Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-05


the part nof partisan. Cheers loon
the contrary, lheIasaid, he J oppORd
readily and persistentlya every thing
that was calculated to divide the, pe92
pie OF the North. And, he would say 1t
right here, that 1t was the AbolitiOnists
which fomented, insulted and wounded the
Democratic party. 1t touched its sensibil-
tiles, and drove it as far as possible into a
course opposed to what was right. This
was the object of all the talk about conf--
eating the property of Southern people,
and the dozen of similar subjects, dragged
up in Congress by tile Abolitionists.- And
what was great DEAF worse ythese Radical
measures were calculated to strengthen the
handsOfthe South, in their resistance to the
Federal Government-and the poor negro
was the last Individual to be thrown into
this political boiling ealdfoh. When q peo-
pie are engaged in putting down a REBEL
ion, ought they to do that which of Itself
would make q rebellion If there was none
Moderate men earnestly protested, but In
vain. And he had no doubts but what the
main strength of the rebellion laid in the
policy of the Abolitionists. 1t made JEFF.
Davis stronger and stronger with the South.
Jt enabled him to collect about the cause
the whole Southern element, with very few
exceptions. There were plenty of good
Union men in the South at the beginning
of the war, and the Abolitionists drove the
largest part Of them to support jeff Davis.
This was the natural effect Of all that Con-
gressional brawling gaboutslayery. Slavery
was peculiar institution. The Soptnern
people regarded it with peculiar feelings.
In following IL, some regard should have
been manifested orjustice, and respect for
those Union men OF the South who were
rI oya nunaru and hn1iauarc in thntr ri0bt
to be so. But the Abolition crusade gave
JEFF. Davis a mighty weapon over the
Union cause. He had no difficulty then in
convincing the people of the South that the
design of the Abolitionists was not Union,
but the extinction of slavery, and that at
every hazard. The Abolition policy was a
failure. 1t never liberated a single slave
in the world, and we may just as well
know it now as any other time. Cheers.
Where was the necessity TO say anything
about the negro? AS our armies worked
their way into the heart of the rebellion
they would have treated the slave as he de-
served. If he were found disloyal, the
penalties would have been inflicted upon
him. If he were found friendly TO the
Union, he would be protected, and this was
done without any reference TO the Aboli-
tiOnists. The passage of laws to liberate
the slaves from bondage did no good, Tor
the reason that our armies had not penetra-
ted the places where the. slaves lived.
How, then, could he be liberated? And
President Lincoln resisted these fthings
from the beginning. " But the treachery of
these AbOhtionists was such that
they assailed Senator Browning and
himself, while they flattered Mr..
Lincoln. They did not dare to attack the
then President personally, and they direct
ed their malignant hatred at the Presidents
friends. Thad. Stevens, Senator Sumner,
Henry Winter Davis, and all the rest OF
that clique were bitterly opposed to Mr.,
Lincoln. They subjected him to wholesale
Inconvenience, abuse and malevolence, and
drove him from point to point. They were
bent upon carrying out their design at any
cost-even the cost of the Union itself.
How was II; for example, with the Bman-
cipatiOn Proclamation ? % Mr.. Lincoln re-
piled to these gentlemen and their friends
that no good would result from it, and it
reminded him of the Pope's bull against
the comet. But they would not take 'no''
for an answer, and the proclamation was
issued. I''" 4' .' 'h. W.
In the progress OF suppressing the rebel
lion the question ofreconstruction came UP
before the country. We were asked, how
shall we get the States bacl1into the Union,
for the Radicals say they are out of it /?
Well, how did they get out? The Radicals
reply, why, the States committed suicide.
ELaughter. NJ What a preposterous idea
The ordinances of secession did not take
States out of the Upion, for the ordinances
were mere utilities. The States still eX-
listed in spite of them. The State officers of
I0uisiana rebelled and perverted the trust
committed to them, but Louisiana remain-
ed in the Union. TCheers. The officers of
anv State mioht be guilty of treason. but
thev coiild n0t carry the State ont Of the
Union. II CONTINUES to, hold its ORIGINAL
relation to the Federal Government. And
Mr.. Lincoln held IN precisely This and no
more. He appointeCl Provisional Govern
ors in the nlace of their runaway prede-
cessors. tn sunnort the trust mill the neo.
nle were nrenared m elect new ones FbSt
Was Mr.. fiheoIn,s' noJicy and that Ia An.
dew Johnson's noIicvJy Mr.. Iincnln told
the people of Louisiana that if thew would
convene together and adopta new Constitu-
tion and elect new State officers they
would be recognized. He (C0wan) voted
tor the admission of Mr.. Hahn. of New Or
leans, to the Senate. to which he was Cleot-
ed under fine new State Constitution of Lon
iisiana, The Radicals opposed him. This
was their policv. They denied that the new
CONSTITUTION was made by the people. Who
will ioin them in the -rleniaIS The neonle
of Louisiana accented II. and he TCowanS
thoughrit was GOOD (Ionstitution. And he
believed Mr.. Hahn was entitled 10 his seat
as a Senator. The Radicals eouldn't afford
TO admit him. They dared not admit the
RIGHT Of Iouisiana to he rebfaIented in
Congress. n would have been' fatal ,to To
their policy. and that thew didn't want.