Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-29
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smooths and instead Dfb6ing denounced as
attend hewotild now be wOrshiped as an
dolby thOse who so bitterly and unrelent-
ingly, assail him. Those who are sincerely
desroHs of seeing = ,pacifcation Of tho
country. and a restoration Of the integrity
OF the Union, ought to feel assured OF the
purely patriotic and sincere )inhentiOns Of
the President, when they remember that
he is, in good faith. carrying forward the
policy, inaugurated by President Lihcolf,
and thatftfe only two men''who went into
the Administration with Mr. lincoln at
the beginniDgsO sOfithe firstterm,s the Secre-
taries of State and of the Navy, and the
only two who were trusted aud coniided in
by him through his entire official career
and to the end Of his life; who stood by,
encouraged and sustained him when the
storm and tempest of rebellion was beating
most ffefceiy upon him. and the ship of
state was tossing upon the, waves Of. altur->
bulent sea with broken mast and
shattered sails and who knew his mbst
secret Thoughts. asItuD Disr hrut anfasHgee to
be adopted to bring her into pDrt, are
standing by President Johnson with
courage and hef6isnted equally sublime, and
cheering him on in his heroic efforts to
achieve the same ends. They were
villifed and denotthred then, and
by the same men are. yillifed and
before the storm that beat upon
them then, they do not quail before the
tempest that RACES around them now. Mr..
Lincoln was heroic then, and Mr.. johnson
Is heroic now. / am sure no man can be
sincerersin his purposes to preserve the
Constitution and save the country than he
Is. No man can be actuated by purer
patriotism, or be more averse to usurpali0n
of pOwer.t He has not violated the Consti-
l.. IL, ss.N.n
tiOn of il In the future, but he does intend
a firm and faithful performance of all THE
trusts which that sacred Instrument has
devOlved upon him.. With every DISPOSE
tiOn to be charitable to those who differ
with me in opinion, il isCdiiicult to believe
them sincere in charging the President
with the intention of violently forcing reb-
els into Congress and giving thsm thecal =
troll of the Government. What act has We
ever done that gives the slightest sanction
to such a charge? Not one can be specified.
He has neither transcended his own powers,
nor Invaded those of the c)-Ordinate de-
partmerts, and the only pretext for the
charge is not what he has done, but what
he has said, in DECLARING again and again
his conviction, that it was the duty of CCnr
gress to obey n plain constitutional pro-
vision, and each House fOritself to Judge
of the elections, returns and qualifications
of each individual presenting himself as 4
member. Our country is in peril, in very
great peril, not from a public enemy, but
from the violence of our own passions.
Safety is to be found only in strict adher-
ence to the Constitution andlawS. Aslong
as they are Obeyed, no evil can come upon
us. We are in danger only when we at
tempt something they do not sanction. ?
trust ib will be the pride aud glory of the
friends of the Administration, in the
threatening contest through which we
are passing, to keep their passions
in subjectiun to reason. d to do
no act not warranted by the Constitution
| and laws. Ours is Republican Govern
| mrnt, where the majority has right 10
rule: ,,AlinOTitjeS cauuOt, without suhYtrt-
ing the Government; and when, according
to the forms prescribed, the willbt the MAJ
jOrityis EXPRESSED in the Constitution or
the law. it is the dUty of all to submit to
it, until it can be fairly and conSti utOIally
changed. Such know to be the PresiA
deuts intentions and sneh know he wish
es to be the rule of conduct for his friends
aud supporters. No man has a profunder
reverence for the Constitution than he, and
his purpose as the executive head of the
nation to maintain it as tits, until it be
changed in the form prescribed by it, is
firm and immutabe. He is not brave
enough wilfully TO violate it; he is brave
enough to uphold and defend it in all that
his duty requires. In conclusion, let me
beseech you, calmly and dispassonately,
but earnestly and firmly to do your duty
to your country in this trying hour, and
stand by our glorious Constitution as it is,
There is no safety for us but in this. Do
| your duty faithfully and trust to Godfor
| results, and Teverently implore Him to save
/ us from the madness andintatmtton Which
i
the loss of the last hope fUr the perpetuity
| of free governments. .....,..-
ON Your freud and fellow citizen Na
o. III. BRowNTNG.yd