Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-27
NUMBER 15S..


lection to which be isjustly, entitled, oand/
by means Of his labor make himself q Use
ful and independent member of the COM os
munity in which he has his homesg From o. Di
all the information IN my possessions and oa
from, that, which i have recently. derived ,r
from the most reliable authority, I am In -
duced' 10 cherish the belief thas sectional lie
animosity Is surely and rapidly merginhSHT
itself into q spiritOf national itys and thar
Representation, connected With a properly, ,,,o
IA harmonious restoration ofithe felhEI0nSl1S
of the States to the National BHiOn.noi s91s12
/ There is little-more- testimony yet Mr..
| liPresiieHt3 nditiswortln whilHt0 c0nsioerHT',
lawhile we are here to take counsel and to
know what we ought TO do in the extEAoTy)
IIdinary situation in which we find ourselves, 4.
/ from whom win we take that coihseL Are %
| we to take nc from men, ithe9 purpose ofIOf
whose whole life seems tobe t0iwage wagfoo
upon theseppe0ple and their, instltntionei ics
4 Shall we take IL from men whom they, hate
personally and BY name, and 10 whom tits 10
almost impossible 10 suppOselthey eEerwill ni
be Fecohcilsdal 9hateIwe 10 ltahaljta from I'd
Ilwhr |; Who have treated II as natiohd wal, 10
and who In their eonduct or n nave R0hoo
the aDDlauS6 Of DOUn SeCUit1fbf 5tH off n
ITlIa President says thatRaItOG bis infpEsi
%atlEn RSs RsSa EsSslEsa mSn sHsFas
lbe bUt tirthe scale with that tlscaFfed eoldief,nR
land whose testimonyi td weigh down hislpis
LIS ,hei'whiteWashipg'' here Aopl Has pc
| forgotten the position he occupies before
Ithe American peopler WITH the highest 80 T,
military character Of any mah to-day upon SD
the earth, has he seoudescendeb 70 come sb
n here TO deceive the Senate Of his COUNTY, =,
and to lie about the condition OF affairs IN
the South, which he has recently 'visitedrsp
| Let us hear what he says and listeno Wibhl1l
I patient reverence to the ,utterancefOf asmano9
Of sense, patriot and prudent man, who 4,
desires not to embroil, not TO empltteF, not -
4 to Widen the gap that already exists Ibe-1t
i tween two people who OIiSht 10 be frater- 81
nhlly united, but man who desires % heal ~
and TO pacity; man imhped with the spirit
1 of HOcIe when he went, 70 la Vendee,r and.
where he succeeded when Others had failed.
/ What, does be say? IL is not the tone Or
| the manner OF the letter writer, but 1t Is the
manner Of a man and soldier. io1q ,lEn1bot
4 IL am satisfedn--0O . iguOislygI9 lD lEWBIb
! says he; and when he is satisfied who dares y
say be Is not satisfied upon the score OF hoDT
4 esty and good intent toward this Republic?
/ II am satisfied that the mass lOf thinkhgii
men the South acceptItbe present1sltna- Z
tion OF affairs in good faithrnnO sermrd.y .ylle,
i That's what General Grant says. Is that
/ "whitewashing?' '-'' ''S"'"''N N'Nf"N '"'
] "The questions which have heretofore dill
| vided the sentiments of the people, of the 2
two sections-slavery- and State rights, or
4 the right of State to secede IRON the
Union-they regard as having been settled
forever by the highest tribunal, arms, thai,
4 man can resort to-" liu' olS'E 10 s3lHlpYi
4 IL Is now said that they do not think so;ns
that they are only pretending, and have Aq
4 covert purpose OF doing something heres
| after about this thing, nobody can tell ex-oI
4 actly what Perhaps we will be- told ttey7f
4 will not abide the result. 2 .IoJjsiQ fadi nj
4 II was pleased to learn from, the leading
. -. hat haU
cepted the decision arrived at as f1ah but
that now, when the smoke of battle has
d cleared away and time-has been given for
| reflection rlIisdeeisiOnha has been q fortunate
one for the whole country, they receiving
like benefits from 1t with those who OppOs-
ed them 10 the field and IN counsel"
4 Why Mr. President, the common sense OF
4 that last utterance isIworth more IS testi-al
mOny than that of a thousand scribblerse III
a who merely look at detached points OF this
4 great field. They have resolved to accept
u the decision as final; and, what We eoughtallu
II to be glad to know, they have foBnds that ttd
{ is for their benefit They have found, too,
II after the smoke has cleared away, that they
4 are really in a better condition than they
were before, and they have been relieved
II from the incubus which has oppressed them
ID for 20 Tonga time, and they are ready n0Wt
N to take their places In the Union, and alolgrB
y side of the Northern States who have made
~ HDerCy Jlelr great pTl0Clplo IdtuCI bhau
slavery. why should they mot IL Hnyii
man can give reasoniwhy they should de-fi
sire to keep up this strife any longer with
their devastated fields, with their treasuries
u empty, with their society, disorganized,
shouId like to hear Il. T"a T"Sih 9aN"
1 therefore hope, Mr. President that We
may meet them In q difterent spirit; that
we may show TO them that we made this
? war, not to make them eternal -ehemies Of
'7l ours, not to hnmiliate them, but 70 fescie
them; that we made thisiwHr 20 go and get d
them out Of the clutches of the bad men
who had, misled them int, the gloomy ls
realm OF secession and disunion; and that
we intend, after the great military victory
; which we'have achieved, 0achieve another
b. by yinaEnanimitya and 6leniency IN orr con-
, duct toward them; that we viii win them D
' back to be as they were before, our friends
- and our brothers, OF the same race and Of
the same lineage. ioI hopef too, thar this 81
b angry ,tirritating and exciting medei Of d
treating this subject, which Is CALCULATED 70
make us anything else than friends, VIII be
discarded hereafter and that we shall ce6lly \
and calmly andih the spirit of4the natteHpb o
(becanse- that iso the spirit Of the 19tlQp.l
examine this question and, do with u that
which Will be calculated to restore the old y
!; harmony and peace and the old Unioaoi
y a6nin rDsgTu eG1 uWOb $40 hlu0W 81 4