The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-12-04
Political .Lsnd-MarkS for the
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' We extract the following from q
lengthy article IN the Ohio Statesman:
The Republican party had its rise in
sectional agitation, and its foundations
were laid upon sectional platform. In
the Presidential contest Of 1855 the
chief banner In its great professions, was
a Gag with sixteen stars representing the
free States of the Union.
As this party obtained power in the
2 free States. 1t used it by legislative acts,
=, BY. judicial decisions pronounced by iu.
ferior courts and otherwise, to nullify the
fugitive slave act, law Of Congress OF
undoubted constitulionality. Governor
Chase and others we're constantly and
actively engaged in. efforts to disparage
the authority eflhe Federal Government
and magnify the reserved rights of the
States; and during his tern as Cover.
nor he asserted the Calhoun doctrine oil
notification, but in more odious form
and was only prevented by the decision
Of the Supreme G urt (two of the five
Judges diSsenting) from. .precipitating a
conflict between this State and the Gen.
eral Government, and thus inauguralihg
O civil war in Ohio in advance of the re
hellion in the South. This sectional ag
itation in the free States on the slavery
question, was seized hold of by ambi.
Gous and dissatisfied men In the South,
who used 1t to inasms the minds of the
people, and thus they were prepared for
revolution. and the election Of section.
oil President, which they helped to 40.
complish, was made the occasion for its
s Inauguration. .a ....... ..I.
2 Lincoln, Chase, Seward. etc., ETC., In
the North had treated the authority OF
the Federal Government with contempt;
magni6ed State Rights and State Rem.
edies, and even attempted to put nullif.
cation into practice in Ohio and other
free States. This conduct Of the sec
,tional agitatofs of the North and West,
was BY the disupionists Of the South care.
fully and eenAiaat!y kept before the
Southern pedpls, and iB0amed and excl
ted by the Violeht and dastardly acts of
: the AbolitIonists, they we're ready for
revolution Oh the election of Lincoln. -
They accepted bis declaration that a
house divided against iiiissiitf c0Iid I aot
Btapd. and under the plea OF State Rights
and State Remedies which the Aholi-
tionsts for several years previous sought
60 diligently to magnify and exalt. the
Southern disunionistS, per sc, inaugu.
rated secession, declaring it to be q
peaeeable and constitutional remedy for
che evils Of which their sectiun complain
ed.
And now, bere we are and as we are,
9 the country rent aSunder, a civil war
raging, and our free institutions In peril.
Our condition is a sad one. but the ne.
cessary result Of improper teaching and
fanatical wranglng And now look at
the parties who have produced the mis-.
chief. The Abolition Republicans now
IN power in the Federal Government,
instead of respecting the reserved rights
Of the States, aud using their authority
simply to put down the rebellion, are,
by violations Of the Constitution, en-.
forced at the point of the bayonet where
necessary, putting at defiance State
Rights and rapidly inaugurating a con
solidated despotism F.; while JEFF. Davis
and his gang are In open revolt against
the Federal Government and bent on
the destruction of the Union
If our Union is ever restored and the
Constitution preserved, with the rights,
dignity and independence Of the States
unimpaired-4if the old order Of things
d regained, and the sovereignty and uni.
ty ofthe States under the Constitution
Is accomplished, the dogmas which now
prevail 10 the dominant party at Wash.
ington, as we'll as the heresies Of JEFF,
Davis and company, must oil be repudi.
iated by the people, and constitutional
measures must again be put into prac.
J tice in the administration Of the Gov.
y egRmeht, % f.-
~ In our present emergency false teach.
ers must be set aside and the doctrines
taught by Washington, Jefferson and
Jackson must inspire the hearts Of the
people. We must frown Indignantly up.
. on those who attempt to alieHaie the
different sections Of the Union from each
other; we must cherish q habitual rev.
svence for the Union as the pallsdium Of
liberty aud strive TO preserve the Gener-
al Government in all its constitutional
'Figor as the sheet anchor Of our peace
II home and safety abroad" and OF the
same time ''sspport the State Govern.
Inenis In all their rights as the most con-.
petent administrators for our domestic
concerns, and the surost bulwark against
aniirepublican tendencies And when
men Of one school assert that we cannot
hare the Union as it was; that 1t must
be ,'bOru again y that States have com.
mitted suicide; and others Of another
school declare that though the General
0oEsrnment disappear by some anto.
ward erent, we still have our State Gov
ernmenis With their @ Constitutions, laws
Courts Of justice. ETC., remaining enc
thereby We may have full security for I
iust and well established freedom, they
only phoW, one and alt their utter igno
y rance OF our condition and what Is ne
2 cessarg 70 our future safety and security
They ere ,all false teachers and blint
guides, and should receive no attsasisl