Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-02

the South, now proposes to baptlze trem
with holy water. Let us not, however, DC
too critical upon him. want TO look alter
his organ, the Independent, Ilttle. IL is
the organ of both Plymouth Church anu
the Government. 1t tpublishes the laws OF
Congress and the gospels OF Beecher. IL
was only the week before last the Inde-
osndent cried out ''l75 pardons this week
and no punishments yeti" and because we
laud Andrew johnson for this, for his
clement nature, for the daily beauty OF lie
past in granting mercy and pardon, we are
new converts; and this shepherd marvels at
us, prays for us, and shakes his crook at us
Many a household South, seeing nothing
but scowling and hate in the Radical lead
iers North, became desperate and hopeless;
But Andrew johnson gave life anu
hope to them; and they go Dack
blessing him as the father OF their strlcken
people, Because he does this, shall we not
applaud him? Or, peradventure, we must
oppose all he does. because he is the eiect
OF the Republicans? He says, two ana Two
make four; arc we to say IL makes nVe va - -
We never held that, and are too 0lu 10
learn? Because his friends denounced him
for these truths and were laggard In their
recognition-are we to turn upon our own
thoughts and feelings. He chooses, says
Mr.. McCulloch, to use rebel materials 10
build I'D the Southern States--are we, there-
fore, to turn from him for that? lie ap-
points his Governors from the South; are
we TO insist on his having the Buffers and
Banks again? He bids them calFconven-
tions of their own men, and frame their or
ganic law to suit the altered condltloh OF
their States-are we to oppose because u
Republican party does it! He throws on
the military, establishes civil power, Dlas
the courts open their doors 10 all anu Ihe
greatest boon of liberty, the hqbeds corpus,
to be restored to Kentucky; he, restores
churches, and confiscates contiscation-are
we to denounce him for this? He teie-
graphs his appreciation of the action OF the
States in their conventions, regarding them
as entities, not destroyed by the void ordl-
nanoes-are we to Join Sumner and stevens,
and oppose him for thisl He hurls his an
athemas against consolidation; are we the
inheritors of that Democratic creed, to be-
come its opponents? Democracy may be
allowed, We gentiles of abolition, to retain
their old views, even If brother Beecher
marvels, and your President adopts them.
Perhaps you would forbid US all opinions
about the government, or, mahap we nave
forfeited our right to think, If not to vote
VIII We not then generously allow us to con-
tinue to pay our taxesp Do! Your salaried
minions depend on that. Your public debt
stands on that foundation. A blessing as 1t
is, we would like to get rid of it by even
raising sinking fund to eat it down to
something in century. Will you, In con-
sideration of these pecuniary returns,
graciously allow us-to applaud your Pres
ident when he comes to our principles and
strives to remake the old association Of
States in the old fraternity? More need
we should do it, when papers like the In
dependent denounce the President 1t Is
only two weeks since that an article appear
ed in that paper, owned by the Collector OF
your Third Revenue District, in which the
editor was compelled to ''ring the alarm
bell, to shout aloud at President Johnson's
equivocal position, if not his treachery. In
its issue of the 18th October, Ii craved the
sober thought OF the country, because ''now
that peace had come, the Government is
crumbling ipto sandl" Half a year, and
no punishment for treason yet it cries;
one hundred to five hundred pardons day
Horrible The States South have denied
the rights of loyalists, legalized the usurpa-
tions of rebels, and framed iniquity into a
law. "All this under the fostering hand of
johnson =" We see still-the Democracy
are championing him, says the Independent,
"lauding him to his i'll fame and winning
elections in his supportm Good p! and will
win more. Louisiana and New Jersey Dem
Ocrats sustain him, and the World and Ne,oS.
John Van Buren, impudent prince, dares
nominate him for President. Thereupon,
it is constrained tn put its hand to tho rope
and ring the alarm bell. Now assume that
this editorial was written by Theodore Til
ton; the same hand that penned a review in
the same issue of volume of mine as full
of lies as lines. He will in time be, likely
to have more intimate acquaintance with
other ropes than bellropes. ~
gMR. TILToN RINGS THE ALARM BELL.
This amalgamationist, who wishes the
blacks bleached by miscegenatioB, is SO dis
satisfied with Mr.. johnson that he pulls |
away at the rope tor two columns more.
All for what? President johnson 'has |
pinched and withered the fairest bud of |
promise-equal suffrage" Aha! In fact |
he has spoiled whole nosegay of fragrant |
buds and full blown flowers. [Laughter.l
Growing savage at johnson, he belabors |
Senator Doolittle,, Governor Morton, and |
calls on the churches to ostracize these |
traitors to justice. a How Justify he pulls at |
the rope. Ding dong! Arouse, oh Africa,
from Jour slumber, your rights are in dan
ger! Ding dong! ToyOur pulpit, oh Chez |
yer, and thunderyour denunciation. Ding |
dong! Garrison arouse! Here is another |
league with hell and covenant with death |
Ding dong Wendell shout aloud your Phil |
lippfes Ding dong! Butler, dig, dig anoth-
er Dutch Gap canal and blow up another |
powder boat at Fort Fisher. [Great laugh |
teri Ding dongl Boston shake off your
letbargy and exalt your horn! Ding dong! |
dong! John Brown get out, of yonr body |
with imperceptible 'rations, and with your |
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