Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-15
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Held.
The state of mind of the editor Of the
T6ledb Blade certainly deserves commits
nerdtlon. Mr.. CRIToHFmID, of the Senate,
by Introducing into that body series Of
resolutions, declaratory Of the fact that
neither the Constitution was changed nor
the departments of the Federal Governs
ment enlarged by reason of the late civil
War, and that hence no warrant can be
found in the Constitution to decide State
ont Of the Union or In a territorial condi-
tIon; that the Southern States are entitled
to representation, and that those Of their
citizens who have not been deprived Of
the right Of citizenship by the Judgment
of a court of competent Jurisdiction, in
pursuance Of law, are of course citizens Of
the United States and their respective
States, and entitled to the rights Of free
men, has thrown the editor of the Blade
into Mysteries, and he talks as follows;
"A Northern man with Southern princi-
pies Is about as mean an Ohjectas disfgures
the earth this Critchfield is peg lower
in the scale than any of his predecessors.
He is several per cent. meaner than the Sc
cessionists ask him to be. His servility is
of character which will excite the con-
tempt of his Southern owners, accustomed
as they have been to having Northern men
do all the dirty work of which they were
ashamed" ll sEag H-l1 'f
1t is very strange that the editor of the
Blade should become hysterical, because
Mr.. CRITcHFIELD has submitted to the con-
sideration of the Legislature a series of res
olutions that embody in them nothing more
than the spirit of President JoHNsoN's
Mcssagce The President has argued that
the Southern States did not lose their
rights as States through the insurrec-
ton Of their citizens; but that the insur-
gents rendered themselves liable to trial on
charge of treason. He don't claim that
the Federal Government has right to ex-
act from the Southern States the Abolition
ofslavery; but for the purpose OF concili-
ating the anti-slavery feeling of the North,
the President asked the Southern States to
adopt the Congressional amendment abol-
ishing slavery; and by way of offset and
for the purpose of conciliating the South
ern people-the men whom we are pleased
to look upon as Rebels-he thinks their
misdeeds should be swept into eternal OBJ
livion by general amnesty; he would
have the past spoDged from off the tablets Of
our memories he would have us cultivate
the most friendly relations with them, and
cordially welcome their Representatives to
Ieats in Congress. Beyond this Mr.. CRIrcH-
FIELD does not go with his resolutions. He
loes not seek to insult the President by re-
solving that he has confidence in the Pres
dent, and then proclaim views that are in
manifest opposition to the views the |
President acts conformably to. Had Mr..
JRITCHFlELD offered this cheap incense to
he President that is so common with the
Radicals, and then resolved, that the South,
" attempting to 20 out of the Union, had
ommitted State suicide, and that we were,
therefore,, at liberty to make such DISPOSE
ion of thecorpse as malignant vengeance
hould demand, and that they could not be
ecreated until such time as the free slaves
hOuld be clothed with the same political
riVileges that are now enjoyed by White
len, he would have done an acceptable
srvice for Che editor of the Blade. Mr..
however, prefers to take the
Constitution and common sense for his
uide, whether that shall prove acceptable
} persons like the editor Of the Blade or
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