Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-05-14
THE DISTINGUISHES.

THE DIsUNIONIsTs.
Everybody knows with what hy-
pocrisy the disunion Democratic
party have claimed to be the friends
of reconstruction, ever since the
session Of Congress in 1855; and
also with what bitterness the lead
ers of that party have persistently
denounced the true Union men OF
Congress, and the Union party OF
the country with being disunionists,
because Congress would not admit
to seats rebels whose hands were
crimsoned with the blood of patri'
OTIS in their struggle to overthrow
and destroy this Government, and
because Congress would not recog-
nize the right Of States that had
denied their fealty to the United
States Government, and become
utterly demoralized in their State
governments, until they had fur
nished incontrovertible evidence
that they had reconstructed their
State governments on Republican
principles. By this we do not mean
party principles; but the broad,
national principles designed by the
original founders of the Govern
ment. These men have exhausted
their vocabulary of abuse upon
Congress for this refusal to let reb-
els do in Congress that which our
Union soldiers prevented them from
doing with bayonets.
Now, when the States that were
in rebellion send up loyal men to
Congress, and have organized State
Governments in accordance with
Republican principles, these Demo.
Gratis in the Ohio Legislature are
exhibiting their true character, and
their acts convict them of hypocri
sy in all their professions of anxi-
ETY. for a restoration of the Union,
unless it can be effected by admit
ting the class of rebels to power
that we have named above-a class
of disorganizers and disunionists
that would, at the first opportunity,
plunge this Government into war
and anarchy. They arc opposed
to reconstruction by the will Of the
people.
Their opposition to reconstruc-
ton by the will of the loyal men Of
the South, may be learned from the
following joint resolution, intro
duced'into the Ohio Senate by Mr..
Dicky, of Highland county, which
meets the appreciation Of the dis
union, butternut element in both
Houses of our State Legislature
If these fellows had the blood of
honest men flowing in their veins,
they would blush for shame, Here
are the resolutions referred to:
RESOLVED By the General Assem-
big Of the State Of ohio, That this
State will not consent to the recog-
milton ofnegro state governments
now In process of construction In
ten states Of the Union through con
gressional usurpation enforced by
the bayonet, but will maintain
white mans government under the
constitution in those states, as
alone legally entitled to choose
electors Of president and vice pres.
ident Of the United States, and SEN
ators and representatives to con-
gress.
Resolred, That any amendment
to the constitution of the United
States, declared TO be ratified by |
counting the negro vote Of any
state or states where such vote is
cast by virtue Of any act Of congress
ought 70 be held invalid, and the
people Of Ohio will not consent to
have the voice of its electors over
ruled by negro electors manufac-
tured for that purpose by congress.
ResolUed, That our senator's be
instructed, and our representatives
In congress be requested to vote
against a recognition in any form
Of the governments now being
erected on tho basis Of negro suf-