Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-13
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Iprofe.sedlv moderate and conservative among
Rspublican papers are becoming the most rad
Iicsl, surpassing even the most ultra Of the old
Abolition ultraists The New York 1fmss'
the New York Evening Post, and the Journal
Of this city, may be cited as examples Inc
Journal, 10 its issue OF yesterday the iSsn
inst, reproduces letter from the LONDON cor
respondent of the New York Imes, "nicn 1t
prccedes with formidable black-letter heads--
one of which is this--"The Conspiracy OF
Northern Democrats" The reader may be
curious to know what this conspiracy is with
which Northern Democrats are charged
Casting our eye down the column OF the
Journal in which this London letter appears
we come upon the paragraph where that auDlec'
10 broached. Speaking Of the feeling In Eng
Hand. the writer says there was coma hope there
that the Democrats would carry New YORK.
Pennsy ylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and that tnls'
III. was believed, would end the war with the
North.
The letter proceeds: "If there lie danger
We quote its exacts words-'ii there Is danger
of such q revoIt"--shat is, Of Democratic VIC
tories In the States named above-"the duty
Of the President is plain" Whatis that duty ]
The letter writer answers: "lt is his duty to
prevent the success Of a conspiracy against the
1 life of the nation" This. is true enoughi but
Il Ia "glittering generality" which Abolition
ista have been In the habit Of using for their
purposes, till IL has lost Its lustre. it has IN
. their mouths hidden, sinister meaning, They
understand by IL that IL lie the duty OF the
President 10 disregard aud set at nought the
: will Of the people as expressed through Demo-
7 cratic majorities, and even to take stringent
. measures to prevent that will from having free
and full expression. ..,
The London letter writer does not stop with
tho general proposition above quoted He be-
. 90 mes practical. He not only shows what the
Prceidsnt's duty is, but how he ought to dis
: Charge 1t. He esys:
: Martial law is already proclaimed in the
North--everywhere In the United States In isc!
j, No other Law exists, since Is ovcrr!des every
other. The habeas corpus writ is suspended
q Il will be the duty of the Provost Marshal oi
r any State to arrest any man, whether Governor
q of the State or member of Congress, whom he
has reason to believe ia conspring against the
Government.
= The writer had already designated Demo
cratic success In three or four of the larges
;, Northern States ss "a conspiracy against th'
= life of the nation" Consequently, if that bt
true, whoever aided or abetted the Democrats
;, 10 obtaining that success, and especially who
. ever ran on their ticket as q candidate for Gov
ernor or for Congress, and was elected is gull
:. ty of conspiracy against the Government
and It Is the duty of the Provost Marshal o.
the State forthwith to arrest him. The Fro
yost. Marshal of New York should, taking THU
u alarming view Of the case, Immediately arres
. HoRAT1o SEYMOUR, Governor elect, and SOM
eighteen or twenty members Of Congress elect
- the Provost, Marshal of Pennsylvania ahoulC
, , also seize about q dozen CoDgressmen ele;t
the Provost Marshal of Ohio should lose M
time in placing in "durance vile" fourteen gen
tlemen who have been elected to Congress By
Democratic voters, and the Provost Marshali
should discharge the same duty In several 9th
= er Northern States. All conspiracies agains
= the Government, everybody win agree, shoul'
: be "nipped in the bud"
This may seem like rather "big CONTRACT
and some Provost M arshals might possibly have
some doubts as to whether lite execution In ful
would be either prudent or safe. But the cor
responder. Of the Times and the favorite OF the
Jox,ual, sets all questionlngs to rest for he
/, says: "There 10 good precedent for it"-thai
is, for the arrest Of Democratic Governors and
Congressman elecs-"in the arrest of the rebel
legislators in Maryland" We shall not stop 10
inquire into the value of the precedent be etssi
Il 10 sufficient that ho cites it to justify the pro-
posed arrest of Democrats whom the people
have chosen to the highest executive and legis.
lsive Offices.
The Times correspondent, whom the JOurna!
iudorses, closes bis previous argument as fol-
lows, 30 that there may be no mistake abou,
bis meaning;
4. Now Mr.. Lincoln must put down the coDsplr-
acy of Seymour, the Woods and Vsllandigham,
or he himself be put down, and the Govern
ment and Union. Never was there nation SO
, much In want Of clear head, brave heart
and an iron hand as America st this hour.
!, "The conspiracy Of SEvxOuR, the wooDs and
u IVALIANpIeHAM' signifies in the foregoing con-
, nec,ion the rallying of she Democracy In the
I recent election to save Mr. LINCOLN from being
. "put down" by the Abolition 'pressurs," TO-
gether With the Government and the Union
But the Abolition threat is, that Mr.. LINCOLN
imust 'sput down" the Democracy or be him.
self "put down." To this end, he must rule
with "a brave heart and an iron hand" against
Democrats, and by Democrats, the fire eating
Radicals mean all Conservative meD-all who
would retain and restore the Union to lie form
or estate g 1924 ,1 "a
Such are the atrocious and reasonable doc
uines which the "Reign Of Terror" men are
disseminating all over the North. Loyal men
of Ohio and Of every other State! Be on your
guard against this lurking, insidious foe, and
be prepared for last effort in which he will
either sting you, or be himself stung to death.