Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-30
The Ohio Democracy.

The Ohio Democrats celebrated the Sth OF January
At Columbus with great spirit The Gnim of the Oc'
.assion NAV be inferred from account by cores
.uopdept Of Cincinnati paper, that the speeches we're
more bitterly hostile to the existing Government Of our
country than auy Rebel TRADES published in the
and Of the Secesb"
We make brief extracts from several speeches
Judge BARLEY
Afsr sepictipg the sad condition Of the country ne
| answered the momentous question, how shall we gel
,ut Of it? The best way would be for Lincoln an
Hsnlin 10 resign; and If hey were capable Of nooie
r generous act and ere disposed TO be patriotic Trey
would at once surrender the power they have proved
themselves Incapable Of controlling for tue welfare Of
me country There are three ways OF getting Out oil
he difficulty: One Is TO so on with the war free al se
negroes and su6iugate the Southern states Announcer
yay i 10 cease the var declare armstce open ne
,otistions and eudesyor 20 bring back the Union ny
,or,proui,e and CONSULTATION. ThiS plan was received
N verv general applause The third way IS 70 iet
the Southern States 90 OF into Coneoeracy oy
hsr-,.elyes. II the speaker were bAc hePuo"San'
IA "A Id consider It his duty favor the latter plan
AR n their doctrine of an "irrepressible Conflict Is
rue a separation must he the final result But that
vas not Il position OF the Democratic party vi the
ire prSposons the most sensible one, as thugs no"
.rana anil he spoke only for himself, would be to de-
are an Lrmisrce and go into negotiations for compro
Mise THE audience heartily agreed with the speaker
fine trial ~ arms had been made and fatally made
We had besn whipped more than hall the time. oi'
,he Administration had faith in Providence but why
Providence allowed himself to be whipped so often was
curious
Judge Thurman:
The President has as much power to suspend the Con-
,ituon of Ohio as he has suspend the writ OF hdbcd
rnug IL was the doctrine Of the President and his
followers rhaf the Executive has the power TO do any
thing that IS necessary 10 put down the rchelhon' II
bis NJ, "a ic can abolish the State Governments, can
s..FN and
doubt there will be- DemOcratic Congress next year
we have no assurance that armed force will not turn
them out On the priHciple, he may suppress all
enc courts in the country. II the greenoacks iAll
voice: "Or gamhled away or Chases paper-ihis
rive out the President he thinks II necessary 10 carry
On the war can take every dollar from the citizens
Of every State. lie do more than that-hc can de-
prive YOU only of your political franchise your per-
sonal liberty, aud your property but he may demand
the sacrifice Of your lives also. Ihls Is "hA' inc wv
tTine OF NECESSITY leads TO.
Hon. II. ). Jcwett:
Who ever thought that Proclamations were to make
laws Tiey we're designed to command obedience to
law but the mere executive of law has seen proper 10
proclaV law TO the people, and TO overthrow Ia" ana
government as heretofore understood ana recognized
The TsNker then took up the several proclamauons oil
the President and denounced them as in contraVehuon
OF law.
Two wears since said Mr. Jewett, was so unfortu.
uate as TO be = candidate for your Governor ana
never regretted not beng eiected uu'i .'' "'o'"s
read the Prcsdeuts ProcnatOn authorizing the arrest
Of persons suspected OF disOysl practices by irresPon
sihe officers then regretted there was not SEINE one
in the Governors chair who had the backbone to issue
counter proclamation. Repeated cheers. ! would
have made that proclamation before YOU Dr. Ods, were
made an inmate Of the Bastie. Applause.
10 The Cans,,uou asi', the Unoa asst ras and the me-
groe7 where they are.
Respons. bv l.. R. Critch6eld, the new Attorney
General Thinking perhaps, it was expected OF him to
manifest due amount Of gratitude for his election he
went in and out-Heroded Herod. lie came down on the
Government sayagey, aud if ever any OF its mnions
attempted to carry their unlawful measures in his
sacred locality he ready for armed resistance to
them He didn't believe one-half of the people OF the
North cared whether Abe Lincoln jeff Davis occu-
pied the White House in Washington. During this
strain of remark Mr.. Fagg left the hail. shaking his
head some who observed him thought at the rank
treason of this man whom the people of Ohio have
placed in one of the most important official positions in
the State.