Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24
Amos Kendall on Hunters Late or
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Certain radical Republican papers, as the
Z Cleveland L.adeT, SAndusky Register, etc &C
cused the Stat. sman and other Democratic paper
o Of Withholding the publication of some of AMo
KEnDALLs recent letters, after having com
meuced their publication. We denied thu
charge, aud demanded the production of any
letter or letters we had omitted to publish
None have been produced. Now here is let
ter from AMOS KENDALL Of q very recent date
and written on subject Of great interest to our
radical cO.emporaries. If they are as fond as
they pretend to be of the veteran KENDALL's
viewr, they will certainly give this, his last let
Z ter, TO their readers. Il ia short and will not
occupy much space But We doubt, brief as it
is, whether they will fnd room for it.
Il will be seen that the letter was written to
correct misrepresentation Of FoRNEY's in one Of
r his letters 70 bis paper, the Pbiladelphia Press
Il also appears that Me- KEnDALL wrote bis let
ter before be was aware Of the Presidents
proclamation modifying or annulliDg HUSrER's
emancipation order: Akastt
WAsHINGroN, May 10, 1862.
To he EdIrors of fhs National Iateihgsneer:
nv attention has been called to Washing
ton letter In the Philadelphia Press, in which
the writer, after quoting passage from one Of
/. nv letters published in your paper, saws:
"Thus II will be seen that even the veteran
Democrat, Amos Kendall, while objectiDg TO
fhe course OF the Abolitionists s entitled 20 the
credit of having made the props sition which
GEN. Hunter has thus practically carried out"
Now. I should consider myself traitor to
INV country ifII were 70 approve the late order
Of General Hunter purpoFtiBg 10 set free all the
slaves within his military district. While ex
posing to Southern rebels the gulf which is
fyawning before them, the conception never en-
tered my brain that any military commander or
Che Presidents himself could constItutonally, BY
general order or proclamation, coDfscate their
property and emancipale their slaves, or that
such an object could be effected otherwise than
hy conviction for treason BY due couIse Of law
IN the courts Of justice. In the order of Gen.
Hunter see the essence Of military despotisw,
utterly subversive Of the Constitution We are
fighting 10 maintain; and it 10 deplorable that
it6e President does not, By tae enforcement Of Q
general line eoi policy, ,rcpfess these assumptions
al power by bis euhoFdlnates. Every such as
Gumution u1Febuked b him exposes him and
CONGRESS itself TO the charge Of hypocrisy and
perfdy IN their ann0nnctmentso Of the purposes
for which the war is waRedI il disoousegts the
Ioval mef, In all The slaveh0lding States, and in
"a equal degree encoufeees the leading rebels; !;
'sk will coat The North thousands OF lives and
millions Of money; Il alarms conservative men
everywbsre, aud makes them begin to think
1beir own liberties in danger; IL strengthens
dieloyal men In loyal States, and enables them
a erbarrass the Government IN its legitimate
o6erAtioas 10 nnes sAheFe is but one safe course
.far the Goyernment Co pursue, and that - 20
disreaard sIl party affiliations and adhere firmly
"a he programme originally announced, VIZ
TAe py5sscniipn Of fbs mar J0' The sole oe1eef q
psssssvine tks Constitution and The Unton to'th