The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-09-19
RadicaI Inconsistencies.

ton, Delivered ut Lima, Ohio, August
10Th. A clearer, more concise, or
more iorcblo presentation Of Radical
Inconsistencies cannot we'll be made:
When | ventured lately to conden n
the whole policy of the Republican
party, an influential party newspaper
vxclamed-"bdt wnat remedy does Mr..
PendIclOn propose? lie cxhorts us to
return TO and stand by tle Constitu-
tion--wo 10 not exactly understand
what he means by that
GentlcmeIl, that is true; that Is the
wnolo d.fi,uIty. THO .Repubiicnn
party does not now, Hnd never did
know what it is 'to rland hy the Con.
stitn'ion. They have hSvcrappprecl-
atcd its wisdom, they have never cul-
tivattd Respect tor It's binding ohhgN-
tivns, and 20 they have nevcrsludlcd its
spirit or It's lettor.-Whatcve they dc
sir. to DO, whether from sincere be-
lict that She good of their country
demanded it, or that their party lnie-
rest required il, that they liuNe alwHys
done. fhcir own will, not the Consii-
tuition, has been their rulJ. And to
thus standard and none other, they
have always been perfectly true.
In 1920 they opposed thr establish
mem vi tn. Missouri Compromise Line.
In 1854 they opposed ltS Nbroga
tlon. In 1860 they opposed lis re.vu-
actment
La 1864 they refused the use Of State
soils and State magistrates 10 cxccntc
Fugluve Slave Law, OF the ground
thut the return OF fugitivck Was the du.
~ OF the Federal Government. Tln
> 1850 they refused to vote IA more .trHg.
cnt Federal law, on the ground that
the return OF iugtivcs was the dnty oi
the State governments. In 1856 they
passed personal Liberty bills, on tue
ground that the State should not as.
siSt tho Federal Governments; and IN
; 1861 they repealed all laws On thesub-
jcct, on the grounn that neither State
nor Federal Government should exc
cuto ;he Constitution.
In 1858 they had pos-cssion of tho
State governments; they msgnited
Stats rights, adopted the resolution OF
90 AMI 80 At their conventions, c2-
alted tho idea OF confederation aS
asalnsl unity, and prepared. 10 array
> the States in armed conflict with Fod,
rral authority. In 1862 they had po.
- session Of the Federal Government
> they denounced State rights, called
D the Kentucky resolutions treason, and
have, as far M in their power 10y mere
brute force ns well us hy legislation
reduced, aud degraded the State gov
o crnmcnts.
: In 1859 they declared that "no wS,
:, could DO right, aud no pence could bt
c wrong" that If the South desired L
r change their political relations of gov
h crnmcnt, their right could not be do
;, MED In 1862 they declared that III,
crinity Of our salvation vas "taxation
d cmaneipatlon and wal"
Il In 1854 they declared that the sntcr.
IL est OF the country required the restric
= ton of suffrage, and that the German
and IRISH and English and FrencI
h ought 20 be disfrsnehised In 1856
n they declare tpat the interest OF til
- country requires It's extension, ant
nf that il must DO given even To the ne
t. grocs
n In 1859 Mr.. Chase, then Govern
~ or OF Ohio, asserted: We have right
- vi hch the Fenerul Government mus
,g not lnvU Dc; rrl te trlcrior 20 its pow
+ or, on which our sovereignty depend
/. aud we mean to assert htse righl
ro against all tyrannical assumptions
i authority. In 1867, General Haye
who aspires to be Governor of Ohm
90 asserts that the States have no sovoI
ciGnly whatever
n In 1864 they asserted that the Pre-
u dent had the power, by procluma,lU
OF the emanci pate four millions ot Save
IL In 1867 they deny that he has Poy
IN Ia remove member Of his Cabinet,
ny Ia 1862 party purposes require
m mho them to considered the Union unhrt
rs' ken. In Louisiana the Federal Go
ng ernment had possession Of New q
he leans alone. They admitted Hahn al
Wv Flanders to their seats as Represent