The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-17
AN ADDRESS
by THE
HON. THOMAS EWING,
TO THE
UnpIedged voters Of the UnI-
ted states.
LAScAsrER, ONO, Sept. 2, 1868.
lConcluded from lat week.
.TtITIIE


Concluded from last week.
This vote of our Senators on tho
impeachment, sworn. as they were,
to do impartial justice, Is ono Of the
legitimate Consequences Of tue new
code of morals which Senator Nor
ton boasts ofhaving been taught by
the war it developed itself IN
other instances most worthy Of note
in logic as well as morals. Hc says
IN h.s speech Of January I, 1868,
that President Johnson's proclama-
tion, under which tho seCOdcd
States were recognized, wac Torc
radical than that prepared by Mr..
Linculn more. indeed, Than the
project Of Winter Davis; and II it
had been submitted TO Congress be.
fore il was carried into effect, all
would have boon we'll. But the
Constitution requires that the Uni-
ted States shull guarantee to each
State a Republican form. oi govern
ment; ani Mr., Morton says lit was
not until II year and Il halt nfter
the passage Of the constitutional
amendment through the House
that Congress Camo TO the cOncln-
siou that we could not execute the
guarantee without raising up new
class of loyal voters IN the States.
Now, wherein did she new consti-
tu.ions Of these ten States rcOrga-
nixOd upon mOdlo moro Intensely
Republican or Radical than PrUsi
dent Llncoln's or even Winter Da.
Wis project wherein dii they do
part from Republican form ?
That which the Constitution auth
oriIes and cnjoins us to gnarante'
10 the form. II gIvcs no authority
TO touch The internal administration
Of the government OF any Of th'
Stu'es. This pretense 0f right Il
interfere with the local government
Of the States is miserable sophIsm
resting on u falso assumptions. l
is not true, No is assumed, that an.
of these States, when untsrrere'
with by Congress, had not u rcput
lican form cf government, or tha
any ono of them attempted to adeE
=. an other form. The forms were va
: rious, but all republican, like til
a constitution of the origonal State
J at the time thoy adopted this guar
: antee; and Congress, when they II
1 terferrd, under pretenSe Of exccu
4 ing this guarantee, destroyed II
!, actual republican form, and lmpoi
' cd on tbs SIatss, in iE' stoai,
7 military despotism. 1t were idle
q assert tho contrAr y; tho events q
, recent; they occurred in the PREF
e ence of us all, and stand for the il
e formation Of pre- scnt and futu
d ayes, recorded in our annals. IL
n n strange to hear it pretended by i
y, telligent men IN the presence oI
Is thinking, reasoning public, that q
i. placing of ten States under absoln
m military rule is legitimate carr
n ing out of the constitution provi
., ION, which requires the Unit
y States to guarantee to zach State
~ republican form OF government.
N The to the guarantee was simp
9. Q, a false arrtenso; tae object unmt
takably was, not to secure to tho
Of States republican forms OF Cover
aii ment, but a government in form a.
Id fact whit IN woGlh secure their Sd
enty vOtes TO continue tho hepu6
al can party in power. To oNcu
'le tho arbitrary measures taken to
m On feet this object, facts are pervcri'
re language wrcstcd from its II