Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-03-17


, servant OF the people; In war, no Is their ma
:, ter. In peace, he is responsible for the violl
" uons o! the Constitution; In war, he is respo-
D. sible to nobody. When he took the oath
% support the Constitution, |, had reference
peace-did not apply to war. In peace, th
army is spbaervient to the civil power; in wa
the army Ia above the civil power.
That is the doctrine of the Senator, and
0 am struck With alarm to hear such heresy a
. boldly asserted on this floor. And yet it seem
tnas this is the way the thing is understood a
. washington. The tyrant's plea of "militar,
/ necessity" is In everybody's mouth, and wronQ
: sne most Infamous find ready and willing de
tenders In the friends Of the Administration.
Sir, under this desperate doctrine, the part,
In power has Inflicted wrongs and grievance
upon the people of the loyal States far more
ignominious and despotic than those enuuciated
In the Declaration of Independence. No tvrant
or despot In Europe would dare undertake wbai
President Lincoln has done The throne nj
Louis Phillip Was burnt In the streets of Paris
Tor grievances incompatible la severity with
those the people of this Union have suffered bv
the party In power. And yet we submit, Our
submission to wrong proves neither coWardice
nor dependency. No, cir. We will rather
submit to thousand wrongs than do one thai
might prove injurious tD our country. All we
ask.of this Administration ia to save our Gov.
ernment and the Constitution, and we will helm
oil 10 our power to do 10 The Democratic mar
ty is destined to have the reigns Of this Gov
ernment ere long, and have them, too, in con.
stitutional way. Hence we cry aloud when the
Constitution 10 violated aud the UnIon endan-
gered, Tor without Constitution to q Republin
70 administer there is no utility in preserving
the Democratic party.
| SnnntOra nha rna that MN
posed TO this War, because it interferes with
slavery. That is all wrong.
Mr.. President, have no sympatby with
slavery, as every Senator here we'll knows. and
have said 10 the outset OF this war, that If the
abolition OF slavery follows as natural conse
quence OF this Internal rebellion, / have no
iault 10 fnd with IL; but shall never consent
to making it the object Of the war. We mean
10 preserve this Union with the rights of States
unimpaired.
One great cause for this persecution
against those who differ with this party in
power In les vacilating policies IL this Puri.
tanism, always right ln its own concet, assumes
10 itself the prefogative Of sticking lie nose 10
every body's business, and will not suffer any
one TO interfere with that right. Now that this
element has hold Of the Government aud pur
sues its own mad policy, it can see nothing but
hends and traitors In those who object This
ia no new idea, Mr.. President. 1t is the same
spirit that saw the witches of Connecticut ay
through the air on broomstcks at night, and
hung or burnt them when caught that perse-
cuted and hung the quakers, organized spirit
rapping, native American and Know Nothing
societies, and revels In every debauchery agree
able with its nature. OF course, then, a. a
natural consequence, all who love the Const.
tuition and State rights must be prosecuted as
traitors. Mr. President, have no sympathy
with slavery, no interest in the institution
never had, never will have. NV nature ia
averse to it. But the institution is recognized
by the Constitution Of my country, and muat
be recognized by every lover of his country
Gentlemen tell us this nation can not exist
half slave and half free. Why moi Il did
exist for eighty years more than half slave and
the balance free. Why could it not exist in
the same manner eighty years longer Why,
simply, sir, Puritanism ipterfered with it, II
deny the assertion that slavery is the cause of
this war. Ii is the interference with the insti-
tuition by your ever meddling, impeItinent and
arrogant Puritan abolitioniem that has brought
US to this state Of things.
Mr.. President, this Union must be preserved:
abolitioniam or no abolitionism, slavery or no
slavery. You will find the Democracy true
and faithful to her doctrine. Iwsnt no better
motto than "The Constitution as it is and the
Union as it was." Sir, my love for the Union
is such, that rather than let it go, much as |
am opposed to slavery, would, as an altsrna-
tive, extend it over every inch of American
soil, up to the lines of the Canadag. On the
other hand, If the Union can not be preserved
short OF the destruction of the institution as an
alternative, would assist to drive it into the
Gulf OF Mexico. He ereads the history OF man
kind in vain who does not learn from it this
mighty lesson, viz: That nations we're Tree
aud happy, intelligent and great, in proportion
to the extent of their empire or government.
Greece and Rome enjoyed their psImiest dsya
when their territories were boundless So was
Germany mighty and free when it was a unit.
Greece separated, and she fell. Rome divided,
and fell likewise. Germany, which under a
Nimrod and Herman drove back the invaders
and broke the most powerful of empires, be-
came herself divided, and she shared the fate
OF nations. With the fall of nationality, in
pgri Passu falls the glory and pride OF the peo.
Pile. The once great Greek is fit for nothing
but slave The mighty Roman is content
with his lot, and would as soon mend tinware or
wander along with tame bear, as to lie in
the shade covered with rags playing @ guitar.
The sons of Herman and Nimrod submit TO
the despotisms of thirty-aix Internal tyrants,
who call themselves rulers by the grace OF God
Aud shall we expect for q moment to escape
the fate of other nations? Let us not be mista.
ken. SO sure as once this happy Republic ia
divided, one separation will follow another, un-
Gil the whole fabric ia torn to pieces. While
nothing but fraternal feelings, mutual kind
meas and forbearance can keep us together,
nothing short of them will ever unite US am
not one Of those whs believe, that when sep.
aration should take place, we will become
united again. Hope against hope. Therefore,
l am ready and prepared for every sacrifice to
save this Union. You men In power oaD yet
save US If you will. You can yet reconcile the
North to man and make Us powerful and
strong. You can yet establish confidence in
the people by a speedy return to the principles
OF the Consultation, by prosecuting this war
upon the basis of the Crittenden resolution, BY
faithfully protecting the treasury and respect
ing the rights OF the people at least In the loyal
States, and by abstaining from dangerous ex-
petiments. viii you do it2 Or will you 20
Oh as you have been doing3 We shall see.
Now, Mr.. President, will not dispute the
Senator's third proposition, but will acknowl-
edge that the emancipation proclamation of Mr..
Lincoln WAS blunder willnot dispute that,
but will say that it was very bad blundsr -
Nothing has done more to wipe ont the Union
element In the South and make it unit than
this very blunder; while nothing has 90 much
divided the North at the same time, and fear
that unless this blunder ia soon set Alright and
taken back, It will seal the fate of our Union.
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