Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-23

in FonNKHB phperSY tl's @r'zr riF7l
Y tho oolh inst. appsaru Washington Lever
from roecasichal, 4, ,FeREEY himselt which
oIoses 81 eaylng that "shersis scarcely ois,
asatiur voics-as 10 the prOpriety and policy Of
giving them (ths, Union men Of the sOn'ni me
rsue after the rebellion is crushed, ana maA'ns
Them irresistible With the aid Of redesai Au-
,hor,,v and the Federal army; but, in order 70
maize this more effective, such lave mass %
spassed as viii enable them to deprive Lne Isoe'S
ef al legal rights, including thcse q sunnPfage
hdholding property ~ ~ 80.
Fnis uuo.ation indicates the general tenor
ana spirit OF che letter from which u is taken
We are glad to be- assured that 'hsfs y o.
washington general disposition 70 give o.
rather % assias the loyal Uaion men Of the
sau,h IN assuming, at the earliest practicable
moment. the reins OF government In teef 70
spec,ive States. This will be, nOse an yses o.
oIemepcy or mercy, but Of justice merely; i
wil Be simply permitting the people Of the
sou.h TO enjoy their coosiilusionaliiehts--nosn-
ing more SO !,
Ba. FoRnrY intimstes that after the "repeii-
ion "a crushed PIT viii become necessary 70
make the Union men ''irreslstible" by Federal
au.hority and Federal arms. This is contra
dIcsory in terms; for after the rebellion - ef-
lec.ualIy crushed, armed resistance to the exc
.st,oa az The Federal and State laws will have
cssoed. and the presence Of Federal soldiers
w,li NOT he necessary to enforce obedience =
when that is done, the several States may DC
sstely left 10 pursue their normal course under
the Federal and State Constitutions, the Legis-
l.,ure or the Executive Of each State having
The constitutional right to demand and receive
from the United States protection against DO
nestle violence or insurfecIion.
---Fhe proposition that after "the rebellion is
crushed, p Federal troops must be employed 10
keep ihe Southern people in subsection, leads to
the Inference that the mass Of the people in
that section are and will continue TO be rebels
IN the most odious aud worst sense. Of that
term. Facts are daily demonstrating that such
a supposition 8 utterly destitute Of foundation
Az our victorious troops proceed sOuthWard' a
latent spirit of loyalty manifesto itself every
where among tie mass Of the people. There is
no question that the same cheering news we
have recently heard from Tennessee, in regard
TO the enthusiasm Of the mass Of the people
for the old Flag and the old Union, will soon
gree. us from the Gulf and Cotton States.
II is true that the rebel armies kaye been
made up Of Southern people organized BY, and
under rcbel leaders Had not the people been
made the Victims Of designing and wicked men,
there could have been no rebellion. But when
FoRnEY speaks of depvivin "the rebels OF ell
loval rights, including these Of suffrage and
holding property, does be mean to say that 1t
IA the intention Of himself aud abe Republicans
with whom be acts, to make all the Southern
men who have taken up arms against the upi- /
ted States or In any way opposed its authosity,
outlaws, and to disfsanchise and strip them Of
their property7 We know that this is the
scheme Of the radicals; but We had expected
some me,hing better Of FcRNEr and bis new politi-
cal associates. 1t is a most tyEannicAl and afro
ciOus design, which no monarch In Europe
would be guilty of entertaining for . moment
toward miliions Of -his insurgent subjectss
We have no disposition to apologize fop orl
shield rom due punishment tho leaders and
chiefs Of tie rebellion. But that the mass Of
he Southern people, because they have through |
weakness, prejudice and ignOrsncei taken upl
rms and assisted in the insutrection, are to be
deprived Of all personal and property rights,
according to the ancient bsrbAroua code ofoutr
awry, Is q disgrace and q shame to any civil
zed nation, Itwould not be bringing back the
,eoule TO their allegiance to the Constitution
md the Union. but in fact exterminating ihem.
/ would be exhibiting the ferocity ci the En- !
,eror CALeuLA, who wished that the Roman
,eopls had but one neck, that he might sever It 4
It single blow.
When the rebellion shall have been '3crushed
~ the mass Of the people At the South viii |
lave been sufficiently punished for the part they |
lave taken in It. Their ruined country their
esertei cities, their desoIated homes, and genTd
raj distresp, poverty and degradation, are al.
eady terrible evils, and the prospect, IT the
rar continues. Is only still moro terrific and ap-
,allipe. As the illusions, by which they have
,een deceived and led astray, are one after an
.ber dissipated, who can doubsthst the great |
ody Of the Southern people, after the woful
xperionce they have had Of the folly and mad
ess Of secession, will return to their allegiance
D the Constitution with frmness and devotion