Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-05

two crimes, and the relation between them:
first, the eineiting crime .ofinvasive iaboli-
tionism; and second the induced and con-
sequent crime of secession. They who by
their own wrongs have contributed to the
latter crime should expect by, the. divine
law to share in its punishment. They are
not, say again, as well entitled to COM
plain Of the deed as are those who at all
times have abjured both the incentives and
y We Of the conservative school cannot pa
tiently listen when we are told that the
policy of restoring the Union upon its orig
inal principles Is merely Ridiculous. We
know, as experience has proved, that 1t
needs nothing but the honest fealty of the
people, which every Government requires,
to sustain that Union. We are not satisfied
with the policy of the President and the
predominating party In shaping the results
OF military cOnquests, We have no faith In
the proposed new system. We demand the
cause ills our birthright, because we Have
done nothing to forfeit that right, or to in
cur dispossession 'of it. We demand 1t
becauseit was many times solemnly prom
Used to US, and because upon the faith, Of
that promise many thousands of Democrats
gave their lives to enable the Administra-.
tion to perform it. The fleshless bones of
our slaughtered brethren can. scarcely be
expected to remain quiet In their shallow
graves If the sacred bond be not kept. We
demand 1t because the children OF the pat
riotic dead should not be robbed of the jim
heritance for the assurance Of which their
fathers died; and we demand it for the FUR
ther reason that the best interests of the
country and of mankind require it.
Omitting one or two paragraphs at this
point, we give the remainder of Mr.. BLIss's
speech: E N
1t is charged that we oppose the war and
seek to embarrass the administration. The
proposition thus abstractly stated is not
true. WeOpposeperversion of the war to any
purpose of party aggrandizement, to any
purpose of revolution, to any purpose other
than its originally declared object, to pre-
serve the Constitution, Government and
Union. In the light of war designed to
accomplish and able to accomplish this OBJ
ject, we never opposed it, nor did we ever
seek to embarrass the Administration in
carrying it on. We deprecated the com
mencement of the war and sought through
our representatives in the councils of the
nation to give effect to the common senti-
,ment of the conservative portion of the
people by the adoption Of the measure of
compromise and Cancellation. proposed
by the patriotic Crittenden. We look
ed with strained eyes and hoped with
throbbing hearts for an adjustment
upon that easy and equitable basis,
which should avert the threatened
calamity. We know by the most incontro-
vertible evidence, by the direct testimony
of Douglas and Pugh, that the influential
representatives of the South, who held Sc
cession in their hands as clouds in the
troubled sky hold lightning, were willing to
remain in the Unionif that measure of COM
promise should be adopted and the incom-
ing Administration would pledge itself to
its faithful observance. The Democracy,
favoring the measure, gave it their hearty
support. but visions of newborn power
and predOminating sovereignty controlled
the Republican mind. s.No compromise
with slavery" was their motto, not even to
avert disunion and war. Having the con-
trolling power they rejected the proposition.
Secession was soon accomplished and war
came speedily ,n r-Fs ae- ~ F.rr
The Administration declared the princi-
pie upon which the war should be
conducted, 10 show what that -deelara-
tion was, as have not the official records at
hand, take the liberty to quote from
very able and patriotic message of the
Governor of New Jersey, recently commu-
Speaking of the object of the war, the Gov
'ernor says 90 g-g ~ @gfsA ~ wga - /
{, rrn;.. o,;;o.,, o,;.,s.h ., .ho ~, !, T.. e..
pciy stated by resolution passed bv
the House Of Representative Is soon aft6r the com
nencement OF hqstilities and which still stands az
~ nsrs1s q ns pTsrsh
worthy Governor had known how many % time, tbat
resolution had been laid the table by the votes Of
maJofty q tpe Hqnse CURING tnls session ne would
cares that tSe war s not waSed for tbe purpoas
overthrowing or interfering with the rights and es-
tabIiihed institutions Of the States but to defend
snd IN G O;o t q % ,
eauaity and rights Of tho several States unmpn;y.
cd and that as soon as these objects accomplish
ed the war ought, y, to cease In the published cor
IS fopcby in tSe fooWinS fSa
rights Of the States and the condition cf every hu
man being in them will remain subject to exactly
t e SEs asH nd soaSa ~ wnether
fail. I'm % The
one case the Statcs would be federally connected
with ne new confcderaGy and In The other they
bnt theig snnstitutiops and laws co.tnms bshss;
and institutions in either case would remain the
same" In repudistng Indignantly any intention
t ~ ese IT, .ao & % 70 tne nstt9-
fort o his psrt would be- ancc1stitutional ans ali
hisacticns ia that direction would be prevented by
th! the !adCia aatnofy nc M Oh the onited states even
mi, y y SYrsseff1 s,' =, Roopie.
Ids ialis s.uSS ilae ilae iiVlie ~ ~ Ilc SOUND OF
Inc e@la.cipasloi @ proctainatlon, nor Oh the
S;, recons.ruoSlon anu aiii'esey prcciamatlon,
wnion w pioPosos .naS one-Ienoli vi tne people
y, ,;.hs seoSu os tb oVtipay h,g wlth Ihe