The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-01-30


that the time would come when 1
should rejoice ct Democratic victory
l could scarcely havo believed it. 1n
these former contests ] thought tho
Democratic party was always wrong
and the Whig party was alwHys right.
But gentlemen, the issues Of those
days were not like those that are be-
fore u.s. Doth parties fought under
The Constitution, and we had then no
party outside Of the Constitution. Not
so with this new and dangerous party
that now confronis US ALL Wings and
old Democrats, under the name of
Radicals. The tlmo has come when
We must strike hands. and shoulder to
shoulder face the common enomy to-
gelher and unite, or The battle will be
lost SEQ that distinguished Sena-,
tor from Indiana few days ago, in ,
an address delivered in this City before
tho Soldiers and Sailors Union, vol.
untoered to give n uun.e to those who
opposed the Congressional policy, and
TO state of what materials the uarty
was composed and to fix up the issues
for which thoy were TO contend in tho
approaching Presidential contest, AS
to the name. he gives it under an alias,
as the Democratic or Conservative
party, and he says 1t is composed Of
the Southern Democrats who sympa-
thlzcd with secession and rebellion, of
the Southern rebels, end OF few re-
cruts from the RypuUiic.,r party.
Now 4 ho ma@"", as Isupposo he does
that The recruits from tho Republican
party are those who voted with that
party in tho Prcsiaotial contest, how
will the honorable gentleman explain
the last election which has taken place
in OHIO, q State that lies so close to
/ Indiana that ho curuot fail to have
heard the result? There was 65O00
Republican majority in that State ia
tho Presidential election of 1864.
There was lcSs than 5000 Republican
majority given in that State atlast
election for Governor in 1S67-soLthat
there were nearly 10000 recruits in
that State alone.
But this is not all! To these 80 600
must be added 10000 more, who voted
against tho Republican party ut tho
same election upou the vital question
Of universal negro suffrage, 40 that wo
have here about 10000 recruits in ono
single State, and every day is adding
to It's swelling numbers. l have not
! time TO Cnumerate the we'll known re
suits in other States wLich recently
held clcctioHa. We know that re-
IcIuiliug Offices have been oLcned ia
| CaliiOnia,,In New Jersey, inYpenn-
sylvania, in New York, in Connecticut,
ana gvun in Massachusetts,; and that,
in fact, tho.recruiting Service ia now
IN full operation all over the United
States, and that the people are coming
/ forward with the same alacrity to vote
/ for the restoration Of the Union that
they did to fight for It's rcsioratior.-
Vow. observe, gentleman, that Senn-
| tor Morton says this new party is com.
| posed OF just three clements the Sorth-
ern Democrats who sympathizo with
rebellion, the Southern rehels, and tho
recruits from tho Republican party.
or course VIC must drop out the South
orn rebel olemenC in considering the
results OK the Election in tho Northern
States, leave only, accovdding toSenator
Morton's classification, tho Northern
Democrats who sympath!ze with &C.
cession and tho recruits from tho Re-
publican party. Now, II ho Senate,
be right, and only few recruits left
the party. the $4,000 anti Republican
majority N New York must have been
almost altogether carried by sympa-
thizers with secession, Surely the
Honorable Senator could scarcely mean
this. unless, indeed, he too means that
not to vote tAc Republican ticket is TO
be rebel and a scccssionist.
The honorable Senator, however,
does not stop with giving q name to
the new party, and stating its oompo-
nent parts, but ho is kind enough to
make up the issues upon which 1t is
to contend in the approaching cam
paign lie says these issGes win DO,
first, thc payment of the rebel debt;
second, payment for emancipated
slaves; and thr, pensions for the Wild
ows and orphans Of the rebels soldiers.
do not know by what authority the
| honorable Senator undertakes TO make
la platform for party to which he does
not belong. He is certainly Very ca
publv of making platform for tho
party to which no belongs, but he
fails to tell us what the platform Of his
party is TO be- The platform which
he projects for our party could not
command a corporals guard in any
| one ofthc Northern States. 1t is upon
no such issues as these that the great
popular reactionary movement was
begun last fall Tue issues of 1868
will be the issues OF 1867 tho Constitu-
ton as il is, the limitation Of Federal
power within the just and well de-
! fined limits of tho Constitution, a res
toration of the States under the Con
$htution and not outside Of the Con-
stltnton, civil law instead Of military
law, free elections, and Constitutions