Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-02

The mlbaiou ot The Democracy y TINS cVun-
ssy has been ana y, % defend, preserve ana M
maintain the integrity Of tho Union ana tne IN
teerity Of ths States. At times, II has been
compelled TO stand by the Union considered
apart from the siates; At otherss g deiend the
States considered as separate from the Union
and sIIll ct other times, 20 maintain Dosn sne
ipviolabllity Of the Union and the integrity o.
the States, when bo,h have been psriled' a.
now, at one and the same time, BY two differ
ent sets OF assailAnts. -,,,rur,as..l q. =. u
The Democracy coniended against, and tfi'
umphed over the old Federal doctrine OF The
elder ADAMss time, Of the absolute, unlimited
soyereisnty Of the National Government over
the States and the people. ss .t5s sa. aloc
The Democracy also fought againat, and
overcome the other exlreme-.he notification
dogma Of CALHOUN aud his followers, which
made the National Government subordinate 70
an alleged absolute sovereignty in the individ'
ual States,
To-day, and here and now, both these old pc-
lltical heresies are revived, and threaten the
overthrow Of the Union and Of the separate
stites. The Democracy and It's conservative
allies have now double duty TO perform
two-fold political contest to wage, and two
powerful factions to overoome--tbose who make
war upon the integrity of the Union, and those
who make war upon the integrity Of separate
States. . tsatG e5 Ls ~
The direct war upon the Union, under the
pretense Of maintaining the sovereignty and
rights Of States, has taken the form of rebel
Hon against the National Government. The
direct war upon the States, under cover Of pre-
serving the Union and maintaining the author
ity of the National Government, takes the
form of crusade against the institutions, the
laws, the Government and the very existence
Of the individual States. The leaders In the
former are she Southern SscsesIonists; the pro.
mosers Of the latter are the Republican-Aboli-
tlonists. = ,sr- IL ~ II To a,sta
The two factions, though apparently antag-
onistic, are at bottom in harmony; for though
apparently aiming at diverse ends, either will,
II successful, accomplish the same general re-
suit. Rev vca if o.
If secession triumph, It will dissolve the
Union, and along with il, make void its guar
antee Of Republican form Of Government to
each Individual State, thus dealing deadly
blow to both the Union and the separate States.
If Republican Abclitionism succeed, 1t will
disintegrate and dissolve separate States, as
they exist 10 the Union and under the National
Constitution, and thus, by destroying the In
tegrity Of separate States, destroy the Union,
which is now composed of thirty-four individ-
ual States, and lay precedent for the annihila-
tion OF States in future, and the foundation for
despotc central Government.
To these two powerful factious, the Democ-
racy aud the Conservatives Of the whole coun-
try, North and South, East and West, stand d.
rectly and firmly opposed. They rally, not un-
der the black flag Of old Federalism, with the
motto Of an absolute sovereign Dictator 10
Federal Government; nor yet under the red
revolutionary banner Of the later Nullifers,
with the device Of absolute State supremacy
and Ssats sovereignty; but under the glorious
old flag of the Stars and Stripes, bearing the
symbolic inscripsion-"Th CONsrrrurroN as II
was formed by the Union Of Thirteen states,
and the UMoN, as itnoW exists under that Con-
slitution, Of Thirty-fOur Free and Independent
states, Musr AND sHALL be PRESERVED"