Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-05
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Benhurb,g gained many ,eignal victories
Oovtr them. The death of O'Neil and
failure OF supplies frhm France and Spain
hastenrf The dUwnfall'Of the Conftderacy.
Cromwell, in a brief campaign of nine
months, captured stronghold alter strong-
hold, bntchcrPd the .inhabitaniE, sparing
neither age nor. sex. He crushed the re-
6elion, treated the people as rehel'sapd
diyidei their lands amongst his followers;
sold upwards of six thousand OF tile people
into slavery in the indies, and did
everything in his. power to beggar, to ex-
terminate the Irish people How has this
policy succeeded in establishing, the Brit =,
cish power IN Ireland? This policy has
been tested for centuries in, that country,
and it has made every man, woman and
child in the entire island d rebel It has
placed the countryiih a chronic ate of RED
bellion. The Irish peasant to-day, OPP
pressed ashe iAI never forgetsl tile past.
He hides an old pike in the thatch of his
cabin. and if in his day no opportunity oc- a
ours to use it,. he bGqueatlIs it as a rich i
legacy to his children, hoping they, more
fortunate than he, may plunge It to theN
heart of the Opprassorl,.It you want to
make an Ireland OF the fSouth,1 follow up3G
the Radical policy and ALLEVIATE the people
from you forever. Make eight millions of is
people your inveterate, implarable enemies, \
when it is in yonr power to make them "A
your friendsytirm ana true. Ii you want ri,
TO plant the seeds of future rebelions and q
nurture their growth. pursue. the Radical 4.
pOliy and vote for the men who sustain 5t
it. But no. ] have too high an opinion Of .i
your intelligence, of yoGr maguanimity, Of 4
your wisdom aud OF your humanity, to
suppose for an instant that you will adopt b
policy so fa;al to the Union of these
States-a policy begotten in fanaticism and
nursc1 il hate. No! We are one people;
we have fnu 4ht for iOrtr long years to prove af
thai our destinies wereth same, that our
Interests were idrndcal. To punish the
people of the South Il to punish the North
like the serpent which fixes Its fangs In
its body and liaStens its own dissolution,
thinSinginits blind fury that it is destroy
III We hay,{a debt of, seven Thousand mil
liOlS of dollars. A horde of Federal tax
collectors, as numerous as the Oeusts III
Egypt, cover the laud. Everything is
taXe,, from the robe that, decks the bride =
to the match that lights the pnorJ mans ''
pipe. A Government that under Demo-
cratic rule, was known only by the bless
ings it conferred, is,noW known only by the 4
burdens it imposes. Eight millions of the
people or the South say to the tax payers
of the North, > We hare no 2rdr dettj nil =
youpernH as 10 assist in paying yOHSY" Ana
you, my bond holding fIiend, up II answer
ihg III the negative, consider YDat you do..J
Uuaihed aud ,uua>sistrd the people OF the
North wilt not be ahlc to pay this debt.
This Government Tepudiatrd its obligations
before; it may do sD again-inability to
pay is repudiatiOl. If the SIuth is kept
out, you may not7draw yOur interest ut
stated periods an you may meyer get the
principal. This Is ali evil to be avoided,
but in is also u contingency to be consider
ed. The II ldical says to the Southern peo-
pie: No! you cannot come back into this
r Union. We will cripple your resources;
ou have no rights which W. will respect.
We ,1U ercltde yu .foreter uhteSs you let the
RelE0 cote! The Radicals will never con- b
3 s'rlt to a restoration of the Union only
upon such terms as will insure the
dSceadeHcy Of tie RddiGqt pariy. ls,.t
the ascepdency Of the Radical
party of more iniportance than the Union
of tho States? lsa pirty more sacred than
the country? Assuredly you will answer,
@Nor' I'VE had the power 10 destroy, and
we have the wisdom to restore. We are 4
as .nllgnanimoIs as brave. The soldiers
conquered disuhi0n hosts by the bayohet;
we will overthrow with the ballot the 90,
Radical disunionSts of the North. The
Radicals alone stand in the way of Union
and peace. Every hamlet Throughout hi,
great State Of 0hio,'every loyat man wiyn-l I
in it. will declare on next Tuesday, ina 4
voice of thunder. "We fought for Union.
we will vote for Union! Perish the Rad
ical faction that the Union may livewF "a n