Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-07
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Hia DEAToCRATlc GATHERING AT FREMONT. ,r.. /.
ii9A great Democratic rally took, place at
the ETemOnJ Court House, at two O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. The building was
crowded with ladies and gentlemen9
Among the latterwas Hon. Il. p SFinefrock,
of Sandusky, Democratic candidate for
Congress ia the Ninth District. W. r.
Noble, ESD, of Tiffln, opened the meeting
with Anew reinhrkssl The Radicals were
neyenlm favor ofthe Union. TheyIwant a
new Constitution aud Union that shall be
dictated by them. The quicker we begin
to restore the Union, the sooner we shall
accomplish that work. mThe longer ~ we.
leave the Southern States out the more
dissatisfied they will become, and, by and
by, we shall have o repetition of the last
tive years. At the conclusion of Mr.. No
ble's remarks, he introduced the principal
speaker 9f the OCCASION, Judge r. p. Ran:
ney,,of this city. ,..,....-,..T ,.,.E;.--a ~.
sf isyUDGE RANEBY's SPEECH ni noi p
FELLOW CITIZENS III have hardly made
a political speech, since 1853. Since then
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business. / am no politician; hold no
office, and wanbnOne. Il shall briefly state
my own convictions on the affairs of the
country The couDtry cannot, be brought,
out of its present difficulties by talking.
There has been zoe oinuch talking, and too
little acting. We should not be coutented
with 4e00iag whatis right; we should act
up to it, f'.r.,~.,
/ have been Democrat from boyhood,
but do not impeach the action OF men in
other parties. HaBehnO objections to- CO.
operating with anybody, of whatever name
or party, who sees things as / do. We are
all in one boat, and are all to have one haven
or shipwreesE The duty of all now is to
act eouseientiously ior. the good of the
country. We have had four years Of war.
A vast debt has followed it. Our labor
systems are Cleran ged; the basis of labor in
one-balf. ofytie country9has been changed.
These facts present new elements for the
people to act, upon, If not acted upon
wisely, difficulties will epsue. In the first
place, the couiilry' Should be restored to
the Constitution. We are in Federal
Union of independent States. The latter
are independent in the sphere of their own
action; the Federal Government is sover-
eignin the sphere Of It's action. No one
can act usefully in public capaeity.With-i
longs to both. What right has any one
here to go'to South Carolina andmake local
enaCtments for them; or to make lams,that
are acceptable in one State operate ip an
other! You have the rightcthe C0nstitu-
ton gives you, and no more; and when a
man gets out Of that he has as good a right
Ito govern France as any of the States. G9g
H. Too omany fail TO appreciate the necessity
OF abiding by the Constitution, When you
cut loose from law and the Constitution
| you have cut at the foundation of Otr civil
society, and are at sea without rudder or
compass. 5di ~ ;IoDisllT git .f gGn nr3df
What haYe we heard in the. Congress of
! the United States for few years past?
Some Of the Republicans said the COnsti-
tuition had been laid aside only during the
| war, MS though we could live without law
in war better than in peacet The war is,
now over, No hand is now raised against
the country. There IS no more peacefu land
in the world, at this moment. than our
| own Ispib 1t about time to unrOll the Con-
sttutipn? 7. If not now, when are we going
90 do. it? Shall we live without law?
Who can say but that this whirlpool of
passioh-sthis Gu tting loose from law7--is
driving us onintO the upeertaipty of war
No country can say that she is not to be,
invOl Sed in future troubles. Suppose that
now, with the country Standing on one leg,
1--we should be Suddenly involved in a for
eigni war, where would, our strength be.2
We would not have even crutch to lean
| upon.
AN this has been done to perpetuate the
power of,a party that can secure but
minority of the votes of the American peo-
| pie. This idea OF retaining power, is the
! foundation of all their actions. The funda-
mental proposition-the foundation of all
| Republican G0Vernments--is, that the ma
! jority ought to rule. There have, been
! splendid Illustrations of this fact, in the
| past history OF our country. No matter
whatreverses and trials the latter has ex-
| perienced, the moment it has been over, a
reverence for great principles has secured
| perfect peace.
ioThe new party isgoing to perpetuate its
power by the minority. If thevotes ofthe
| excluded States weTe-included with those
| OF the Democrats aud Conservatives of the
North, they would exceed the votes that
return these Republicans. The latter see
this, int the future, and they are trying to
| sustain themselves through one more Presi-
dental election, with only a part of the
States in the Unton. Suppose they are sue
cessfnl; that one-thhd of the States areex-
| eluded from assisting at such an election.
! and that minority President is placed in
power. fear the, results of such state of
affairs. There Belongs to our character, as
| lillqstrated,in our past history, reluotance
to submit to byranny; and when this is long
continued, it is difficult to, tell the seonse-
quences, After the country is restored,
some say the South is not At to come back
Then whyldid we fight to- bring her back |?
Why this mountain OF debt, andcorpses, to-
hold them in, the Union? That is, whatwe
fOupht for and sllcceeled In doinp "A ftpr