Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-30
Exploded Fallacies.

II the torpedoes manufactured at the South
have failed to explode the fsllscies at the North
have met with more success. They have gone
of one after another, and have done infinlte
damage to-ougselves. iibt
The fret fallacy was that the South was not
10 earnest, that great game Of brsg was being
played; the next was that It was 10 earnest
indeed, but that 1t was In pet, aud that a care.
ful inattention, severe letting alone. were
only needed to bring the spoiled child to Ito
senses; the third was that it was mere bully.
and would not fight; the fourth that II could Be
starved within three months into abjeot sub
mission. When it was proved by event to thss
it considered itself7deeply wrongcd, that Il was
in earnest, that 1t would fight, and could not be
starved, the new falacy of real Union majority,
Kept under BY the superior ability and admirable
management OF Q daring and organized minority,
took the5 place Of those others which had been
blown into fragments 90 fne that no piece could
be seen by the naked eye. We have had the
opportunity, by ,the favor Of Heaven, Of testing
this theory, sndit is Just as much soapbubble
as the othera. In HE last letter the President
endeavors to draw distinction between the
people and the military power, which possibly
his own experience may make familiar to him,
butlWhich We do not believe in. II the msiority
Of the people In the loyal States were willing "a
recognise secesslon, IL would be reoopnIzsd 10
spiteof the army; II the majority Of the peo
pie In the Southern States were willing to give
up secession, the Confederaey would fall to
pieces. In spite of It's armies. Take North
Caroline, for instance: If majority of its pop.
ulation chose, it might be represented In the
next Congress. 1t would violate no faith in
quitting the Confederacy; that is, no contract,
foi the voluntary principle 10 the principle OF
exlstance Of the organization. lite will Ia no.
controlled by troops, for there are none there
except those In face of an enemy. Louislana
and Tennessee present the same case, with still
greater opportunities.r Wherever Union troona
have been 10 the feeling more or leas hostile fo
the Union7 Has Virginia even Whirnpered.
scourged as she has been for two years by the
presence of two immense armies3 ,I,1
In the face Of these facts how utterly idle Il
10 TO talk Of the Southern States beine oon-
trolled BY Davis and few men of his personai
and political antecedenis. A few man nsver
control IN the United States, nor in any mart Of
them. The power 90 far lies in the people. And
individuals are utterly powerless except AZ their
representatives. This being the case, We have
nos only TO create armies to crush the milita,v
power OF the. rebellion, but we have TO address
the interests and reason Of the people who sup-
ply those armies. The arss argumens We can
address to them must be: You will be better
OF ne citizens Of the United States than as citi.
gems of the Confederacy; equally well of 40 for
a. your local sslf-government is concerned, !,
equally well of 90 far as your freedom from
taxation 10 concerned; equally well of 40 far
as pride 10 concerned, ana better OF az belonp-
Ing to Q great commonwealth instead of to a
small commonwealth. We are Of the same
blood and the same bone; we have the came
language, the came religious falths, we have
tas same love of liberty, the same habits Of
thought. Wecan do each other inflniss damage:
We can be to each other Of incalculAble adysn.
tsge" How much wiser to walk arm ia arm
than 30 stand aiming at esoh othsr's lives p
how can We say. this, how can on popa latlon
speak to the other2 Only through elections. -
The present Administration and its party reure-
sent eternal agitation. To continue that dynasty
means not simply 20 oonsinus war aeainet
secession, but war against slavery. The first
10 . merely political, the lass social war. OF
course the people of the Uulted States are an,
titled to the luxury Of just as much war az thev
are willing to die in and pay for, but they are
also entitled TO have the question fully and fsirly
presented to them, and to Discriminate In their
choice between the two characters Of war.--N
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