Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-01
mo q rand Obslruction.


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The Grand Obssruction.
X. 4 hsoora,ng clasr q ever,bodv that the
utva ~, ,hs IInlon,, h.s nos 6sep prosecuted
4. ~. lam ss,,,. ~, 4, ~ ,,.h. d,reo.iou.
M. ,1r,hs, h.cou u, ,lear 10 the popular
mind ,ba. uplsaa tho noloy and the general
msnu.gen.n. - ~ ~, M immediately and
r.dIcsilv changed evs,v vsa,joa Of hone for the
recon.,ructIop ~ tbe Union viii be "irrevoca.
bly zone. . and ,he North as we'll as the South
doomed % apatcl, ! and military iespotism.
when P,esidept IiscoLn took bis seat on che
An o. March last. he appealed to the pAtrlotism
| Of his cdIsoontspted fellow ci.lzens' Of the
South. When. General sHramAs made slmi-
lar appeal In similar language, to the people
of South Carolina, be Was ridicnled and abused
ID almos. every Republican Journal In the land.
Last summer ID was almost unanimously de-
clatsd by the present Congress that the war was
waxed on our part, not upon the institutions or
tights Of any State, but for the suppression of .
rebellion against the Constitution and laws Of
the Union. slii56
Last fall the political parties in Ohio adopted
sabstsniislly the same declaration. The YER.
dict Of Ohio was unanimously In favor Of car.
rying on the war on the CAlrrENDES platform.
\ Bat there were men ip this State and all over
the North who, while protesting adhesion to
that platform aud 70 what was called "Union"
party, By their practice gave the lie direct to
their professions. They pressed upon the Ad-
mipist,a.iou and Congress the most ultra war
meas rss--peperal copfscatiop, general eman-
clpa,;on. The reduction Of States to territorial
condition. erection Of new States ou. Of parts of
old opee, and total disregard Of the safeguards
and guarantee Of the Constitution. 4
vT6ess men belong to The party which placed
the present Administration In power and claims
a maiori.o IN both Houses Of Congress. They
are active and yIeilspt: they have control Of
the most w;delv oroulated and most influential
ReuublIcsn journals. and few of those that are
conservative dare opeply oupose them. We
call them radical Republicans for the sake Of
No. only thu conservative Republican lOur-
nsls. but.the conservative Republican members
Of Congress- and State Lssi,latures stand in
awe Of their radical brethren. Tbey no longer
dare stand up boldly for the Ca,rrrsprr resolu |
lions, thew seem half inclined to letthe "Union |
party If not the Union itself, slide, and give
he radicals the reIns In the conduct of the
var, which JIM LANE says was promlsei them
It Washington. 3t3 sC
The radical Republicans have embarrassed
md thwarted the President at every step since
he var began. From bis inaugural, the country
vas led to cherish. the hope that, whilehe would
Do firm and decided in auppressipg the rebel.
ion and In maintaining the authority Of the
Constellation. and the laws, be would be concil |
atory toward even the dlssfsoted, and guard |
he constitutional rights Of all from encroach.
nent. But he has been forced to be silent as
o the further and unequiYocal declaration of
ny such policy, If be has been disposed to
make IL. Meanwhile, any slight encourage
nent he may have given, or has been reported /
o have given TO ultra and unconstitutional
measures, has been bruited abroad as tho set
led policy Of the Government. - Il
When our Generals or other military com
nandsrs in the field have issued proclamatiOns
. accordance with what they supposed to be
he conservative policy Of the Government, and
ave shoEn dispoaition to act upon the ptinci
10 that this is a war upon our part for recon
ruc.ion and not for division, the radicals have
and abused. them, accusing
,em Of sympathy with the rebels and of die.
,yalty to tbe Government. II
Il Is not too m uch to saw that but for tho ma,
IN influenza Of this rauiuant radical Reuubli
,uism. the war would now be nearly or quite I
an end, the rebellion crushed out, and the I
non esyed. satss y IL
This radicalism fret gave birth to the rebel ,
on. Il Is the food upon which IL still feeds | =
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Il and sure method of starving out the seces.
onists. Il would break up and demoralse