The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-04-09
An OHIO Exponent OF Radical
ism.

ism.
The New York Tribune, which will
be admitted to be good authority on
the subject, refers to the Hon. John
A. Bingham, Representative in Con-
gress from Ohio, as q correct and reli-
able exponent of Radicalism. From
Mr.. Bingham's late speech, which was
published at length in the Jouanal of
this city, the Tribune makes copious
extracts, for the purpose, as it says, of
letting "the position of the Radicals
or Ultras be stated by one of their
number" Mr.. Bingham is a Repub-
lican and a FusioniSt, and holds the
responsible position of Chairman OF
the House Judiciary Committee. He
is, therefore, regarded by the Repub-
lican-Fusion party, as one of its prom
inent members. The Tribune, as will
be seenby the above quotation, classes
him with the Radicals or Ultraists, and
compliments him as a safe exponent of
their principles. We will briefly no.
tice some of the points uade in the
Tribune's extracts from Mr.. Bingham's
speech.
1
l. Mr.. Bingham argues that it is
the right and duty of the Governments,
| in order to weaken the force of, and
take from the rebels their support, to
take from them their FOUR MILLIONS
I of slaves. There are about four mil
lions of slaves in the Southern States
all told. The Government has the
right to emancipate, and should, accor-
ding to Mr.. Bingham and the Radicals,
Immediately emancipate these four
million slaves.
II. Mr.. Bingham holds that eleven
States have gone out of the Union,
and have therefore effected its dissolu-
ton, These are his exact words: "Gen-
tlemen talk about the rights of the
;, States. Now, Sir, l wish to say that
not one of the rebel States is to-day
State in the Union" This, then, is
the radical doctrine, and is directly in
the teeth of the sentiment in the Pres
ident's Inaugural, that all the States
were stillas much as ever in the Union,
. and that no State could sever the ties
which bind it as such to the Union,
III. The Radical theory, according
to Mr.. Mr.. Bingham, is that eleven
State Constitutions at least have been
destroyed, annihilated and made utter
ly void by the acts of the secessionists,
for, says Mr.. Bingham, "these rebels
have destroyed their respective Stat
Constitutions. s." The people of clever
, States, then, have no rights under
= and owe no obligations to their respec
tive State Constitutions, for these, ac
!, cording to Mr.. Bing gham and the Rad
: icals, have no existence eitherde fact
: Or de jure.
Il ~. The Radical theory proceed
; from this last assumption, Mr.. Bine
e ham being its mouthpiece, to infer tha
Is the jurisdiction of the Federal Go1
70 ernment over what was once the ter
/ ritory of the rebel States, is entire an
/, absolute, and hence returns to its pr
b mary position that the Governmer
Of may and should abolish slevery in a
such territory. "The powers of IL
is Federal Government in the territol
l. of South Carolina" Mr.. Bingha
w asserts; "are, in the absence ola Con
at stitutioual State Government, as excl
'e sive and general, as they are in Il
n District of Columbia. What appli
I'd to South Carolina applies to the 9th
rt so-called "rebel States.
u Here, then, we have exposed in
ur clear light the consummation of t.
Of Radical scheme. A bill is pending
Congress for the Establishment"
A slavery in the District of Columbi
g. over which that body has by the 90
HI stitution the right to "exercise exclusi
m legislation" The Radicals are pressi
zee the passage of the bill with earnestnt
,aI aud vehemence, and are seconded
- the Republicans aud Fusiouists geu'
.ns ally throughout the country. Th
lty measure being carried, the next po
as will be to insist that the same rule mi
la be applied to all the territory of I
IN. United States, over which, accordi
- 80 to Bingham and the Radicals, Congr,
70, 'a' may exercise similar jurisdiction.
Ely Eleven States having become, as
the argument runs, merely territories
ing the United States, Congress, it will
led urged, after having abolished slav'
~ in the District, viii be bound in cons
!, - tency and in justice to abolish it in
aeo the domain that was once included
the eleven States Statesman.
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