Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-25

and 10 publishing undigested and unfounde
scandal. One party is seeking to bring abou
peace, the other TO keep alive hatred and bit
terness by Interference. They prove The wisdom
OF Solomon, when he said: at is an honor ;
a mon 70 cease from strife, but every fool vii
! be meddlng."
This war cannot be brought to successfu
7 conclusion or our country restored to an honor
able peace under the Republican leaders 10
another reason. Our disasters are mainly du
to the fact that they have not dared to tell tn
truth to the community A system of misrep
resentation had been practiced 80 long and g
successfully that when tho war burst upon a
they feared TO let the people know Its full pro
portions, and they persisted in assuring thei
friends 1t vas but passing excitement. Thel
SILL asserted that the South was unable &
maintain and carry on war. They denounced
as traitor every man who tried to tell the
truth and to warn our people of the magnitude
of the contest.
Nov, my Republican friends, you know Lha,
the sapprehenslons of the North with regard
70 the South has drenched the land with blood
Was this Ignorance scoidental7 l appeal tC
you Republicans, IT for years past, through tht
press and in publications which have beea urg
ed upon your attention by the leaders of YOU
party, you have uot been taught to despisa the
power and resources Of the Soush2 appeal Ia
you to say II this teaching has not been part
OF the machinery BY which power has been gain
edi l appeal TO you to answer II those who
tried to teach truths now admitted have uol
been denounced2 appeal to you If book
beyond all Others, falee, bloody and reasonable
was not sent out With the Endorsement of all
your managers; and Is ID not true that now,
when men blush to own they believed lie state.
ments, that its author Is honored by an official
statlonl L: is nov freely confessed by you all
that you have been deceived with respect to the
South. Who deceived you2 Who, by false
teachings, instilled contempt and hate into the
minds Of our people2 Who stained our land
With blood2 Who caused ruin and distressi-
All these things are within your own knowledge
Are their authors the leaders TO rescue US from
our calsmitesl They shrink back appalled,
from the mischief they have wrought, and tell
you 1t Ia an irrepressible contest. That reason
Is as good for Jefferson Davis ss for them
They attempt TO drown reflections by new ex.
oltements and new appeals to our passions -
Having already, in legislation, gone far beyond
the limits at which, by their resolutions, they
were pledged 20 stop, they now ask to adopt
measures which they have heretofore denouno.
ed as unjust and unconstitutional. For this
reason they cannot cave our country.
As our national calamities thicken uoon US
an attempt is made by their authors 10 avoid
their responsibilities by insisting ths. our fail
ures are due to the fact that their measures are
not carried out, although Government hss al
ready gone far beyond it's pledgee. The de-
mand5 Of these men will never cease, simply
because they hope TO save themselves from
condemnation by having unsaii.Aed demands
Al the last session Congress not only abolished
slavery In the District Of Columbia, but, tc
quiet clsmorous men, an act of Con6scaticu
and Emancipation was passed, which, in the
opinion Of leading Republicans, was uncons.i
tutional and unjust. By this act the rebels
have no property-not even their own liyes-
and they own no slaves. But to the astonish.
ment and disgust of those who believe In the
policy OF statutes and proclams.ions,, :, these
rebels still live and hght and hold their slaves
These measures seem to have resnlmated them
They have careless and reckless way Of ap
propriating their lives and property, which b.
act oil Congress belong to us, in support Of thei
cause.
But these fanatical men have learned that 1
Is necessary to win victory before they divide
the spoil-sDd what do they pow propose2-
As they cannot tako the property of rebels be-
yond their reach they will take the property Of
1
lent men Of this party, as you know frcm expe.
Flence, my conservative Republic N friend, in
the end have their way. They now demand
that the President shall issue proclamation
of immediate and universal emancipation -
Against whom is this to DO directedl Not
against those 10 rebellion, for they come with
in the scope Of the act Of Congress, It Car
only be applied to those who have been tru,
to our Union and our flag They are to bt
punished for their loyalty. When We con
slider their sufferings and their cruel wrongs
at the hands of the secessionists, their reliance
upon our faith, ls not this proposal black witt
ingratitudel
The scheme for on immediate emancipation
and general srnipg Of the elaves throughout
the South Ia q proposal for the butchery o
women and children, for scenes of lust ono
rspinei If arson and murder unparalleled II
the history of tho world The horrors of th,
French Revolution would become tame in com
parison. Its effect would not be confined &,
The walls OF cities, but there would be wide
spread scene of horror over the vast expanse d
great States, involving alike the loyal and sedi
tious. Such mslignity and oowerdice would in
woke the interference of civilized Europe
History tells Of the fires klnded In the name o|
religion, of atrocities committed under pretext
of order or liberty; but II is now urgel
that scenes bloodier than the world has Vi
seen shall be enacted In tho name Of philat
thropy. |
A proclamation of general and armed eman
cipation at this time, would be cruel wrong t
the African. II is now officially declGed Il
Presidential addresses, which are fortified b,
Congressional action, that the negro cannot livl
ln the enjoyment of the full privileges of lif
among the white race. 1t is now admitted, af
ter our loss of inhuite blood and treasure, tina
the great problem We have to settle is not III,
slavery, but the negro question. A terrible
question, not springiDg from statutes or uaages
but growing out Of the unchangeabl distinction
of race, II 10 discovered at this late day, il
Republican Illinois, that 1t Is right to drive hin
from Its soil, 1t is discovered BY q Republican
Congress, after conyuleing our country with do
clara raIions in favor of his equal rights, and as
serting that he was merely the victim Of unjus
laws, that he should be sent away from our land
The issue Is now changed. The South hold
that the African is At TO live tere ss q slave
Our Republican Government denies that he
ft to live here at all,
! The Republican party cannot save the coun
try, because through the powerful press il teach
, es contempt for the laws, Constitution, aud con
sti.uted authorities. They are not only destroy
Ing the Union, but they are shaking and weak
. enlng the whole structures of State as we'll O
} of the National Government, by dcnunciation
, of every Law and Of all authority that atand i
, the way OF their passions or their purpose,
! They have not only carried dscord into on
churches and legislative halls, but into ou
armies. Every General who agrees with ther
Q upon the subject CT slavery Is upheld in ever
act Of insubordlnstion and sustained against th
clearest proofs OF incompetence, II not Of COZ
r ruption. On the other hand, every commando