The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-01-23

anarchy into dsspotism, There are vol.
umes Of history and political philosophy
Compressed into that observation. There
is limit to the endurance Of hpmanna.
ture. Whena people have become wes.
ried, war worn, disguised when their
substance Is consumed, and the weeds
aud tie bramble have conquered the
garden, the field, and the orchard; when
the voice Of the little ones is heard cry
ing for bread, and mothers that weep,
refusing to be comforted, because their
children are not; when the iron Of war
has pierced the hearts Of the strong men,
and their stout spirits are broken. there
is always mnrmur heard abroad in the
land which a gfasping genius is quick
to detect and improve. 1t is, "give us
any government rather than none; give
us peace on any terms; give us the pro.
lection of master rather than sae fury
of mob" A Protector offers himself
with an army of reckless, hungry soldiers
at his back How winning the name |
But it has always lacked only another
name to make him a monarch or des-
pot and the people have scarcely sur.
rendered before the name, the crown, the
power, are all assumed
Mr.. oRITTENDEN. 4
Mr. Chairman, the presence here Of
my venerable colleague, who sits before
me, ought to admonish u.s. Here he
fingers, the contemporary and the com
peer of the great Commoner, who would
rather be right than be President !"
the great Expounder from whose teach.
ings learned to condemn this rebellion
on principle; the Iron Will of the Her,
mitage; the Old Man Eloquent; and
that historical Senator who for thirty
years illustrated the debates ia the 9th
er end of the Capitol with facts. Here
he stands, one of the few yet unbroke1
links between the calamities of the pre-.
sent and the glories of the past, raising
his voice ever and anon, and pleading
earnestly, with great arguments, for the
Constitution: with one arm eutwined
around his bleeding, Storm tossed coun-
try, and the other around the mausoleum
of the great dead, as if he would anchor
the one to the memories of the The ether
Will | excite sneer from the Disciples
of higher law by invoking for my coun.
try the blessings Of those memories, and
pleading with them to hearken to the
lessons Of law and order, of patriotism
and eloquence, that come to us from the
tombs of those who, dead, yet Speaketh ?
A SUMMARY.
Mr.. Chairman, / have not protested
against this proclamation from any sym;
pathy have for armed men in rebellion
against their Government. For them,
and with their cause, have no sympa.
thy. | have often doubted whether |
would trust myself to do them simple
justice. Without forgetting that it does
not in terms apply to my own State, l
do yet, with all the earnestness Of an
earnest nature, protest against it, for
myself aud my children, for my State
and for the whole country. / protest
against it for the women and minors, the
aged and the infrm. and for the loyal
people of the rebel States. Guided by
the example of divine clemency that
spared wicked city, there is yet enough
! righteousness left in the rebel States to
save them from the destroying angel who
is to execute this proclamation. l pro
test against it as q violation Of The Con-
stitution and the liberties Of my country,
l protest against it as violation of the
laws of humanity, the laws of nations,
and the usages Of civilized warfare. /
protest against it as unwiSe, uncalled
for, tending to widen the breach rather
than to hasten the conclusion of this
war. protest against it as being in
the highest degree offensive to those
great European anti.slavery Powers with
whom it is as much our duty as our in
| tereSt to be on good terms, when those
terms are consistent with our own hon.
or | protest against it as being, not
On the part of the President, but of those
who have urged him to it, malicious, re-
vengeful, and blood.thirsty, and there.
fore not suit d to the tastes aud purpos.
es of heroic enemies aud generous SOL
diers | protest against it as being as
much q sin against the religion Of Christ
as it is an offence to the moral senti-
ment of mankind. And above all, /
protest against it as being the CAUSE to
which the friends aud leaders of the re-
bellon may ami will attribute their ulti-
mate success, if ever a calamity so un.
measured overtakes the fortunes of the
republic, -..
The new building at Paris, for the
universal and permanent exhibition and
sale of the industry of all nations, is to
be built of stone, iron and glass, at a
cost of nearly two millions of dollars.