The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-05-02
Triumph out of Defeat.

II was hard to surr.nder Connecticut but the
lesson of that defeat sbould hrino ns many fri
umnhs. When we consider the cnnses--the ef-
forts made to carry the tnte--corruntion in the
ballot and trpachery In our conncilsL Lour friends
should be thanked for dong so we'll. The Presi-
dent was aooinst ns and with MIN oll the patrOn-
o0e of his administration One Senator Mr.
Dixon. had onenly zone over TO the enemy. and
was the chomuion Of Connerheods and Rebels
AGAINST the marty which oove him all his greatness
Other lr,ders were cold and flint We had the
Inr,,o minority of athe timorons time seryinW
and conservatives who behaved so badly in 1866.
when the onnort,,nity of doinU instice 70 the ne
gro was Granted What with renegodes. frozen
friends tie notronooe of great Administration.
and the compact nbly.commonded Democratic
orgonizotion Rennblicanism might have Jared
worse.
The experience of ali parties IL. that cowardce
is the worst pOlicy. An armv never fights battle
in bivouoc and wherever onv marty OF prorress
onietlv unfnIds its tents and rests SAVING 1.-THE
'dov Is warm. and the roads are heavy. and the
'.streams are swollen. and we are weary. and must
fight no more"-lt becomes mob. and its work
Is done. Thus 1t hath BEEN thus 1t always will
be- Agitation. progress, constant advances. are
os necessary to its purity and strength "a sea cur
rents and salt are to the purity of the ocean.
Whena n great principle Is at stake we cannot gain
half victory. Such victories are snrrrnders
for we either concede that our enemy is right or
that we are weak. No party can live without an
swerinc Its mission. How well our party has per-
formed ours, let the history of these grand mo-
mentous wears bear witness. 1t has led tbe nation
from the thraldom of Slavery to Freedom its sue
cess tranScending the hopes of its most sanguine
leaders. The arstocraey of the South has been
destroyed. Labor has been taken from the loom
of Carolina cotton fields and even as we found
her lashed and torn. and much-begrmed and
shackle-chafed, and not comely to sec, she has
been crowned with diadem, and clothed with
purple and sits in the very gates of freedom.
Our flag no longer bears dishonnrable stars. 1t
means freedom to black man and white. 1t must
also mean universal liberty and impartial suffrage
that he who digs may govern that the hand
Which holds the hoe Is not unworthy the ballot
Uoro its history IN end here We MIGHT proudly
o,ose the record Rut Il must not be. We have
done mnch wa mnst do more Our enemies say
thot onr marty was n consequence of the war aud
.horId die ,yit,, noare There il no peoce untiI
,,orr nrohohla no'.e of war Is removed so Iona
W., rdn is noSs;hSe SS So Ionr as nerncions theo
ries are nursed in Court and Cabinctike sernent',
eggs. to hatch new treason, when sunshine comes
again so long as II Is necessary for the swords o
| Sheridan and Sickles to remain unsheathed, the
Republican party is war party. We are nearer
| peace now than at any moment since the surren
| der of Lee: and if we only stand firm, we shal
have Reconstructed Union before many months
The danger is that we may at any time relapse
undoing all we have done and, instead of thu
prudent and healing remedies of Congress, havt
| the dreadful quackeries of the President ant
those who advise him. There is danger from tht
enemy, and from ourselves Nothing tries al
army more than victory. To be resoute in dan
ger is coumge-to be resolute and patient in vic
tory is religion. There are SO many temptations
spoils of oflice-ambitious leaousies. We dreat
more from those Republicans who remain witt
or party to feed with it. who came to it in TIL
hour of victory. and who have no aim beyonC
plunder-the suffers. and ouartermasters. an,
camp.followers of Republicanisn-than from an
combination of the Democracy The Republican
party was never so great as when 1t fought Mr.
Buchanan and his patronage without an office
holdcfin its ranks It never made more gallan
battle than, when it fought Mr.. johnson and hi'
oflice-givers. defeating him in spite of his pow
and prescription! Were 1t to go into opposition
to-lnorrow it would be purified and strengthene,
by the exorcism which defeat would bring, by th
mcrcenaries running from it like the swine pos
sessed with devils.
poa.,,.o 30 t,,,, vo oro orx,or. that the mart
SS peSau1o ho " ,,oroucSr a,o or,ron1ed Above n
shou" % ~, oe ,Inro he NO snrrendsr M retreat n
1851 a.. oko.a,,o,t ne ~. hi,rh al