The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-08


no faith. but held due an 10 the execution
vt their just and lawful purpose, ard I am
too long taught in their school to now
join IN or knowingly give ccur,epsnce to,
s lavless or laithless political combination,
hrwever powerful or inpo ing or however
largely composed "f lhnse who once acted
with me aud were my Itirnd'.
Whether jnstly or not, am proud Of
The pat which my family bore 10 the late
conflict and am not ~ all afraid that
iher laurcla will he tarui,hed ny the oh
servance OF strict good ai,h with the vIn-
ansbed, who have yielded the principle
fought Tor aud lOid down 'hsir Hrms. No
nor even hy 'Hiending I" their wounded
feelings heir prejudices aud opinions
hier,l and even generous Indulgence.
Indeed think the jus, nud lib'ral is the
wisr ~ well ~ the mnre honorable policy
"" are more likrl, io restnre our rrring
brelhrpu in hesrt aud l"eling to the Union,
ard 81 heal he woHnds rsuei by the late
terrible CO, airi. hy he ohsprvance Of
strict good lai'h, and a conscientious nb-
servanre Of our constitutional obligations
toward them, ihan by assuming superiority
over them. htspng on them con'umely unj
,epr ,acb, and pphdiug spies among them
tn slinder and mistsprr"nt them. You
express irars that IL Seymour ard Blair
nre elected. they will rrileFaie secession,
aud that W. shall lnse ull we have gained
by tho war. As reasoning man, do you
lhiuk So DO yuu think the Intelligent
mrn nf the South nre IN love with ssccs.
sion ard it's consequences, under which
they have endured such terrible culamiiirs,
or that because they are lraied with jus.
licr and mercy they will Immediately rush
| into pro'her destructive var | fur my
sell think the ory dsngr or another revolt
lice in the continuance OF u e present party
| in power and Of their awlcss Toliry
made np Of mingled insull end oppression
such as men of orrinn'y spirit, who have
once been frcumen, would die sooner than
endure. Men whn hnve been Tree will no;
snb'1it to permanent degradation and po-
liiical sp'Vi'ude or even inIeriority. When
This il known 10 he The hxrd stern and r, e
lrn'leas policy. they will resist by lorce ul
nim-, md H. that event their resistance
R'l he justified on The universally Rckunwl-
edged principle oi the right oi Ievol, against
in'alerahlc oppression. Had ,le came
cnusr existed 10 1861 which now exists, M
| Northern army would have crossed the
Ohio River To Put down the revolt. Ior
express ienrs that the NoIth will coun'en,
nnre secession II Seymour ard Blair ur,
elected. IN the present stn,e Of things an;
tie p'e'eust purity permanently IL power
that were IosslhIe; Ter, the fierce passions
"f conflict hnvirg subsidrd, I've mass -
mankind sympsihZe with TIE ccBqurld
especially if iusuled and oppressed; Ia
elect nm ndmrnislrniiOn dppused to restOr,
them where lkey were before the revolt
and see no rational probability that III,
100 900 mnjorily in Ohio which RECORDED
ihrir vnlrs against secession, and in luvo
ul suhduing II at any cust, will ut one,
ch nge sid's, without the shadow Of q
reHson, "La nsrpin
have looked the condition ofthing
full in the face and write down IN,
deep convictions. There is danger o
another civil war. deplorc the threat
cncd mischief, and have done all cai
to avert il, and still hope the bite
cup will pass from US. But the part,
in power are resolutely fixed in eXcit
ing to the utmost, and keeping up L
, their highest intensity, the fierce am
. angry passions of men, and it were il
, vain for them To expect ierucity on on
. side, and endurance on the other -
Their policy continued will force o
collision, which let them in pgudcnc
avoid Tho moral and physical powe
1 of the nation is against them; they ca
A prescribe voters and manipulate elet
tions, but their power will fail agains
, men, embodied and under arms, wher
y each man counts whether cheated OF
- Of his vote or not; and in this arbitr
!. ment they would be but one to thre
The war, if they really force it on, vi
not be strictly section against section
J, the South will be united, the North d
a. vided il will be like the war bctwec
h the Guelphs and Ghibilincs, which, (,
s more than two hundred years, desol
- ted Italy, and in which Cwsare Borg
N practiccd the lessons in political mora
A ity which Senator Norton has bee
| taught to adopt and practice, by OF
FIVE wears of war If he had revise
his reading of achiayclli's Prince,
., would deprived his lessons Of the char
:. of novelty, as he would have found
q in full practice many hundred yeai
/. ago, and by looking little further h
,. would have found thati peopled Dan
- te's hell even to its ninth circle, wit
. more than half its tenants. 1t wer
/, better for the country, better Cor III
- party, that Congress should not rea
semble on the 18TH. If they NEE
!, they can not possibly abstain from il
&. terlering in the Southern elections, III
> less, indeed, they be overawcd by
> Northern vote; it is the sole bushes
. for which they are to be called agai
, together and they will feel bound I