Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-20
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stone Of jasper, another sacrifice 10 the Mumb,
Jumbo Of abolition. '-~-"''
what have we gained by McCieIlan's remov
All Celerity OF movement A better base
lopera'ions2 Nearness to Richmond9 Suppile
py water, and point d'appui for gunboats7 Or
suppose we co1queP at Fredericksburp. will no
our army at last be compelled 10 return 4
James river, as the only base from which oners
eions can succeed against Richmond min,
from which Mcclellan was dragged, desnite nj,
CRY OF despair, which seemed aimoat 10 ioyebod,
the destruction Of the Republic7
ln the yicissisudes of this war the Admlnis
tration Will be compelled to resort to MoCIel
ian's plans and the conservative policy. Unles
tnis Dc done the war will fail and d dlisadyan
tageous peace will result; for almost any peac.
WIN De nailed as better than the war as Il Is now
attempted to be conducted. The war must be
carried car on under and not ouey the Constitution
" men tnat course Is resumed, the patriotic
5,, mortn VIII respond as it has before responded
Inc conservative members o! the next Con.
gress VIII demand such return. The Pfesi.
Sene VIII nnd that there will be Representative
rebuild the Union,
This parrot cry that these elections indicate
q sympathy with the Southern rebellion has
neeh itera'ed for party purposes at home. II
was not manufactured for foreign CONSUMPTION.
40 did harm abroad. Well might Mr.. Seward,
Win more truth than is usual to diplomatic
y.Eesse' write q chapter to counteract the bad
enect oi such fslsehoods. On the 10Th of No
'emDer last,he advised Mr. Adams, at London:
That while there may be men Of doubtful political
ana vnue Ia each party, and while there may be
or opinion between the two partIes al to
beat calculated to preserve the Union and re-
store us autnoy yet not to be inferred that either
pArv or any considerable portion Of the people OF the
loyal btates 10 disposed to accept disunion pdsr
circumstances, or upon any terms. 1t 10 rather 10 be
tnat tne people have becoms 90 confident Of
resuming their sway here as they do In Suob IN ali
ree countries. In this country, especially habit
not entirely consietent with the Constitution but even
70 Instantly to regard the Administration at
any existing a. distinct and separabe from the Gov
eInment itself, and to canvass the proceedings Of ths
one without the thought OF dlsloyalty In the other
VINO ID there on the opposite side who dare
echo the sincere tribute OF MIR. Seward 10 che
loyal Democracy2 Who Of you has had the
generosity to distinguish between sustaining
tne Government and critcislng the Admins.
traiion? Who among you does the Secretary
reckon OF doubtful political wisdom and yIr.
tueF Certainly IL Is him who would counsel
war against slavery; for he said TO Mr.. Ad.
ANS, on the l7th of February, 1862, in speak.
Ing OF the crusade against slavery:
Toprocaim the crusade is unnecessary, and II would
sven Dc ineLpeden because 1t would deprive rs Of the
needfal and legitimate supporto the friends fine Union
VINO are opposed 70 slavery bu who prefer Union With.
out slavery to disunion with slavery, -
Does France or does Great Britain want to see sso
cl revolution here, with all Its horrors like the slave
revolution In 6t. Domingo? Are these Povera suys
hat the country or the world 10 ripe for such reyo
iution SO that 1t must certainly be buccessfu7 What
a.ans, W secn revolution. slavery, protesting
against It's ferocty and inhumanily should prove The
| victor. -. ..r.. '~'
Again, on the 5!h of July, 1862, he says:
seems Il the extreme advocates of African slave
~ ana s most vehement opponents were acting in con
cert together to precpitate ssrye the former by
akng tne most desperate attempts 70 overthrow The
Federal Union. the latter BY demanding an edict Of
universal emancipation, as lawful and necesfary n
Union. - w. v '"'-Ds ~-S
He accuses. therefore, every one who would
pervert the war from lis primitive and loyal
purpose into an anti-slsvery crusade, as depriy-
ing the country Of ite loyal friends He accuses
all such of aiding to bring on q social reyolu.
non, ike that OF st. Domingo, involving ell
lts ferocity and inhumanity. II this indictmen;
De true, who will escape Condemnation The
vote the other day to sustain the proclsma-
tion will show. When the gentleman from
Pennsylvania was framing his elimination
against those who Eonld propose peace on the
basis OF separation, which incuipstes no one on
this side, did he know whereof he was acoused
by the Premier of the Administration The
people have tried and condemned all such as
are thus accused, But while those who are ap-
proved by them never will "accept disunion un-
der any circumstances or upon apy terms, >,
still 10 s nevertheless true that these elections
DO indicate 9 profound unrest among the people
as to the continuance OF this war on the line OF
policy now about to be pursued. They do in.
dIcats that in the popular mind there is hope
tyet alive, and efforts yet to be tried, perhaps
no! opportune just now, to adjust the causes Of
STRIFE and bridge over this abyss, below which
ls surging the torrent of blood. They do an.
prove Of the Presidents remark tha, after all
our lighting we must at last make some &C.
commodation. The London Times says truly,
that 'in the result of these elections We think
| We see hope that the word compromise will
soon come into general use on the other eide of
the Atlantic" The President himself seems,
IN an oolique way, to have taken the hint, and
10 nis late message writes out In plain hand,
this once-honoFed word--CoMrRoMIsE.
But how shall we begin the work of compro-
mise2 What is honorable and iust, under nres.
ent circumstances? Is it true, as ia alleged.
that the southern States, under certain circupn.
stances, are willing to return to the Union? Ia
it true that the President Is thus adyised7
know not; but II 60, what sacri6ces can be made
TO restore the Union7 Or, indeed, ought ANY
taik OF compromise 10 be held, while the euns
OF rebellion thunder along the Rappahannock
Or our navles meet with resistance down the
Mississippi? Shall we then, in case of failure.
wait still another year2 Shall we talk of com.
promise before our debt reaches the estimate
OF Mr.. Chase, on the lss of June merit. ana
towers up to $l,l22, ,297, ,403 247 Or shall we
walt till the year after when it shall still monnt
up to 81, ,744. .595. .596 s07, Or sin more nearly
on the nexs years day, when the Commander.
In. Chief shall have declared all persons hei AZ
slaves IN any State, or designated part Of A
State then In rebellion, to be then, thencefor
ward, and forever free7 If that grand pana.
cea fall shall We still Wait until another million
shall be added to our army; another hundred
thousand ireah made graves upon oar soil7 An
other three hundred millions Of loss, by de.
stfuesien OF public enterprises, private property
and by the Wholesale defAng Of the social
business, and labor systems of the iand?a o,
VIII compromise be more acceptable, North and
Sonth, II possible st al, when another half mil.
hon OF slaves are freed by the flictlon and ab.
rasioh VI me War1 Or will IL be when slave
LABOR 2 eniranchised and exported TO regions
where Is Will never add dollar 10 the national
treasury or 10 the general wealth. Or WhaE
Lne iour millions slaves, being freed By war
legislatIon, oonfscatlop. or proclamatlon, vhich
my colleague tMr. HutohInsl thinks nav cause
some slight inconyehience shall seek ne rortb
star, and by an exodus, already great ana Ia.
creaang, shall disturb the relations of labor iu
the free States, until new irsepresaIbIe con-
HiCt shall arise hetWeen vhike and MAJ ~ lahn,1