Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-21
IS LuMBus, OHIO, FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2t 1853 s.

lMBUSs OHIO, FRIDA'
moderation ID victory, by speaking al the rigl
Time the State OF Tennessee, and In all probi
bility the Slate of Arkansas, would hav
been detached from the Southern Confede
racy, and restored to the Union, and thu
the whole column Of Secession would hav
been broken In Its back bone. But v
had no suoh men; We he'd Abraham Lincoln
and there are no words in the language bu
thoIe p Y describe him by Az foE his Cabinet
itis sle laughing stock q ths Civilized world
at heme and abfoRd. fLaughter1 Instead 0
oonoiliatiolo and moderation III victory, adopt
| Ing the counseIs Of common sense, they must hav
3 confiscatlon law and what was Ttfst7 a Law
which eupata tally deprived every man, ever,
woman and avery childi the aged and aick; thI
widow and the orphan; non-conibatsn Of ever,
description, of, their. slaves, OF their homee
plaptationai, personal e efects, money, and o.
Eeserytbing they had on the face of the earth
Is that the way 70 encourage Union party II
the South n Why, you give every argument Il
every man the South TO become o rebel. Hs
might have been neutral before, he might have
Compounded; but II va told him by that law
the RebelIion was succeasful, be retained biz
property hat IL the febellion was crushed, his
wlfeAhd child were turned into the highway al
naked Cd when they came into the world; ID ad-
ded more than three hundred thousand men TO
thetebel army. So that whereas, in the spring
Of 1882 our armies were victorious, In July OF
the same year opr armies were beaten back
from the banks Of the Chlckahominy In sight
Of the spires Of Riehmond--and more than
that, driven ACROSS the plains TO Bull Run, and
thence under the Qualifications Of our own Capi.
tall Certainly ff prosperity will not teach a
lesson, will not adyeFsty After the result Of that
fatal policy Will he not learn wisdom7 No be will
learn no wisdom He called on us for more
men, and we gave them; and then, as if 20 cap
the climax Of folly, came the celebrated procla-
nation, Of emancipation e. Well, my fellow.
citizens, Mr. Lincoln undertook to set free the
slaves Of all the planters of the elayeholding
.6tsteg iu= rebellion. Mr.. Lincoln didn' trown
those slaves. like to see man liberal with
his own property; but this thing Of being liberal
with the property of others, do not quite UNDER
stand or commend, There were certain preach
era rent down from Chicago 10 see Mr, Lincoln,
and 10 tell him that the Lord had sent them there
toissue that proclamation, Idon't think the Lord
had Anything 10 do with the business. TLsuph.
tor. ], IL feminds me Of an Incident of Two mad
man who had disturbed the peace ID London. =
One Of them had been captured aud locked up
inthe stetion-house, and the, other went after
mfdnightto the house Of the Chief Justice and
said to him, after making great noise: "My
Lord, the Lord God Almighty has sent me as
On Embsssador, to command you TO dismiss the
prosecution against my oomrade, John Stiles"
The Lord Chief Justice put his head out of the
window aud said: /" The Lord cent you2'
"Xes, the Lord sent me-" be snswered. "NoW
knoto you lie, for the Lord knew perfectly
weliIthat H. hadn't the power to dismiss the
prosecution; II he had anything to do with II,
hesweuld have sent you to the Attorney. Gen
6rsi." (E&ughters and cheers 80 say to
the Chicago preschers. Mr.. Lincoln had not
the power, and II the Lord bad been concerned
In the matter, he Nonld have sent them to the
State aLegislature. Mr.. Lincoln thought yefy
much ss the Lord Chief Justice did, and suE-
gested that the Lord had not sent them, neces-
stating the loas Of time, not to mention the OK
pensS SO 4hssc and tavern billsJ NhsD be could
inst 90 we'll have enlightened Abe directly On
she subject $50 be .said,i and would not issue
theu r1cigmation; but finally; under presetir o,
hb did add what good did II dot He aid not
own the elavea; hus By che stroke Of bis pen he
undsEteok to Get free che slaves of other men /;
property bought With their money, recognized
by The laws of their Siates, and BY the Constltu.
tionof the United States, not his properly, but
theif property Itreminds me of alitsie incident
ec.rdeds y think, In the Bible, Of an old fel.
low who took ouf Savior up into a high noun.
tsin and showed him all the kipgdom's of the
earth, and said; All these win give
thee II thou wilt fall down and worship me"
when the wretched old cuss didn't own q foot
of land In the world. Loud laughter.l Now,
what good did IL do Z Did It help any negro %
his freedom Why, negroes who wanted to
run away did not walt to read the proclamation
at oil, and those who had not any Chance, or who
did not want to run away. paid no attention to
his proclamation. Il had this effect only, II
exaspessted the people of she slaveholding
states, uot only the men, but the women, it
threatened them with the horrors of servile In
surrection, the most awful curse that can he
visited On any sigveholding community and
do you wonder that there has been from that
time such unanimity Of hatred on the part
Of the men, women and children against the
Governments No reasonable man can won-
der at such result from the policy Of this
wicked and corrupt Administration,
WHAT LINCOLN SHOULD HAVE DONE, 8
AZ l said. In the spring of 1862, II We had
had . Nigs Peealdeht We might have taken the
atssstSp t6Wafd peace upon honorable terms !;
but We did not. We had Abraham Lincoln. -
Now We have another most excellent opportu-
nitysmost excpllent. General Lees army has
been driven cutof Penney -thanks to that
Governor, Horatio Seymour. Bragg
has been driven out Of Tennessee into the
mpnntaipg Of Georgia. YiclphurgN and Port
ttud6ou nave failen. Now, 6he.would suppose
that while the Confederates were at the lowest
ebb Of their fortunes, and we In the very pride
Of our power and Of our strength and glory, q
wise man would make haste and tender the
olive branch, 80 that while he would not over.
lookl lhs1 guilty, be would, ks To- the great body
of tho Southern people, prepare the way for the
return Of the people OF the South TO the Union.
Instead Of that, when Alexander II. Stephens.
who opposed secession In the State of Georgia
10 the latest moment, and who spoke and voted
Against it IN the convention Of Georgia, when
hensksd leave 10 visit the City Of Washington
--biIndioldedS u you please order to induce
the adoption Of some means by which the hor.
soRs Of shis war can be sssuagedj by which this
retaliation of5hhootng prisoners In cold blood
can be done away with. Oh, my fellow.citi.4
zeps, y 10 hard enough to be slain In battle, but
slie sSstem Of 'shooting helpless, defenseless
prisoners in cold blood 10 one Of the most hor.-
rble crimes shat can be committed against
God and man. When he asked permissionIto
visit Abraham Lincoln for the purpose Of pto-
posing some terms Of agreement for avoiding
this horrible catastrophe, Il seemed inconslstenI
with the dignity Of Abe Lincoln 10 let thai man