Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-06
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Restoration.

The work of restoration goes bravely on.
The accounts that reach US from the South
are very encouraging, and show that the
loyal citizens are rallying round the Off
GERS sent to aid them in the work Of restor-
ing the Union. Instead Of GOODNESS and re-
prOaches from the North they should be
encouraged by words of cheer, and every
effort they make place their States in har-
mony with the other States in the Union
should be regarded as a step in the right
direction. These efforts need not be and
should not be looked upon as made In bad
faith, neither should we ask the Southern
States to take steps to allow the extension
of the franchise to classes of people whom
we ourselves prohibit in our own States;
these things are not essential; they will
come in the future If they are based on
sound and just principles; such questions
should be left to those States to be settled
without interference from us; we would
not tolerate the interference of the Southern
States in our internal State affairs. In the
words of Gov. Boutwell,, {" By the peace Of
1888, each of the thirteen former colonies
rose at once to the rank of free and SOW
ereign State; having the right, of course,
as such, to abolish any of'its old institu-
tions, or to establish new ones. The Con-
stitution' of 1889 neither added to, or
In the reconstruction of these !" free
and sovereign" States under the amnes-
ty proclamation of the President,
the loyal citizens have the right to regulate
their domestic affairs, not we for them; they
must be organized on the basis of the Con-
stitution under the terms of amnesty grant
ed by the President; the Constitution
"neither added to or materially dimin-
ished" theirsovereign powers, butof neces-
sity they are each equal under its provis-
ions. We of the North are not hereafter to
set ourselves up as a class of superior States
to rule and regulate the internal affairs OF
our equals and the sooner we of the North
disabuse our minds of any such idea the
better. This assumption is being cunningly
put forward by the radical men Of our Sec
tion, and to the unrefecting such doctrine
is ilattering and attractive, but the moment
the sober second thought of the people eX-
| amines the subject it is seen that such a
proposition can not for moment stand the
test of practical statesmanship. We OF New
| England should be especially cautious about
1 adopting any such theory OF politics, for
we should remember that we have many
reasons to desire to maintain the rights and
equality OF, the States. New England is
composed of comparatively small States
which desire to retain the power they have
| Ill SODHTeSS iOUaUpS. fOF 1llStdnCt, bfc
great State of New York, with as much
population, and as great an area of territory
as all the New England States, has but two
Senators in Congress, while we of New
England have twelve. So in her material
interests New England is peculiar. Her
| fisheries are in part sustained by the bounty
of the General Government; her manu-
factures are continually receiving all
the proteetion asked; her great conf
mercial interests, also, lean on the pro-
| tecting arm of the General, Congress
and Government. For these reasons, if for
no Others, it would be well for us to cling
to the doctrines which lay at the foundation
of our governmental system, and especially
| to the doctrines of constitutional State
| rights and State equality. Let us ''do unto
others as we would others should do unto
u.s." let us restore the Union upon the sys-
TEN of free labor whichis being so univer-
sally accepted at the South; and then bend
all our energies to re-establish our indus
trial pursuits, and to develope the wonder
full reSourcesOf our mighty republic; let us
strive, not to override and to control each
other, as States or as sections, but enter on
race for supremacy with the other nations
of the world, in cOmmerce,in in manufactures,
in agriculture, in the arts and sciences.
Let us stretch out our iron rails over our
continent from Portland and Boston to the
Golden Gate of the Pacific; let us open
great lines of steamships from San Fran
cisco to the East Indies, to China and Japan;
let us negotiate for the Isthmus ofPanama,
and opena new highway for ships through
canal to the States on the Pacific coast,
and thus, overland and through canal, let
us compete with France and England for
the carrying trade OF the East. ''s
When we contemplate the vast energy
and power displayed by our people during
the tremendous struggle through which we
have passed, and consider what we may in
the future accomplish, through a judicious
use of the resources OF our people by the
| arts of peace, how Insignificant are the mis-
cradle questions which some weak and fool
lish men are endeavOringito force upon our
attention, compared with these grander ac-
| complshments which are awaiting devel-
| opment at our hands! But, thanks to an
| all-wise Providence, we have man at the
helm who knows welloithe stormy sea
through which the Ship of State is sailing;
his compass is the Constitution, his chart
the same old parchment whchwas used by
Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jack
son, and when be lets go the "anchors Of
our hope" it will be in the haven OF safety.
| The winds of faction may howl, and the
waves of fanaticism may lash themselves
into fury but the helmsmah will stand firm,
for he is ssteering by the lightOf Democratic
| experience, man of the people, only de-
string the good Of the people and the speedy
restoration of the Union. M - ti.5
The restoration,is is .marching on" and no
opposition to it win stand, as none has
| stood. This Union cannot be destroyed by
fanatics and theorists, North or South; the
South have tried it, and are satisfied on that
point. Let us see if there be any men in
the North who propose to pursue the task
of oisunion, or of preventing the restora-
tion of the Union; II there be any, they
are simply seeking certain destruction for
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