Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-30
0 have State rights bestowed on their oons.itu.

ents. v:llTag LsTag. CI.t r..Hl
I If their constituents are clothed With th
power to constitute State. Into wboJe hand
will thatlpoWer fallf s6 800 1s D.
Beware Of committing yourselves TO the fata
doctrine of Recognizing the existence, In The
Union, Of States which have been declared By
the Presidents proclamation TO be 10 rebellion
For, by THE neR device Of the enemy-.-thIs new
version Of tho poisonous State rights doctrine
the stcessionist will be able to geb back by fraud
what they failed to get BY lighting. Do not
permit them, without proper safeguards, to re-
sumo in your counaels in the Senate end the
House 'Ae power which their treason has stripped
Do not allow old States, with their Constitu-
tio1s still unaltered, to resume State powers
Be true to the Union men Of the South; not
to the disiguing politicians Of the border States
The rebellious States contain ten times a. many
traitors a. loyal men. The traitors will have
vast majority of the votes. Clothed with
State rights under our Constitution, they will
crush out every Union man by the Irresistible
power of their Legislation. II you would be
true to the Union men ofahe South, you must
not bind them hand and foot, and deliver them
over to their bitterest enemies. -t
Beware Of entangling yourselves with the
technical doctrine of Forfeiture of State rlphts:
az such doctrines admit, by necessary I'm pIica.
tions, the operation OF code Of laws and of
corresponding civil rights, the existence Of
which you deny.
Inc solution Oh all our difficulty iests In the
enforcement against our public enemy, Of our
oeiilgefens fignts Oh civil war.
When the insurrecuon commenced by Illegal
acts Of secession and by certain exhibitions Of
force against tne Government, In distant parts
OF tne oounlry,h was supposed that the insur-
gents mignt pequeiled ana peace restored With
ont requiring large military force, aud without
involving tnoee who DID not actively participate
IN 9y ~ ac's OF treason. .. b
| nence sae government, relying upon the pat.
rioMSm ol sns people, and conhdent In itS
sTe9sn' e&upseo generous iofDearance to-
War1 'no insufreouon'
Waen, ~ Isst seventy-nve Thousand OF the
mi,HA Weie oaneo out' the ffesident still re
neT upon 'ne union sentiment OF the South,
SUI annIunceo 'ne intention NOT 70 Interfere
WIN ioysi men, put, on the contrary, to regard
teeit iignts aS st,ii under the protection or the
oonsssuuon. Inc aonon OF congress was IN
accordance with this policy. The war waged
oy 'nis 1oveinment was tnen personal war, o
var agains! teoeisi war prosecuted In the ehope
anu psnel snas tne Dody OF tne people were Sill
.rlenuiy W .ne Union, VINO, temporarily over,
DSine' Wouio s0on right themselves by the aid
y. 'ne army neace congress declared ana the
tlesiuen. prociaimeo tnat IL was not tneif oD-
Jeos 70 iplare ioyai mem 70 interfere with their
ng1s OF tneii aomesuo institutions
| IMs PoSison OIL sne Sovernment toward the
repeihous oss,es was JUST iotpearing aud mag
naninIus, a S "hiIe me cinzens thereoi were gen.
stany ioyH: nus 'ne revoluuon swept onward;
jug oa,iio .h T,rGle Vi .ae oousnetn oates eoan-
S SonSu 'Se S nion, suu csfrieu WIN tnem al the
Dor'e' o'a'eS "nien 'ney oouid 'nnuonce ofcon'
Hol.
haVinS SET up anew Sovefnment Tor them
selveo; having oeSiareo war against US; having
sougn' Iorelgn allances; having passed act'
Oh non-intercourse; having seized pubic prop
erty and made attempts to invade States which
reIusea W serve snef cause; naVing raised and
maintained large armies ana an inoipient navy
assumlng, ~ al respects 70 sct m an independ'
ent, nositie namon AZ war WIN me United States
-cNslming Deilge,ens ngnts as an independent
people alone could claim tnem, ana Offering
! enter into treaties OF ALLIANCE win foreign
countries ana Oh treanes OF peace Win ours
unue. uese circumstances Iney were no longer
merely insurgents ana repeiS, put became Q
pelllgerent pubic enemy, Inc war was no
longer agains. oestan persons, IN the rebel.
nous STATES. " peoamo teln'orlsl vsr-tnai
10 ~ say, war Dy al persons siLuateo N tne
beIligerent territory against the United States
We were In war win England, every
Enguenman wouio become pubic enemy II.
Eespecuve oI ms personal teehngs towart
Amenca; MS ships on me sea would pc iabl!
70 csp.ufe; nlmeelI woulo pc napie 70 ne kliiet
IN batsie, Or mis- property situated In this ooun
try would De subject 10 confiscation. He
by similar rule OF the law OF nations, when
ever two nations are at war, every subject o
one belligerent nation is public enemy Of th'
other. '2iy-@a'' 4.
! An individual may be personal friend snt
at the same time public enemy to the United
States The law OF war defines internationa
relations. .rre, .l
l. When the civil war In America became I
territorial war, every citizen residing In the bel
ligerent Districts became public enemy, ire
spectiye Of his private sentiments, whether loya
or disloyab friendly or hostile, Unionist or Se'
cessionisii guilty or innocent.
i Aspublic enemies the belligerents have claim
ed to be exchanged as prisoners of war, insteal
Of admitting our right to hang them 40 muir
derers and pirates. As public enemies the
4 claim the right to make war upon us, in plai
violation Of many Of the obligations they Woul
have admitted If they acknowledged the obi
gations or claimed the protection Of our Conatl
tuition. t .f ~ .-l, c e.po
Il If they had claimed any State rights, unde
Z lour Consultation, they would NOT have violate
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