Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-22
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I from the New York World, Aug. II
The philadelphia Convention -
. Completion of IDS Work and AdT

The philadelphia COnven tiOn -,
T. Completion Of IDS Work and AdTT
I tournament. sIf lg.f ..-r, n. Tgr r
|, The,work so smoothly. done by the great
! Union Convention satisfies the most sam
guine expectations Of its friends, That it
win powerfully contribute to the complete
restoration of the Union may be inferred
| from the following considerations; r.ilog
| First. 1t sewers the connection between
! President johnson and the Republican
|, party $, The vast influence of the Executive
| in shaping Bhepolcy Of the country, Is az
tested by the vehement struggles Wlleh
have. always been made by our political
| parties to secure that great Office. 10 elec5
a President has always been deemed the
greatest victory which can be aehieyed in
! our politicso The power of that officer,
even il he were the first MECHANIC or day.
laborer that could be picked up In the
street.lis equal, through the veto, to that OF
/ Ione-third of both houses If Congress. he
| is also Commander-in-C Chief of the army ;
/ he negotiates all treaties; be appoints all
4 officers; and, through his subordinates, he
has e collection and. disbursement Of the
| immense revenues of the Government. In
1 the hands even of the eOmm0nest and least
Esagacious man, this would be a, great
Ipower; but in the hands of a statesman OF
Il
| lutte character, like Mr.. johnson, it is gigan-
tic. The success of the Philadelphia Con-
vention. which has, in all respects an
swered the expectations and satisfied the
/ wishes of President johnson, separates him
! effectuany from the Republican party, and
! arrays the whole influence of the executive
branch OF the Government against its pol
icy. .h
/ Second. The Convention has been the oc-
casion of publib solemng formal recaDta-
tion by the Southern people, of the doctrine
of secession. Thai this recantation is au-
thorized, aud therefore binds the honor Of
the South is proved by the unanimous
voice of the Southern press, and the uni
I,versal participation of the Southern people
i in the choice of delegates. They did not
send those delegates to make a tentative
l;platfOrm, but to assent to one whose sub
stance was proclaimed in, advance in the
call. The sTperpetuity Of the Union.
| and the uindestructible g equality OF
the States, were the main features of the
| call, as they are of the Declaration of
! Principles which has been unanimously
l adopted. This public and authorized re-
lnunciation of the right OF secessioni; this
public, solemn, and authorized acceptance
IOf the Union as an indissoluble bond, iis q
gratifying ademonstTation Of the complete
|
lease, the. war could not terminate by q
treaty of peace; bat the frank surrender,
now made by the South, of all that was in
lvolved in the contest, gives us the same
solid assurance that would he given by a
treaty of: peace at the termination of for
4 eign war. The right,ot secession is given
Eup, slavery is abandoned. the Confederate
tdebt is repudihted,7the binding obligation
l,of the Federal debt Is acknowledged, and
this is done, not sullenly, but freely and Ia
the assertion OF q claim. This publiere-
tnuhciation by the Southern people of all
the objects Tor which they undertook the
war; removes the last vestige of an exense
for excluding them longer from their full
Federal rights. 1aG lon IS r.. .lU ..,,I .
Third. The Convention fixes indeliby
upon the Radicals the stigma of being the
only Disuniong party lett in our politics.
The Disunion party. of the South has gone
into history. 1t is q thing of the past
Just as in,the Scripture, the deYels when
they were cast out of certain men,, be-
sought andreceived permission to go into
a herd OF swine, so the demon of secession,
which has been exercised 9frOm the South,
has taken refuge in the hearts of the Radi-
GALS In all this broad land, from the pine
forests and silver streams of Maine, to the
rich pastures of Texas, there is no party
|
(which follows the lead of Charles Sumner
Land Thaddeus Stevens. If the Secession
party of the South, which arrayed itself
against the Union, in 1861, deserved fire,
and sword, and desolatiOn, it is for the pub
lie Judgment to determine what is due to
the party which, after having pretended to
fight for the Union, resistS its restoration.
The issue nOwis precisely what the issue
was in 1861, namely, whether the Union
shall be restored; but,happily the contest,
at this stage, is not to be DECIDED by bull
lets, but by ballots, y.glHf 80 iHyIgir-
Fourth. The Convention has contributed
! essentially to the renewaliof kind feelings
| and cordial relations between Northern and
Southern citizens. During the war there
Twas complete alienation aud estrangement
between the whole North and the whole
South. When each section was using all
its resources, and straining all its energies,
d to infict.the greatest possible, mischief on
the other, all kindnesshad died OUT Con-
I gress, during itsdOng session, did nothing
to revive fraternal sentiments, but all
in its power to prolOngi the old alien
alton and bitterness: The Convention has
effected an open reconciliation between the
two sections. Pro badly a majority of the
people of the North, and certainly the
great body of thepeople of the South, have
made public renewal of friendship, with
mutual attestatiOns of confidence and es-
teem. The two great sections are no long
er at variance; but a party of malignant
diSunionists assume to rule and dismember
the country against the sense of a majority
of the citizens. Including the ltohole eorpl-
iItry, the friends of the Union outnumber
its enemies by at least two to one, as the
ensuing elections will demonstrate. The
question, therefore, is. now rapidly assum- :
ling the shape, whether the majority shall
\ rule;3 or, in other words, whether republic
hcan government is to be continued in the
United States,I There can be, no doubt
whateyer, that alaTge majority ofourevotr
ling citizens ARE opposed to the ldisunion
policy Of the Radicals, his. sdr DO alu
II The, Convention has, Cdisentangled, and
simplffed the politics of the immediate 1ur
ftufeo It, has ieOnstrueted q bridge for the
President, which. enables himu to act etll-
GENTLY and boldly with the friends of his
policy. and has united them in a acompaet,
horganized, indomiteble mass. FDoubtfnl
voters can no loDgerbesd deceived, Nobody
can again be made to, believe, that he lis
supporting the President while voting for
4 the candidates of Radicals. tpHereafter,
every man who lisi pptswithn the President
is against him. 1t is ROW contest in which
theFel can beI no uoneutTality,aplt lin which
every man who opposes the PRESIDENT wall
be branded asrR Disunionist.l 9iu lssl gnss
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lIp4blished- IN book form, "a brief treatise
a upon cpnstitnti0 aud -pRrtyr questions
and the history of ppol itical parties as he