The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-08-14


this manner men from the remainin
Southern States oIthonab tbor n,;
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poi;nn tLa, | Iay r. th;s rasn1t VIII n
q Tho cb;ess Of tho iato rehaii,or Lan,
snhmittna ~ tbo ras,,t ~ tha
and are now o,,;etlv enasaed IN msa %
fnl m,,s,,;,s sar M .,,r5ost nf,ho"'
selves and th.;r {. Ep n,i,ins = 80 -,
irving hytha rnraa nftbo;,
to lead hocL tho ,naonla nrtbo Sdn,I
Ito the order and s;nf,,stry not onir
Essential to ,ha;r waII hoinn bn, ~
Itbo oreatness and nrosnor,;1 ~ on, ~
eommnnitv oil COO th.t thoso - T
without ability or inf,uen.e boyo haa,'
thrown by the aoitotions of civil con
yulsion into nositions of honnr ond
of profit, are striving to Keen alive
the passions to which they owe their
sIexation, ::and they cIamorousln insis.
that they are the only friends of our
Union. Proof of that can only have
sure foundation in fraternal regard.
and q common desire to promote the
peace, the order, and the happiness
If oil nnrtlnna of nur land
Events in Congress, since the ad-
journment of the Convention, have
vastly increased the Importance of q
political victory by those who are
seeking to bring back economy, sim
plicity and justice into the admins
tration of our national affairs. Many
Republicans have heretofore clung to
their party, who have regretted the
extremes of violence to which it has
run. They have cherished faith
thst while the action of their politi
cal friends has been mistaken, their
motives have been good. They must
now see that the Republican party is
in that condition, that it can not car
ry out a peaceful policy, whatever Its
motives may be: 1t is a misfortune,
not only to- the country, but to the
governing party itself, that It's action
is unchecked by any form of oppo-
sition. It has been the misfortune of
tho Renublican marty tbat tho eyanto
of rho nost few years hove o;yon e
an mncb nower that II hos bcon abIo
to shake the Executive tn trammeI
the iudiciarv snd carry ont the views
of the most nnwise and violent of ;ts
memhers When tb;s s,sta Of th;nas
evists in sny Marty II has evor hoen
found that the iudoment of ;ts sbIest
ioodars do not onntroI - Tho,o
hardly an .bIe nan Win hos holnod
to bn;ld I'M tba R.rrhi;csn o.aori1a
t,on Who kss not within tbe nast
three wears warned If agsinst its o~
casses and who hos NOT heon horro
down and forced tn olive nm h;s con
of wbst The ;ntoras.s ~ - tho
country eali for or if too natriotic
to do this who has not heen driven
from its ranks If this has been the
case heretofore. what will be it's ac.
lion with this new infusion Of men
who. without a decent resneet for the
views of those had Just given them
their positions, begin their legislative
career with calls for arms and de-
mands that the States shall be regard
ed as In q condition of civil war, and
q declaration that they are ready and
anxious to degrade the President of
the United States whenever they can
or force Congress to bring
new articles of impeachment.
The Republican party, as well as well
as we, are interested in putting some
check upon this violence.
1t must be clear to every thinking
man that a distribution $ofs political
power tends to check the violence of
party action, and assures the peace
and good order Of the county. The
of g Democratic Exeeutiyet
and a majority Of Democratic mem
bers to the House of Representatives
would not give to that party organ
ization power to make sudden or vi
olent changes, but would serve to
check those extreme measures whichI
have been deplored by the. best men
NJ both organizations. The result
would most certainly lead to that
peaceful restoration of the Union and
establishment of fraternal relation
ship which the country desires. l
am sure the best men of the Repub-
lican party deplore as deeply as / do
the spirit of violence shown by those
recently admitted to seats in Con-
press. The condition of civil war,
which they contemplate, must be alb
horrent to every right thinking man.
I have no mere personal wishes
which mislead my Judgment in re-
gard to the pending election. No
man who has weighed and measured
the duties of the office OF President
of the United States can fail to be
with the cares and tolls Of
him who is to meet its demands. 1t
is not merely to float with popular
currents, without q policy or a,pur=
pose. On the contrary, while our
Constitution gives a just weight to
tine public will, its distinguishing
feature is, that it seeks to protect thel
rights of minorities its greatest glo-
ry is, that it puts restraints upon
power; it gives force and form to
those maxims and principles of civil
liberty for which the martyrs of free