Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-11

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iEh inst. The otject doubtless vas TO take
teps toward forming a radical Abolition organ, !
cation, and to force the Republican party gen. ! ,
,rally, and tho Administratioa into the adoP-
lion Of the policy Of total and immsdia'el
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The 1yi5ans says It was "a large apdRalhpE
siastic demonstration Of the popular sentiment
In favor of emancipation as q war Measure"
JAMES A. HAmILroE presided. Among the Vice
Presidents, We notice the, names Of ..GEoRor
BANCROFT, the histOriani LEWIS TAPPAN, the
noted Aboltionisi; WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT,
tho poet. and editor of the Evening Post; and
several noted clergymen, as the Revs.SE II
CHAPLIN and GEoRoE b. CHEEvER. n.
After an address from the President Of the
meeting, letters apologizing for non-attendance
and sympathzing with the purpose Of the
meeting, were read from CHARLES SunNER,
HEsRY WiLson, DAVID WiLMor, GEonoEl w.
JULIAN, MoSrooMERY BLAIR and others.i a9N /
/ The animus of those who controlled the
Cooper Institute meeting, will be seen by the
resolutions adopted, which we glvebelow. The
principles enuncisted probably constitute aplat-
form, upon which gigantic efflrt will be made
to rally the Radicals and all Republicans and
oUnion Democrats" !" who are now affiliated with
the Radicals in what is called the "Union
parity" .s,-
Resolued, That inasmuch as cur nationality
and democratic institutions ore founded upon
the idea that call men are created equal, en-
dowed by their Creator with the inalienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
nets," whatever tends to weaken and destroy
the vital force Of this idea in the popular heart
constitutes the most dangerous and fatal enInity
TO the real unity, tue peace and glory of lbe
nation. ,s.f .fl tiess 9a g. I
Rssolued, That national unity, does by no
means consist alone in the conservation OF ter
ritorial domain, but in identity Of idea and af-
fiction. In the heart of no people can genut
Inc love Of liberty and the rights Of human ma
ture coexist with federation oil slavery ~
Slavery is treason to the fundamental idea ot
our national existence, and the war but its nee
easary and legitimate effect. In the present
imminent crisis, he who seeks to maintain slave
ry becomes thereby the abettor Of the great
treason. ..fr -.f,t. .oss .ngMcd z
ResOiUed, That in The present extreme, ext
gency, brought upon the country BY slavery,we
hold the. right of the National Government to
destroy that sole cause of all onr disasters, not
only to be clearly within the Constitution, but
to be imperatively demanded by il. glle 1
First. Upon the ground that It's existence is
wholly incompatible with national self-preser
Vation. Either the nation must die or slavery
must wis .a5 10 /
Second. Because the rights and powers con-
ferred by the laws OF war upon all sovereign
.ies, and under our system of delegated power
primarily upon the President and Congress, cou-
require its destruction, as the only
sfectual means Of ending the conflict, and re-
establishing permanent national peace and
prosperity. esdu !
And lastly and pre-eminently, because the
upreme Jurisdiction of the national Constitu-
ion over all the territories now occupied by the |
ebel States must be held to be exclusive of the |
raitorous rebel authorities therein established, |
~ virtue OF which alone slavery now therein |
exists, and that wherever the Consultation has
exclusive Jurisdiction it ordains liberty and not
Ilayery. This 10 the very ground upon which |
he people placed the present Administration
q power, and in derogation of which the rebels
wage their war. rrf -.srh,r |
ResOlped, That while slavery remained upon
Is own ground good citizens might deem them
elves bound by a just respect for the national
Constitution to refrain from dealing with IL as |
n its own nature it deserved. But since its |
masters have begun war for It's triumph and
he snbjuga.ion of our national Government and |
rec Institutions, We deem it our supremest duty |
lever to make peace with or cease our conflict
With it until it shall be extirpated from the
Fhole land. fot
ResOtDed, That we entertain no jot OF hatred
r hostility toward the great body of the people
{ the rebel States; and, therefore, while we
land ever ready to welcome them to loyal re
nion under our glorious National Consultation,
q the words OF the Farewell Address of the
'ather OF his Country, we desire "that the hap
mess Of the people of these States may be
lade complete underathe AUSPICES OF LiRERTY,"l
cd not utterly and forever rendered impossible
? the re-institution of slavery. We repudiate,
lerefore, and utterly repel the idea that the
'operty and blood OF the loyal people Of the 1
ee States are to be wasted without result, in '
e suppression of the military power of the 4
bells, in order that the Capitol may in the end =
surrendered into the hands of the conquered
iitors, and the National Government be agalo .
t under the heel of the slave barons. t @
ResoIDtd, Therefore, that amid the varied 4
ents which are occurring daily during the !,
,mentous struggle in which we are engaged,
Is the duty and the interest of the Govern il
mt and the people to adopt and 10 advocate
n measures as will insure universal emanci-
lion, and thus complete the work which the
volution began. 81 io G.
According to this Abolition programme, the
ect of the war is not 'the conservation Of u
territorial domain" but the ex.IrpAtion Of :
very "from the whole land" But we leave =
reader to analyzs this disun:on platform for : :
lself. lis sufficient to add that, after the =
sage Of the resolutions, the meeting was adI
ssed by Rev. M. D. CONWAY, and closed by :,
IL scHUpz, with a long and inasmmstory q :,
sch. :,