Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-12-22

they must skedoddle from this continent
and eat dirty bread in some italian
town as they deserve. That Is one party.
Another Is Davis and Robert Il. Lee, men
who are playing no such game, men whose
lives have been devoted to one purpose, men
who are playing Tor empire or grave.
Davis wants no seat in the United States
Senate and wants no exile In Italy, lie
wants no finger pointed ut him in Europe
as discounted rebel Davis and Lee have
surrendered home, family, wealth, every
thing for their idea. Davis wants an en-
pire on this continent or six feet by two.
Lee wants the same. Such men will clean
the South like the palm of my hand before
they submit. Give the blacks freedom
Why, Davis would give every black man
patent of nobility before he would make
peace with 1.-THE Yankees" Like Napoleon,
he knows that once successful, he can make
that empire to suit himself and therefore,
race, wealth, Institutions, slaves, and prop
erty, must ill the gulf to make pathway
to success. He manages his government as
if 10 were an army; be offers no bargain {;
and if he succeeds in keeping the saddle,
you will, every one of you, be glad toeX-
tend the suffrage to the negro.
What Mr.. PHILLIPS says OF Governor
Brown and Vice-President STEPHENS is
undoubtedly true. They wanted to come
back into the Union and they desired the
success of MCCLELLAN because they felt
sure that if he were elected they could UNI
seat DAVIS and bring the insurgent States
back into the Union. The people in the
adhering STATES have gratified JEFF. DAVIS
by re- electing LINCOLN. That reelection
will enable him to retain his seat; and Mr..
PHILLIPS very truly says that "DAvIs
wants an empire OH this continent or six
feet by two," and that he will stop at moth
ing to accomplish his purpose. Those
people, therefore, who believe the War
nearly over are hugging delusion.
In conclusion Mr.. PHILLIPS says:
"The worst foe of the loyal States to-day
is not jeff. Davis. We can trample him
under our feet. But it is the trusted Major
General from Massachusetts who plants a
principle that contains in its seed deadly
poison that will destroy the fruits OF our
contest; that is, perhaps, to remand the
agitation of the slave question back to civil
affairs and atiict another generation with
the same struggle that has exhausted the
energies Of this. Now, while Congress yet
deliberates, before it sets its seal on that
mistake, is the time for you to secure JUS
tice to the negro and prosperity for the
white man. Our fate much more than the
negroes is bound up in the coming year.
See to it that the energies of our people are
not rendered abortive at this moment.
Trust no mans reputation. Mr.. Lincoln
may be honest, but know that until Grant
and Sherman appeared, the soldiers fought
these battles, and know that in civil
affairs as vet the masses are TO save this
Government; you and !, by making our
VOICES heard, are to control the inevitable
timidity. AS the conqueror OF the Sth OF
November, radicalism is destined to be rs
imperious as Wall street, and if it is not,
woe to the nation, at least during your day
and mine
Radicalism now not only demands that
slavery shall be abolished by Constitutional
amendment; but that the negro shall, by
Constitutional amendment, be made the po-
litical equal, to the fullest extent, of the
white man. Inasmuch as radicalisn has so
far ruled the Administration, can we rca-
sonably suppose that it will not have its
way touching this matter?