Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-13
Che Ohio 6tatesnral,r
Emancipation and It's Results-Is Obi,
to be Africanized?
Ia. SPEECH OF
HON, s, s. cox, OF OHIO.
Deliuered in The House of Representatives.,
June 6, 1862.

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Mr.. SPEAKER: At the beginning of our civil
conflict this House passed almost unanimously
resolution offered by the gentleman from Ken
tucky (Mr. Crittenden) As 70 the character of
the war. 1t was pledge that the war should
not be waged In hostility to the institutions of
any of the States. On the faith Of its pledge
men and money were voted. Since then that
pledge has been broken both In this House and
out Of It, -.sl..a fs
Sir, have watched with anxiety the conduct
of this House. No heed 10 given here to the
warning of loyal Union. men from slave States.
Their advice is met with the cry ooh, they are
for slavery; and no pro-slavery man can be
loyal" No attention Is paid to old-tlme political
opponents, whose friends are the majority in the
field. For aiding to preserve the Union, which
they have beon taught by their party canons to
revere, they are treated to taunIs and slander.
MeasuI es like those from Massachusetts,
which would hold States as conquered fefs;
which would recognize republics abroad becaure
they are black; which would create equality of
black and white, such as passed the Senate, In
carrying the mais; which abolished slavery in
this District; which, like the acts OF confscation
and emancipation here urged are to free the
whole or portion of the black population; all
tutions of the States, and have created appre.
hension and distrust.
Before the President can crush this revolt be
must reassure and reanimAte the public mind.
He has already done well in crushing the Fre-
mont and Hunter proclamations. He has done
well in protecting General Mcclellan from the
fanatics, who hungered for his overthrow. He
has done well in many other respects from
which would not detract by any hostile criti-
cism now. would sustain my country and its
Constitution even if were not on oath 80 to do
II ia in this spirit that wish that there were no
ambiguity in our public counsels. This war can
have no end until the President clears away all
uncertainty. The more definite the object the
more firm will the Government be in asserting
it. Its generals may conquer, but cannot hold.
II may by physical force subdue; but IL must do
more to reinstate public confidence. II must
| control the civil and moral elements, by whose
influence Glone can the subdued be reconciled.
] am anxious TO believe that the President means
right But OF the men who control this Con-
gress speak plainly. They pull down; they
do not build up. They have an activity In de-.
stroying; nothing of the genius Of man in con-
structing. Salvation is not their forte. 1t s
their conduct which creates ambiguity.
There is something needed in making sue
oessful civil war besides TaisiDg money and
armies You must keep up the confidence and
spirit of the people. IL must not only be AMI
mated by a noble passion at the outset, but II
must be sustained by confidence in the cause
You dispirit the army and destroy its power, II
you give forth an uncertain sound. Is there q
member here who dare say that Ohio troops
will fight successfully or fight at all, if the re-
suit shall he the flight and movement Of tht
black race bg millions northward to their owl
State7 Our soldiers win endure great sacrifices
II they think they are planting the flag over the
States where it has been shamefully dishonored
and if they believe that the United States, as
they have been made by our Constitution and
consolidated by time, are to be again enstarred
In full brilliancy. But when you mako men
homeless, when you Grape the doors and bedeW
the eyes of the beresVed-when bloody ca-
lamity darkens the hearth and heavy taxes
oppress labor, there must be no ambiguity OF
policy.
You wish 10 put down this rebellion; yet you
despise the cOunsels of the Union men of the
South, who tell you that your anti slavery cru
sade adds to the rebel army day after day thou
sands of soldiers and TO the southern treasury
millions of money. You presume on their for
bearanceI not caring to know, that their lips
are often sealed here, because by delouncing
you, the secession element, which is kept alive
by your action In their States, will point to their
denunciations Of your conduct as justification
Of the rebellion. You will justify this crime to
history, provided only your vengeance and your
election are made sure
Sir, l fear and distrust much which cannot
from motives Of prudence and patriotism, utter.
II is the policy here, as it would seem to be, to
force the Union men South into some rash ex-
preston or act, by such proclamatons as Hun.
gor'a nd la0i oil hos Il.
then to charge this rashness as an excuse for
converting the war into 81, Domingo insurrec-
tion, turning tho South into one utter desola.
tonl Is it in anticipation of this, that we have
arms for negroes sent to South Carolina and
louisiana We can get no information or
these subjects, though We strive for it. Are Wt
to be deceived by the prevarication of this Con.
gress In regard to extreme measures? In the
0 mean time are these extreme measures to be
taken as the army advances with its triumphant
Aag2 In the name OF God, is no mans hand
to be raised to retard the downward, hellwarC
course of these extreme men7 Will not tht
President, at once, leap to fill the niche in his
tory, pointed out to him by my friend from Ken
tToky, Mr.. Crittenden. He has done 80 many
noble acts, in spite of tho lashinRs of his friends
will he not change this equivocal situation anC
give rs reinsurance in our doubt and trouble
ike that which inspired his proclamation, ant
like that which dictated the Crittenden resolve
Such assurance would make tho country RIM
with his praises. 1t would make our taxation
light, our duty clear and our patriotism resplend
ent beyond all that is written in the annals o
man.
A trace the murmurs of discomfort which com
to US from army aud people, to the alliance be
tween Republicans and Abolitionists. Tha
alliance may be natural, but it is not patriotic
The Philadelphia platform of no more slav
States, and Republication with its dogma O
no more slave territory, may be innocent in ir
tention, but, allied with Abolitionism, with 1t
raids and war upon slavery everywhere and il
defiance of the Constitution, it is crime.
| Is this alliance the forernnnec of that perfec
Union when "Liberty shall be proclaime
throughout all the land and to all the inhabi
tants thereof" Is IL the dawn Of that millen
ial day which shall reflect back the sabre, th
musket and the torch in the hands of the en-
frAnchised African, already urged and voted 70
by thirty members of this House1
We want no more poetry about striking Of
chains and bidding the oppressed 60. Plain pee
pie want to know whether the chains will not b
put upon white limbs; and trtither the oppresf
ed are to 60. II the industry OF the North |
to be fettered with their support; if they are {
20 TO Ohio and the North, we want to know II
Nay, ne want, If We can, TO stopit. N.r
AS am anxious to see our country restore
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