Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-05

we nave no pdfb VI tOb ih biiio t~'-. - ~
can only watth its progress, and draw
whence any lessons 1t may offer. 1t Is an
old SAYING that swhen rogues fall out. hon
est men get their own.p SO with all de-
ceiyers falsitiers, hypocrites, pretenders,
and econiidence men, political, moral and
religious. When they fall out among them
selves, they tear off each others masks
and stand exposed before the world the In
carnatc fiends they really are. Thus, Truth
comes uppermost at last and 'Falsehood
confounded by her exposure, shrinks back
into her native nothingness.
The leaders Of the Administration party
Of to-day stand in the ,predlcament Of a set
of political maskers who, having SO far
played successful confidence game" are
now quarreling over their spoilsr and giving
States evidence against each other. Such
testimony will be believed where that of
others would be secuted. 1t will be pre-
sumed that these political maskers know
each other better than anybody else, because
they have been behind the scenes, and help
ed in getting up and adjusting the masks.
Nearly four years ago, they put ON
handsome mask at Chicago. Itwas inscribed
with State Rights, the Union, the Constitu-
ton and other good things. They made
Mr.. LINCOLN put 1t on at his Inauguration
three years ago, and say oall the American
people: II NOW REITERATE THESE sENTI-
MENrslv But IL the President was "honest"
In these utterances, the leaders Of the party
knew 1t was .all CANNON" They had got
power by sectional vote; they felt con-
scious that such a ''streak ofgood ck"mlght
never happen to them again, and they de-
termined to make the most of it. and, like
beggars on horseback, they commenced
riding the nation to-it Is not necessary to
say where.
They put on "Union" mask, crying out
Justify, .Union, Union, the Union foreyer!''
Behind this smask were concealed their con-
spiracy for centralized power; for usurped
authority; for establishing petty tyranny,
aud for engendering into permanent and
mortal feud sectional and political hatred
and animosity. The people, in large
masses. deluded by the mask and the hypo-
critical cry of .Union," followed these
confidence" leaders like sheep to the
slaughter. Conservative men forsook old
party ties, constitutional obligations, and
State allegiance, surrendered personal
rights and liberties, and rushed to swell the
ranks of those they supposed were defend
ing their beloved Union of States and its
sacred flag. But as cotemporary re-
marks: 1T was a trap, miserable trap,
and so the unhappy ones realized when the
wires snapped down behind them, and the
cold iron entered their hearts. Once in the
army, once in the navy, once in civil Office
under them, once under the banner Of a
falsely-called Union party, there was no
escape. Men had to suffer and wait. The
momentery gain, the advantages of to-day,
the glittering lie that, held them together,
worked their influence, and presented them
to the world in the false light of supporters
to all the odious measures the Administra-
tion chose to inaugurate. They forgot the
effect Of their conduct and example upon
their brethren at home the effect Of the
arbitrary. Actsithey seemingly upheld upon
their families, upon their children, and up
on their race, who, from all parts of the
world, looked to this country for hope and
encouragement-they forgot their duty to
God and to humanity--and forsook the
time-tried and honored maxim of Democ-
racy: Y Y ~ egss = RI n
sTHE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST
NUMBER y
Still wearing the mask, the Republican,
now transformed into Radical Abolition Dis
union leaders began their: work in earnest,
Aided by their fellow Disunionists in the
South, and by refusing all compromise,
they drove Southern States out of the
Union; they inaugurated civil war, sum-
moned immense armies to the field, and
appointed partizan officials without num-
Der, Of whom they exacted unquestioning
party allegiance. r, .,--,r.
Aseriess Of political tyrannies unexam-
pied In the history of modern civilization
followed in rapid uccession--arbitrary ar
rests; suspension Of laws for the projection
of private rights and personal liberty; stat
utes to legalize illegal and unconstitutional
acts; statutes tQimpair the validity of con-
tracts; statutes Of general and sweeping
confiseation, and executive proclamations
declared to have the force of law, issued in
open defiance Of the Constitution and de-
privin0 States of the rights the Chicago