Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-03-19

Let the illustrious jackson, who has bee
falsely cited as precedent for usurpation an
military necessity, speak also from his fare
we'll address: ut 10 well known that ther
have always been those amongst ne who Wish b
enlarge the powers of the General Govern
ment, and experience would seem to indi0At
that there is tendency on the part of thi
Government to overstep the boundaries mark
ed out for 1t by the Constitution. Its Iegiti
mate authority is abundantly sufficient for al
the purposes for which 1t was created; and III
powers being expressly enumerated, there car
be 70 justification for claiming anything be-
yond them. Every attempt to exercise power
beyond these limits should be promptly and
firmly opposed. For one evil example will lead
to other measures still more mlschievous; and
II the principle OF constructive powers, or sup.
posed advantages, or temporary circumstances,
shall ever be permitted to justify the assump.
tlon OF power not given by the Constitution,
the General Government will before long alb.
sorb all the powers OF legislation, and you will
have In effect but one consolidated Govern.
ment. . And every friend of our free
ins itutions should be always prepared to main.
tain unimpaired and In full vigor the rights and
sovereignty of the States, and to confne the
action Of the General Government strictly to
the sphere of it's appropriate duties"
These sentiments speak volumes of warn
ing and clearly justify legitimate opposition to
infringements OF the Constitution; nay more,
they indicate that true loyalty consists In
making such opposition.
But 1t is claimed by the opposite side that
failure to support any and every policy Of the
Administration weakens the power Of the Gov.
ernment In putting down rebellion and gives
aid and comfort TO rebels. The result OF such
q doctrine Ia that a loyal people should suffer
even change of the form Of Government, ia
time of civil war, rather than seek by legiti.
mate popular expression to prevent Il and pre-
serve their liberties. Nothing could he more
destructive of our free institutions. It 10 i'm
portant In this connection 10 inquire whether
in time of civil war II 10 proper for the Admin
istration in power to adopt and seek to execute
extreme partisan measures, as to the fatal ef-
feet OF which upon the Government, honest
fears are known to be entertained BY the oppo-
site psrty7 Certainly not.
The Senator from Montgomery claims that
the war is not being prosecuted according to
the plans OF the AbolitlOnists, and that the pol.
Icy of the war 10 not that Of Wendell Phillips
& Co. Phillips himself, in his great Washing
ton speech, which 10 said to have been applaud
ed by Vice President Hamlin, uttered this SEN
timent "Never again may these States be reu-
nited, unless the last slave shall have been
freed" This testimony ought to be sufficient,
but that veteran Republican editor of the Al
bany Evening Journal. Thurlow Weed, the
mouthpiece, as 1t Is said, of Secretary Seward
in q late article declares "rhe North Is not
and can not be united 10 prosecuting an Aboli.
ton war. The people did not accept to follow
blind guides as politcians-guides who would
not even have slaves free unless by stealing
them or enticing them away, and IL is certain
that the people will neither accept nor follow
them in crusade, which is not only to cost us
our Union and our Government, but, as Ia al
ways The fate OF fanaticism, to insure and pre-.
cipitate It's own discontinue. Abolitionists
were, as a Governor Of South Carolina confess
ed, the best friends of secession They are
now practically the best friends 'of rebellion"
1T is therefore in vain to attempt to deny
that the present policy of conducting the var
is that of Abolitionsts, If further testimony
we're needed as to the terrible fate of such
policy, would employ the language of the
Sage of Ashland, az delivered in the United
States Senate, February Z, 1889: ALL,
I am, Mr.. President, no friend OF slavery. The
searcher OF all hearts knows that every puation Of mine
beats high and strong In the cause OF civil liberty
Wherever It is safe and practicable, desire to see every
portion Of the human family in the enjoyment Of It.
But prefer the liberty Of my own country to that Of
any other people, and the liberty Of my own race to
that of any other The liberty OF the descendants
Of Africa in the United States Is incompatible with the
safety and liberty Of the European descendants Their
slavery forms an exceptlon-an exception resulting
from stern and inexcuBable necessly-to the general
liberty in the United States We did not originate nor
responsible for this necessity. Their liberty, II
II possible, could only be established by violating
the inconestbe powers of the States and subverting
the Union. And beneath the ruins would be buried
sooner or later the liberty OF both races.
most heartily adopt the sentiment. 1t com
mends itself to every true patriot. IL is
eminently Democratic. ....
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