Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-18

OF our country, will not accept of either clas
: OF purposes This isfthe Significance of th,
late elections: > Their determination ID te de
, fend the rights Of States and The rights of 10
. dvlduals, and to restore our Union a. n vas
Il will be restored by the Central and Wssterr
States. both free and slave, who are exemp
, from the violent passions which bear control a
the extremes.a Itis fact full of hone sha
the prejudices between Northern and Southern
States are not held on the line Of contact, bul
IN the sections most remote from each other
and separated by the great controlling reeIopi
and resources of the country Those Of The
central slave States which rejected the ordi
nance OF secession, which sought to remain In
the Union, and which were driven of bv 4 con-
Itemptuous, unoompromising policy, muet be
brought back. The restoration Of the whole
Union will then be only the work of time, with
such exertion of power as can bo put forth
without needlessly eacriAclng the life and
treasure OF the North in bloody and calamit.
ous contest. We must not wear out the lives
or our soldiers, nor exhaust the earninRs of
labor, by war for uncertain ends, or 70 carry
out vague theories. The policy Of subIuRa
tlon and determination means not only The
destruction of the lives and propes,y, Of the
South, but also the Waste of the blood and
treasure Of the North The sexertion of armed
power must be accompanied by firm and con
cillatory policy, TO restore onr union With the
least possible injury to both sections.
10 make this Union New York gave 90
vast and rightful political power In the Senate
lthas proved greater blessing than the moss
nopetui expected. To save it we have made
great sacrifices Of blood and treasure. Is It
not a.so worth sacrifice of passion? Shall
We let 1t De torn to fragments without one con
cilissory effort to preserve TT -afF
ADJusTHERTs or INTERESTS, Ero 9's
Those at the North and the South who have
been laboring to break down our national Con.
sntps:on and Union, and TO make two confeder-
acles, overlook the fact that In each of these Il
would be more difficult to adjust conflicting 10.
terests and State representations than In our
existing Union. The vast extent Of our conn.
try, aud its varied productions and pursuits,
have relieved antagonism between Commercial.
manufacturing, and agricultural interests -
They give to each great fields for prosperops
pursuits. II the producing States of the West
are cut OF from the markets of the, South they
Will demand a free trade policy which viii
open to them the markets of the world: and
even these will not make good the loss. They
will not give up their peculiar advantages Of
raising grain and cattle for other pursuits, and
the markets Of the Eastern States and Europe
are not equal to Western productions. The
past two years have shown this. With an IN.
usual European call for breadstuffs and proyis-
ions, with q vast consumption Of these articles
by our American armies, there is great acc
tion Of the West where the prices do not pay
for their production. There Is bankruptcy ana
financial distress in the midst of abundspt
harvests and waste of uugathered grain at a
time Of the largest expectation of agricultural
products In the history of our country. Reduc
Ing the coat of carrying these products will no,
cure this trouble. Opening the Missiseippi, a.
q way to the markets Of the world, viii mot
overcome this evil. The cotton raised on, the
Mississippi Is the joint produc. OF the provisions
of the North and the labor Of the South. Tbe
people Of the West must have the markets of
the Southwestern States-t0 bring back their
prosperity. They raustbe reunited, politically
socially, aud commercially TO the valley of he
lower Mississippi. Their grain and provisions
must be converted Into cotton, end In this form
carried proHtably to the Eastern and European
ports. When they have thus gained the re.
turns for their labor, they will once more be-
come the supporters Of our commerce. To re-
store this great region to its former prosperity,
and TO regain for ourselves Its enriching trade,
the lower valley of the Mississippi must be
III
brought back, too, with all It's elements of pFo.
duction and wealth unimpaired, With all The
advantages oflooal self. government, not de.
vastated and ruined territory, under q blight.
ing, debasing military control. EGSl'
So closely are the upper and lower valIeys Of
the Mississippi bound together by interest ths,
when cotton is burned 10 Louisiana, Indiar
corn 10 used as fuel In Illinois. The ruin q
the Southern coneumer brings bankruptcy up
ON the Northern producer. When the capaoitty
of the one to buy Is annihilated, the ability o
the other to produce 10 weakened or DESTROYED
This single instance, from many equally strong
shows that neither In . Northern or Southet
Union can the conflicting interests of sgricul
ture, commerce, and manufactures be adjusted
| PoLITIoAL INTERESTS, Ere. = lr.
The division Of our Union into two or NOR,
confederacies would reopen In each those Ques
lions Of distribution Of power and relatlonahil
between States which were settled by our ne
tional Constitution. Ever, now, the centrall
&stion Of power and patronage at the natione
capital causes uneasiness In those States whicl
nov are, or soon will become, the most popu
lous. The Senate can prevent the passags o.
repeal of laws by the House, which represent
| the popular will, and ct the same time can con
,
treaties formed or nominations made by th
President At this time II assumes to Cifcsst
the organization of the Executive Department
This body also has the advantage OF ioaee
tenure Of office, while II Is further remove
from popular control. It is In this powerfu
branch of government that States have Al
equal representation, without regard TO popu
lation. =. $50 5,, t,..-i-., s,,s, s--s-s az
I So long as all the States of our presen
Union we're represented 10 Congress, this ter
dency was checked by the existence of State
with small populations, distributed in diffsren
sections of our country, and somewhat equal
among the agricultural, commercial, and mar
ufacturing regions. Hitherto, no injurious
|, Irritating results have been caused A divi
ion Of the Union. or the Acknowledgement ,
, the Southern States by putting them back In,
the condition of mere territories, or d reIfl
: eentation dictated by the military power /,
/ governments, would make inevitable o irea,
: justment of political power. IL the Southel
: SL:tes are cut of or disfranchised, every m,
! ! of our country will constantly Suggest this
the pablo mind 10 the Northern Union 4
) group Of six email New England Ststes, vii
4 New Jersey and Delaware, lying on tho A
! lsntic coast, far removed from the Central al
4 w eatern sections Of cur country, with unit.
! populations only about equal 20 that OF, ,h
State, would balance, In the controlling bran,
. Of International Legislature, the great produoir
]. States Of New York, Pennsylvania, tlOhio, q
4 Ediana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,, 1sr
= Iowa. In few yesrs, leach of these Stat
= will have populations ssFeatee than that ofz6
' New EnRland.- Thia dianaritV of suolififs