Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-01-30

hhfN nv VI DSIlA al hiill-5lh-
very man; but try TO Judge justly
OF what see. / made up my mind
when this war commenced, that the
north and south could only live to-
gether in peace as one nation, and
they could only be one nation by
being a free nation. Slavery, the
cornerstone OF the so-called con
federacy, is knocked out, and it will
take more men to keep black men
slaves than to put down the rebel
lion. Much as / desire peace, ! am
opposed to any peace until this
question Of slavery is forever set
tied"
This emphatic avowal fully com
mitted General Grant to the policy
Of emancipation. He was, too, for
the reelection ofAbraham Lincoln,
declaring to his nearest friends that
his defeat would be a dreadful ca
lamity to the country. Since the
close of the war, he has been in ac-
cord with congress, in its efforts to-
protect the loyal, black and white,
secure the equal rights of all, and
restore the rebel states to their
practical relations. When the
pending constitutional amendment
was before congress, he was for its
submission to the people; and when
it was submitted, he urged the lead
ing men of the rebel states to vote
for its adoption. After its rejection
by the rebel legislatures, he pressed
southern men who sought his ad,
vice, to reconsider their action,
adopt it, and give suffrage to the
freedmen. TO leading southern
men he said: "You must look to
congress; the republicans have the
power; consult them; do not seek
the counsels of men in the north
who opposed the war; the people
will never trust that class of men
with power; the more you look to
them for advice, the more exacting
congress will be and ought to be
the rejection of the amendment and
the legislation against the freedmen
will cause congress to require uni
versal suffrage, ana you should at
once give ii"
Some of these men were wise
enough to accept and act upon his
TO the reconstruction pol
icy of congress-the vital and over
shadowing issue of the day-Gen-
eral Grant gave his earnest support,
and he has zealously striven to car
ry the legislation of congress into
effect. On the reconstruction pol
icy. Gen. Grant has been, and now
is, in accord with congress and the
republican PARTY. So anxious was
he to have that policy promptly
carried into effect, that he urgently
pressed upon members Of Congress
the vital Importance of so arrang-
ing the anjournments as to be able
to meet at any time, should the needs
of the country require it.
Upon the republicans in congress
rest the most mighty responsible
ties. If they infexibly adhere to
the policy of equal justice for all,
and wisely legislate on the national
debt, the currency, taxation and ex-
penditures, it will be in the power
of the republican party to win a vic
tory grander far than the decisive
victory of 1864. 1t can give Gen
eral Grant three millions of votes
the votes of thirty, possibly thirty
two, Of the states, and a house of
representatives with one hundred
majority With General Grant in
the executive chair, supported by
the suttrages Of three millions OF
loyal and liberty-loving freemen, by
the electoral votes of tEree-fourths
of the states, and decisive MAORI
ties in both houses of congress, the
bitter spirit of disloyalty will die
out, loyalty will assume its sway,
the spirit of liberty and the sense
of justice will accord to all men
of rights, and the wicked
cries of negro supremacy" "the
white mans government" "the
war Of races" will be awed and |
shamed into silence. Then liberty |
and justice to all, and equal protec-
tion for all, will be the fixed policy |
of the government and the settled
practice Of tho people. and, the ma
lion having decreeI liberty and JUS
tice, will move on, blessed and ap- |
plauded, to the accomplishment of
its high destiny.