The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-08
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
H. N. ROBINSON,
'UBTISIlER AND PROPRIETOR.
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Democratic Members OF the Ohio
Legislature
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PEOPLE OF OHIO.
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We undersigned members Of the General
Assembly Of the state Of Ohio. being in the
minority in that body, and having no ade-
quate ineans for an expression upon the
present condition Of public affairs. officially,
deem IL not improper TO submit the follow
! ing through u less obstructed channel, the
public press.
Public events of great Importance have
recently transpired. Happily for the poO-
pie and the perpctuity of the Union, the
war had been brought tO termination.
The great nass of the Southern people
soon restored order, and commenced rcviv-
| ing their civil organization. They voted
and elected legislatures which repealed the
ordinances of secession, They elected State
and other officers They repealed the
clauses of their State Constitutions in re-
gard to slavery, and adopted an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
| forever prohibiting thcir system Of scrvi-
| tudc. The people of every State in the
South, except Texas, ana she was taking
, like action, had organized their State gov
ernmcnts.
| In official or corporate capacity, these
States stood In the same relation to the
| Federal Government as the States of the
| North. The rebellion ceased tO exist. The
Constitution became and was operative In
! the whole Union. Nor were the authori-
ties of the Federal Government inactive.
1 The armies were gradually withdrawn.
Excepting the arrest of II few persons, the
people of the South We're left undisturbed,
and were encouraged In the work demanded
| by the Constitutions. The action OF their
State Legislatures was recognized by the
Federal authorities as legally essential and
Z binding. Their States were rcorganiZed as
States in the Union. and their people ms
citizens. Taxes were laid and collected Of
them. and the burdens imposed by the Con-
! Sttution were acknowledged and borne.
4 The whole people Of the South were stru~-
I Cling to bury their suilerings and calami-
! ties and had heartily yielded themselves
up to full allegiance to the Government
Of the United States Under these circtim-
! stances. and ms n stlll further evidence of
d total rcpudiation Of every other Govern
nlcnt they elected persons 10 represent
| them IN Congress.
! This Was the crowning duty imposed by
! the Constitution This alone remained to
be done to bring each Southern state fully
into its old constitutional orbit. The South
/ fully accepted all the Constitutional obli-
7 CATIONS.
| Candor and patriotism require that the
! causes Of public events should he finally
! probed. The causes OF the war are at work
| yet, though The war has ceased. aud are
/ more active aud procrcatiye OF their inevi-
! table consequences, by reason of warren
| gendcrcd passions. A Consideratc view of
| the past establishes the fact that two rad-
! cal extremes brought ON the contlict--that
| tie war vas Observation-Disclosures in the
| North, which openly aVowcd lis purpose,
and for thirty years was the ilssIlant was
| met by spirit hostile to it. Thelatter WAS
! broken in the name of the Union. but the
pformer remains, hlOatcd and ferocious with
! the blood of its rival. The President oft the
! United states lately said ''On this matter
the extremists Of both sections, while pur-
nliug different means. lHborCd steadily to
! tirc accomplishment Of the same end-thc
destruction Of tlic Union. So far ms the
| dissolution Of the Union * concerned, one
| is as bn,l ls the other. When the rebellion
Is put down and we find a party for con-
4 Aiiidaiion and concentration. IL Is the same
spirit as rebellion and leads 10 the same end
/ -lestrnction OF the GOyernment.
| The asSalling spirit of AbOlitionism yet
, survives nourishcd into Immense propor
I tions and Intensity by the Influences uf the
war aggravated in its strength by causes
J foreign 10 is nature, and cra2ed by its
| power. without reasoning rs to It's own Clo-
/ mentary formation, it vIiuly imrgincs itself
! superior 10 the Constitution. Having as it
| claimed, fought the Union. it Is now en-
, gagged In systematic scheme to prevent y
I union. Can those WHO deprecated the dis
I union fnnticsm Of the Abolition lmrty be-
I fore the w;tr, sustain il now with that ia
knaticisn unabatcd aud enlarged Ia its de-
structiNe purpOscsy Sectional. political
\ and financial ambition aud cupidity were
{ The motives and causes OF oiFcivil troubles.
aad tie successful faction has rcapcd wealth
and power.
! The masses of the people have never been
known to profit by ciyil disorder. by yio-
! latOns Of their fundamental law, or usur-
/ patton. Constitutional order, while fatal
! % sectional aggrudizemCnts, is fun of
. blessings 10 the people, 80 must bc a
/ speedy recovery from public disorder. To
! restore the South to the Union endangers
tie power Ofthe leaders, and restores equal
ity, To govern the south as a conquered
people aud territory suhservUs the purposes
of ambition and cupidity. but ruins the
i people. The leaders IN power are OF the
old abolition party. devoted 10 agitation
supremacy and monopoly. They are tho
vuliurcs OF the late public calamity. They
10 not propose tn surrender the advantage
gained mlder cover Of the war. though Il
be at the expense Of the overthrow Of the
Constitution. Their sole purpose and in
tercSt seems to De- to prey upDu the South
cIn States. To dn this they must likewise
prey upon the whole North. The machi-
merry necessary 10 accomplish the first, re-
suit in the other.
s ss 4 standing army; thousands of salariod
oilitcrs; schemcs of plumber and rapine
theils and expressions; the prOstratiou OF
commerce; the drying up of the fountains
of revenue; the increase Of rNtraYagauce;
the swelling of the public dcbt the increase
0ttaNa Natiol'-these are the Legitimate results.
These leaders have nude immense fortunes
ont of the war. They own estates IN the
South oOuiiscaied by their own legislation.
Immense quantities Of cotton have been
coined, by their legalizcd treasury permits,