Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-23
s ToYaley ana Treason.

sso .Republieans are fond of quoting saying in
putsd 10 the late STEPHEN A, DluoLls:
: There are only two parties In this war-loyAl
nan ana traitore: a man must be for or against
the Government.
-ah A loyal map, then, is one who 10 ior tue oo'-
erpmenl; a traitor is one who is againStft. Inc
oply question Is, what is the GovernmenH
The Government Of the United States consists
of one Federal, and thirty three State Govern
mepts. Ills compound; itconsists not Of the
Federal Government alone, nor OF the state
Governments alone, but of both combined. A
'cIovsl man, according to the quotation f'om
DouoLAs, is one who strives to maintain ana
preserve each and both; a traitor is one VINO
a arrs,s himself against both or either A loyal
Imam is as earnest and resolved to defend and
Sp,nphold the Constitutions aud Governments OF
a. the severar States as be is to defend and sup
- mort the Constitution and Government OF the
-aIJnited States This is what DOUGLAs meant
when he said: I" Am FIR MY COUNTRY AND
AGAINsT ALL Irs AssAILANTs! a.A
Tried by this test, bCw s;a1d certain mem
bers Of the Republican partl2 10 this hour OIL
pe,ii, when the Federal Government is threat
ened with destruction by an armed reoeliiop'
they are for changing that Government lot
altering the fundamental law upon which 1t Is
founded and establishing new Government
d upou its ruins In such crisis as this' no"
much shor. OF treason is such conducI2
q, But again, weigh these Republicans in the
DoueLAs scale, which they themselves bring
o., forward, and they are found wanting. They
oDenly avow their hostility to certain States as
snch: they are for deprivipg them OF their
y plsoes in the Union, and for evasing their EN-
bIematic stars, and even the stripes represent
d ing some Of the old Thirteen" from the Nr'
tioual AAg. Some Of the bolder and more creek
I.as of these Republican fanatics do not hesi-
tate to declare that If they had the power, they
would sink South Carolina and other cotton
States to the bottom of the sea.
!ae 70 In Congress and out of Congress, these Re
j. uublicsus ara laboring day and night, to destroy
4 and bring to naught States, heretofore existing
"a distinct and yet as component parts OF the
one Federal Government. THE, according TO
the DOUGLAS oennltlonS ID reaoOu -'eAA'
less treason! Bat Il is said that this is not op-
nosipe the Federal Government. As well might
A man who sets fire to one Of his neighbor's
rooms. distinct from, and yet under the same
roof with his dwelling, claim that he had not
intended TO FIRE the dwelling. He who raises q
hand against State, aims blow AZ the on-
rion--at the Federal Government. de seeks 70
main, to dismembsr, to destroy that Govern
ment.
u It was by attempting to take, and claiming
TO have taken States out of the Union' t0as the
accession treason first developed itself. twas
an act Of hostility committed against states
and hence, of treason, in the serss Of the ai
legged quotation fiom DOUGLAS, against the GOV
erument of the whole country. 80 lar sS 'nA'
Government is concerned, 1t was an attempt 70
cripple and destroy it BY the Destruction O'
some Of it's component and essential parts
Are similar acts tending in the same direcuon
and ultimatiug in the same results as regsrds
The integrity Of States and their membership Of
The Union, less reasonable when COMMITTED oy
Republic aps1