Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-19
CHARACTER OF PARTIES,
SPEECH OF MR.. cox,
In the House of Representative
Monday, December 16, 1860.
OF OHIO.

nlttee OF che Whole on the State Of the Union
(Mr. DAWES 10 the Chair) and resumed the
consideration Of the Presidents Message.
Ma. cox said;
M, Chairman, II has been custom in all
civilized countries, and part Of the consti tu-
ton Of all free countries, for the administra.
tion to yield to the popular will, whenever lt is
clearly ascertained In England, when the
ministry 10 voted down, they surrender their
port follos to the Queen. Even In Parliament,
which Is but an imperfect representative Of the
British people, no minister, however populaf,
osn Withstand the sentiment OF the Commons.
He must resign. or rule under the scorn Of the
nation. In 1882, even the Duke of Wsline.
ton was not "iron" enough TO resist the popular
cry Of "reform." In 1876, when Golden and
Bright on she husllngs, Vhliers in the House,
and Elliott IN song. raised the cry OF repeal Of
the corn laws and cheap bread for the people,
the landed sristocracy, who had the power,
crumbled before tho silent, solvent power Of
the popular voice. Sir Robert Peel, the great.
est statesman since Chstham, bowed to the de-
cree. The nation yet honors him for this mag.
unanimous craftsmanship. Later, during the
Crimean war, its gross mismanagenent, eh0wn
petent ministry from power By vote of the
Commons In Prussia, In France, and even IN
Austsis, the sovereign and his advisers do no.
fail 10 conclllste the public mind by some grsces
of obedience. But here, sir, 10 this boasted
free country, when our great States have pro-
nounced against this Congress and against the
emancipation and other schemes here haiched,
We have mockery. defiance, and persstency In
wrong doing. The people have raised their
voice against irresponsible arrests; this House,
on ita first dsy, votes down my resolutions,
drawn in the language OF every bill of rights
In America, and refuse inquiry into these out
Isges upon the citizen. TIE people have con-
| denned that worst relic Of the worst times of
French tyranny, the lsttres de eateha; yesEthis
] House, with lndeGorous hunyb lash Though o
lbill Of indemnity, which iBto confsoate ali the
rights ana remedy Of On outraged oifisen--a
bill, sir, which, II plead by minion Of power,
the courts will laugh to scorn. The people
have condemned the edict OF emancipation, an
edict which Mr.. Seward, on the 10th of March
last, In letter to Mr. Adams, declared "Would
reinvigorate the declining insurrsction In every
part OF the SOUTH" yet We have the president
ial message, which proposes to adhere to the
condemned proclamation, and in addition there.
to proposes compensated system Of emsnci
, patton, running to the end Of the century. Tht
people desired the war to be continued on on,
, line of policy, declared by us last July year
for the Constitution and the Union; but thi
!. contumacious assembly are determined to fore,
is from that line, or abandon the Union.
a My colleague Mr.. Hutchinsl spoke the othel
day for the msjority here, and gloried in tina
rsdicAlism which would "reinvigorate the rebel
lion." | think the Irish orator had my col
league In his eye, when he spoke Of the "uni
yersal genius Of emancipation" [Laughter.
\ He glories In being o radical, because he goe
to the root. propose to tap thatro for fev
j. moments. Hia speech IL not upon new theme
3 nor isit freshly handled. Iss point is les cd
: dacious disregard of the sentiment Of his ON
8 State and OF the North. He is wiser than tn
, "elders" OF the Republic. whom he shgmatizss
4. for they found never, what he has learned from
j other and recent sources, that slavery and free
dom are incompatible In our syatem. He pre-
: tends that the real cause Of the rebellion lie
i: In ithis iireconeilable antagonlsm. He forget
b that seyenty.fve years Of our history dlsprov
{ his fallAcies. He urges such antsRonism 10
o military reasons; when the truth is, his part
= got power BY propsgatlng this very herssy {
hate. The scheme of exterminatinR slaVeI
as o war measure 10 an after-thoueht. II
claims, moreover, the right under the Constitr
tioh 70 tree al the slavea, because slavery is II
compsdbleiWith that clause which guarantee
: ! to each State republican form of governmen
Ha grows wiser than the "elders," who frame
!, the Constitution, and who lived In slave Stat,
:. when u was made, He thinks the Congress an
|, the Executive can unmake the State goverl
= ments and make new governments for 81
South when subjugated. He thus becomes
much OF disunionist and traitor ss Davi
NY colleague reproves the President Il
bis delusion, because be hopes for relief
!. lcompeneated emancipation In 1900. In th
!. the daring radicaliam OF my colleague ou
y strips even that Of the Administration.
!, favoss "Union as Il will bs when slavery
:. ersdicatedp" and that makes him Yadicsl, Z
~ says radieAlinm goes TO the root. So 10 doe
80 the sayans whom Gullivef found, employs
, the hog to do ploWing, 10 save the wear and to
4 Of honest agriculture. Ho would have Us 70
out alayery or die. Indeed, inpioturing our "a
niles penetrating the territory Of the rebellio
joafrying with them this military order OF fre
. dom inscribed upon their banner" he Voc
, have HE hating friends. like the Presider
"dare" more; he quotes the language of Mir
bean, the revolutionlst, urging no revolt
Iresoh by halves, no timidlty no heaitation fro
q d sense Of duly, no sacsiAoe o. passion, no ha
h way indecision In treaAons aud DC exhcsts
co6federates In abolition that Il is better to
| treaolutely bad than indecisively honesti TT
lis the Language Of revolution and the spIri.
Sstan % Milton pictures him In hell. II
quotation. of my, colleague ia felicitous; bat
10 relief to know that his comrades in rev
have not the daring Of Davis, the manliness
Mirabeau, or the intellect Of Satan. c-i.. 4. !
He indulgea in comparisons between Il
radicallsm, which he espouses, and that oons,
vatism which 10 NOW organised under the De-
ocfatic name. y y TT ~ .
The word conservative" is not the nal
y Of o party IL is an element, now domini
y. NJ among the people. Il eepsesenta the pfinci,
On Of repose and sirength; the ideas of order o
Law. It defends the Constitution. Is woy
Il. restore the ul.es 4 hen she gentleman like
IL 10 tho Israsiitss who hsnkered for the Ella,
ry OF Egypt; when he says that those who pl
fer the Union as IL Was, are like the Tories
the Revolution; when he nkens them TO I
=. scfbes and Pharisees, who preferred the d,
Of tlines Of the elderrRhe perpetrates super6c
NJ nonsense. To stigmatizs those who are in
In yor Of the Union Of Washington as like
Tories whom Washington fought, is the eilli
pathos Of Q mediocre poet, whom Horace 81
Igods, men, and booksellers despise. [Lsul
teri To liken tho conservative voice Just
/, tered at our elections to the lost of the Isra
ites Tor the aesh-pots OF Egypt, has not
dignity ofa school girls rhapsody. The sim
sees and those who reverence the Constitute
ID because II Ia the work Of the selders," sma,
ola supercilious ogosism which tie idle to
\ lswer. There are no such apalogies besw,
~ the parties Of the day. No comparisons
,ss needed to show the differences between
Ik radioalism which uproots TO destroy and
," conservatism which would guard 70 save.
would like 20 know the difference In spirit
tween the fadicalism Of accession, which .