Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-24

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duty After duty upon the States, which,
ava list their earnestdesiTe, Are 6fb unreI-
resented. feel sure that loyal Men from
the now loyal States will sooner or later be
admitted into this @ongFess'or the next.
When this is dones the. process of restora-
tion will be complete, for that is all that re-
MAINS % be done. The speWker 1thUught
that territorial governments for the seeded
STATES we're (perfsctIy tHHactteHle J this
was also rejected BY Mr.. Lincoln. Say what
yoH " ilis the StaBes are alrgWdy Orgautzod
Ia perfect harmony with our amended
National Constitution, and are In earnest
Incorporation with the Federal Government.
1t Is impossible to reduce States to terri
t0rial condition. Congress has had Re-
construction committee, composed of fit-
teen members, who have stopped the wheels
Of legislation for Three %99t9S to enable
Which lis noM on ithe eye 6flajbappy Con !.
suGhSiatfon, And wHathaSe t6ey giteH use
I One proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition is to compel the excluded States to
equalize suffrage upon the penalty of
abridgment of representation. This was
no plan of reconstruction, but an obstruc-
tiony cThe resolution (which, passed the
HouseCong RTh6sdag last tdGeAtlN dselarN
that loyal representatives shall not be adj
mitted from loyal States until Congress
shall pass a law for that purpose, which law
can not be enacted without the Presidents
approval, and which can not be consistently
given ip view. of the opinions he is known
to e4teTt4inl This resolution, thensriS n9t
the Plan for reconstruction, BUT for iBdefiI
mite postponement and delay.
When the rebellion began we determined
to humble JheFebels andAwe hpyehumbled
them and brodg them back with Ahumili-
alton and repentance sueing for restora-
tion. The popular voice was that all mem
bers, Of the tamilyy however prOdigal they
had been, would be received at the board.
These efforts at obstruction, then, are as im-
practicablea as think they are vicious. No
State can Keep itself out OF the Union, or
keep itself in territorial condition under
the Union.
The States which are inI the Upbmcan
not be taken or kept out Of Its limits. The
States that are in the Union can not keep
any States that are outside from coming in.
Congress,is habitualy incliped toIthisr ,ex-
pertinent. It iIesitated about Michigah ana
Missouri; reeled and staggered over Ten
hessee and California, and ,copYulsed the
nation about Kansas ifYet1 1tey are lalbd d1
the Union, all happy, all loyal.
How many committees of conference did
We;haye, how mapy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. deny
ing that Congress ever would consent to
the admission of such unwelcome intru-
ders? How many compromises, securing
guarantees tor freedom and for slaEenyS
were brpke4and scattered when one Iatter
another of these States came in, as If by
headlOng thrust, and hurled by Almighty
Providence, who was determined the peO-
pie of this continent shUuidlnOt beSsp'piaHy
Hionnr1a tnf not hltf rtnffa1 noft
! The joint committee of fifteen, in 1919,
succeeded in. excluding California eight
months, tintil a n5jbTity of the nation
should compromise and silence forever the
debate upon slavery. The compromise was,
by eitSEterms,to be pefpetual,4 The COM,
promise OF 1850 fingered torfonr years and
then perished, giving place to the now hap
PLY cOnsummated adjustment of the sla-
very question by the complete abrogation
of that institution.
When left Congress in 1861, committees
and conventions demanded su p1iati0ns that
fetters be put on New Mexico, Nevada and
Colorado. You can never keep States out
of this ~ tiiO1,i Present distEqsts of future
States or Of existing States have no SUBJ
stantial grounds. They are begotten of
miserable fears and factions. If ever this
thing Of keeping cut States by joint TesoT
LutiOns of Congress could have had dhAuck
of permanent success, that time has passed
away.
No State has ever been hindered in COM
African bondage, which has HOW gone to
the dogs and is surely finished. No State
will ever hereafter be hindered in coming
into the Union on the grOUhd of slavery.
1t is grave to suppose that the tendency to
the. Union ] have described, has any thing
In It. The Territory wants to be
a state, because it is a pleasant and good
thing to possess the privileges of State.
l would not keep State in territorial con-
dition any longer than compelled.
In the beginning, practically, every State
had slavery. We abolished it in some States
without, any. disorder, and when slavery
raised itself IN Opposition to The Govern
ment, we destroyed it altogether. We have
done all this In ninety years without inn
perial government or proconsular terrific
rial system, but in equal States, presided
overfby Federal or restricted government.
THEY are settling The whole case Of the AfL
rican in the West Indies just as we are.
The conflict of opinion between the Presi-,
dent and Congress in reference to the
Freedmen's Bureau, is in its consequences
comparatively unimpO and would ex-
cite little interest II It stood alone.
Both agree that this Bureau was created
for transition period between war and peace,
and should cease at the end of that period.
Fhe President Vthipks that period nearly
passed, and the Original provision isIsufff
cient, while Congress thinks the original
provision needs enlarging. agree with the
President in the hope that. the extraordi-
nary provision which the bill makes will
pot be necessary, but that tlsIwhole qqes-