Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-05-13
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Union Leagues.

The "Union Leagues" nov organizing
throughout the country after the style Of Know.
Nothingism, have their psrentsge In a like or
gsniEation, by the Abolitionists of New York,
to bring about an emancipation policy from the
Administration. We now quote from tho consti
tuition of that Union League organized more
than year ago:
Article 2. The objects Of the society are:
To bring about emancipation throughout the whole
And to insist that all slaves who become practically
freed by our advancing armies or by any power Of
Congress or the President shall never be restored to
bondage: And State now In rebellion be recognized
member Of the Union except on the condition Of
| emancipation,
As the so-called "Union Leagues" were or
gsnized to bring about general emancipation,
so is the organization now kert up to support
an Abolition policy. The "Union Leagues''
are various In their character; some of them
are public, others private, some exact no obi
cation, others are bound by oath, others agree
to oppose all Democrats in all things, ann to
support the office holders, right or wrong; but
all tend to make permanent the present state
of things, and to take from the people their
sovereignty, by centralizing power in the Gov
ernment Ga this point, we take the following
extracts from two leading Administration pa
pers
luo IHtuuetpUU fTtss says;
Another principle must certainly be embodied In our
reorganzed form OF government, The men who shape
the legislation Of this country when the war Is past
must remember that what want power and
The problem will be TO combine the forms Of Republican
government with the powers Of Monarohical govern.
ment.
In the same spirit the North American re-
marks:
This war hes already shown the absurdty Of govern
ment with limited poWers 1t has shown that the power
OF government ought to be and must be UNLIMITED.
There We have declarations OF what form OF
government ia asked for. The objects of the
Leagues is to sustain any policy or measures
adopted by the Administration party.
| Those who Ike these sentiments may joir
these secret associations, and so.called UnioI
Leagues" and permit their strength to be uset
4 by the enemies of their country to tear dowI
the pillars which support the temple of liberty
In some places we see those who always claim
ed to be Democrats joining these so called
Union Leagues," as though their own part,
was no. Uniou party. Do you not kuow tha
the organization of these Leagues " are thu
works OF those who, two years ago, in spirit o
epithet, styled You as Union Savers " because
you proclaimed for the supremacy of the Con
stitntion, as the Democratic party now do, ant
that these organizations are for the purpose ofd
luding support TO their pet Abolition schemes
We Democrats claim to be members of UnioI
League which was organized with the formatiol
OF the Government--THE DEMOCRATIC Party
our bond is the Constitution-our oath Ia to de
fend that sacred charter Of freedom against al
enemies, abroad or at home, This great CON
servative league will live long after the party
leaders, who are now qusrreling over the pub
lie plunder, shall have been consigned to politi
cal death and che scorn and contempt of ever.
honest man.