Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-15
Thes QuessIon II NoI Shall ths
/. southern states be Received Into

The Glues1Ion n NOT Shall the
Southern states be Received Into
the UnIon s...a .,,,.sr lax, 4.
Occasionally, we see talk in. the papers
and IN rcpofted speeches, about receiving
the esouthern States back into the Union"
This sort Of talk is not germane TO the
question that Is now engaging the atten7
tion Of the American people. The Souon-
efn states are not ont Of the Union; they
IIhdertook TO 90 out Of the Union by ordl-
uauces OF Secession, and by force; but they
falledItoaeo out, and by the surrender Of
fheir whole military power, they testified
To the fact that the Federal Government
had succeeded in maintaining the Union.--
This,was the officially proclaimed object of
the war on our part. In the official proc
lamatlon that called out seyenty-fye thou
sand volunteers not the most distant inti+
nation was thrown out, that anything be-
y6nd the maintenance Of the Union was In
tended, and the compelling of the Southern
people todo their duty in the Union' The
Rebellionhad destroyed no right that be-
Ionged to the respective, States their rights
remained unimpaired; but it did, for the
time being, suspend the relations that sub
sisted between the States and the Federal
Government. by virtue Of the Constitution
OF the United States, and the moment that
tl1elmilitary power of the rebellion was
brought to surrender, and the civil officers
of what was called the Confederate Gov,
erpment were dispersed, that moment the
relations that subslsted between the re-
spectiye States and the Federal Govern
nlent resumed their functions. ,.......t5
1t was claimed during the prosecution OF
the,yar that slavery, stood in the way OF the
successful prosecution of the war on our
part, and by proclamation it was abolished
under an assumed war power that author
lies the overthrow OF any obstacle that may
impede the success Of the military power,
1t was not declared abolished on humani-
tartan, grounds or on the grounds that it
was a sinful Institution, but because It
stood out as an obstruction in the
way of our maintaining the Union, i
was pretsnse, we know; but the Union
was maintained and the States were heldin
the Union, and with the maintenance Of
the Union came the maintenance of the
States in all their rights in the Union as
States; and one Of these rights, as clearly
set forth in the Constitution, is the right of
Representation in Congress. This being
the case,can we, without becoming nulli-
fiers and violators of the Constitution, deny
to any State that Representation? ,-.-
The question, therefore, for our consider
alton, is not, 'Shall we receive the lately in
surgent States into the Union% The
Question was decided at the mouth of the
cannon, and at immense cost of money,
that those States had not gone out OF the
Uuion, and that they should not 90 out Of the
Union under any circumstances 'chdteuer.
Everything was used to make good that
determination The South, finding that
the Northern people we're thus determined,
and they. unable to go out of the Union,
threw down their arms and agreed thence
forth to abide with us in the Union. Hence,
the question for our consideration Isl ~Shall
we abide by the written terms of the Con-
stitutlon, and allow their Representatives
to take their seats with our Representatives,
or shall we outrage alike the Constitution
and mag agnahimity by refusing to them their
seats?" This is the question as it stands di-
vested of all surroundings. '
Hasn't Given in Hts Adhesion Vet
The Columbus Morning Journal upt to yes
teftiay morning had not given in its adhe-
sion @ the President. The President needs
the support of Mr.. SHELLABARGER the Con-
gressman from this District, in connection
With thesdpportof other Republican mem
bers, to carry his measures of pacification
through Congress. The Journal must know
this, and vet it fails to counsel Mr.. SHELLA-
BARGER and the other Republican members,
from Ohio to support those measures OF
pacideatioh. Itshould know that the pub-D
lie regard its course as one of antagonism
torthe President and as in favor of the un-
constitutional course Of the impracticables
in Congress. Does the Journal look upon
it6S 6Ghsaithy for tito give to the Presi-
dents policy of pacificatioH as he has setit
forth inthe Message is Jealous support
The Presidents Faith in Stevens
= sguissgsA sri riHseaderships ei ylpJ t'H1
There Is nothing sensational about the
Netc York Ereniag Post. 1t isa Republican
journal of ability and responsibility, and
aims at accuracy. This being its character,
the following in its Washington special Of
the ,f1th insta IS entitled to be received as
trastworthys st geFh oi aiia i@upll
N FA leading Congressman from New Eng
land had an Interview with the President
on Saturday, when the latter expressed the
beliefst that Congress and the Executive
could harm0nize on a plan Of reeOnstruc-
tiOu.f The President, hotoeUer, expressed his
fears that under tle lead OF Mr.. Stevens the
House toould take a position tohich tt could not
hOld2'idnn Eqf s8If9-dlCd i9og ndtE0a SIT
This paragraph inspires thehope that the
President has resolved to stand by his poli-
cys as set forth In his Message, and that
Congress viii have to back down fromthe
Bddi0al position It has taken under the
whip and spur Of SrEvENs, The Presi-
dentevidently,puts the proper estimate
on6rEvExs, and, hence, detests and repudi.
ates his leadership. The paragraph quot
ed holds out the idea that Congress can
haEm9nize with the Executive by accept,
inghis work Of freeonstructionan 4dmit-