Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-07-03
WHOLE NO. 2648.

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tempt at coercion would lead to civil
war IN the North; but the North re-
manned united. 4-4
It made them believe that the North
would soon grow tired of the war; in
stead Of which she only grew tired of
the Democratic party.
It filed them with fslse hopes as to
the Presidential election of 1864. The
Southerners would not have persisted
so long in hopeless war against the
inexhaustible resources of the Union,
If they had not beheld an organization
in the North which, though defeated
and in minority, had ruled the coun-
try for 50 many years. In spite OF its
recent defeats, it still seemed power
ful. IL commanded the votes of thous-
ands who no other party could reach.
It had taken q decided attitude in op-
position to the war which it denounced
ss wicked and unconstitutional, and as
failure. It tried hard to paralyze the
hands of the Government and to give
aid and comfort to those in arms
against the flag of our Union. It did
conceal its sYmpathies with the enemy.
It rejoieed over our defeats and sad
dened at our victories. It clamored
for an immediate cessation of hostili-
ties. 1t advocated negotiation with
those who spurned reunion even if
they should be given blank sheet of
paper to write theiroWn conditions on.
The very szistenes of such party IN the
North l0as p010srfiiI ally and Standing
encouragement to tie t00r and secession party
l.. Ia -.
hold out until democratic reaction
should take place in the North 'If
our Northern friends" so they rea-
soned, care restored to power, the
cause Of the Confederacy viii be safe"
This alone accounts for the otherwise
inexplicable tenacity of the South
But the defeat of Mcclellan broke the
moral power Of the rebellion. It was
the death knell of the Corfederacy.-
The hopes which the Democrats party
had nourished in the Southern mind,
had proved false and delusiYe and vain.
The war being over, conditions un-
paralleIled, in the magnanimity, were
proposed by Congress to defeated adj
versaries. Negro suffrage OF Military
Reconstruction were not dreamed Of
then. The lives, the liberties, the
property, and even the feelings Of the
ex-rehels were to be spared. Simple
security for the future was to be exact
ed, consisting Of civil rights to all
classes, 8 Just basis Of representation, 3
weak and lenient censuPe Of periGlT,
and a guaranty Of the national, with
Of the rebel debt. Had
the Southerners accepted these coudi-
tions, they would now be restored 70
almost their former political power
The constitutional amendment would
not have worked any material social or
political change. 1t was an offer, per-
haps, dangerous for Us to make. It
was incomprehensible folly and bind
ness for the South to reject It. But
the Democratic party was again at work.
The serpent had again twisted herself
around Eve, whispering poisonous
council into her ear. Again the South
was told to wait for Democratic re-
action in the North. "Hold OUT the
serpent said, Suntil I am in power
again, and l shall admit siyou without
my conditions. l shall exact ssno So
;urity for the future" And sgain our
Ieluded countrymen In the South lis
ened to the voice of the serpent and
'eiected the constitutional amendment,
8 they had rejected the Olive branch
% many times before. 1
The result Is known, As the spuri-
,us and ilegitimate State organizations
which Mr.. johnson had arbitrarily
allied into life, failed 10 attain the ends
{ Government, the security Of person
nd property, it deVolYed upon Con-
ress to establish that security. As
he local authorities failed 10 protect
hose who were entitled to our pro-
ection, it became the duty of the Fed
raj Governments to protect them. As
be civil power proved inefficient, the
Military power had to be empioyed.-
Is the whites would not reIent in their
hostility to the Union and
reedon, the aid Of the blacks had to
Q invoked in the work Of reconstruct
on.
If all this be distesteful to Southern
,s let them thank the Democratic
arty for it. Let their courses deep or
,ud' be aimed at their Mephistophe-
an advisers. Let them consider that
lose are responsible for it who insti-
tied them to reject the mild and in
ocent conditions of the Constitutional
Let them realize that
ley owe it not to those whom they
1justly suppose to be- their Republi-
IN or Radical enemies, but to their
yn fatal mistake in following the in
iious advice Of their Democratic
lends.
/ am rejoiced to see that the South
Is begun 10 realize the true state Of
fairs, and that the scales are falling
om her eyes at last. Having advised
,ainst the constitutional amendment,
10 Democratic party now advises
,ainst submission to the Congressional
easures of reconstruction. Il still
,ges passive resistance with q view to
rther disturbances. But happily for
e peace of the country its power
Ter the Southern mind ison the Wane.
le Southern people begin TO preceiYe
at they owe their greatest calamities
the treacherous course Of the DEM
ratio party, before, during, and since
e war; and the day is not far distant
aen they will tell that party: DE
rt, Satan Thou hast led me into
in and miseryI I now reject and
urn thee, and viii listen to thee no
ore |"
CONCLUSION.
The men who now lead and officer
Q Democratic party, are the most
ngsrous enemies Of the country, its
ace, prosperity, and welfare. Les
tn sections of the country unite to
10 q final crushing blow to the indu-
ce of the democratic leaders. Let
3 serpent be fully expelled from Par
ise. our country viii soon be Gar
n of Eden again. Let Us, without
ference to side.issues, combine to set
, the last remaining issues of the war
as to make room for the questions
peace which shall hereafter demand
+ decision; let Us put the great
pola of true democracy on the glori-
) edifiee of reconstructed Union;
US hew the channels Of business
trade in sn directions, in the firm
X of everlasting peace; and the
unds and resentments Of the war
Il soon be healed and forgotten;
generated South viii Phenix-hke
So from the ashes of its own past,
our nation will prosper and ex-
nd, on the basis of liberty, human