Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-13

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large cause ol 'h'S pa'''iei pnen -
In the excessive pa,'@sn'sll W.. .aana.t r ,,s s
ana still persis'eh''y survives - - =
Men nave pcconio ~ i'u0i -. 49,. ~
act as ne'nDe.s =, oikAn' an5 ia,
sense OF Individual respo,'s'Vy s.,',., a ,,.aa,.
viduai iorce mas Decone ,a - 49,
enea. "e.iose inuch py 'n''' @' :. 49, r-s.. 80
sentiment mas Decomc ~ sene'". - r.
ent the whole people must ~ nv
demoralized' IL is reinai AaD'.' aA1 :. .es'
sorrowfnl than remarkaole, una' "nns' =,
the times OF peace our puDlic n's'oiy oo"iu
almost be written from tne proceeu'nss u
public meetings conventions anu sa.ner
ings Of this and that descrip''on' We nav
had In all since the war pegan' iewe. puDho
meetings than IN any So. moh'''s sin'e VIC
were nation, and YET tnete never was ~
much justifying need OF irequen.' iers"
and firm expressions OF the puonc JUG
ment and viii. 10 this apathy on tne peo-
PIES part much OF the invasion ana no httie
Of the destruction OF popular rignts and
constitutional principles may be justly
ascribed. We may be sure that our rulers
all along expected that their inroads upon
the liberties Of the nation would pe ut least
publicly condemned, but contrary 70 their
expectations, finding the people, oy their
unwonted reticence, seemingly careless
whether the constitution and freedom Oh
the country were preserved or not tine IN
vaders went forward with an encourage
ment they themselves never dreamed OF
IN the earlier hours OF tneir iawiess career.
AND wnat Is tne consequence ihsteau
ofbeing ruled Dy men ana many principies
we are become tne sport Oh oas'arus anu
driveliersi oi nose ior wno'e appeaianco ~
pupic positons at all the people nau aiore-
time 10 plead the apologies OF chance ana
accident seven years ago, aye, even less
tnan tnat wnat was tne pohucai innuence
oi Cnaries sumner II anytning' q minus
quantity. he was justly deemed nay Je@
toD a mere Sopnomoric disputant awordy
uoc'rlnaire WHOSE long anu neaViiy coiineu
oia'rioes' ie.lo WIN mianlgnt OH wouiu
nAse Deen wi'noas particle u oonSlue,a
tloii nau nos 'ie iooilsn irri'a.'onoi o0u'n-
n poii''cian'' anu paracuiariy 'he cuusei
I" ies'on D,ooAe ie'i' nun anu MS iaooleu
o's0ofy AiAo.,'ious ln'efes'' anu oIuseu 'lA'
oo ieao wn'ol wouiu o''ei "i.. nave ooh-
t1ipu.eu vn,y " 'ne Wrapping VI sio'eiie''
anu Inc i,sn'ins Vi cisais' !. :. nos " 10
ooup'eu 1nat ailer all tne M rcs'i ~" VI gum
ners oratlons against slavery was inspl,eu
py tne Deistlcai lheooore rarker' anu lnat
10 farker Is sumner indebted 1or tne sum
uius ana the apparent courage requisite 70
the utterance OF those speeches az all
But what Is sumner nowv why, the
man VINO Tor physical courage hasnever en-
Joyed q reputation beyond that OF a iady's
lap dog Is now and has for q long time been
the source OF inspiration Tor most OF the
doctrines and practices OF confiscation' con-
nagrafion' robbery plumber, extermina-
ton, political and personal, which have
been adopted by the Abolitionists both In
ssnd out OF Uniform. Yes, the coward soul
OF Charles Sumner can not only assume
the show Of bravery, but hyena-like feroc-
ity, when he Is surrounded by an army of
hundreds Of thousands, whose blood and
toll he contrives to pervert to the execu-
tion Of his own fanatical and anti-popular
designs. Of all vengeance, that is most to
be deprecated which comes from the heart
Of poltroon. Stung to the quick by the
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