Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-09
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We have no word Of sympathy With rebellion
but we have sympathy with the poor deludet
people Of the South. They have been led bJ
unprincipled leaders to their ruin They ore
our brothers, and We must retain them under
the old flag. They are deluded now, but oul
arms. and our language towards them, must
dispel that delusion. We must cease Que talk
Of the "bsrbariam of the South" neitheS must
We organize the Federal Government on a SEQ
tional basis. We muat and shall Conquer re-
belIioD, but must not and can not hold the peo-
pleo of the South es conquered people! They
must be affiliated With the North; they nust
have their fair share In the adminlstfation Of
federal affairs, when they are once more brought
under the flag. What we want Is to denounce
the language Of contempt that is held by VIM
dictive and passionate Northern men towards
those who must bear the burdens, and win the
honors Of the Republic with them. We must
stop that language, and those acts that tend 60
make us two separate people; II we do not,
war aill be the perpetual result. .g
Roman history teaches US the necessity OF
this admonition. The Roman character was
mOrOse, isolated, hard, severe, re,uucompromsing.
The Romans were ambitious, and went on from
conquest to conquest, until the world was
brought, not 90 much into lnbiusation as 10
dullhlIUU. hJ uEbt ~ WAb VIC tbhuu pOhOy W
wipe out the nationa. lines Of their conquered
provinces, 10 destroy their arts aud literature,
TO establish odious distinctions between them
aelves and their subjsos. Their self satis6ed
and moroee pride SAW no virtues In those
broughs under the yoke Of their arms. But
this policy was not to be pursued With sue-
cess, IL raised up enemies against them con.
tinually, and kept tho provinces in state Of
hostility to the central power. Says Mervsle,
10 his history of the Romans under the en-
pre-, "they we're compelled at sundry periods
to abandon .heir proud, exclusive principles,
and court tor self-pre,ervation the alliance Of
aiecs and even enemies. The annals OF the
Roman people afJrd q conspicuous ilusua ion
OF the natural lave which seem 10 control the
rise aud progress of nations. One principle
seems 10 be established in their history. IL 10
the condition Of permanent dominion that the
cObquersrs should absorb the COT quered gradu-
ally into their own body, By extending, as cir
cumatsnoes ar 80, Stare in their own exclusive
privileges to the masses from whom they have
torn their original independence, The more
readily they submit 10 the necessity, the longer
do they retain the vitality Of their institu-
lions" ...
Modern history bus proves the truth OF the
above principle. Look at the dominion Of the
Turks In Greece and Western Asia. Turkey
is forever tbe "sick man" The Turk is un-
compromising; he will not assimilste with hie
conquered foes. Therefore his domirion and
his power are weak. England has grown TO be
very great, all because the Dane and the Saxon
and the Norman SINK their national differences
aud social distinctions into one nationality, the
grand result Of q compromise, Poland Is now
tho chronic s3re Of Europe The irritating
cause is the incorporating spirit Of her con-
queror. They seek to blot out the national
lines aud hereditary memories, and the Poles
will not be blotted out. The treaty OF Vienna
Ia . torn and mutilated parchment Nothing ie
conceded to Poland, everything is exscied of
her, aud war will bs immiatn; forever unless
the policy OF assimilation Is adopted By her con
qutrors. IA,
All this has instruction for the men Of the
North. Whether or not il amounts 10 conquer
ing the South, We must cotquer Rebellion
When that is done, Congress must abrogste
some Of her laws on the etatute book The
rights of Southern mea must be respected,
and 70 respect them, 80 ss to have Q Union
founded on mutual lore and pride, We must
ceAae this eternal cry OF the "barbarism Of the
South" There is more barbsrism 10 tue South
than there should be. and more 10 the North
also. What we would educate is the spirit Of
conciliation, while we exact and enforce implic-
1t obedience to law.