Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-20
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CHARACTER OF PARTIES.
SPEECH OF MR.. COX,
En the House OF Representative.
" Monday. December 16, l9e2.
f0ontlnued.l
OF OHIO,


, 1t ie not my purpose now to condemn or dis
cuss the acts OF the last session, The natiol
has passed upon them, and there is DO need o
resolutions or speeches to explain their action
II the gentleman thought by introducing hi
resolutions that no could discover any lack o.
national feeling, any sympathy with this un
nation changed in polity, symmetry, or geoera
ply, be Was mistaken. II the Preside depf, IN hi,
message, thought that bis argument In favor d
the physical union of these States wss needet
to teach the people true views or new views. b1
was mistaken. The meaning OF the late eiec
tions is, that no separation Of these States car
ever be permitted. The people have reRlstered
their oaths at the psllot boxes, that no infrac.
ton OF the Constitution shall be suffered, They
VIII have unity without the aid of such coun
sells. They will have their ancient and written
charter OF liberties, In spite Of all attempts 10
despoil them. There was no need of such reso.
luaons; there was no need of other resoiuti ops,
voted down by the other side--resolutions TO
stop irresponsible and arbitrary arrests; reso.
lutions against changing the form Of our Gov
ernment; resolutions against wholesale and ex-
penaive philanthFopic experiments, which tend
50 destroy the moral, religious, political and
physical substance and unity of the nation.
! know the impression has been created
among the weaker portion of the now weaker
party that the late elections are somehow an
expression in favor Of secession. II this were
true, what message of encouraE ement il
would be to the rebellion! Those who circu
late libels upon the eople Of the North, either
cannot have the eenEe to perceive their effect,
or are regardless of the South II ID were true,
how ptlful would be the condition of this ma.
ton. The rebels find no such encouragement,
In these elections But the Richmond Ezag.
ineT, OF November 2l, does find in the "policy
Of the radical party North that which alone
could have eradicated the deep.rooted sentiment
Of Union from the Southern bosom" Il does
find "tbat the radical party have pursued a
policy which has consolidated Southern senti.
ments and united our [their] people as one man
in support of the war" Such was the belief
of the people as TO the effect Of radicalism
and hence the reenlt in Ohio and the North.
west. At the East, let that noble champion.
the Governor elect Of New York, speak ss 10
the significance Of the election In that State
In bis speech, before the election, at BROOKLYN
Horatlo Seymour said:
Now, when the men Of the South made the bayonei
and the sword the arbter they electeT and not We:
when they determined to settle Il bv bood fsnd not
the sword 90 far as the present must be- he
arbter and In our strong right arms Il sbal atrks viz
1rSss and true blows for the lie Of our country for s
nstuons and ior i nag Now, let me saw this 10 the
higher law men Of the Morrill, and TO he hieber law men
Of the South and to the whole world haf Iooks on I'd
Witnesses to the mighty events transprng in hi,
Iy mat this Union shall never be severed no,
Whatever other men may say as for the pso
pie Of this country, and for myself ns An indyiua
other men say and think what they ior the
DIVISION o. TINS Union ana the breaking up OF that
mn MI IA Lao a.. -
god Will never consent to Il, no, never. a, LONG A
have voice to raise or hand to tight for this our gor
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Inc Executive message as to the indivisibili.
y OF the unitei States, and the resolutions OF
the gentleman, ere but she feeble echo OF this
'ialMart cry OF the people: "That this Union
shall never be severed-no, never, The nat
ural alliance made by nature and natures God
snail never be ebroken-neverm |. was because
the people feared this, that they have hurled go
many OF you from your seats here. The epi-
taph upon this Congsess, which with glad pro-
phetic grace had the honor to pencil for your
political sepulchers at the last session, will be
carved In shat enduring marble which will be
81 once the grave of sedition and the monument
Of loyalty. .-.. 81. - -
IL has been asserted that the people have
condemned this Administration because there
was not vigorous prosecution of the war. The
dismissal of General Mcclellan was justified
because, aa 1t was alleged, he had not dash OF
movement enough to satisfy the electors of the
country. Facts, in letters and dispatches which
are yet to transpire, will show, first, that this
is mere pretext, and second, that there were
other reasons for the dismissal. NV distin.
guished and ssgacious friend from Illinois I Mr..
inferred that the real reason for
that dismissal was, that Mcclellan did NOT
agree with the emancipation and other radical
schemes OF the Cabinet assert here as fact,
which do know, and which confirms the In.
ferences OF my friend, that the Presldent was
about the middle Of July, informed distinctlJ
Of the mode by which and the PRINCIPLES upoI
which General Mcclellan intended the war tc
be conducted and the Union saved. He was ad,
vised that Mcclellan disapproved OF any in.
fraction OF the laws of civilized warfare; that
he disspproved Of arbitrary arrests in places
where the insnFrec.ion did not prevail; that he
did not contemplate any seizure of private
property for the support of the army, or for
punishing and desolating the region invaded
but that he earnestly pleaded that the war
should pc carried on 90 duel between organ.
lied armies, and not against non-combat nts;
that the institutions Of the States should be
protected; that no proclamation of freedom, in
censing o servile race to indiscriminate massa-
ere OF helpless whites, and inviting the de-
struction of unofendiog blacks, should be per.
mitted; in fne, that wherever it was possible,
the military should be subordinate to the civil
authority, and the Constitution alone should be
che guide and glory of heroic sacrifice!
This plan did not suit radicalism. II was moi
obnoxious to the President in the summer, but
somehow, II became go in the fall; and hence
The General of the Potomac suddenly became
1nskilled In the art OF war. His science in
creating and inspiring an army after Bull Run
was forgotten. His grand movement and splen.
ild fighting before Richmond was Ignored. Hii
attempt TO take Richmond was belittled, al.
though he plead, ss 1t we're for the life Of the
nation, for reinforcements, without which be
made no. promise and had no hope Of success
His superb battles In Maryland; his salvation
d Warrington from the blunders of Pope, OF
hose over him, were conveniently slighted. II
was pretended that he did mot move fast enough
After the battle of Antletam; that he was
.bundAntly supplied, but failed to pursue the
iefeated enemy. Time win show who are ia
blame for failing to supply the army at that
ETHICAL time. Such pfetexts will hardly stand
before the official records which win be publish
ID. AT the time when Mcclellan was dismise.
%, he was moving his Immense army more
han ten miles day. His cavalry was driving
he enemy before them, and his infantry and
srtillery were pushing them back from the
rowning gaps OF the Blue Ridge. His move.
nents were as taet as prudence, In such situa:
ion, warranted. ECi94 8lTG9
No,sir; this removal Of tie General whose
genuine patriotism and akillfnI oaniua had In