Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-11
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eve Of restored UMoN, Many have be-
lieved the thing impossible. We have
not been of that number. The idea Of
conquering, subjugating aud territorial.
izing the Southern States is about to be
abandoned by the Administration North,
while on the other hand the project of a
separate government South, is being
abandoned by the men there who chiefly
have given dignity and importance to the
struggle, and they who opposed secession
at the first, and who have been reconstruc-
tionists ever since, are getting the control.
All that is wanting now, is FAIR AND HON
oRABLE TERMS --''THE CoNsTITUTIoN AS
III rs, AND TINE Union AS IT WAS"
That "true reconcilement" may yet grow
Between the sections and stronger bonds
of Union than ever, all history attests.
Upon this question, the time has now come
to reproduce the following extracts from
Mr.. Vallandigham's speech of January
IA, 1868. From the faith herein express
ed he has never departed
What then ? Shall we separate2 Again l
answer, no, no, mol What then2 And now,
sir, come to the grandest and most solemn
problem Of craftsmanship from the beginning
Of time; and to the God of Heaven, lllumin.
er Of hearts and minds | would Lumbly ap-
peal for some measure at least, Of light and
wisdom and strength to explore and reveal
the dark but possible future Of this land
CAN THE UNION OF THESE STATES Re RE-
sToRED2 now SHALL 1T BE DoSE2
And why not2 Is it historically impossi-
ble2 Sir, the frequent civil wars and con-
lliots between the States of Greece did not
prevent their cordial union to resist the Per
sian invasion, nor did even the thirty years
PeoponnssRn war, springiug in part, from
the abduction OF slaves, and embittered and
disastrous as it was--et Thucidides speak
wholly destroy the fellowship of those States
The wise Romans ended the three years So.
cial War after many bloody battles, and much
atrocity, by admitting the States Of Italy to
all the rights and privileges Of Roman citizen
ship--the very object to secure which these
States had taken up arms The border wars
between Scotland and England, running
through centuries, did not prevent the fnal
Union in peace and adjustment, of the two
| kingdoms under one monarch. Compromise
did at last what ages Of coercion and attempt
ed conquest had failed TO effect England
kept the crown, while Scotland gave the king
| to wear it, and the memories of Wallace and
the Bruce of Bannockburn, became part of
the glories Of British history. pass by the
union of Ireland with England-a union of
force, which God and just men abhor; and yet
precisely "the Union as it should be" of the
Abolitionsts Of America. Sir, the rivalries
Of the houses Of York and Lancaster filled
all England with cruelty and slaughter; yet
compromise and intermarriage ended the
strife at last, and the white rose and red were
blended in one Who dreamed d month be.
fore the death of Cromwell that in two years
the people of England, alter twenty years OF
civil war and usurpation, would, with great
unanimty, restore the house of Stewart in
the person of its most worthless prince, whose
father but eleven years before they had be.
headed2 And who could have foretold in the
beginning of 1872 that within some three
| years, Napoleon would be in exile upon q des.
ert island, and the Bourbons restored Armed
foreign intervention did it; but it is a strange
|
nephew of Napoleon, thirty FIVE years later,
with the consent o! the people, supplaut the
Bourbon and reign Emperor OF Frrnce Sir,
many States and people, once separate, have
| become united in the course Of ages through
natural causes and without conquest; but l
remember a single instance only in history,
Of States or people once united, and speaking
the same language, who have been forced per-
manently asunder by civil strife or war unless
they were separated by distance or vast natural
boundaries. The secession of the Ten Tribes is
the exception; these parted without actual war;
and their subsequent history is not encourage
ing to secession. But when Moses, the greatest
OF all statesmen, would secure distinct nation.
ality and government TO the Hebrews he left
Egypt and established his people in distant
country, ln modern times, the Netherlands,
three centuries ago, won their Independence
by the sword; but France and the Euglish
Channel separated them from Spain. SO did
our Thirteen Colonies; but the Atlantic ocean
divorced us from England. So did Mexico,
and other Spanish colonies 10 America but
the same ocean divided them from Spain.
Cuba and the Canadas still adhere to the par-
ent Governments. And who now, North or
South, in Europe or America, looking into his.
tory, shall presumptuonsly say that because OF
ciyil war the reunion of these States is i'm.
possible? ? War, indeed while it lasts, is dis
union aud, If it lasts long enough, will bs
fnal eternal separation frat, and anarchy
and despotsm afterwards. Hence | would
hasten peace now, to-day by every honorable
appliance
Are there physical causes which render re,
union impraoticable2 None. Where other
canAes do not control, rivers unite; but noun
tains, deserts, and great bodies of water
oceant dtssOci0bttss - separate a people
Vast forests originally, and the lakes now also
divide us--nOt very widely or wholIy-from
the Canadas, though we speak the same Ian