Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-16

In the Senate Of Ohio, upon his yesoIution in.
doTstng the CTittenden Revolutions, and the
yesotutiOns Of the Senator from Loraia Mr..
Monroe, indOrsing the TrunbuH Emancipation
| lConcluded.I Eols,
find in the Cincinnati Comm ercial of the
9Th inst, from It's Washington correspondent,
the following: p s.-'si = 7e'9aoh 7'a''. .
.a "oAN WE sUBDuE THE REBELs2
"NO, not until Il becomes d military necessity 10
eDnancipGte their sIaoes 10 there thoroughly
loyal man in Washington tvho belieues IL possible
othertrise II there 10, i cannot find him. In
November, 1860, when I insisied that the country
'Ooad be inSOIvsd in tOar before May, 1861, some
good people ,oere shocked at the hesenS0tiondL char
acter Of the prediction. beg leave 10 s,tbnait an
othtr, 10 pn' Before he fret day Of January,
1853, The President 0il declare general enamel
patton Of the saues Of rebels military necessity.
When Conversation and discussions at the Capital
4 Of me nation, ossume that Pkase az prominently
az no,o, the fact may be considered significant"
| This looks good deal like emancipation,
and setting at defiance the well settled doctrines
OF the country on the slavery question, does il
not7 sl..f..,,- p. 49, ..-, ..'.. III.
But will not detain the Senate longer on
this branch OF the question, for / take it, that
no man who isimpartialin Is in bis judgment, can
claim TO find warrant in the Consultation for
the emancipation provisions of the TrumDnll
Dill, or the other measures in Congress fsYorlng
like legislation; aud hope do the able Sena.
tor from Lofain but simple act Of Justice,
when Isay, that believe il on examination he
should find the provisions of the Trumbull bill
to be as ] understand them and az have stat
ed them, he would be unwilling to indorse
them, and would abandon his own resolutIcps
which propose to give such indoFHement.
Let US for moment consider the other OBJ
lection to ths bill, viz: That It is unwiss and
unjust. o. ....s27sG stti.'-
Is 1t Just that by the positive legislation of
Congress, men, thousands of men, who were de-
sirous to be loyal, who were opposed to secss-
sion, voted against it whenever, and wherever
they had the opportunity Of doing 80, but who
by force and the aTtful ciTcumvention of wicked
and ambitious leaders, have been compelled ;
yes literally compelled, against their Judgments
and wishes, to unite in the movement, ahould
suffer, and the very men tooJ who IL the Gov.
eminent had afforded them protection, and main
tanned the supremacy of the law in their midst,
would have continued good and loyal citizens?
| ask, is 1t juet, that these men, thousands of
whom are still ready, nay anxious, il we can be.
lleve the reports which are brought us from
Tennessee and other States, for the restoration
Of the Union, should thus be ruined their fam
lilies beggared, and this too by the government
which for the time being was unable to afford
| them protection against wicked combinations
Of these rebel leaders7
Those men have been compelled, many Of
them, to aid this rebellion, either by being forced
into Its armies or by forced contributions to the
support Of the rebel government. r..r
Would 1t be just, under these circumstances,
70 emaneipate the slaves Of this large class of
men, and forfeit their properly 2 "a '''"' 8
y under this bill of giving aid and comfort to
the rebellion
The bill does not specify what acts shall be
considered as giving aid and comfort. VIII Ii
| embrace all those who arc paying taxes for the
| support of their respective State governments
In the States which claim to have seceded 2
Are those who hold Office under these several
State governments included as aiders and abet
tors We all know that, as States before this
rebellion, they had their respective State con.
eitutions. These State constitutions still con-
tinue to exist, and local governments are still
continued under them. Ills necessary that the
people, Of each State should support such local
governments, at least in their ordinary admin
istration OF State affairs, and to do this it be-
comes necessary for the people to elect men TO
discharge the duties of their respective Offices
under the several State governments. This,
say, is necessity required by the very condition
OF society; and ask, are all these men, as we'll
those holding office under such State govern
ments as those who voted to elect them. al
though many may not otherwise be engaged in
this rebellion, to be considered as aidefs and
abettors, under this bill Such doctrine
would lead TO monstrous consequences. 4
ID Let me further illustrate the provisions of
this bill. l think by fair construction they
will extend far, very far, beyond what the au.
thor of the bill intended, The bill includes
all persons who in any manner give aid and
comfort to the rebellion We have men in these
free and loyal States, hundreds of them, who,
under fair construction of this bill, would for
felt all their property by its provisions. re-
fer TO all that class of men who deride the Con.
stitution Of the United States, and denounce it
as ga covenant with death and an agreement
with hell" -s. ? A52@ so
Sir, this class Of men are daily giving "aid
and comfort to the rebellion. We have an
other class of men, like those who met at the
Cooper Institute, who advocate the doctrine
that the Constitution of the United States, dur
ing the war, ought to be abandoned, folded up,
and laid aside until peace Ia restored. These
men, and they are to be counted by thousands,
are giving 'aid and comfort" to this rebellion:
and ! tell you, sir, the men who are urging up.
on the President and upon the country, the doc.
trine of general emancipation, are giving "aid
and comtort" to the enemy, and are, In fact,
enemies Of the Union of these States, and the
Constitution of our country. sf9 a
This may be strong language, but believe
that an abolitionist is a disunionist, aud s,
therefore, "aidpg and giving comfort'' to the
rebellion, and that the Trumbull bill, properly
construed, would operate forfeiture of his
property, as much so as OF the property of those
who are "aiding and giving Comfort to the re-
bellion In the seceded States. Sir, l am not
alone in this opinion. / have the authority Of
one OF the most devoted of Union me1--one
whose noble and patriotic conduct has linked him
close to the heart Of every loyal American citi-
sen that noble and true mau, Andrew John.
son, Of Tennessee. You all remember that
last fall he delivered many eloquent and able
addresses In this State. He had looked the
lsubleot all over, in all Its bearings, and his
opinion is therefore entitled to much weight
and respect, .a@i
He delivered speech in this city, on the 4.h
| Of October lasty and | beg the attention Of
Senators while read few words from that
eloquent speech, which find printed In the
| Ohio State JournaI Of date October 5th, 1861:
81 would not be personal, but an abolitionist
| is as much q eeoessiopist as any to be found in
South Carolina, Nov, as much as these dis.
unionists Of both classes abuse each other,
they, nevertheless, both unite in laying violent
hande upon the government that mover harmed
either, II / were an abolitionist would break
I up the Union; for the disruption of the Union
must ineVtabiy destroy and obliterate slavery.
Hence we are for the prosecution OF this war to
save the government as founded BY Gur fathers;