The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-01
Congregational Address TO Dem.
OcFats and Conservatives.
WASHINGTON. June 81 1870.

helu last night, agreed upon an ad
dress, which was to-day signed an,
issued, as follows:
ITO our fellow citizens of the Uni
ted States, friends of constitutional
economical and honest govern
mont
Tho undersigned beg leave to cal
your attention to the peculiar I'm
portance of the elections which tax
place this year, and respectfully t
submit suggestions for your con
sideratlon. By the State LegIsla
lures to be elected nearly one-thir,
of the United States Senate will b
chosen. Nearly all the member
of the next House of Representa-
tives ire to DO elected next fall
Upon the coming elections then de
ponds the question whether The
Democratic and Conservative ele
ment IN tho Senate shall be increas
ed, and whether that element shall
have a majority of Representatives
IN the House Of Representatives
and rs a consequent whether We
shall have constitutional, economI.
Cal and honest Government or q
continuance of revolutionary, ex,
travagant and wasteful partisan
rule; whether we shall have a gen
cral, uniform, just and constitution.
al legislation, with reasonable tax
alton and frugal expenditure, OF
unconstitutional, partial, unjust class
Legislation, with oppressive and
unequal taxation and wasteful
expenditure. That we have strong
reasons TO hope for a favorable re-
suit is plainly apparent. Tho eicc>
tions already held clearly show
that the tide Of reform has set In
with a power that can not be resls-
ted. IF no blunders be committed
by the friends of reform; If they 90
their duty and act wisely; if they
throw of all apathy, and act with
vigor aud steadfastness, there is
every reason to hope that their eff
orts will be rewarded by success.
Let there be no dissensions about
minor matters; no time lost In the
discussion of dead issues; no man.
Hesitation of narrow or %proscrip-
tive feeling, no sacrifice of the cause
to crafty personal ambition or re,
sentiment, and let the best men be
chosen for candidates, and we may
hope to see our country redeemed
from misruIe; and in this connec-
ton we beg leave TO say to our fell
Iow-citizons of the Southern States.
Do not risk the loss of Senators or
Representatives by %electing men
who can not take the ties! oath, or
who are under the disability i'm
posed by the Fourteenth Amend
ment. Whatever may be said as
to the validity of that amendment,
or of the test oath act, you may rest
assured that Senators elected by
the votes of members of legislatures
who are held by the Radicals TO be
thus disqualified VIII not be permits
ted to take sheir seats, and that
members of the House of Repre-
sentatives thus disqualified will al.
so be excluded. 1t is the pIainest
dictate of practical wisdom not to
incur any such risks. We hope
soon to SEE the day when all DIS
abilities will be removed; but IN The
meantime do not, we entreat you,
lose the opportunity to strengthen
the Democratic and Conservative
force IN Congress, and the possibili-
ty, nay, probability, of obtaining a
majority in the next House of Rep
r~esentatives, by putting 1t in the
power Of our adversarIes to ovor-
throw or disregard your elections"
[Signcd.I
A. G. Thurman, Ohio ;
John N. Johnston, Va.
Geo. Y;ckers, Maryland;
T. f. Bayard, Delaware.
Thomas C. McCreery, Ky;
Daniel S. Norton, Mimi;
OF the United States Senate; and
by the following members Of the
House of Representatives:
S. r. Randall. Penn,
P. Van Trump, OHIO;
II. ]. Halderman, Penn;
J. Lawrence Getz, Penn;
Boyd Winchester, Ky;
o. Cleveland, New Jersey;
Fernando Wood, N. Y;
J. s. Smith, Oregon;
Geo. w. Morgan, OHIO;
Henry W. SIocum, n. Y;
T. N. McNeely, Illinois;
Erastus Well-, Missouri.
Jas. A. Johnson, Call
Henry A. Reeves, N. Y;
Ben I. Biggs, Del;