N
this crisis of u affairs. However
much 1 may still differ with it upon
past issues, / I'M heartily with il IN ia
attempts to restore the Government e
democratic and equitable principles.
.Indulging IN the hope that / may
vet DC spared beyond the three.scort
and ten with which / have already
been blessed, to witness the success O
the great reforms needed to preserve
the government under winch l livcc
as one of its most favored subjects, anC
with tho assurance that l win always
lend my remaining i~nfuenco and on
ergy 70 any party that hrs for it's ain
the objects above enumerated, anC
Furthermore INDUCING in an abiding
faith that.the God of Fathers will bless
us and aid us in these our efforts to SO.
euro u country's welfare. l remain