Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-14

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1--WE are apt" sald PAFPsEf fIirmr, IN one
Of ha,stirrIpg speeches. 40 shps our eyes 20 20 "a q
pai1ful tttthn." 'Bus the linddlgenes OF, this
,sndsbss ahp .dsscsiOesBss ss transforming men
into beasts. itab v1oys
nials truth thai Nib lan Arnyi camp and
ssld, acso,dinelo 20 eiRGial reports, Of over AK
hundred thousand men, nothing effective y az Z.
ing, or is likely soon to bO done toward eipsning
out the rebellion and ending this expensive ana
fratriedsl war, because our hatonsl ccpnci1is ".
aredSdsd end manner m 70 Of eal" cas-
ry,uv iton.slss sagss sl atag,ai ssils8ss - arr
viii uuii, ii 1purposs in the cabinet and %
ssld.o ous Immense army, aided BY our naval
forces, could soon break up Che rebel camps ,anc
dlsbsnd thsir military organizations. Y, Had We
in our civil and military leadsrs, complete unity
of aim and aoliop, He might say today that A.
the rebels we're virtually conquered and, the
rstarh Of peace and national prosperity close a.
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Looking at the spirit which .sni@asss our
loval SsoOle, at our immense and eOasly prePara'
tions, and at our allbut tibleresOurrces,
we may well fseltbat there is ba. little danger
from the rebellion by Itself conaidersds But
we are at this moment exposed tosone OF, two
formidable and threatening psrils77eithers lneI
tbeNatiOnAl Government win be, divided and sn
bsboe weak and inefficient 10 is policy; aorsthai
Il will become the tool Of recklesa, disoEganiz,
iue and sectional demagoguss In either case, ee:
weshallbe precipltated into the vortex ofim,
pending dissolution. ssi iy 20 y iIsq lii'hi 4
TIA folly 10 Hstsn 70 the ''sohg Of thsssren'
which seels 20 persuade Us that these ieArs are
pu,elx anna IN asinsrys Z We have the evidence 10
oa8eIafdocuments that the President and Cabl-
net are divided on one Of the most monentous
questions raised By the war, We have further sl
evidence from oongressional reports and inithe
dai,v news that reaches US from the Federal
CITY. that the majority in both branches OF
Congress Is likely 70 adopt such radical and eT 3
trenis measures as will, ~ consnmmateds end
in the apnihllatiou of o portion of the States,
or make the anal dissolution Of the Union only,
a question Of time. '15 q -7sa icpw CO i1ag
We have still powerful machine in that
national unity which Is as yet unbsOken. n slrhe I
war has served to develop and make manifest
its great strength. In the hands and under she
management of the skillful, the courageous and
patriotic, our Federal Onion can be preserved
entire, and our national life confined iunim-
paired / but with'a weak and distracted Federal
head, or one controlled by sectional fAnaticisin'
our all but resisLless strength will speedily be-
come the ihsttunento Of oaf national ruin.
There Is in the ranks of the party which
placed the present Administration in power, q
strong conservative protest against the policy
of the radicals and extremists; but'itis a mere
protest--nothipg more; for the radicals are
fierce and uucompromising, and'clearly have
the upper hand in the. party. The Republican
conservatives hope 10 get safely and smoothly
along by applying breaks occssionly to the crazy
locomotive which their radical brethren are
bent upon running, q But the latter are, meap-
while, keeping the steam up the fires grow
hotter, and Repnbiican conservation stands
aghsst, pale, weak and irresolute. aso ias % ~
The Democratic and real conservative masses
of the people must. rouse themselves and come
to the rescue. Let each man consider the
Union, ss is,feaIyis, ii the condition that bis
own dwelling would be, If baud ofrinfuriased
and desperate outlaws we're, on the one hand,
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