Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-31
COLUMBUS OHIO. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 81 1862

useful In inventions. We have made an errand
boy OF the lightning; We have applied steam al
4 propellipg power. In o single year We have
demonstrated the frailty Of " England's wooden
walls" BY the construction Of our iron-clad ships
OF war; and, at the same time, by the same
thought dissipAted all previously entertained
opinions or sea-c coast and hafbot Notifications.
Sir, am satisfied With The history Of the races
es tney are, as they were created, and as our
iatners ieglSlated for them. / claim no original.
lty for these thoughts; they have been enter.
tanned by some Of the ablest stateemep. not onIv
Of our country, but of England, among them.
Mr.. Canning, who, when the Britiah Parliament
was considering schemes kindred 10 tboae non
occupying the attention Of the Republican party
10 this country, said
I'm dealing with the negro, sir, we must re-
member that we are dealing with being pos
sesslng the form and strength OF man, but the
Intellect only of child. To turn him loose In
the manhood Of his physical strength, In The ma
turty OF bis physical passions, but In the infancy
OF his uninstfucted reason, would be 10 raise rt,
creature resembling the splendid fiction Of q
recent romance, the hero Of which constructs a
human form, with all the corporal capabilities
OF man, and with the theWs and sineWs of a
glantj but, being unable to impart to the work
OF his hands perception Of right or wrong, he
nhds zoo late that he has only created more
than mortal power Of doing mischief. and him.
self recoils from the monster he has made.D
One Of their great statesmen Of to-day, Lord
John Russell, whenever he alludss to the black
race in America, and to change of it's status,
talks only OF very gradual emancipation, because
no knows that sudden and unconditional eman-
oipation would be destruction 10 both the negro
and the white man. British statesmen opposed
Immediate emancipation upon the ground Of ex.
pediency alone. American Statesmen should
oppose IL, not only upon that ground, but also
upon the ground that the constitution gives no
power to interfere with the domestic Institutions
oil the several Statee-no such power either In
peace or in war.
But to reach the goal Of their hopes, the aboli.
tloniets OF this country are willing to override
expediency, the law, and the Constitution; to
destroy the government itself, In order TO eman.
cirate ut once all the slaves Of the South
FOUR PIPTHs OF THE SOLDIERS oPPosEp TO NEGRO
LoUALITY.
My colleague (Mr. Loveio) says tWo.thiEds
or three-iourtbs Of the army are abolitionists.
This may be true, but upon the new Constitution
for the State of Illinois, which contains provi.
sion 10 exclude negroes from locating within the
State, the soldiers do not vote like aboitionists.
Eleven Of our regiments have already voted up
on the adoption of that Constitution.
MIR. WIcKLiEFE-HoW did they voter
Mr.. RICHARDsoN-Sixty three votes were
given against it, and all the rest-some several
thousand-Were given for IL.
Throughout the States Of Illinois abolition.
lists are opposing this constitution, and democrats
and conservative men are advocating It's adop.
ton.
Four-hfths, aud perhaps nine -tenths, of all the
men that carry muskets and knapsacks in the
army Of the West are opposed to the doctrines
OF negro equality and abolition, as preached by
the gentleman from the Bureau District Of ILL
nois. He is man of great boldness, apparent
ly, and l must do him the justice to cay that he
advcoites abolition and its consequences with
great fearlessness, though he is too discreet to
make as strong speeches in Southern Illinois
as he does at Chicago. He and several other
gentlemen Of kindred opinions favored me by
canvassing through my district during the last
campaign that made for Congress, and il
gives me great pleasure to state that they were
quite moderate.
A voIoE-Didn't they give you votesf
+, Mr.. RIoHARDsoN-Well, sir, they were Ike thu
8 boy whom the minister of the Gospel founC
0 fishing on Sunday. Said he, "My boy, you are
) very wicked; you ought not to be sporting upor
the Sabbath" "Oh" said the boy, ri AIM
doing no hurt, and ain't wicked, for | hayen'i
caught single fish." Laughter.] SO it wsl
with my abolition friends when they sported in
, my district; they were not very wicked, for they
caught no fish. Laughter
BJLLITs FOR REBELs-BALLoTs FOR ABOLITION.
, lists.
Sir, will not digress, but return to the con.
} sideration of the solemn responsibilities that
: are resting upon US. Our country is menaced
by seceesionists in arms, rebels, upon one haud
and by abolitionists, nulliiers of the laws and
the constitution, upon the other. Sir, propose
bayonets for the former, ballots for the latter
These two classes disposed Of, and there will
!, be return to the prosperity, the peace ant
= happiness OF the earlier days of the republic
Q Sir, these armies were raised to execute thS
laws and maintain the authority of the consti
: tuition in all the States. They are, sir, to sup
D press armed violaters Of that instrument And
sir, it remains for the people at the ballot-bol
to suppress these northern violators of the con
stitution, if they would preserve the rights anC
liberties of American freemen.
For one, wherever am called, and whenever
: shall always be ready to discharge my portion
of this duty. Neither the cry of disloyalty no
/, the charge Of sympathy with the rebels, whethe
: it emanates from uaurpers Of the'people's right
y In high places, or from the base plunderersr o
the government, who make the negro hobby
y horse upon which they ride to enormous and ex
1 tortionAte contracts neither, sir, shall dete
. me from the full and complete fulfillment Q
D my duty as Representative. denounce her
! -and no one shall gainsay my right to do so
= . the Representative of gallant and loyal peo
u pie the action of this Congress and of th
z several Departments upon the negro question
y denounce il as having neutralized to grea
L extent the efforts Of many of the hard -earne
o victories which our soldiers have fought an
ts won for "the constitution as 1t is and the Unio
as it was" This, sir, is what life and happi
D mes has been periled for In the loyal States
for this now address you; for this, upon thi
issue, shall 60 before the people of my Stat
: during the coming fall; for thip, sir. expeG
Ia that extreme men, abolitionists and disunior
10 lists, will be banished from the councils Of th
If nation.
Of This great work accomplished, grim.vissge
A. war will smooth his Wrinkled 'front.' The di
n. OF arms will be lost In the hum of contentt
4. industry and the hymn of domestic endearmen
NJ The constitution as il ia will stand sublimel
- forth an enduring monument to the wisdom Z
N our fathers; the States restored like stars tbs
!" have wandered to their original places in "tb
d. Union as 1t was" our people once more on Il
N highway Of nations, and on the march towaI
NJ the ful6llment of that grand destiny which Go
4. has assigned to them.
r. All these things hope for, all these thinG
g. shall realize, unless the people are again d.
ID ceived by abolition under some new naml
re Under the name of republican abolition can
ID no more harm, in that character, it's role
8. ended. II will next appear in new dress. A
ready its leaders are calling loudly for Ii
Of formation of 80 CALLED Union party-this
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