The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-27

!. in 1868, the man for whom he cast
n his vote, was tried by legal eour,
q martial, convicted and sentenced tc
T imprisonment, but which sentence
e was commuted by the kind hearted
t Lincoln, to a visit among his friends
beyond the lines; who declared after
Ihis escape from the Confederacy, at
the Clifton House, that the rebels
lwere "better prepared every way to
make good their inexorable purpose,
than at any period since the begin
ing of the struggle" that "if the
war was to terminate only by the
Isubjugation or submission of the
South to force and arms, the infant
of to day will not live to see the end
of it," invited the rebels to continue
the struggle, would not vote a man
nor a dollar to assist in putting down
the rebellion. He forgot to tell US
how his party passed a resolution in
their 9Th of January Convention in
i1S4S, denouncing slavery and prom
lised to do all it could to eradicate
the evil, and turned around in 1923
and denounced the Emancipation
Proclamation as a usurpation unwar-
'ranted, unconstitutional, declaring
that red-handed rebels who were
numbering our brothers on the field
Of battle and starving them in prison
pens, should not be deprived of their
precious and peculiar institution,
but must remain in possession of ev-
erything that would enable them to
withstand the Union hosts, and come
out as Democrats wished they would
victorious. He forgot to tell us how
his party opposed the issuing Of
grcenback currency and legal ten
ders, declaring they were not worth
the paper on which they were print
ed; that when a man went to market
to buy a bushel Of potatoes he would
have to take with him bushel OF
lthese-to Democrats loathesome
and despiscd greenbacks, and that
they are now in favor of funding the
entire debt of the United States, by
this same currency. He forgets to
give us any other reason for opposing
the Constitutional Amendment, than
that the colored people will vote the
Republican ticket-a very good Dem
ocratic reason why the ''Damnd Mig
GER should not vote-and "that|
such a change is not demanded by
the best interests of the colored
people, This is the direct opposite
ofthc truth in this case We are very
willing TO tax our colorcd population
and make them perform all the acts
OF citizens, and should be willing to
concede the old Democratic princi-
pie to loyal and LAM abiding citizens,
thattaxation and representation shall
20 together. He does not tell us
how his party denounced Union
soldiers, as dogs, Hessians, thieves
and hirelings, and rejoiced at their
defeat, and drew on long faces when
victorious; opposed the draft, sneak
ed off TO Canada to evade the vigi-
lance of the Government, declared
the war failure at Chicago in 1864,
resolved in favor of revolutionary
war, the war of 1872, the Mexican
war and the "next war;" hut were
too base and cowardly to carry out
their resolves whom it came-which
is one of the reasons, we presume,
why he opposes the amendment-the
disfranchisement OF his draft skedad-
dlers. He has forgotten to tell us
that the real motive and way his par
ty proposes to get rid of the National
debt, is reputation. Now, Henry,
You said you were going to be "hon-
est" Tell, us if you are not infa-
vor-with "Rrick Pomeroy"-of di-
rect and positive reputation of the
honest debt incurred on the part of
an outraged Government in its own
defence, to pay those who went into
the field to fight her battles. There
are some things Henry has not told
the people and we shall awsit another
issue of the "ofIiciar' organ of Han
cock county and Henry's District
orator 10 bring to us second edi-
Ition of Browns written speeches.
We will not occupy any moreepace
this week. More in the future. >
FISDLAr Sept. 20, 1867. ,g !