The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-10
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mtn't are charged nj The above ratios u, less written
greene NJ ~ msdc prf,ionv 10 inst rilon,
vldlial traitors, and the people Of the United
States VIII appear aa prosecutor, but not nR
defendant ut the bar.
Being cOnqucr0r the Government has
the undoubted right to impose terms ipon
the conquered, but IN the statement Of
what should limit and define those terms
difllcnltics arise. We are apt indeed, to
listen with impatience TO any limitation of
our control over those who are subject to
us, The pleasures Of Tulership and the 10y
which Is telt In the exercise OF power have
always appealed with peculiar force 10 the
lralltles of human nature, aud professed
Republicans have been ~ subject To their
temptation rs other men. In a time like
this most of us feel the necessity of check
Ing our impulses and passions, challenging
the motives aud the consistency of our ac-
lions, ana of fastening our attention. by
effort of viii. upon principles of govern
ment and of human rights which have
been aNioms 60 IA during tho period Of
the growth Of our institutions aud of con-
uicts between us and the powerful foreign
powers. However unwelc0me the task of
self-cNnnlnntion, we owe II TO ourselves to
make IL thorough aud searching. The an-
ciont conqucrOr was accompanied by n
slave In his trinmphul car who reminded
him of his humanity and his weakness; we
must net ~ our own prompters tO mOdera-
ton and Justice, and remind ourselves of
the rules which should control our action,
and of the dangerous tendencies of our
own nature. We need no stimulus to any
thing which runs with the whole current
of popular impulse aud feeling; such
things will take care Of themselves, hut no
duty can be more important than that of
stopping occasionally 10 weigh well what
IN Il.
the direction Of our progress.
We have the right and are Ia duty bound
10 Insist upon sufficient guarantees for the
iuturC safety of the Union but those gIiar-
antics must be such IN shall not be incon-
slstent with republican government for
those who give as well a. for those who re-
cciyc such security,
Conquest does not rightfllly give unlm-
ted sway over the persons and property of
the conquered, and their rights may be di-
minishcd no farther than Is necessary for
the public safety.
tit were proven that IL would be mpos-
sible for us 10 live safely, as sharers of n
common government, with the people Of
any State or community, our rcpublicanism
might force us 20 consent 10 separation, but
could not Justify MS In holding them as sub
jects; and this proposition Is true without
reference 10 race or color.
Representation h not u privilege con
fcrrcd upon majorltleA, but II Is most eili-
Client for good when II approaches most
nearly 30 giving voice In the Legislature To
all minorltics la proportion 10 their num-
| Der.
II Is better aud safer that a minority,
however hostile Ia Us In principle, should
| be so represented ns 10 he openly heard and
answered than that IL should have the ad-
vantage of winning sympathy and gaining
partisans by making issue upon the ques-
,f .4tt.r -
of upon the ialsity Oills obnoxious princi-
| pies.
Military government in It's very essence
| u dcspOtiIn and any long continuance oft
| after the cessation Of armed resistance Is
contrary tO, and n confession Of tile failure
of rcpublicnnism.
These and many similar general maXims
| of government are the intellectual diet upon
which every living American has been
bred, and of which we have been such ear
| nest prOpagandists that no one of lis can
| deny them without incurriug the contempt
of the civilized world. They are mere alb
| stractiOns, IL Is true. but We need to bear
| them In mind none the less carefully for
| that All rules are abstractons, whether
they he the formula for solving the prob
| lens of government or of other sciences.
| We recall them 10 test our work aud we
reckon ourselves 90 have made good prog
rcSs Ia proportion 10 the tnithiulness with
which we have adhered to them.
| In the heat Of our just wrath against
those who would have swept Republican
Ism from the continent. had they been sue
cessiul, we are In danger of forgetting
principles to which we owe allegiance. and
/ therefore we should not excuse ourselves
| from the thankless task of reminding each
other of them. To follow these rules aud
| yet provide that the national safety be not
endangered, 10 determine who of the late
enemies of the Government are without the
| pale of clemnncy, and vet Ia extend am
| nesty Ia the other millions OF those who
were rebels, 10 restore political privileges
| tO those who were formerly masters
and yet protect the freedom of those
who were formerly savcs--such II
I the diillcult and delicate work before the
executive and legislature of the Nation
and they may rightly claim Of us all such
| appreciation of their task ~ shall make us
most kind and charitable judges of their
differences from mvorlte measures of our
own. We have, indeed, reason 10 he de-
VOutly thankful that the work has fallen
upon men In whose patriotism aud wis
dom we have so great cause for confidence,
and that the progress they have already
mhdo promises conclusion which shall be
reasonably speedy and generally satisfac-
tory 10 the country.
In the presence Of the vast Interests
which arc before us a. part OF the Nation,
the local concerns which affect US AS state
alone, are likely To be dwarfed aud lose
their proper attention. | do not propose to
enter into any detailed ar elaborated ex-
animation Of our condition, or 90 make re-
Communications OF legislative action. This
has been fully and ably done by my predo-
cessOr. | shall only glance nc the outlines
of affairs and content myself with the
bricfest aud most corsOry Wow of the sltuh-
ton. In our official state duties we lind no
such heavy responsibility ~ rests upon the