Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-04
Fditoh County, illinois, ResoluItCzS an
INFLAMMATION.


Our news editor inserted In yest@H ava En-.
suiysS the proceedings Of meeting purportipe
70 have been held In Fulton couV ~. Illinois,
which were sent to our Office on nrinted alip.
with request to publish, wiV ,out bestowine
upon them any other than me re- oursory read
ing Of one or two Of the 6rst resolutions. Il IL
proper for us to say that, op n close examina-
sion Of oil of them, as pub .ished in the EnQuir-
eT, We can not approve of their language or
spirit, II we read them fright. Tbey viii bear
the construction Of le ,okinr TO violence, In d
certain contingency against the Federal Gov.
ernment, and snat .ontingency one that, In our
oRn,op, oAn po w ter met by peaceful means.
WIN oui presep views, we should not, had we
ieau - snsss proV eedlngs before they appeared In
!ne Eh9a'.H permitted their'insertion. There
10 some res son to believe that no such meeting
Ws Wss ne,l' and that the resolutions are bogus
We W. Sa" 1 walt for further information. -Csnein-
~" nQuirey, Feb. 2.
W. are glad to have the opportunity Of copy
y g the above paragraph from the Cincinnati En-
quiTer Of Monday. having read 10 the Issue o.
1 that paper of Saturday, with regret, the pro
F.. cesdings of the Fulton county meeting. Tit
s apology or explanation Of the Enquirer appears
0 like the operation Of sober second thought
which we hope may be effective and work some
Q thing Of q change In the extreme Views, u
!. which, for several months, our cotemporary hal
/. been rapidly approaching. With the explanato
= ~ article above, from the EuQuirey, We are lee
a to believe that the editors Of that paper hav'
travelled 90 rapidly Of late that they are scarcely
cognEant Of their own utterances, land hencs,the.
f would be surprised II the Fulton-county peopl
}. were to confront them, 10 reply to their rebuke
o with language from their own editorials, whicl
' would In good degree Justify the ill-judge'
Q and indefensibe positions taken by the meet
o Ing, as they appear iD their resolutions
Q In our judgment, there never was time IL
\ our history which called for such care and cir
T cumspeoton as the present. II our country l
4 saved and reunited, it must be accomplishe
% by the policy and statesmanship of the Dsmoc
70 racy. The people are generally coming to lhi
" conclusion, aud are willing to give us their cor
y Adence, and, as the period for elections roll
= round, to give us their votes, but this Ia don
simply upon the belief that we are law-lOyiu
# and law-abiding men. We must not abuse tn
1t confidence Of the people; We must do nothin
q to encourage violence, but everything to main
tain law and order, and step by step, as election
occur, we will gain position after position. unit
/. we reach the citadel at Washington, and obtai
>. control of the Federal Government. Then "
|. shall have power to accomplish good, and b
10 able to devote our energies effectively to rector
" the Union and save the country.
IA We make these remarks In no spirit of IN
kindness toward the Enquirer, but throw then
y cut as indicating our views Of policy, and to b
a considered and taken by our contemporaries an
n readers for what they are worth.