Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-19

"a, vlll be embltsered, prolonged, and mace
nora expensiye. Untold millions VIII DO auueo
aa well for the idle purpose OF turning over 70
the Treasury or tho poor house me ,o.as An,oans
reed from their masters, 40 70 pay ios 'nc
Re- M, =" are told the integrity Of the Union
D,ll ha aaaured, and the gentleman from renn-
,yiyania fMr. Stevens has introduced resclu-
Iona looking 70 this end, 1s
The Import Of his RESOLUTIONS 70 connned 70
the unity and indivisibility Of the Union. Inc
sscord And fourth proposilions are all included
10 ibe 6rst. The tecond expredsee the stigma
shich ought to be hxed on him who would vio,
lato the national integrity, which is asserted 10
the frat; and the fourth expresses the resolve
uever TO have that integrity broken "in two."
Bat, cir, there 10 carefully omitted ell expression
.gainsi destroying or impairing our Govern
n ent az astablished BY the Constitution, with
ts present depart ments and In its present local,
State, aud Federal rolations. Members can
vote for those resolutions, yet be 10 favor Of
thoroughly changing these relations. The gem
tleman can defend forever the unity OF the
United States, its territory and Government,
yet insidioualy favor Q system of centralized
power. A dictatorship has already been her
aided by him here; and II In not inconsistent
with these resolutions. Every inch of our do
might be made theemblem Of new and odous
political system. The framersof the Constitu-
lion admonished Us that II We should crush out
the States, though the terFitory might remain,
yet our liberties would be lost. eg ai ;
The unity Of q parcel Of provinces, held by
a martial iron grip, or tethered BY prison
bounds, 10 not the unity OF the American Con-
stitutinn In unity like that, wish the States
eclipeed, how could you make Senate, an
electoral college, or Pfesident2 Strike out
the planets, and you have no system. He is
an idiot who thinks ous geography ought to be
preserved at the price Of our freedom. Doyou
want TO reproduce the alliance Of Ireland with
EDgland7 Venetia with Austrian How will
you hold III BY large armies, at enormous
COST How, in case Of foreign war, could you
preserve such q UnioD7 Even our Territories
grow restIve under Federal rnle, and clamor 10
be States in their homage. Such scheme Of
military satrapies, menacing our northern lib
erty and leading to endless intrigue, 10 is idle
and criminal TO contemplate. The people will
have none Of it. They have thus instructed
up, in thunder tones, at the recent elections.
They desire no other form or fact of govern.
ment than such as the Constitution gives; no
other flag than that which has all the stars in
equal luster, and no black interpOla.ed between
the red, white, and blue.
Doubtless ihis, popular will has reached tho
gentleman from Pennsy lvanis. Last session,
be began with bill which proposed, by un-
constitutional legislation, to change the re
lations OF local interests from State to Federal
control. Nov he preserves, ss to that, q dis
Greet silence in bis resolutions, and only pro-
poses unity Of territory aud Government.
The people demand the territory as II was, the
Government as il 10, and no meddling with the
area of the one or the functions of the other,
by any party, with any force, by any lave, or
Tor any purpose, in the interest Of any species
of philanthropy, or for the benefit Of any race,
red, white, or black! II, s
But, sir, do not complain that the gentleman
has omitted in his resolutions any expression %
to preserving the rights, equality and dignity Of
the States under the Constitution. Who would
believe that such expressions were sincere, after
the vote Of the gentleman on the 2lst of July
last for resolution Of that kind, offered by the
gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Cristendenl2 II
The gentleman from Pennsylvania 10 no hypO-
crite. The time for pretenses has gone BY. The
masquerade Is over. He will drag no unpleasant
coFpse Of memory about with him. Great souls
care not for consistency. The Crittenden reso.
lutions are in the dead past with him. The State
suicide doctrine is now openly avowed. The
constitutional guarantees to personal liberty and
pose 80 long limited at and indirectly attempted
to abolish slavery by Federal legislation or
executive proolamation-ha become the shib-
ooleth Of party, and the avowed object Of the
war. It would not have done to have ayowed
this purpose at the beginning Of the war, As
hns been said by the Atlantic MOathIy The Or
gan Of the Abolition dilettante in Boston:
The opposition to the southern sseession took Its rst
form rally By all parties to the defense Of the oon
sutution and the maintenance Of the Union. For any
ansAyery zeal to have attempted 10 divert the aroused
patriotism Of the land to breach Of Of is fandai
mental constitutional provisions would have been
teacherous and futile; tho majority Of enlisted pa
trioc soldiers would have laid down their arms. II
the leAdngs Of Providence shall direct the thckening
strife into exterminAting crusade against slavery,
doubtless patriots will wait Providence. But
could not have started In stern work avowing that
as an object Of our own. ~
The war began for the holy object of nation.
al salvation, by the defense of the Constitu-
ton. The effort Is now made to end it as q
disgrscefal crusade against slavery, betrayIng
the patriotism of the land, and mocking the
hopes Of mankind. Ii began for the noblest
purpose; ID win end, unless restored by the
popular voice, now assuming Its olden tone
again, in disbolical and merciless extermina-
ton Of territory, property, States, Government,
and Union.