Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-16
Some ThInRs That Must Precede the
Expected Political millennium.

The political Advsntists-we mean not the
disciples Of the late ParsOn MILLER, but Of the
living P4Fson CHEEyER-- we're, not many years
since. small and despised baud. But of late
they have become numerous and influential
They are already beginning to control the action
Of the Administration and of Congress. They
have taken under their instruction, and bid fair
TO sOon have under their guidance, the party,
or the greater part of Is, which claims to have
elected the President and the msjotty in the
present Congress.
Tue persons to whom We allude are some.
times called AbOlilionisls, but a. that name ID
Offensive TO many who receive their doctrines,
We will call them, for the nonce, Advent
isss. Though they may uOt all be looking for
the coming of political Messiah, they are, or
Affect to be, jubilant over the anticipated advent
Of political Millennium.
Bat there are oerta In prellminAries that
these Adsentists contend are indispensable to,
and must long preeede the dawn even Of the
new era. Some Of these are
l. The pestilent theory Of State Rights must
be crushed out, and Its upholders either impFis
onsd % felons or hanged as traitors. II
g. There must be radical change in the
construction of the organic law Of the country"
tina. 10, the Federal Constitution and the State
Constitutions must be radically changed, alter
ed, superseded or made void, as the expected
new condition Of things may require.
3. Ten or . dozen slave States must be re-
ducsd TO Territories, their State Governments
declared to have committed suicide and to be
forever extinct, and their State Constitutions
pronounced null and void.
4. These Territories are to be brought under
complete subjugation to the Government by
the military arm alone-along with she snnihi-
lation Of the State Governments general an
nihilatlon of pfopert, rights Is to take place. to
hs accompanied by general determination and
expulsion of the present holders Of property
which, Il Is alleged, they have unjustIy Acquir-
Cd, and then the new territories are to be open
for settlement to enterprlsing Yankees, foreign
ere and Tree negroes.
5. The great event, which, it's supposed, will
be the sure sign Of the sdventof the new era,
Will come to pass, the Adventistssc ssclaim, when
evefy negro 20 made free and equal before the
Law 70 Q white man.
6. Uncle Sam having asserted exclusive iuris-
diciion over Territories, once States, where
alasss were held under State laws, cannot, Of
course, according to the Chicago platform, per-
mit or recognize the existence Of slavery 10 such
Territories. He must therefore, proc,ed to
abolish It there, as he has done In the District
Of colBEabla.
Z. compalsOry colonization, according to the
apostles Of ths new political era Of equality and
fraternity With the African. being entirely out
Of che question, as both unjust and inhuman,
the freed blAeks must be left to reside 10 this,
thsir native land, 70 the rsmotest generations,
ifthsy dssire. selecting their own dOmieIl, State
laws 70 the contrary Notwithstanding, wherever
fhsy may prefer; Or lead rowing. vsgabond
life, as bes, may suit their iucIinations and new
bern idsas Of liberty. ss
9. Yet hpioEe this perfect liberty and full