Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-03

nltnde OF our responsibilities. W
must have for the stability of OF
institutions and the security of OF
freedom, in the highest official st;
tions, men who will embody an
represent the great ideas evolve
since 1861. This great era {
American history needs men i
whose hearts are deeply enshrine
the memories Of the unnumbere
brave, who fought and fell for u
and our cause-who recognize thos
who have been bereaved by the los
of those martyrs Of liberty, as tn,
truly honored among our people
by the precious sacrifices offered o.
the altar of liberty. Men prepare,
to vindicate the plighted faith of til
nation, and to discharge in thei
letter and spirit all obligations il
purchasing the redemption of ou
land from the curse and calamit,
of treason. Men, grateful for tn
incalculable benefits conferred upol
the millions emancipated from TIL,
cruelest bondage ever inflicted up
on humanity, and resolved to con
summate this great act of gallan
people and a kind Providence by
comforting upon them, as small
measure of compensation for un
numbered wrongs, those rights anC
privileges which will qualify then
for lIfe's duties, and for the highest
attainments Of immortality. Above
all, men who will wipe away every
vestige of treason from our legisla-
tive councils-State and National
who will refuse all association with
any who have been tainted by its
Polluting touch, until thoroughly
cleansed from its impurities, and
who will bestow upon loyal men,
and only upon loyal men, authori-
ty to administer the affairs of Gov
ernment ...
Where are such men to be found ?
Nowhere, we say, except within the
bounds of this great political organ
lzation, known as the Union party
of this land. 1t is our land, our
flag, our freedom, our army, our
soldiers, and, thank God, our tri-
umph. You are the men and you
the women who have achieved these
great triumphs, and if certain Cod
ly people could meet together, as
they did in certain locality away
down here, and pass two resolu-
tions, which expressed the senti-
mcnts Of their hearts, which were;
LIST, resolved that the earth belong.
eth to the saints; Cd, resolved that
we are the saints. Certainly we
may, with the same propriety, re
solve that this Govemment-taat
this american Union-belongs to
the great Union party Of this coun-
try; and second, resolved that we
are the Union party. Great
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OUR CLAIM TO GOVERN THE COUNTRY.
We, the Union men of this nation
claim the right to superintend and
control the redeemed institutions
of our country. This right is foun-
ded upon considerations deep and
sacred as the principles which un-
lerlie our edifice Of freedom, who,
when the base incendiaries lit the
iorch of treason, and threatened to
ire the citadel in which was placed
5he ark of freedom, raised the alarm,
reused the public mind, and struck
lismay upon the treacherous sap
oers and miners. The people who
5riumphed at the ballot box in 1860
who, after the base conspirators
lad organized into Confederate
Government, had banded and bound
themselves by oath and penalties to
overthrow the Union, and, to con-
summate their bad design, demol-
shed Fort Sumpter, struck down
jhe flag of freedom, the emblem of
our nationality and power, who
hen rallied round the flag, resisted
he treacherous invaders, cheered
he brave boys who struggled and
ought at the Thermopyle. Our
gtllant boys, under the direction
md encouragement Of that prince
If patriots, Abraham Lincoln, who
to the rescue the pa
riots of the land, when the trait
us, breathing out "threatenings
md slaughter" were marching up
IN our National Capitol; our Lin
.oln, who in those dark hours of
disaster, when our national destiny
in the balance; when fear
i'll apprehensions and sad forebod- |
ngs filled many hearts; when trait
RS at home and their allies in for
ign lands were grinning their
,hastly smiles at the probable de-
eat of our National hopes, who
hen with trumpet notes stirred de-
pondent hearts to new resolves
nd noble deeds; our Lincoln and |
,ur patriotic Representatives who
'oted these supplies to our brave
,oys, which impaired vigor to their I
rms and courage to their tagging
pirits; our Radical Congress who
upplied the currency, and assured
nd secured the confidence and cred
of the friends Of freedom in 9th
r lands. by pledging national fdel-
ty for the discharge of all obliga
ions; our Representatives who
houted and huzzaed when the glad
Intelligence of victory was waited
rom our battle fields; Union men
nd women who mourned when the
.allant boys fell in the field, who
vmpathized with the suffering sol |