Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-07-09
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From Harper's Weekly
The political spectacle of the moment
Is instructive. The Republican party,
the party of the country and of the war,
OF liberty, progress, and civilization,
after successfully vindicating the autori-
ty Of the Government, obliterating the
shameful stain Of slavery, and maintain
ing the bond Of the Union, has restored
every seeding State but three to its
practical relations in the Union upon
the broad, simple, humane principle of
equal civil and political rights, and has
done this despite the treacbery Of the
the relentless hostility Of an unscrupu-
lo,is party. Knowing that upon no other
principle can there be peaceful Union
andigeneral prosperity, it has declared
thatjt adheres to this policy. Knowing
that without that tranquility the debt
can not be paid, and that there IL among
the ashes ofthe rebellion spark of hope
that tho debt may be repudiated, the
nationancreditor defrauded, and every
man in the land disgraced; 1t has sim
ultaneously with Its policy of equal rights
and peace, declared that the national
honor sha4 II be faithfully defended, and
has nominated as the representatives Of
these principles and this policy the great
eOlultE tnt WuE, WIN HAS bnOWu Iltus
self as free from the traditional ambition
of a renowned and victorious general as
Washington himself, and with him a
man of the samepure personal character
and identified with the cause of consti-
tutional liberty that triumphed in the
war. "e A.H
Upon the other side, the Democratic
party, whose inhumalie policy, alike q
crime against the conscience and the
prosperity Of the country, plunged us
into the war, and which four years ago
demanded that the Government should
treat with traitors in arms, now baffied
in every effort to overthrow the Gov
ernment, either by force lor by negotiation
with the enemies, stands torn with doubt
and mad with the lust Of power, wonder
ing in what way it can most successfully
deceive the country and reverse the great
victory which it could not prevent
Conscious that its logical and secretly
cherished design, IL declared, would be
repudiated by the people, its counsels are
divided between those who weuld say
nothing and those who would reveal the
real party purposes. Hating equal rights
| as perilous to its party ascendency, II
would thrust back into political and in.
dustrial chaos the States which the Re
publicans have restored, and renewing
| It's all1ance with the South would seek
q reconstruction which should leave the
spirit that rebelled and palliated rebel
| lion paramount in the government
Disorganizing, dangerous, reckless, ant
destructive, as every party Indifferent tt
humanity and resolved upon injustice
must necessarily be, the Democratic
party goes into its Convention agreed
only in contempt for the great principles
of the Government, and In passionat,
desire for Its controle.
These are the attitudes of the two
parties that ask the sympathy and thu
support of the American people. Th'
one, having successfully concluded thu
war, is orgaizing its results, cherishinl
vengence against no man or class, ant
anxious that those whom conspicuou
disaffection have necessarily disfranchis
ed may at the earliest moment-whicl
depends upon themselves again resum,
their share in the common government
The other anxious only that fidelity ant
patriotism may be disfranchised, ant
disafIection put into power, in order tina
those who derided loyalty to the Uniol
may now govern 1t. ~
/ To doubt the result would be to ques
tion the common-sense of the American
people.