Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-19
From the New York News Of Saturday J
&l'he Com bat IDeeDeus.',

- Charles Sumner, as President of the Re-
publican State Convention of ,Massachu-
setts, has thrown down the gauntlet to the
conservative faction of the Black Republic
eau party. His studied address to the Con-
vention'd distinctly traced the policy Of the
red radicals in the next Congress, andin
conjunction With the recent speech Of
ThaddeusI Stevens, in Pennsylvania, may
be considered the signal of open opposition
to President Johnson, on the part of the
extremists OF their party, and, therefore, a
token OF acknowledged division in the
Black Republican ranks. 'i' ''''' '' ''v'
Noless.. significant is the philippe pub
lished on yesterday in the New York Times
against the Honorable Thaddeus Stevens.
Mr.. Raymond does not waitto take up the
glove thrown down by Senator Sumner,
but simultaneously throws down his own,
and meets defiance with defiance. There
can be no reconciliation between parties
that strike such spiteiul and such heavy
blows. 1t Is no friendly tilt between good
natured rivals, but trial with UNDATED
weapoIfs-a combat to the utterance.
Raymond, through the columns Of his jour-
nal, has an advantage over the mere ora
tory of his opponents; and besides, he fights
in "a tower of strength " in his prOfassed
devotion TO the President. The Times, in
commencing the assault upon Stevens has
certainly struck home; a severe blow, be-
cause it tells the cruel truth and brands the
Pennsylvania as the author of very SER
iousinjury to the county 1t says: .'.a.
"Quite number of Southerners, on read
ing the speech of the Hon. Thad. Stevens,
haveabandoned their business projects and
gone home discouraged. They say they
cannot face the desolation which his plans
fpr q ha not, ,Nut thai
farms again in order, clear them oftheir il =
cumbrances, rebuild their ruined dwellings,
plant fresh crops and get new start in life
Tor their children and themselves, with the
prospect, at any moment, of seeing the
whole swept away by a ruthless confis-
cation. They cannot work with heart or
hope while such sword is hanging over
their heads"
And, adds our cotemporary, "We cannot
blame them for this feeling" Blame them!
no, indeed it is not censure for them that
moves a heart susceptible to just emotions,
but for those who seek to keep the iron heel
of powerupon aprostrate and helpless peo-
pie. There is something SO repulsive to the
American character in this attempt. of Ia
naticiSm to tear open healing wounds and
to stand, with, a, fierce partisanship in the
way af the sunshine of peace, thwarting the
efforts of nature, forbidding the industry
that seeks to serve the'dgeneral welfare,
making war against hands that are eager to
work at the plow, the loom, the various in
struments of labor essential to the reeu-
peration of our country, and preventing
the fruits of the earth to bless in their har-
vests. There is something in this barbar-
GUS policy so unnatural that it is strange
that a universal cry OF indignation does not
swell from the popular fheart. MIR. Ray
mOud's rebuke springs, it is true, from a
partisan motive; but in the Solemn truth
that he has uttered, he will find response
from all just men that will 60 far, toward
Gripping the resources of his powerful an
tagonist. " 81
Senator Sumner and Hon. Thaddeus Ste.
vens have embarked boldly upon desper-
ate enterprise. They have clearly defined
their purpose to make political capital foI
their faction by provokinga continuance oi
intersectional hostility. Bullet it be under
stood that their recklessness is allied with q
grim. determination and an abundance Of
resources that renders them most formida-
BILE enemies to the peace of the Republic
They are no pigmies tocontend with. 1t il
not in mere brayado that they face the cur
rent of popular opinion and enter the list
against President indirectly of their ewr
creation. There will be a stormin the mex
Congress that will shake the dome ofathe
Capitol but let the thunder bolt all--witf
il will be heard the dying wall of Black
Republicanism, and when the cloud passes
naught will exist OF that once powerful
party but sbroken fragments onsthe barren
ground"