Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-09

persons the owners shall be compelled to
entertain on their farms, under the penal
ties of cOnfiscation. Surely If our fellow
citizens of New England must convert this
Government into great eleemosynary in
stitution--it they must deprive four mill
lions of people of their honors to satisfy
| their craving to make these people the
"Wards of the nation''-they ought to be
ashamed of the nlggardliness which seeks
to support them at other peoples expense,
and to quarter them upon those who have
been deprived of their services.
And far above all these agencies, enter
ing every State and county and township
and family-touching every interest, COM
merclal, mechanical and dagricultural-seek-
ing every avenue of trade, every branch OF
industry, every profession and occupation
holding In their grasp every man and wO-
man and child whether they labor for
bread in the factory or at the plough, or
for amusement at counting their income;
permeating every artery and vein, tracing
every nerve and sinew and fibre of the
body polite, and subjugating every infu-
ence to their domination, are the systems
of Federal finance and taxation. '
do not speak of these measures as a
partisan; l do not at present discuss their
WISDOM; | do not at present question the
motives which prompted them; | speak of
them as evidences of the direction and the
strength of the tide of opinion and of ac-
tion.
This new programme Is not the system of
the Government. 1t Is not the system of
the Constitution. 1t is the Capitalization Of
all Governmental forces, of the supervis-
ion of all social interests at one point.
These thus concentered cannot be efficient
ly exercised unless by the inspiration of
one heart under the direction of one head,
with the vigor OF one will, backed by the
power of many men, accustomed by the
rigors of discipline or by the hopes Of re-
ward to obey blindly one master. These
conditions are incompatible with Republic
can Government-nay they are the very es-
sence and definition of despotism.
Gentlemen, we have a grave duty to
perform. This Ia the time for the assertion
Of true principles. Physical force has
accomplished its work. Legislative
and Administrative action are at their
task. Both have passed beyond their
proper limits. Both have usurped
powers under the pretense of neces-
sity and now claim them as of right.
Both are directed with vigor but often
without authority or reason. Both should
be made to renounce their pretensions be-
fore we yield them commendation. The
condition of war, and the results of our
war, both conduce to aid the progress of
this consolidation. They have accustomed
the mind 70 the exhibition of, and Obe-
dience to, the assumptions of Federal
power.
Let us see to it that we be, at least,
blameless. Let us by voice and vote-by
precept and by practice, each one in his
sphere, resist this perversion of this
!. system of government. Let us hold fast to
the Constitution; let us hold fast to the
doctrine of State Rights. 1t is the essential
life of the Constitution. 1t is derided and
despised now. 1t has been the glory of our
polity-lt will be its salvation. Let us
guard it as of old the vestal fires were
guarded. Let us guard it as of old the ark
of the covenant was guarded, against whose
pollution by profane touch the dread PEN
alties of the Almighty were Numbered.
6. Nonopolies Inventions of ayarice and Ambi-
tion to rule and to plunder the people.
Responded to as follows, by
Hon. l.. R. CrItchfield.
Monopoly is systemized larceny. A con-
test will go on between the people and
special privileges, so long as monopoly is
sought to be propagated. For long pc
riod the doctrine of equality was in the as
cendant, but under cover of domestic trou-
BILE, by fraud and force monOpolists obtain
ed possession of the Government, and the
people of the United States are tbe worst
robbed people in the world.
The Democratic party has always oppos-
ed monopoly, and this opposition has been
sanctioned by the Constitution and the
people. Monopolies exist only in defiance
| of the Constitution, and are the most DO
tent agency for the overthrow of free gov
ernment. ..
The doctrine OF implied powers as claim
ed by the Republican party, is subversive
of the Constitutional guarantee of reserved
powers, and destructive of the indepen-
dence of the people. In the scramble for
wealth and power, the evils of federalism
are upon us in the guise of modern repub-
licanism. Special privileges and 'spe-
cial exemptions are the principle
in the organism of aristocracy and
| despOtism. Has not our Government,
as administered, become a dispenser of
monopolies and destructive of the consti-
tutional principle of equality. The lead
ers of the Republican party are finding
even implied powers too limited for their
avarice and ambition, and are calling for
unlawful Federal authority direct, and
without an apology.
A minority of the people imbued with
the dangerous principles of New England
ambition and cupidiGy, precipitated the
war, and the results are the legacy left us
by the old Federal party. J.
The war itself is not the sole cause of the
burdens upon the people. New England
ideas incorporated into legislation, and the
importing and manufacturing monopolies
under the high tariff system are doubling
the burdens. Free trade is the constitu-
tional remedy for these evils. sf a.'
The idea of absolute power as impressed
by the war and the love of Speculation of the
people, and the signs in Congress, give ap-
prehensions of an attempt at further CEN
tralizing legislation. The system of Ma
tional Banks Is unconstitutional and
destructive of State Sovereignty, and
as political engine dangerous to the cleo
tive franchise and to liberty. The Repub-
lican party propose q national system of in
surance, of colleges, of militia organiza-
ti0ns, of railroads, telegraphs and express
companies, and to regulate commerce and
voting in the States, filling the land with
splendid mOnopolies, to control the cleo
tons and tie the States to the Federal
Government. The danger from these de-
velopments Is increased when we consider
that the Eastern capitalists, who dictated
Major Generals, policy, high tariffs, banks,
loans, interests and exemptions from taxes
to the General Government, are urging
these measures to secure the pernianency
to their monopolies. The remedy Is the
ballot-box; but the Supreme Court is not
responsible to the people, and its Chief
Justice was selected by the capitalists to
carry out their plans. The possibility of
the popular will being defeated, calls for
an electiVe court 1.-The edanoers to sr,ort1lar =