Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-10


Isvnls JSashaf (sanMiolS paper) Of) )Decsm.
Der 6:
Wethis morning publish the official report OF
Secretary Cameron. AS respects the question
Of slavery, the report confirms our wors. aRPfe- =
tensions. And the most grievous tact OF All is
that the report on this head can be regarded on.y
as an expansion Of what the ffesldeG. says 10
| the same relation. iThereport Of the Secretary
| a said by the one concerning slavefy s but the
Inflammation Of what 10 said by the other. Tue
Secretary in this respect is no worse than the
Presdent, aud the President is no better than
| the Secretary. a The country has little to hope
| from either, except in the disposition that We
trust both have to heed the counsels OF the
country's own better Judgment and better ma.
| ture. But these counsels must be heard un-
miatakably to be needed When 90 heard We
believe they will be needed. We now, how
ever, dismiss the Secretary, and shall. hereafter
deal with the principal In the case. = ha. l'3s
The conviction We expressed In our columna
yesterday and the course of action We then pro-
posed gather additional strength from the de-
velopments Of every Ohonr.5 The radicals 10
Congress appearto have everything their own
way, The character OF the propositions they
introduce and the favor the widest Of their
| pgopopidOun EccCiNcb pOoietNoiy hi6us.eA'
Congress has opened with fanatical howl, and
seems ready without pause to leap into the
furthest depths of radcalism. The winds oi
sectional passion are unclaimed The tempest
is abroad. The billows of anti-slaveryism are
running mountain high at Washington. Then
fierce roar is stunning the car of the nation
The lashed and raging sea of fanaticism y
laundering against the barriers Of the Consti
tuition, and threatens TO sweep them utterly
away. Behind these barriers stands the Preei
cent alone; and he, inetead of rebuking th'
storming waves, throws over them the witch
ing moonlight of his countensnce. He bend
before the storm. Is it not manifest that, !
the President is not promptly and resolutel.
supported by the conservative sentiment OF t.
nation, by that lbene6eent and mighty geniu
whose real spell has as yet, we fear, been fel
only partially at W ashiDgton, there 10 most zee
rious danger that the uproarious see of anti
slsveryism will presently burst through all con
stitutionpl barriers and carry away him ami
them alike upon ite rnshing vavee2 Nothing
appears more manifest TO uss Itiappears to-
plain for rational dispute,m yaaaibre ~ ~ slE
Let, then, the conservative sentiment OF th
nation come up promptly and tesoluteiy 10 th'
support of the PfesdentS Let the great geniu
of Conservatism ehakesof bis slnmberss aud q
once lay his spell truly and deeply on the Office
charged above all others with the CONSERVATION
} OF this glorious ark Of human liberty and o
human hope, We repeat what We said ,yester
day with the added emphasis of strengthened
Icanviction, saalnl rai i5d--sa -lAl9-s aiaspis
q This'ds truly a remarkable position Tn
JontHql, after stating that the secrstMy's re
port confrma its worst apprehensiOns, that th
report is bnt.an expansion of what the Presi
dent says, that the report is sanctioned BY tn
President, that what is 'aaid BY one is but tn
illumination ofiEhat is said by the other, tina
the Secretary is no worse than theiPresiden
aud the President isno better than the Secre
tary, and that the country has but little to hop
from either, after all this. the Journal cool
ly says. .'oLet, then, the conservative sentinnen
of the nation come up promptly and resOlutell
to the support Of the PresIdent,' Why not sus
tain the secrstaryl, If the dPpsscretAry- is nc
worse than the President and the President nc
better than the secretaryPs 1iiyo -, '39a,l l7 :
| Again, says the Journal: 1.-THE radicals il
Congress appear to haye their own wsy.'--
Their propositions are Of the hWildessn and are
positively frightful" aThe winds Of section.
al passion are unchalned'' "Ths lashsd and
raging sea Of fansticism is laundering against
the barriers of the Constitution, aud threatens
to sweep them utterly away, And worse thar
all, the Journal says the President, "ipstead oi
rebuking the stOrming waves, throws over them
the witching moonlight Of his countenance."-
And with all this, the Journal desires the con
serystive. masses to come up resolutely, ant
support the Presidents In being "no betterP thar
Secretary Cameron, and throwing over th'
FLASHED sea of fanaticiam1 the ,'witching moon
light of his (handsOne) cOnntenanee." Which
would the Journal have the conservative sen
timent support, the President or Cameron e