Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-15
THE CITIZEN ALSO HAS HIS DUTIES AND HIS
PERILS. -..

the heart, and brings into action clemens
of personal character not before known 70
exist. The late conflict has been no excep-
| ton to the rule, and the cause of the Union
was more than once put in jeopardy by the
! violent, unconstitutional and tyTannlcal
acts of those in power. Unfortunately for
| the country, an Individual was appointed
to the War Office who has proven to be as
destitute of patriotism as he Is 'devoii OF
| conscience. Cruel by instinct and tyrant
| by nature, he trampled the Constitution be-
meath his iron heel; violated the libertyiof
speech and the press; insulted the intelli-
gence of the army by excluding from circu-
lation such journals as his caprice might
| proscribe, and thus denied to the soldiers
1 the' opportunity of forming an impartial
| Judgment upon public questions under dis
\ cussion before the people. sgqt "a .gy.u'
| The country was thus menaced by two
| fold danger; armed secession threatened the
integrity OF the Union on the one hand,
! while bad men Obtained q dangerous influ-
ence over the President, on the other; the
| States were reduced to the dependency OF
provinces, and life, liberty and property
were held subject to arbitrary control. .D1U
| The Democracy desired the overthrow OF
the, rebellion, and, from first TO- last. con-
tributed a fair proportion to keep full the
ranks of the army. and maintain the integ-
|
upon the maxim OF Jefferson, that "error OF
opinion may be tolerated, so long as reason
is left free to combat it," they insisted upon
the right Of free speech, free press, and the
Invaluable right of trial by jury. .,"a..J. ~
Taught from my cradle, that without
free discussion, civil liberty must perish,
while yet a boy, at MY native home, was
one of seven persons swhoprOteeted an Abo-
litong lecturer from the assaults of an in-
furiated crowd, who would have torn him
to pieces; although believed the doctrine
taught by him to be both dangerous and un-
constitutional. 1T may then be well under
stood that while being, in heart and soul,
opposed to the mad scheme of secessio j,
that was ready to denounce and oppose
every attempt to smother the inestitnable
right of free discussion. DtApplause.
, SO wedded9is Mr., Stanton to arbitrary
: power, so ayerse is he to the. establishment
, of civil liberty, that he continues to inter-
: fere with the bayonet to control elections,
until at length the Neb York Tribune, the
) Cincinnati Commercial, and other distinguish
2 ed journals OF the Republican party, have
I denounced these usurpations with equal
{ courage and ability. But the evil still eX'
/ I lists, and the people alone can apply the
remedy, for these and like abuses have
: grown into such common use, that one vio'
! lation of the Constitution is cited as pre-.
cedent to justify anotheN and many of oul
public men have seemed to believe that
their arbitrary will is paramount to the
, Constitution. Thus, Gen. Cox, the distin-
, guished nominee of the Republican party,
, in his speech at Ripley, on the 9th of Au-
: gust, complained that the Democratic party
, maintains that State rights must be main
tained, and the Union Of the States only
! exists through the Constitution, and that
the National Government has no authority
Q over the States, only what is delegated by
3 the Constitution. [Applause.l ''l
: Such is clearly the doctrine of the DE.
h moeracy; such, too, was the doctrine taught
|. by Washington and Franklin, by Madison
' and Jefferson, and by all the early father:
of the Republic; but while we believe in
, State rights, as defined by the Constitution
! we deny that a State has the right to secede
from the Union, or nullify law of Con-
, gress. Ur u ,p-..'. '..-,.. ..l .rr.-
, General Cox maintains that the Federal
1 Government-that is, in his meaning, the
:: President-can do as he wills, without ref
erence to- the Constitution, or in other
f words, that the power of the President
r like the power of an absolute monarch, i:
f without control. But such, l am glad tC
Z believe, are not the views of our patriotic
i people, and if they desire to preserve oul
g free institutions as a legacy for their chill
n dren, 1t behooves them to rebuke and resis
n the encroachments of despotic power. Ap.
q plause. Il: ,.l ''' w II ..lF lF
General Cox is at this moment military
commander of the State of Ohio, aud hi
: views as to arbitrary pow + are the more
(; dangerous, as they are backed by the sword
RESTORATION OF THE UNIoN.iq5 ar
The bloody contest which has just closed
Al, lS,,,
q one7fOurth of Dall the real and persona
0 lives of 1,000,000 of our best and BRAY.
est citizens. This is no fiction, but a sterI
o. For what, fellow-citizens, was all thislav
a ish expenditure of blood and treasurer
e You answer, for the Union. Yes, and sucl
v is the response of the surviving heroes o
8 the war. What, then, will you say to thS
d. men, WHO, after all this sacrifice, are oppos
! ed to the restoration of then Unior
: Euntil five, ten,HA twenty or thirty
@ lyears,1 or such other future time as i
: shall please the people Of the South to plac,
e themselves upon an equality with negroes
q And such, my countrymen, Is the position
v of General Cox. In substance, he says, it |
IS true we lost million Of, men, and expend
4. ed one-fourth of the wealth of the nation
d but, what of that? Wehave more men ant
d more money, and the Union must not be re
stored until white men are placed upon al
Q equality with negroes. a5ua-7 ~ ..,aus
n On the evening of the day that Gen. Coz
h was nominated, General Schenck, distin
: guished leader Of the Republican, party
i entered the arena1asofhis chief champion
t, and from the, steps of the Capitol, accordin.
It to the report Of the Cincinnati papers, h
1t said: a~i -4 .est,f3,,
al "Iwould not bring them (the, Southern
i lStates) back this year, or the next year,
n = .n* aiI al would wait til
O new wood grows" and by ..new woodn tn
,e speaker meant until a new generation
!, sprang up; and that, thus, the brave me-
!? who had fought through the four years o
e Ewar, should not be allowed to see tn
t- Union, for which they had fought, restored
ST. What is the Union? 1t is an association
k of States under u Government of delegate
IS powers, and those powers clearly define
), by. the Constitution. Each State is entitle
n to an equaT representation in the Senate
n and a pro rata representation In the Hous
If of Representatives, but the politicians VIII
Z support General Cox are opposed to allow
e ing the Southern States a. representation i
lr Congress or, in other words, they oppos
s the restoration or the Union; for unit
If all the States are allowed a representatio
9. in Congress, the Union is not restored.
,flo The, Ne,N York Tribune, from which,
d Tread, in an able editorial Of May 18th, aS6;
y saws: :g1y aguii glgsil- q ,spdmule0 ,yiauJ :
I'LL I"Whatis called the 'South,-77that is, tn
d slave power&is thoroughly beaten, AM
20 frankly admits it. M There never was a NOR