The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-18
peaceful methods was exhausted, it was

peaceful methods was exhausted, 1t was
AMENDED BY THE SWORD.
But no man is ever convinced by being
oveTpowered Force cannot extirpate
ideas. fhey are immortal. Then vital
ity is inextinguishable. They cannot be
annibilated They may be for a time re
| pressed, but they never die. War does
not change the opinions of the victors
nor the vanquished. IL proves nothing,
except which combatant has the deepest
purse and the toughest muscle. Had the
result of our conflict been reversed ; had
the army of the confederacy dictated the
terms OF peace from the capitol; had the
constitutional theory of Calhoun been
forced upon the nation; bad slavery been
made national, and the Georgia states
man fulfilled his threat to call the roll OF
| his slaves in the shadow of Bunker Hill
| | should never have believed that seces-
sion anu slavery were right, nor that the
patriot dead had died in vain nor should
have ever ceased to aspire that all men
might be free, and that future day
might dawn upon a redeemed and regen-
Grated republic. Many orators have de
clared, many papers have stated, many
conventions have resolved that the ideas
tor which the South contended were set
/ llGu Dy tue MhEt Ouh nave nNdIh
the confession that they were wrong or
without warrant in the constitution. /
should distrust the sincerity and suspect
the ingenuousness' of any intelligent con-
federate who would say this.
1t was not to lie expected that the tre-
mendous passions engendered by the civ
il war, the trepidation OF its fugitives, the
thwarted ambitions of it's leaders, and all
the dfreful sequels of the most portentous
tragedy OF time should instantaneously be
quieted andilsappeared. History teach
es no such lesson The fluctuations Of
the storm-smitten sea do not subside till
long after the violence of the tempest is
spent But it was not unreasonable TO
hope for manly and vigorous effort to
assauge the melancholy passions of that
terrible epoch; to calm the evaporation
of the thoughtless; to educate the masses
Of the people TO obedience order and
peace.
But as the revolted States have resum.
ed their relations to the government. the
old leaders of opinion. the chiefs of the
defeated armies have been sent to both
houses OF Congress, and the sole
TEST or POLITICAL ADVANCEMENT
is service in the confederate army. No
unionist, no conservative, no negro ever
has received or ever will receive the sup
port OF that party which has at least Sc
cured "a solid South" To revert once
more TO the supposition that the contest
had resulted differently and that the
North had been reconstructed, what
would have been the irresistible conclu
sion had men like Garrison, Phillips.
Sumner, Sheridan and Sherman been
sent to the Senate and House aud elected
| IA Of &fafa2 ? IhAa ia-
duction would have been reasonable at
least that memory survived though hope
might be dead
Therefore, Mr. President, is it not sin
gular that we are ineredulous, that we
demand something more thap the warm
ished and yeneered professions that We
distrust hand shakiBgs and embraces and
languishing sentimentalism, and feel IN
clined to say, "Methinks thes lady doth
protest too much r. We are prompted to
penetrate beneath the surface and inspect
the social methods, the political agencies,
the tendencies which mark the direction
OF the thought of the people and define
the orbit ofthe popular will.
When a r, pentant rebel is Gagged as a
cabinet minister and made the chief at
traction of a peripatetic menagerie, call
ed out at every railroad station and COM
PEELED TO speak MS little oeciahatiOn
like a naughty pupil by his master, tell
ing the multitude that he has been very
wicked, but means to do better. and
hopes in time to be a good Yankee, the
spectacle is edifying and instructive. The
emotions Of the captive may be imagined
and the response OF the South is signiti
cantly solid. We must be reconciled.-
We must love each other. We must for
get. Let us wash the crimson from ouI
flag because il is the hue of the blood
shed by patriots in defense OF their coun
try; the blue from the field because i
was the color of our soldiers uniform
and their gold from its stars, becaus'
they shone on the epsulets OF our heroes
No, Mr.. President let us not deceiv'
Yourselves nor be deceived. There can b.
no truce between right and wrong. IL
1.-THE conflict OF ideas there can be no arm
istice The gigantic revolution through
which we have passed did not arise upoi
point OF etiquette, and it cannot b
ended by polite apology. 1t was gr' a
struggle between two hostile and enduI
. ing forces, which must continue until oI
or the other shall become placed and "a
PEELED from our system OF government
. - 1T MUST GO OK