Year: 1864

the Country.


Hon. John Brough, Governor elect of
Ohio, in his Inaugural Address thus al
ludes to the state of the country:


There are but two ways in which the
restoration of peace and the Union can be
accomplished = first, the unconditional
surrender of the leaders, and the aban
donment Of the rebellion; or, sec
ond, the continued progress and
conquests Of our arms, until the mil
i,ary power Of the Confederacy is broken,
and the heart of the rebellion crushed
All intermediate plans or schemes are
mere palliatives, that, like our compro-
misses OF the past fifteen years, will only
serve to procrastlnate existing evils re-
store peace that will require constant
watehfulness and concessions and pros.
perity that viii be dependent upon almost
annual sacrifices to avoid future demands
aud instructions. Ia yew OF the PER
manenee OF our Government ard the H..
tegrlty OF our Union, there is no such
thing as compromise with rebels in arms
against both Turn from 1t as we may,
the great truth is apparent to every rea-
soning mind, that submission or subiuga-
ton, for the leaders of this rebellion. are
the only effective means OF restoring peace
and good government again.


The first OF these is not likely TO occur
in the present posture Of affairs, nor as
long as hope, however blind or unreasou-
able, will serve to shield from despair the
fortunes ofthe civil and military heads of
the rebellion. The second, therefore.
constitutes our only certain means of sue
cess. In its progress to this end, our
gallant army has fold mission TO full
fill. The first IS to press back, step by
step, If necessary, the arbitrary power OF
the Confederacy from the usurped soil of
the seccdieg States and eventually sub
due that power, and bring it 10 terms of
peace. The second develop the principle
Of loyalty in the relieved people. and
protect them in its exercise and enjoy
Ament, while they restore the civil func-
lions of their State governments, and unite
them again with their sister States under
the provisions of the National Constitu-
ton.


1t is objected, perhaps, that the loyal
people of the South are too few in num-
bers TO assume, or to be trusted with the
powers of the State government. a fair
test will demonstrate this assumption to
be uDwarrsnted. In addition to the large
body who, in almost every Southern State,
ha f.xdt Il
thousands have been converted by the
progress, and many thousands more will
be released and flock to the standard up
on the suppression of the rebellion, and
the subjugation of its military power.


The lessons of privation, suffering and
misery entailed upon the people Of the
South by the wicked leaders in this war
will suffice, at least, for the present gene
ration; and with wholesome and benef-
cent government again restored to loyal
or repentant people, will live in history
as warning to future generations not
slightly to put in peril of destruction
such form of government, a. the COM
mand of wicked and unpriucipled leaders,
only for the establishment of an oligarchy
in its stead, with nothing but civil war as
its means, and despotism as its result.
But the loyal people of the Southern
States. be they few or many, can alone be
entrusted with this great work of recon
structlon.


While We desire peace, therefore, we
must, as necessary means, prosecute the
contest. To this end our armies must be
reinforced and increased, and the brave
men who accept this duty must be cared
for and protected. The past has had its
gloom, but the future is foil of hope
The call of duty in the field and the coun'
Gil is earnest and cheerful, and your re.
sponse and mine must not be laggard ol
uncertain. To this end you are chosen
and mine shall at all times be a co-opera.
tion cordial and effective.


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