The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-15

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onisms, and what are the meas
ures which diminish and prevent
them, ought to be equally familiar
Under the parlial and unjust laws
of tho nations of the Old World
men of ono nationality were allow.
ed to oppress those Of another
Men of ono faith had rights which
were denied to mon of different
faith. Men of one rank or caste
enjoyed special privileges which
were not granted 10 men Of anoth
or. Under these systems peace
was impossible and war perpetual.
But under Just and equallaws in tho
UnitedStates, Jews, Protestants,
and Catholics, Englishmen, and
lrishmen, the former aristocrat
land the masses of the people, dwell
and mingle harmoniously together
The uniform lesson Of history is
that unjust and partial laws in
crease and create antagonism,
while justice and equality arc the
sure foundation of prosperity and
peace. Ja yl'2r-ash hi"at"a'3.,
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE SECURES
EDUCATION.
Impartial suffrage secures also
popular education. Nothing has
given the careful observer of events
in the South more qualification
than,thc progress which isthere 60
ing on in the establishment of
schools. The colored people who,
as slaves, were debarred from edu-
cation, regard the right to learn,
as one Of the highest privileges of
freemen. The ballot gives them
the power to secure that. All par
ties and all puplic men in the South
agree that, if colored men vote, am
pie provision must be made in the
reorganization of every State for
free schools. The ignorance OF the
masses, whitc as we'll as black is
one of the most discouraging fea-
lures of Southern society. II Con-
gtessional reconstruction sue
ceeds, there will be free schools for
all. The colored people will see
that their children attend them
We need indulge in no fears that
the white people will be left be-
hind. Impartial suffrage, then
means popular intelligence, it
means progress, it means loyalty,
it means harmony between the
North and South, and between the
whites and the colored people.
THE PURPOSE AND OBJECT OF THE
UNION PARTY. ..-..,
The Union party believes that
that the general welfare requires
that measures should bo adopted
which will work great changes in
tho South. Our adversaries are
accustomed to talk of the rebellion
as an affair which began when the
rebels attacked Fort Sumter, in
1861, and which ended when Lee
surrendered to Grant in 1865. 1t
is true that tho attempt by force Of
arms to destroy the United States
began and ended during the Admin.
istration of Mr.. Lincoln. But the
causes, the principles, and the mo-
tivcs which produced the rebellion
are ofan older date than'the genor-
alton which suffered from the fruit
they bore, and their influence and
power are likely to last long after
that generation passes away, Ever
since armed rebellion failed a'Iarge
party in the South have struggled
to make participation in the re
bellion honorable, and loyalty.to
the Union dishonorable. The lost
cause with them is tho honored
cause. In society, in business, and
in politics, devotion to treason is
the test of merit, the passport to
preierment. They wish to return
to the old state of things-an oil
garchV Of race, and sovereignty Of
States. .t.s.l
To defeat this purpose, to secure
the rights Of man, and to perpetu-
ate the the national Union, are the
objects of the Congressional plan of
Reconstruction. That plarrhas the
hearty support of the great gene
rails ESQ far as their opinions are
known)-of Grant, of Thomas, of
Sheridan, of Rosecrans, of Howard
WHO led the armies of the Union
which conquered the rebellion
The statesmen most trusted by Mr..
Lincoln and the loyal people of the
war also support it. The Supreme
Court of the United States, upon
formal application and solemn ar
gument, refuse to interfere with its
execution Tho loyal press of the
country, which did so much in tho
time of need to uphold the patriot
ic cause, without exception, arc in
favor ofthe plan.
In the South, as we have seen,
tho lessons of the war, and the Q.
vents occurring since the war, have
made converts of thousands of tho
bravest and of the ablest of those
who opposed tho national cause.
General Longstreet, a soldier sec
ond to no living corps commander
of the rebel army, calls it "a peace
and advises the South in
good faith to organize under it.
Unrcpentant rebels and uncon.
vertod Peace Democrats oppose it,
justas they opposed the measures
which destroyed slavery, and saved
the nation.
Opposition to whatever the ma.
ton approves seems to be the poll
cy Of the representative men of the
Peace Democracy. Defeat and
failure comprise their whole politi-
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