Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-20
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the wreck and crush Of war. SIava,v bs. ,os.
In the war its political influence; lie existsncs nee
has been endangered by the wear and tear ~
coDhot. Out of this nettle danger. soutbe,n
slave owners will pluck the flower az aafsty
l care not II slavery be the reason of their ~.
turn to their allegiance; II they return m a
Union will become again militant, SLAYER,
instead OF being the cause of rebellion. viii
become the cause Of lite overthrow. Eoononjo
laws are stronger than military satraps and
forces. These laws will determine the soutb
10 return, when assured that the ConslitutIon
Will he preserved. Fanatics may dream sWsv .s
OF their jubilees Of black. freedom: seceasion.
ists may nght for their theories Of State renoe.
ules LOT eoefai eneroaohments; war may bring
,s Ylclasi.uaea and SACRIFICES but after ali,
Providence. under the ConstitutIor iii d.,sn "
even slavery back into the Union Sor a. nrO
safety, or for the means, under State ,sonla.
zion, for Its own voluntary abolition. IL
enthusiastic this may seem o hateful mar.
aoox; Dut II IL be true that the ascenden.
| cy OF abolition clondedi the hone Of Inc
umon, 70 u not ae true that the defoat of
the ;abolitionists will restore that bons? A.
she beginning Of the war, thers veye bnt fe,y
secessioniste per se. Il WAS Che faay that ,ba
northern States were hopelessly sbolItion,1sd
that oveFcame the loyalty OF the majority sontS.
ana united them against Us. The ysry exa.ss'
es OF power In this Congress, its attempt 10 psr.
vert tne war, I've aggressions on personal free
dom and constitutional right, have ex,ipeuiahsd
the ffe OF radlcalism and relIt the old beacon .
Mnioh lea us onward 10 unity and TO prosperity!
ihe result OF the elections will assist to restore
,ne onign' Inc reaction In the South will soon
pegin: Ine eiementaof discomfort North, which
nave neipea !? rescue power from arrogant and
South. Cotton has los. bis scepter. HI tbrore
Ia In ashes. Priyateering, so tfpculentlv hIarnn.
ed by Slldsil, in the Senate, as tba avsngsr ~
Souslern wrongs, has proved i.seif but A tofths
1883 hsrpy. Foreign Intervention will never he
allowed, North or South. The ourfepcv. trada.
and caiabilshed order South, all deranes6. are
po"eiiui levers, now prying the loosened etones
into tbeir old places For euch a work. tbe,e
10 iulcrum DEEP In the heart OF the rebnle.
which neither radiealism nor secesaiop rsy
wholly disturb! The very failures Of no,h
armies to make decisive victories, potEisn.
standing the extraordinary vlgor and ami, ndid
nerolSm oil our soldiers In tie field, and the
taouions expenditure of money end men, will
ASSET the consu1mstion of our hopes. We
nave expended, In two years, men and money
enough mad we been united, to have aided !,
ooEen inoiss 70 our conqueFing chariot Money
onougn mas peen nlched by corrupt contractors,
r9asures enough nave been wasted on poliu.
cal isYoiiies, 70 nave belted the globe with our
empire. But all has been as ven In vain. 40,
there stood and yet stands between the peonle
and their hope this black demon of radical.
ISM unWise beyond all that Ia written in blsto.
y, ana poWerless for everything except mia
chiei ana maleVolence. Against its satanic
pressure brought to bear upon the President
Dy Inc MAD cahal OF zealots, the people have
protested. - r''p'' "A'S
1ou may discard their warning in mockery,
you may, IN spite, remove the Generals thsv
inoorse ana love; you may perseyere in your
radical and destructive work, You NAV. for n
lew weeks more, press your doctrine that the
States are In rebellion, and therefore have com-,
mitsed feGo de %, and are to be- stricken from The
ron OF the Union; you may strive to leRislate
down the Constitution; but your days al o num-
Dered. see the deAth-sweaI on your brow. In
tnese resoiutions, In the indemnity bill psssed
tae other day, and in the crazed specuiatioDs
u my coheague, which still linger from the
past session, and In the bill of the member from
Pennsylvania, for hundred thoussnd hIarI
soldiers, hear the death rattle in your tbroats
zen will pass away; and you will oply
Dc remembered TO points politicai
moral, and to teach, as Robespierre and bis
radical times teach ~, that apsfuba
and destruclives have their uses in the political
world as the hurricane and pestilence in the
physical world. The very attempt to foil the
popular will you are now making will make
your condemnation more terrible. There is
something ineuffectionary, says Arnold, the
historian, In the attempt totestrain the popular
will. Had you and the Executive bowed 10 the
popular verdict, as in England, under a less
liberal system, the rulers ever do, prosperity
might have embalmed you to little immortal.
~ Tor that act OF grace. But, no; this thun.
Ger tone OF dissatisfaction with your conduct Ia
seized upon and avowed by some here in nv
presence as the very reason why now, in tie
brief time Of your power, you should enact
further mischief.
You had, and would yet have, the whole con.
servative force in war to overthrow the organ
ization Of the Southern Confederacy. You
we're not content with that. We were united
on that, bus you were determined to divide the
North. By culpable and treaeherous divergence
from the plain path marked out by the Crittsn-
den resolution you are determined to mako this
war against populations, against civilized
usage; 70 overthrow State institutions, aud
blot out State boundaries; and, by defiance of
the organic law, TO defeat the cause Of the Ma.
tion, by making the old Union impossible.
t. . ITo bo concluded ta.moyrowI