Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-21

!. The Abolitionistse claim 70 have elected sh
az the ninS n,enbesb of Congrese trUm Mla
lsouri. Ifoesds no Rreat amount'of perception
y, ~. tha tba a ections IN thai State nnst havl
hseo eimbly q fsrceH Military government hal
co,nnleIe control there. There are not Aboli
,Iopists enough in oil Missouri (ofice-holder'
excepted), TO Hll q country schoolhouse.----On''
! lSlafcsuidit.
II is there you are, my covSy! How iont
is 1t since you claimed that tWo-thiros OF Wy
soldiers In the army were democrats; anu !
they preponderatc 90 much, how happens y
that Military Government is Abolitionised In
Missouri The fact 10 that Missouri has re-
turned six EmAneipationists to Congress, men
who are no more Abolitlonists than the ca.
ltor of the Sta,esman. The only element moi
represented a. the polls in Missouri was thai
OF traitors who preferred to stay az home,
rather than take an oath OF allegiance Inc
Military Government ln Missouri did prevent
their anticipating 10 the election, but only on
the condition named. Will the Sfatesmsn say
that the Military Government did wfong-or 10
Il one Of the StafesM,an's propositions OF "the
iJnion "A Il vss." etc. that avoWed traitors,
denying their allegiance, shall exercise the
ripht Of suffrage unrestricted III Cincinnati
Commercial ~ p
We siill claim that an immense majority Of
she soldiers In the army are Democrats; but h
10 far otherwise with the commissioned officers
who command and are obeyed. The Military
Government complained Of was 10 the hands ei
these. ofRcsrs. This accounts for the result In
Missouri A system Of terrorism prevailed,
and intimidation was the order of the day,
Thousands on thousands of as good Union men
as sIe to be found In any Of the loyal States
were not permitted to vote, because they were
unSilliDg to vote the Abolition or Emancipa'
Itiou ticket. Osher thousabds did not vote in
order to escape the assessment they were threat
ensd with, If they voted sgainst that ticket
Military Assessors were appointed throughout
the State, by oommissioned officers of the Abo'
lition persuasion. q These Assessors Issued
handbills like the following:
1.-THE subcommittee Of Assessment Tor Ma
riop county has been appointed by Gen. Mer'
rill, and the work of levying and collecting Will
Immediately commence.
"Parties whose loyalty has been In the least
suspected heretofore will now find IL very did
cult 10 escape assessment, unless they can show
record unauestionable and unequivocally Tor
| the Government-sus sustaining 1t In all its meas
ures for putting down the rebellion. TO Uois
for men opposed to the pOlieyof the GovrnHsnt I,
disloual act. EueTy such uoter places hinlses
on the disloyal list, and becomes proper suk1eel
for taxation under the tollo,cing orders; Yos
then, ,Dho mould escape tszation must cote Tt9hl
on Tuesday! A icord TO the iOiss 70 SUFFICIENT
The fear inspired by tLis, and by other appii'
anoss equally repreheDsible. defeated the true
friends Of the Union and the Constitution in
most parts Of the State. and enabled Abolition
Generals, COloneis, Majors. Captains, and
Iieutensnts, to carry out the programme OF the
Radicals pretty generally.
We answer the Commercially question without
the least hesitation. We do think "the NIL
itsry Government did wrong" in Missouri, when
Il lnaugurated a oystem Of terrorism to consro
the elections That paper will remember thai
10 esigmstiasd the Democracy Of Ohio ss "trAi'
turs." Hence, what It. saya about ",rsttors"
in the above paragraph may be understood 70
mean constitutional Union men, who could not
be driven to vote the Abolition Or Emancipation
ticket.
We say again; at needs no great amount
of perception to see that the late elections In
Missouri were simply farce" Military Gov
eminent. 10 ths hands OF Abolition officers, had
complete control there. e~