Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-10-27
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President LincOln's Reply 10 the Dele
.sifa2 cation of Missouri Radicals.

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Hon. Charles ID. Drake and Others, CsDm''tes'
GKNTLRMRs: Your original address, present
ed on the 30lh ulsimo, and the four suppiemen-
carefully considered, hope you will regard
the other duties Claiming nv attention, toEeth.
sr With the great length and Importance OF
these Documents, "a constituting q sufficient
apology for NV moi having rssponded sooner.
These papers. framed for common object.
consist ofithinRs demanded, and the reasons
for demandiDa tham.
The thinss demanded are- Ii .i5 ''I bg5 40
3, Fret, That GshStal Schoheld shall be re-
llsved, and General Butler bei appointed, 40
Commander of the Military Department oi
Missouri ' i..,'y ,oy'5 {. ie "a .sto5a eianfI
Second. That the system of Enrolled Mill
tia 10 Missouri may be broken up, and national
forces be substituted for II; and
Third. That at elections, persons may not
be allowed to vote who are not entitled BY law
to do 90. ,-.a,,,sT. o., q. ~
Amgnk the IeAsons given, enough of suffering
and Wfbbg TO Union men, is certainly, and I
suppose, truly stated. Yet the whole case 40
presented, fails 10 convince me that General
Scho6eld, o. the Enralled Militia, 10 RESPONSE
bic for that suffering and wrong. The whole
can be explained on o more charitable, and as
l think, more rational hypothesis.
We are In civil VAR IN sueh cases there al
ways is o main question; but ID this csee that
question 10 perplexlug compound--upion and
slavery - 1t thus becomes aauestIon not two
sides merely, but Of at least four sides, even
among these who are for the Union, saying
nothing Of those who are against It. Thus,
thoss Who are for the Union aoith, buL not snilt,
edf sfdVesy -thoee for II uithouf but not wit--
these for Il iDith or pithou, but prefer ID Diih
and those for II toih or withou, bat prefer II oh
out. q W bEsy & st
Among tbese again, is subdivision of thoae
who are Tor ayadaal, but not for immediate. and
those who are for immediats. but not for gradual
extinction Of slavery. = -. o-ss'5
u 10 easy to conceive that all these shades OF
opinion and even more, may be sincerely enter.
taIned by honess and tfutbfnl men. Yet oil be.
Ing for the Union, By reason of these, differ
enoes, each VIII prefer different way Of sus-
taInlng the Union. At once, sincerity Ia ques-
toned, and motives ere sssailed. Actual war
coming, blood grows hot, and blood 10 spilled
Thought 10 forced from old chsnnes into con-
fusion. Deception .breeds and thriyes,, Conf
dence dies, and universal suspicion reigns.-
Each man feels an impulse to kill his neighbor,
lest be be killed BY him. Revenge and retalia.
tl0n follow. And all this, as before said, may
be among honest men only. But thls is not all.
Every foul bird comes abroad, and every dirty
reptile rises up. These add crime 10 confusion.
Strong measured deemed Indispensable, but
harsh al best, such men make worae by mai
administration. Murders for old grudgeB, and
Il mHp6nFa for nalR ~ "A
vilIbe cover for the occasion. - Stv
These nApses Canpiy account for what hal
occurred In Missouri, without aBcribing to II
the weakness or wiekedness of any General
Inc newspaper fiies, those cbEonioleRs OF current
events, Will chow that the evils now complained
O. we're quite as prevalent under fremont
hntef, Halleek and Curtis, as under Schpfsld
~ Me!ofmer had greater torce opposed tot them
tney $50 nae grestef force with which 90 NEE,
| lyc1 Wnen the organised rebel army left the
state, the main Federal force bad to 60 also
leesipg the Department Commander at home
relatively no stronger than before. Without
disparsging any, affirm With confidence, Che
no Commander Of that Department has, Ia
proportion to his means, done better than Gen
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| fhSS tirst sIecibc charge against Gen. Scho
npld v, that tho Enrolled Militia was place.
undet Shis command, whereas II had not besl
| placed under tho command Of General Curtis
The fncs, believe, 10 tfue; but you do no
point out, nor can conceive how that did, OF
could tpjure loyal men, or the Union cause.
i You charge that upon General Curtis being
4 superueded by General ScoHeld, Franklin A
Dick was superseded BY James o. Broadhead
lshowipg 10 made 90 to how this did or coult
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