Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-07


The President OF the United States and
the Governor Of Ohio have called upon the
people to abstain to-day from all manner Of
worldly employment, and to betake them-
selves to grateful thanksgiving, We shall,
therefore, publish no paper to-mortow. ,od
Precisely what we should give special
thanks for we do not very clearly discern;
but, we presume, It Is because we live,
move and have our being. We should
be thankful, too that the war is at an
end but then we have no cause to be
thankful that the Southern people are bad
" affected toward the Union, as they are
represented to be by the Abolitionists. 1t
is likewise expected of us, we presume, to
be thankful that the slaves are all free; but
should we be thankful that their freedom
has thrown them into acOndition that keeps
us In constant state of alarm and nncer-
tainty as to their fate, which is the condi-
tion the Abolitlonists now represent,
them to be IMP We are expected TO be
thankful that the Union has been pre-
served, with each State unsborn OF any
right and privilege that 1t heretofore en-
loved; but how can we be thankful
that a portion of the States are denied any
voice in the Federal Government? 1t is
expected that we should be thankful that
civil liberty prevails here in Ohio; but how
can we be thankful when citizen is liable
to be arrested, by military authority, and
thrown into Camp Chase and held there in
defiance of every principle of light and
Justice There doubtless is cause for thank
fulness that the whole substance of the peo-
ple las not been eaten up by the ruling
power of the land; but is there cause for
thankfulness in the fact that we are called
upon to look upon the public debt as
grievous burden? Undoubtedly, that we
live, move and have our being is worthy of
thankfulness {; but is there much cause for
thankfulness in the excessive cost ofliving?
1t Is, perhaps, proper that we should throw
our minds into thankful mood that the
President has declaimed beautifully against
inequality in taxation, and asserted the just
principle that all should be required to
contribute out of their resources, in equal
proportion, to the support Of the Govern
ment; but how can we be thankful that
Congress manifests a determination to give
to capitalists who are growing rich off their
investments in Government securities,
continued exemption from sharing in
the justice of equal taxation? No
doubt we are expected to be thank
ful for the wisdom that 20 devised
the present financial condition Of the coun-
try; but how can we be thankful over the
Presidents assurance that the finances are
so inflated that there is imminent danger
that general collapse will ensue? 1t may
be that it is expected that we should be
thankful that the President has restored
the writ of hdbeds corpus TO what were
known as the adhering States, and where
in its suspension was merely nominal; but
how can we be thankful that the condition
of affairs are assumed to be such in the
lately insurgent States that its restoration
there is not considered practicable? 1t may
be that it is expected that we should be
thankful that the President has argued that
all the States are in the Union; but should
we be thankful for his. omission TO argue
equally cogent that all the States are, there
fore, entitled to their Representation in
both branches of the National Legislatures
Itmight be unreasonable to expect thatwe
should be thankful for the Presidents ar
gument against Negro Suffrage; but how
can we be thankful over the apparent de-
termination of Congress to enforce Negro
Suffrage on the South ? ,f, 1o i.nrraa 3rl