Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-25

have been but ss the summer cloud, snd = . bave
freely given You our sympathy aid dnppor'.--
Repudiadog the dangerous heresIes Of the Be-.
oessioDiste, We beleVed, with you. that the war
90 their part is aggressive and Wick "a ,,nd OBJ
ects for whiohitwas 10 be prosecuted on ours, de-
6oed by your message attf opening Of the pres.
ent Congress, to be such 40 al good men should
approve, we have not hesitated 20 vote all sup
plies necessary to carry II on vigorously. We
havev6ted all the men and money you have asked
for, and even more; we have imposed onerous
taxes on our people, and they are paying them
With cheeriulness and alacrity; We have encour-
aged enlistmea,s and cent to the field many Of
our best men; and some ofour number have OF.
fered their persons 70 the enemy 40 pledges Of
their sincerity and devotion TO country. We
have done all this under the most disoonragiDg
circumstances aud In the face OF measures most
distasteful to us and Il juFloue TO the interests
we represent, and In the hearing Of doctrines
avoWed BY those who claim 10 be your friends
most abhonent to US aud our constituents. Bot,
for all this, We have never faltered, nor shall
we % long as We have Constitution 70 defend
and q Governments which protests u.s. And -
are ready for renewed efforts, and eyen gfeattf
sscrihces, yea, any sacrifice, when We are saiif'
fed it lie required TO preserve our admiral Q
form Of government and the priceless blessings
Of constitutional liberty. H9ll ~ la1adGr
A few Of our number voted for the resolution
recommended BY your message OF the 9th ct
March last, the greater portion Of usdid not,
and we will briefly state the prominent reasons
which Influenced our action. g9sdi e
In the first place, II proposed radical change
Of our social system, and was hurried through
both Houses with undue haste, without reason.
able time for confederation and debate, and
with no time at all for consultation withonr con-
stituenis, whose interests II deeply Involved. IL
seemed like an Interference by this Government
with question which peculiarly and exclusiye-
ly belonged to our respective States, on which
they had not sought advice or solicited cid.
Many of US doubted the constitutional power
Of this Government to make appropriations OF
money for the object designated, and, all OF us
thought our finances were In no condition to
bear the immense outlay which its adoption and
faithful execution would impose upon the Ma
tional Treasury II we pause but moment
to think Of the debt its acceptance would have
entailed we are appalled, by its magnitude The
proposition was addressed 20 all the States, ana
embraced the whole hummer Of elaves. Accord
Ing to the census of 1860 there were then very
nearly iour million slaves 10 the country; from
natural increase they exceed that number no"'
Al even the low average Of three hundred dol
lars, the price fixed by the emancipation act for
the slaves of thu District and greatly below thsiF
real worth, their value runs up to the enormous
sum of twelve hundred millions of dollaiej
and If 10 that we add the cot of deportation
and colonization, at one hundred dollsH each,
which is but fraction more tbsDfs actually
paid by the Maryland Colonis4tioD Society, we
have four hundred millions more! We lot
willing to impose tax on our people sufficient
70 pay the interest on that sum, 10 addition to
the vast and daily increasing debt already 6Xed
upon them by the exigencies Of the. vsri and,
| II We bad been wiling, the country could not
bear IL. Stated IN this form the proposition lie
nothing less than the deportation from the
country of sixteen hundred million dollars
worth Of producing labor and the subsiitutiop
in Its place Of an interest bearing debt OF the
same amount. ai ,gies.
But, If We are told thst it was expected that
only the States we reReeent would accept the
proposition, We respectfully submit that even
then it involves sum too great for the financial
ability Of this Government at this time. Ac
| cordinR TO the census Of 1860