Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-03


favor In the eyes Of Rebels, or Demo-
Gratis, who have been classed as cherishing
a sympathetic feeling for Rebels. Mr..
SHELLABARaER, In the recent political con-
: test, embraced an opportunity TO deHOuneel
Estate Rights" as "the coward name for
Secession" After this manner all the Re-
. publican journals and orators spoke Of
State Rights. We knew well enough, and SO
said that when they taught and practiced
the hdIllicatlon Of law OF Congress,
passed to carry into execution a mandatory
provision of the Constitutions and which
the Supreme Court of the United States
had pronounced strictly constitutional,
they were most blatant sticklersi for State
Rights;,t but, then, theyj were State
Rights men simply for the purpose
of befriehdlng runaway slaves. Hay,
ing since the = inauguration . Of the;
War become consolidatiOnists--the ad-'
voeates of the concentration Of nearly
all the power hitherto reserved to the
States in the Federal Government-we did
not suppose there would soon arise an .oc-
casion in which they would SO far compli-
ment State Rights as even to implledly call
for their enforcement. Nevertheless, this
Is now being done. Among the number
that are doing this thing, is the Journal.
Commenting upon the removal Of the Bal
timore Police Commissioners by Governor
SWAMI for the perpetration Of scandalods
outrages, and the circumstance that Coy
ernorSwANN has besought and secured the
aid Of the Federal Government to enforee
his legitimate authority, the Journal asserts
that, '"under the Constitution, the Gov
ernor of State has no right to call upon
the National Government for military as
sistance, except when the Legislature can
not be convened;" and because the Presi-
dent has rendered to Governor SWAMI the
besought assistance, the Journal declares it
"wfthout constitutional warrant-an out
rage equally upon the Constitution and the
Rightsof the States, about which he pirates
so glibly." ,,. .........
From this utterance the reader might be
led to educe the opinion that the Journal Is
influenced by an earnest desire that "the
Rights of the States should be religiOnsly
respected by the Federal Government, es-
pecially as it is indignant enough to de-
clare: g 1t remains to be seen whether the
outrage will be submitted to peaceably."
Nothing is more unquestionable than
that the Southern States are entitled to
representation in Congress. BY theterms
of the Constitution, and by the Rights of
the States" they are entitled to it; but
the Journal and its co-laborers justify the
outrage that excludes them from the exer-
else Of this right and yet because the Gov
ernor of Maryland so far listened to people
wronged as to institute an investigation
into the conduct of the Baltimore Police
Commissioners touching their conduct in
regard to registration, and because that in
vestigation disclosed such rascality on the
part of the Commissioners as to make it
his imperative duty to remove them, there
is bluster on the part Of the Radicals about
"the Rights of the States" Oh, yes, they
are terribly afraid "the Rights ofthe States"
will be violated, insomuch as the President
has given Governor SWAMI to understand
that the Federal arm will be extended to
his assistance in enforcing his authority
and in preserving peace in Baltimore and
throughout Maryland. 1t violation of
@the Rights of the States" fol. the Governor
of State to see that officers over whom he
has supervisory care shall not arbitrarily
thwart citizens clearly entitled to vote in
the exercise of that right is it? It's a
violation of ''the Rights of the States" for
the Governor of Maryland to call upon the
Executive Of the United States for assist
ance, when Radical partisans threaten to
cause the streets of Baltimore to run
with blood il he shall conceive it his duty,
as the Chief Magistrate of the State, to re-
move faithless and dishonest Police Com
missioners, is ita 1t Isl violation of ''the
Rights Of the States,p when Radical politi-
clans who belong to States outside Of Mary
land appeal to the Radicals of those States
to quickly clothe themselves in the trap
pings of War and invade Maryland to de-
feat the Governor thereof in the discharge
of high official duty, If the Governor of
Maryland shall call upon the President of
the United States to see to it that no such
irruption shall be made into the State, is it |?
'.The Rights of the States'' that deny the
Governor of Maryland recourse to the
measures he has had recourse to for the pro-
lection Of the citizens and the quiet Of his
State must indeed be rare in their peculiar
itv. Do m iii1s h1d-1Ti1 a'f i"i 81 70
And President JOHNSON, we are told, has
acted "witbout Constitutional warrant" In
50 moving the Federal arm as to admonish
Radicals outside OF Maryland that IL they
shall undertake to assist in causing the
streets Of Baltimore to run with blood, in
Z the event of the removal Of their charac-
terless tools for unworthy official conduct,
they will be crushed relentlessly. ~
1t is made the duty of the United States
! Government (article A, section ~ to pro-
tect each State against invasion" This is
imperative, and it is not required of the
President to inquire whether the Legisla-
ture Of the State threatened with invasion
could have been convened prior to such IN
vasion. Where there is a well grounded
fear OF domestic violence" in any State,
a.. IL