Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-19

lOVAs Fgga a.&s Fss .U
u.n. N m :. : ~. ( =. !. 80 a -
which sppnrtenant were seven Territories, has
been torn into two parts, under severed and
belligeFent governments
:. From state Of concord the people of
these States have been made hostile; aud one
half OF the people of these States, capable
under the law Of bearing arms, have become
Consumers Instead Of peaeeable producers of
\ 8. That these men, numbering perhsps two
millione, connected with the armies Of the
North and South, are costing the people at
least VI ,O0D,OO0 per day, which is not being
replacedj for all that is spent In war ls, by
the lave of economy, q loss to those who
spend II, ae o mere pecuniaFy transaction, and
not counting ultimate and moral results.
a That since this Administration came into
power there has been lost to this country,
merely as matter Of business, not countiDg
debt and taxes OF q national or State character,
at least $500 100000 In the destruction of
property, interference With established busi-
ness, Increase In wages, spoliation OF railroads,
depota, produces corn, wheat, douf, cotton, hay,
crops, etossn ,..iS rs- Ng1.Foigtt
! S. That the debsof this country at shs time,
all the liabilities not liguidated are lnoluded,
and not including the $50, 600. 900 left by the
preceding Administration, amounts at this time
70 the sum Of $1,000. 900 900; and, BY the let
OF July, 1864, will. In my Judgment, amount TO
81, 500 100000. The estimates for the army
alone for the next year are 800, ,000, 600.
8! That we have now system Of taxation
i by tariff which imposes burden on the West,
to benefit manufacturing In New England, and
pays indirectly $6O,0O0,0OO into tho Treasury
and Into the pockets of capitalists, and mostly
from the consumers, who are farmers Of the
West tr .,. .trs
| T. That We have nov Y system OF internal
taxation, costing for collection some 81 000, 900
extra, which might have been saved, and levy.
ing, in one year, $3.50, 900 900, as interest only
on great rational debt, and with an army Of
newly made ofiosholders witt exorbitRnt sala-
ries, ,rr a'y.J .ig
b. That within these six hundred and fifty.
one days party has succeeded which proposes,
by legislation end proclamation, to break down
o labor system 10 eleven States, or send out of
the country four millions of negroes whose In
dus.ry has been productive hitherto, worth,
on or before the Attn Of March, 1861, an aver.
age OF $500 apiece, being In all $4,000, ,000,-
OUO; and when this capital is destroyed, the
I oblecis of this pseudo philanthropy will remain
q on hand, North and South, as o mass Of de-
pendent and improvident black beings, for
, whose care the tax will be almost equal 10 the
war tax, before their condition will again be
fixed safely aud prosperou.ly.
, y. That within these six hundred and fifty
ono days the rights Of personal liberty, freedom
, from arrest without process, freedom for press
/ and speech, and the right of habeas corpus
, have been suspended and limited, and, al
times, destroyed; and in the place of resus.
q reoted and promised liberty to four million
blacks, We have had the prospect of buried
i. liberty which the pact eight hundred years have
a awarded to tho white Apglo-Saxon race. -.,
a ~ That for the specie currency OF a few
). years ago, we have already In circulation mil
q lions OF depreclsted Government promises Il
a pay, ranging from $1,000 notes down to av
cent shiDplasters.
r IL. That We have the promise of bank
Z rups law at this session, as the wholesale re
|. suit Of these commercial arrangements.
sl2. That We have had killed 10 these al,
i hundred and fifty one days at least one huldrei
il and fifty Thousand of the best youth OF th
' the same number by sickness in camps an
a hospitals. .r.....
~ l3. That BY the declsiona of the courts, q
M ready given as to the laws Of this Congress
70 the legal tender and the oonfscation acts--W
): learn that there is general enoroaohment
q one department of the Government upon ih
!. other.
4. II. Thatthe Christian religion hSs been de
q filed by its teachers, and civilization set bac
q half century by the demorilisition incider
Ie to these unhappy events. ....
,rl This ia the radioalism Of my colleague. Cor
sy servatisrn has played the radical 60 far as {
Of uproot this gigantic Upas tree, whose shad
~ poisons the nations life. Il would cover owe
Ie and refresh the exposed roots of the good
q, tree planted by the fathers, that Il may gro
q. again, and blossom and bear fruit tor Il
% children.
~ Is 1t necessary to illustrate the diffarenc,
co between the radicalism and conservatism no
es operating in our politicsf I will not 70 bas
40 to Egypt, or Palestine, or even TO the Revolt
n ton. We have In our midst subjects of cor
ne parison. The gentleman from Pennsylysni
% Mf. Steveus,l with an intellect like dem
Is. god, clamoring for dictator and ssofug at Il
or Constitution, infinite In his power Of mischie
oy might well illustrate rsdicalism while Il
lis gentleman from Kentucky, with heart as lsrI
" as his intellect, would illustrate the opposii
ie One defends contractors, pallistes peoulatio
~ and assaults Investigating committees. Civ,
1e the Leadership here In this time of peril,
Do. uses it TO preach sslgs popui supysms ks
'as tuition. He deals 10 invective, and talks Of b
,ot Ing provoked by constitutional opposition or
at' modest suggestion. He would tear down d
'n' fabric Of his Government TO vent his spite on
y, institution about which he has no business
'io During this session he voted for the disme
oh berment Of Virginia, aud gave these radi,
fa- reasons: ~
I'M r For I oa not astsItitg mgssy by ssppasiao d
~ sDs hdUo ann aDdrrdnS IN Ao Conafurfion hor
IT. proceeding. TAts tall Of rsstorin0 tAs Uaion a
ns scne sadsr tie Consultation as sf g. Il one Of Gle
be surditss I hars heard repeated 9ata Ei0rs 0soo
his sick about II. This Union DO restored a
was. There are many things which render such ev
"a mpossible 2Ais Nafon sAdH nsvsr sOtth ny cons
ne b reefored vHdsr S Co1sttgon dsH %, tciA ola
iit " 10 6s protected by u. -----s-------
olt Such language would beAt the Richmo
OF Congress. He who utteFs Il is indeed no CT
I servative. Turn to another in our midsi
ms man Of gray hairs; no counterfeit glory up
or his head, but the glory.of o long, useful, q
m' patriotic career. He comes 10 us from his
tirement In Kentucky TO represent the peo
me among whom Henry Clay lived end died,
Ant counsel us in this our c0untey's trial He
pie as to manifest temperance In the very torr
md and tempest Of this sntl-siavery frenzy.
uid course may arouse the sneere and Ire of
ems radical. He may be likened TO the sensual
Ve- rselite, the hypocrlticsl Phafisee, or ihe oS
re- quious Tory; but the people know him 90
OF who would have saved them from the war,
the who would now lead them t1 the land of
oc. promise His conservatism would not !
nal down; It would build up. Il abounds not
ia empty cries Of humanity aboat the blacks.
tne would save this western world 10 constitutio
est freedom for the white, from the anarchy of
ays day. II locke forward to the old time, IN