Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-09

OF those in rebellion are confscated. The
sole eject Of this proclamation, therefore, is
10 declare the emancipation Of the slaves of
those who are not in rebellion, and who are,
therefore, loyal citizens. II Is an extraordi-
mary deduction from the alleged war power
that thel forfeiture Of the right Of. loyal citi-
IksnB aud bringing upon t~hemthesame punish
ment imposed upon insurgents, is calculated
TO advance the success of the war, TO uphold
the Constitution and restore the Urion. May
not this measure, so clarly impolitic, unjust,
and unconstitutional, and which is calculated
to create so many barriers to the restoration Of
the Union, be misconalrued by the world as
an abandonment Of the hope OF the purpose
of restoring it, a result to which the State Of
New York is unalterably opposed, and which
will be effectnally resisted. We must not only
support the Constitution Of the United States,
and maintain the rights Of those States bat
we must restore the Union as it was before
the outbreak OF the war. The opinion that
slavery must be abolished, to restore our
Union, creates an a~ntagonism between the
free and slave States which ought not to
exist. If II is true that slavery must be
abolished by the Federal Government that
the South must be held in military subjuga-
ton that four millions Of negroes must for
many ythFh DC unucf Tue uEcct mhuhktmcut
Of the authorities at Washington, at the public
expense, then, indeed, we must endure the
waste Of ourIarmies In the field, further drains
upon our population, and still greater burdens
of debt. We must convert our Government
into a military despolism. The mischievous
opinion that, In this contest, the North must
subjugate and destroy the South to save our
Union, has weakened the hopes Of our citi-
zens at home, aud destroyed confidence in our
success abroad,
1t is q suggestive fact, affording instruction
and hope for the future, that the theories
which have exercised an evil influence on
our national politics, did not originate in what
may be called the heart of the Union among
the intimate and welLacquainted population
Of the Central and Western States.
There have been extreme Northern views
aud extreme Southern views, but also the
broader and more tolerant views of the more
populous Central and Western States. These
States enlisted warmly in the war for the
Union and the Constitution. > When the AID.
ministration abandoned this policy, and took
up the views of the extreme Northern States,
it lost at the late elections nearly ell the polit-
ical support which these States afforded in the
elections of 1860 and 81. While the North
can not hold the Southern States in subjec-
ton without destroying the principles of GUS
Government, the great Central and Western
States can control the two extremes.
He repeats that when the Government
adopted the views Of the extreme Northern
States, a remarkable political revolution was
the result that mt extreme views will ever pre-
vail that especially the Central and Western
States will never accept them; that those Of
the Central Slave States which rejected the
Ordinance Of Secession, which sought to re-
main in the Union, and which were driven of
by a contemptuous, uncompromising policy,
must be brought back,
Thu restoration Of the whole Union will
then only be a work Of time. The policy OF
~subjugating and exterminating means also the
waste of blood and treasure of the North.
There is but ono way to save rs from demon
alization, discord and repudation-our Union
must be restored complete in all its parts, no
section must be disorganized beyond the I'M
avoidable necessities Of war. 1t cannot be so
united upon any bloody, barbarious, revolu-
tionary, or unconstitutional schemes, looking
merely to the qualification of hatred, purposes
Of party ambition or sectional advantage.
Let no one demand that the blood Of his neigh
Dor be shed. Let no one think that the people
who have refused to yield this Union to rebel
lion at the South will permit its restoration to
be prevented by fanaticism at the North,
In conclusion, he says the condition Of our
country is not hopeless, unless it is made &C
by passions and preiudices which are incon
%sistent with the government Of a great coun
try.
We must accept the condition Of affairs al
they stand. At this moment. the fortunes o
our country are influenced by the results o
3 battles. Our armies in the field must be sup
T, ported all constitutional demands Of our gen
eral Government must be promptly Responded
to under no circumstances can the division
3 of the Union be conceded; we will put fortl
Q every e~xertion of power, we will use ever
I policy of con 5~iliation, we will hold out ever
inducement TO the people Of the South to re
} turn TO their allegiance, consistent with hor
! or, we will guarantee them, every right, ever
consideration demanded by the Constitutio
and by that f%raternal regard which must pre-
; vail in a common country, but we can neve
. voluntarily consent to the breaking up Of tn
Union OF these States Of the destruction G
the Constitution.
' The Banks Expedition Investigating Con
mittee have concluded their labors 10 Me-
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