Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-18
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Ia come rsmarks submitted to the House by
Hon, CnARLrs BlDDIE. Of Pennsylvania, on
the 81 iust. (S.s Daily Globe Of June AZ, when
the Hsyti-Libtria Recognition bill was under
discussion, he quoted the following language
from a speech Of Hon. F, P. BLAIR, Of Missou'
ri, whom he characterized as the ISoHILLrs OF
the Republican party, and Of whom Mr. BID
DIE said ''no man knows the facts better than
he {Mr. BLAIH) does.D Mr.. BLAIR said: Yi.A
Every man acquainted with the facts knows
that It 10 fallAcious to call this "Slavehoders'
Rebellion" II such was the fact, two divisions
Of our army could have suppressed Il without
difficulty; the negroes themselves could have
easily put down the two hundred and ntty
thousand slaveholders; su ~
$50 closer scrutiny demonstrates that the
rebellion originated chiefly with the non-slave-
holders resident 10 the strongholds Of the In
ssitution, not sptingiDg, however, from any
love Of slavery, but from an antagonism Of race
and hcstlity to the idea Of equality With the
black involved 10 the idea OF simple eman-
cipalion. -1 t-..,., l., t5llt s44.ab Z
There" as Mr. BDDLE remarked, "the gen
tleman from Missouri touched the true point;
there he hit the right nail on the head /" The
leaders Of the rebellion had their own individual
and selHsh views; these were more or less d.
verse and antAgonistic; but there was one point
on which they could and did to great extent
unite the southern people. On that point large
portion of the South were driven TO frenzy
sectional jealousy and hate, such as have per-
vsded and still petvAde some districts at the
North. Sl ids s1uaaa 5il 'fias-
What produced this feeling at the South,
which finally eliminated In secession and rebel
lion7 A triumphant anti-slavery pArtyj resist-
ance BY mobs and State legislation to the fugi-
tive slave Law; the JOIN BRowS raid, and the
public rejoicings over 1t; the iAnatical political
crusade against the South, in which pulpit, press
and forum Joined; the programme Of the Helper
book and the Chicago platform, Indorsed by
leading politicians at the North-sll these
served to feed, animate and concentrate the
rebellion, without which 1t must have periShed
u the bud. ~ Of 1913 e
These things, it is true, afford no valid ex-
cuse for the rebellion, especially in those who
had any correct idea Of the nature Of our Gov
eminent and the value Of the Union. But they
are facts, nevertheless, and show incontestabiy
that It was not slavery or slaveholders that
alone caused the rebellion, as some antislavery
fanatics would make the North believe; but
thatit was an uprising Of the masses Of the
Southern people who became involved in It,
against what they conceived, however mistak-
en- they may have been, to be determination to
wreit from them their rights as white men, and
to place the black race on an equality with
them, and thus, in many districts in the South,
subject the whites 10 the government Of ne
groes, and in all of them to bring the whites
more or less under the control of the blacks.
1t is this that began the rebellion in the
South-We state the fact and leave others to
comment-it 10 the same thing that at this
day, to great extent, continues Ii there. We
bear every now and then, as Union army pen
etrAtes into Southern aistrict, that the people
come out and hail .he old "FlAg of the UniOn''
With joy and even with tears. The first reports
that reach us, are that warm Union feeling
Ia. all but universal. But after 9 week or two,
counter reports come, that there is very little
Union sentiment-thst 1t is doubtful whether
there is any that can be relied on.
How is this reaction to be accounted for7-l
There may be various causes; but IL is obvious
that one Of the principal is this: As our troops
advance into the Southern country, the inhAbi-
tAnts are assured that they come simply to en-
force obedience to the Federal Constitution and
the laws, and to afford the people Federal pro-
lection In all their rights of person and prop
erty as Of old. But as soon as intercourse Is es-
tAblished between the inhabitants and our SOL |
ders and between the former and the North, |
The SoulherneTs learn what the majority in Con. |
grcss have done and what they appea' to be on |
The eve Of doing; and Is it strange that revul- |
sion of feeling, akin TO q keen disappointment,
takes the place of their recent enthusiasm for
the Union7
We need no. dwell on this pOinti We only
state 1t for the reflection of thoughtful and pa
triotic men. We ask such In all candor to
place themselves in the position Of Southern
Union men, and then say how they would feel
aud act, If q Congress, in which One-third Of
the Union was unrepresented, were pursuing a
course, like the present one, which would end
In the destruction Of nearly all the property,
and the very existence Of one-fourth or one
third Of the States. We ask such If it is pos
sible that anything like the old harmony can be
restored, or the old Union itself saved, without
. thorough and radical change in the policy Of
he Administration and the legislatiOn Of Con-
gress7 ar .Ja
The PIaindeaIer ApOlORizeth to the
Leader.