Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-24
he Wnr DYER

sf,i,,, n lG the war over r,fif1ul
LA few months ago The Ohio State Journal
told its readers that 1t was not habitual
reader Of THE STATESMAN. Whether any
.of It's readers believed this statement we do
not know; but ON Saturday 1t gave to the
.pubIic an editorial which was inspired by
al old Prospectus in THE STATESMAN. The
.SrATEsMAN is accused with being a pro-
found believer in the divinity Of the insti-
tution Of African Slavery. On the preced-
ing day 1as Cincinnati Comnaereiql5 undertook
to prove that The STATEsMANi misrepre-
scented the creed of the Democratic party
because It would not justify SecessiohIncr
advocate the rightfulness, humanity, and
Divinity of Sopthernl Slavery. b If The
tJ0urnas editor were to- devote his time to
othe perusal Of even the editorials OF the
Journals that are prominent in his own po-
rlitical household, instead of rummaging
over old advertisements, he might be able
to pronounce With a greater degree of in
.telligence on the matters he essays to dis
.cuss. There certainly should not be a1con-
lfiletiof opinion between such verdctoas and
s,liqstened journals as The Cincinnati Com
.nsercid and The Ohio State Journal as to the
position occupied by The STATESMAN touch
ing the Institution of Slavery in the South.
y Another charge The Journal makes against
THE STATESMAN, is that The STATESMAN Is
ioblivious of the fact that the War is over;
and therefore suggests that some kind friend
t.of ours ''jog" US and inform us that 1.-THE
War is over.n What authority has The
-Journd for the assertion that the War Is
overP Has the President of the United
States so declared to the country and to the
world by Proclamation2 Does the Secre-
ltary of War act on that idea? Ii "the
War Is over" why are men and women yet
tried by Military Commissions, which are
denominations that can alone find any plea
of justification when the country is 'in the
midstof bloody and protracted civil war!"
If ''the War is over" why is the writ OF
hu5eas corpus suspended by military authori-
ty? If 1.-THE War is over'' why is it that
in very large portion of the country mill
.tary rule is supreme? The country is either
sin the midst of bloody and protracted
civil war; or the recent trial and finding
and execution, at the instance OF such find
ing BY a Military Commission at Washing
ton, was gross and wicked usurpation. The
country is either Sin the midst of a bloody
tand protracted civil War or the suspension
of she writ of habeds corpus is ausnrpation
equally gross and wicked. The country is
either sin the midst of a bloody and pro-
.tracted civil War;" or the military rule that
-oyershadows a large portion of our leoun-
itry,is a usurpation as uDjustifiable' as the
usufpation In either of the other cases re-
ferred to. mnrgypij ad1J VI itiJt Ioug ~
sii II, the War is over, and the object of the
swar has been accomplished, why does not
the President SO declare through Proc
lamation9 If the War is over, why are not
Military Commissions abolished? If the
War is over, why is not the writ of habeas
corpus restored to its full, unrestricted OPP
-erationp IF the War is over, why is not
military rule dispensed with? p If the War
;is over, why are military arrests allowed to
be made in the name of the Administra-
tion? VIII The Journal answer us these
questions? . 80, & ,.,.y f.,.r rroiI
We did think that when the whole mili- |
tary power OF the South surrendered, and
the Southern people gave unquestionable
evidence of q Willingness to yield faithful |
and prompt obedience to the authority Of |
the Federal Government, that the War was
ut an end but the Secretary of9War and
the Intervals who control and direct the |
action Of tde party that has put In claim |
for all the patriotism of the country, acton |
the idea that the War is not over, and will |
not be over until the Black man Is made |
the political equal of the Wbitei man. AT |
the point of the bayonet they propose, If
need be, to establish this equality. In the |
outset the ayowed object Of the War was
the maintenance of the Federal Union but /
the War had not progressed far before the
object was declared to be the Emancipation
Of the Slaves, and it Is, now declared that |
we can have no aetual,f permanent peace
until the equality of the Slaves thus eman-
cipated shall have been recognized. s,s. w
q If Ths Journal believes the War to be
over, let 1t tura its attention to the Admin
istration, and insist that 1t shall make it's
action conform to that condition of affairs;
Rpd letit, also, satisfy Its Reserve political
allies, including General Cox of the pro-
priety of withdrawing their demands that
Iii necessary to raise the Black man to q |
political equality with the White man, as q
condition to permanent peace. % 81"
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