Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-23

COuSBIlUIllR w VI JtlC NOubbtVu-
tion which the Southern people loathefrOm
the bottom Of their hearts, and will never
yield to except by coercion, [Cheers,l THIS
Is the question RENTED to, the people for
deeision-and upon their decision depend
peace and order, and the gperpetuatiOn OF
the Government; Tor disc0ntept, disorder,
revolution and anarchy5-7despotism, ls not
1this true? If these States are not entitled
nto representation Iii Congress, they are not
entitled 10 vote inithe electoral college. III
they are otpermitted to vote, IN 1863, and
theirHvOte, combined with, that of, either
party at the North, would eject a President,
Will that party submit to the deeisionf-
'GWtll IL consent that the ,willyOf theilWhole
Ireotfntry should be defeated bye known and
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lence, probably warp iDaa''iiI,1 es" Ola
WHY SHOULD THE SOUTH BE DENIED REP
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- witt should not 9thesS States be represent
ed /? N Pennsylvania and Ohio are repre-
sented;9 Why not Virginia? Ohio. recog1
nizes the supremacy of the Federal Gov
eminent within the Constitution; so does
VirgiRiad Ohio obeys the Federal laws; {; so
does Virginia. There is not an armed en-
remy in all the Confederate States. There is
not show ofOppositlon to Federal author
ity; not even so much, as asliadow when 1t
declineth. The Confederate Government
is dissolved; the ordinances OF secession
are abrogated the old Constitutions are set
p aside, new ones are eestablished;the old State
Governments a. q displaced, new ones are
in their stead. The old officers have been
expelled; uew ones have been elected. The
States are performing all the functions nee
essary to the maintenance Of civil society
they, preserve order, punish crime, protect
I. life and property, collect debts, enforce
contracts, regulate the relations of husband
and wife, father and child, guardian and
ward they regulate the descent and distri-
button, of real and personal estate; they
charter cities and colleges; they exercise
the right Of eminent domain, build rail-
roads, and establish common schools. Why
should Hleys not be 1representedP Ohio pays
Federal taxes; so does Virginia. a tax
gatherer rides every county; custom
house officer Is at everyport. Virginia. took
up arms against the Federal Government ;
alas ! she. did, Seduced by the ADVICE of
fanatics at the South; goaded by the
acts Of not less wicked fanatics at the
North ttnwisely she took up arms to re-
sist the execution of Federal laws. But
when you sounded the tOcsin of war, and
called upon the people TO maintain their
Constitution, their Government, you told
them chat 80 soon as Federal laws were
obeyed the war should cease, and it should
leave the States with their rights, their
powers, their equality unimpaired- =
IIGheers.l Ohio Is 4 free State, so is Vir-
rglnia; ohioprotects negroes 10 every CIV
| rilIright, so does Virginia. But, but l--but
what, my friend? Out with it. Virginia
does not permit negroes to vote. Neither
does Ohio, nor Indiana, nor Illinois, nor
Iowa, nor Wisconsin, nor Pennsylvania,
nor Delaware, nor New Jersey nor Con-
neetcut, nor New Hampshire, nor New
York, nor California, nor Oregon, nor Col
orado; and il this is reason, why are moi
those States excluded? NJ % ''i... ''o1|
/, THE STATES ARE EQUAL. .'''ihH
|. 1t is a'fundamental maxim that the States
10 the Union hro equal. not oqual In terri-
y tory,or wealth, or numbers, but equal in
% duties, in rights, in powers. They, were
sovereigns, and as such were equal before
| the Union They each, as sovereign, eanlt
| intothe Union. They delegated the same
IG powers; they agreed to perform the, same
|, duties. They guaranteed each to the Other
| the enjoyment of the same rights. Repre-
| sentatiOn is the most important right
| Ohio enjoys it, why not Virginia? The
Southern States are in the Union or they arI
outof it. q If they are in the Union. they
l. are equal to Ohio, and entitled to repre-
/ sentation. If they are out of the Union
the claim to govern them atfall Is a frauC
and usurpatioh. [Gheers,l They enter
| ed the Union by passing an ordinance
/ adopting and ratiiying the Federal Cohstl
| tuition. They tried TO dissolve that CON
! nection by abrogating that ratification
| The abrogating ordinance was the act oi
4 secession. Either itiwas valid or it was in.
valid.s If invalid, itWas, null; it had nc
| effect; it did not effect the, State, it die
/ not effect the tie which bound 1t to tht
| Union. 1t left the State in the same posi-
/ ton in which it had been for month, for {
/ year before the acb Of secession. If it wa
| valid, it destroyed the Union and removed
| the, State beyond the Constitution, beyond
| your power. Ireject the claim that tbest
|, ordinances are valid for one purpose, in
| valid for another-valid to, destroy tht
Il State, invalid to discover the Federal tie
/ 1t IS the fanciful creation of a disorderet
/ brain, or the arbitrary dlction Of a man wht
/ will have thingsas ne wishes them. .l3 ID
l. alE'r) THB RADICAL POSITION. % QQi
/ understandable position of Mr.. Steven,
| and those, who fellow him. He believes
| that either the ordinance of secession or til,
\ attempt to enforceit by arms, constituted
| the South in effect, q foreign power-alieI
| enemies; that we bad good cause, of wal
| against them, and did in fact wage the wal
| for subiugation and conquest; that having
| subingated and CONQUERED them, we hole
| them subject to our, Will; that SO far as they
are concerned their rights and our powers
/ are determined by the lawsOf nations alone
4 and no question Of, the, Constitution can be
raised except BY the adhering States. I IN
derstand the position Of Mr.. johnson and
! the war Democrats. They hold that the orr
| dinances Of secession were Invalid thai
whUeVer attempted BY force of arms I'd
make them available were traitors; tina
| utes Of the State or Of It's !abidingpeo
/ pIe;s that they may be punishedI bdl
| that the State reniains the same o[Cheers1
But II cannot understand the sthinible'
rig logic OF these halflway gentlemen, thai
| the ordinances Of secession are half valid
half invalid; that the States are in the I'm.
ion to be governed, out of it TO be protect.
ed; in the Union when duties are required
out OF it When rights are TO- be accordedl
In the Union when taxes are exacted, Odl
| Of it When representation is demanded
Why yhould tteg 'ot De representedS This
Representation is essential TO the restoration
ffthe Union. Why was the war prosecute
ed? For the maintenance ofibh6 Union.
Love of the Union was the sentiment which
lay attlIe,very heart % our people. dthad
grown and dstrengthened, and become fixed
by the, attempts at, dispnion of the Hartford
Convention and the Modification of South
CaroinaaoH It was ! this, that made strong
men volunteer, and matrons and maidens