American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-04-17
When Will the Union be Restored Z
Frora the National Intes encer.l /

seem 10 hdNt lilltu dNiFtp anu lOf Y
gotten the main end they had in
sic in prosecuting y long and dc
vaStating war. Tue question, the
paramount question. which cost so
much in national life and national
means, and for which so much has
been suffered, one is almost con
S aimed to believe, has slipped out
of the public mind ANIL become lost
in the I.y-play and designed confu-
sion of the dominant party, carried
on to cover III their real designs
the pcrpctuation of their power.
How seldom do we hclr he deep
meaning mnrmur of the people, com
planning that the UniSn has not cen
restored four years after the mea
sures of peace to the conSummalion .
o. restoration are supposed to have i
begun. and asking those responsible
for the still divided UniOn-the Rad /
zeal party-Why is this? How sell /
dom. we say, do we hear the rolling
or fills deep complaint. though the
Unron is practically just as complete
" divided now as it was five years
ago! Are the people, narcotiz"d
into the purposeleSs and insane con
dition of ii dreaming child, becoming
accustomed to dissolved Union,
and becoming satisfied with it, will
ing to allow The tremendous 'Sacri-
fees which they made for the Unions
sake-soleIy for the Unions sake-to
have all been in vain ? Are Il dis
solved Union and the supremacy of
the Radical party-two things that
began together, thai go together,
and that will end together-all that
they desire?, Are these two things
the boon. the blessing which through
manifold and untrmpcied trials-tl'ey
sought Was it for these they
! fought was it for these they offered
up klth and Iii! aud al things else
~ a sacrifice; was it for these the;
mortgaged all t!cir possessions and
earni lgS, now and in the future, to
pay an amazing debt of five thou
sand millions! Whatever their
dreaming moo'is might say. we will
not insult their reused and active
consciousness ty answering for them
in the affirmative. 1t was not GoI
thCsr-far. far otherwise. But let
them not forget what it 'cas for. Let
them ask. and not cease to ask : Is
the Union restored, as it should have
been, and as was promised long ago !?
And when the answer rises, 1t is
not lot them thunder, Why? and
continue laundering, Why? until,
guilty and quaking. Radicalism,
hearing in the voice of the people
the voice of God, shall answer their
interrogatory, and give an account
of VII 1t it has done, of whit it has
failed to do, and wherefore, Such
an answer, such IN acrOunt would be
its utter and ignominiouS condemna-
ton In any case let not the people
forget their CLAIMS and their country.
Let them not lie down in a drowsy
, and unreasonable faith that all will
yet be well, when there is not sin
gle feature, of the public policy that
is being pursued, that has been pur-
) Sued for years, that is projected for
: the future, which jnstifies, or in any
: proper sense permits this belief, that
all is well. The plain truth is, that
all is not weli-far from 1t. There
WAS never more uncertainty and
cause for serious misgivings in ON
national affairs than now. There is
: cloud. with dark possibilities
stretching over all. Even the party
into whose incapable and dishonest
hands control is lodgSd are rent ana
divided rs to what to do. Upon theft
own President, even in the first days
of his official life, they look with dis
trust and suspicion. An Omnipotcn'
Senate lords it over ALL And til,
party, all in all, is to day, like a bant
of robbers, quarrelling over thu
s2oils.
When will the Union be restored
fit could not bc restored in fix,
: years after the close of the war, ant
: through the means of peace, by tn
$ party in whose hands restoration ha
\ rested, how many years are nCcCssa
: ry? Verify. indeed, what sham
:. it is, this trifling from year to year
-, now on this pretext and now or that
= with the PEOPLE of the United States
q with the integrity Of the Union, an,
. with the best interests of the cOun
T. try Mark What is now going on il
! Congress. Mark the. efforts Il ere
X. not 70 restore States to The Union, hu
: to cast them ont To day States ar
y Ieadmittel to the Union, (when ant
o how did they get out I! to use tn
parlanf of the Radical party, an
q to morrow they aie turned out. a
J. this rate, when the people wake n
f in the morning, they have no mean
n ofknowing whcthera designated Stat
!. is in the Union or ont of the Union
:. What state of affairs, to be sure
q What profound craftsmanship mus
have been brought to bear upon OIL
J. Federal affairs to accomplish sue
q mighty and magnificent results
n Five years, with all the resource
o and sagacity of the Radical party
n spent in reaching this great dcsiderS
q tum-c0mplete uncertainty asto who
Il Their certain States are i'll the Unto
or not! Five years have demonstrs
! ted chiefly this: that the Radio;
d party have betrayed the country
n and that we have indeed no Unto
: at all This stands out clear an
- cIoudless enough to any unjaundice
Il eye. How long is this criminal pa
). tcring with serious interests to go Oh
+ When will this treacherouS play {
'e craftsmanship cease, and the re;
* duties OF craftsmanship begin? Ho
% long shall a patty be allowed
N dominate to the sole end of ruin
f. We doubt if any other people undo
# heaven would submit to the sam
N amount OF jugglery and duplicity a
j. the American people, and with thel
:. amazing forbearance-a torbearant
n which, in our Judgment, long sine
&. ceased to he Il virtue. 1t is strang,
n it is astonishing that they submit t
i, the crafty devices of ii party who's
whole history is one OF treachery an
~ double dealing, and who have nevt
>, yet undertaken anything, even whe
% they talked most loudly of "patrio
- ISM" d" loyalty" and devotion