Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-08
COLUMBUS. OHIO, WEDNESDAY MORNING,
. tter from Hon. Thomas Ewing.

DEAR SIR: Your. letter, inclosilg a'copy
| Of call for National Convention to be
1 held at Philadelphia on the 4tfI INST. has
olOng been before me. i at once expressed
to you my hearty concurrence In Its OBJ
jects, butzcausess not within my control,
have thus faridelayed' mein giving, as
then promised, more definitely and at large,
my views on the subject.u----
r We all feel ana knew that the leondlt ton
respects anomplous. The different depart
/ ments of the Government do not move iar-
moniously In, their proper spheres, but In
some respects tetatd and disturb the action
Of each OTTER. Phe evil requires remedy,
/ which can only be applied on careful In
yestigatlon OF Its causes, , n0raabn m have n,a d,o-
:, ~ Is nI9st inPo.rIanL t,ia1we,nate di " liz
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PresenCaCioiIUI euese InaVoets ~ Stvi Yy9,hs
ElIno9t tlNture ~ LUG psssagnI - ~ pioJu
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rectl9n ipls ls as ~, Sl.o
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oDlect am uesirous W 81.
as ohe anlonR P4e ,CnousenSs y u
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tne o1uCu tYL at Vnu
PasC, 9een OauS"C Jn Cue souootIL ~ oi;,Ioni
reareu up anu euucaCeI ir Se p'I.isrt i'n'sp !!
IalCh tnat IlIeSlance tosue rotaCe 10 pa
houneOoaheH lSnoe IoICue Srlpn' . ~ ttruS
"a Gitlzen ~ bhs Sta,e iy' a. sne oo1 n ~.
ol is 2yaIe, a ia ad ~
war alnsC .ne CnIsou oUhSee, :" ~ y
coTolisy,tagalhsS any onei vi 'iAofe.ot'"'e
slsEen ne oGates. ~ u4lL, ~ Il. Y.,,s tb9 b9s.a11 s.a11
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pIh uolpsl.tS ''iS O'T'S' !
nllltary Sncanlp % e4Hsyip .-,,t ai. ..,-lDqy
Ihose holding tne pnyslcal iorce III elsVen ,ll
States in 1861, declared in convention Cheir
secession from the Union; expelled ITS ON,
GERS and repudiatedn lss IA VS., ana sgoou
prepared TO maintaln as far aS tneY might
by force Of arms, distinct ana lndependent
nationalitfes, contedefa6ed Tor the purpose
of attack or defense against the GhlOn as
common tenemysO Ynl Ihe otIerj nSllf. an we
asserted aDSoluge; lngepgrlgy OF Ine Union
that no state coulu secede from OF cease De
an Integral part OF the union; unse Ies laws
constitutlonallyl enaeteu, We're OF 9lhalng
lorce IN all Ine pLates Ahu teIrIIoLles, anu
that to levy war or oppose armed resist IS
ance TO the execution Oh the laws OF tle
Union, was treason even thouRh. ,suchFe-
slstance were III ioDeulenee 70 laW1oi
State and to the mandate OF lts authorlty'
And II Is gnls on Wnhlch Ins issue Was wa. Gakeu
between the Union ana Chose'holulhg Ghe
physical power In 'tne eleven 4 seeeulhg
States A clVhIwar was lhe consequences
great in It's magnitude, great ~ lgS results;
The supremacy OF the unlon mas Deen
maintained-the illegal ana feVoluUlonary
declarations OF secession nave IDeen ahnui-
led, together with the ordinances ~ thelr
support and maintenance, anu Gne several al
states, so tar as thelr olllclai acts can ehecg
that oD)eeC, nave resumeo sacILlts .piaee as
members OF the Y mon ana aekAoWleogeu
the supremacy Of lts LAWS 4 -hti.,yit-..
we nave conIeh9e9 GnrougnouC sae coHS :
tes1 Gnae Tue seceueu States Mole DvA.Gs .I' vi
the Union, ana thaC 'the clti1ens ol ,thoSe
States, VINO In any way aluel1 ~ tne reVolI
were guiltyiof treason. Ihls point ls now
yleldedTlt Is settleu anu hoG open 10 as
cusslon. your cali invites only Unose VINO
hold "me .Oaaon ~ eue''y case tnd'sso1u0te arg
perpetual, ana u declares tnat no eetegate VIII
take alseaC IN the. ConVeIltloh ,WH0 GoeS n0s 10,
toydlty accept me National Sltadtton ana cordt-
GEty mdorse the great princlple ABOVE au-
nounced. io u"i!.iHZi y.1qi,gn I,
This l. most heartily approve l would
not Wllllnlgly meet 10 council OF JON III po-
lltlcal acti0n Win Cnose, II sucn Chere De,
VINO would again open GnaC guesGoh'. Sns :
agitation OF winch mas lhllcted slchz ungol9
misery upon Che SountTyi jl,r. yL.cil kaIa
assume GnereIore, ynaC e9e G 1--WE ~ slle
Ylo elac.eu ~ S%o ,,C. "s
S.Ip5 Slo pa b'i ~ a,s nf' the Stoto-tbat no
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y, PSi ftbn,,ys, beS S;nos tho
n%rIe9 s 81 Stb StotaS s,sref tS osfs Of ,sna,,
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~ Is W. ~ II, S,ia III
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The dlfnculty existed mol IN Sne rlght ot
tne osSte 70 pc repr,eseilC.sSu, III, puC IA tne