Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-15

Of the Democratic Members Of the ohtO
LegfsIature 80 the People Of ohio.

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Of the Democratic Members Of the 0his
IegisIature 80 the People Of ohio.
COLUMBUS, oHTo, March Q, 1896.
TO the People Of Uhio-
We undersigned members Of the Gen
! eTai Assembly of the state of Ohio, being
/ in the minority of that body, and hayiDp
I no adequate means for an expression
upon the present condition OF pubuc
affairs, officially, deem il not improper
/ TO submit the following through a
/ less obstructed channel, the public press.
Public events of great Importance
have recently transpired. Happily for
the people aud the perpetuity Of the
nion, theWar haa hten hpoaght % a
termination.
The great mass s-of the Southern people
soon restored order, and commenced re-
YiViag their civii organization. They
voted and elected legislatures which Pc
pealed the ordinances Of secession. They
elected State aud other officers. They
repealed the clauses of their state consii-
tutiOus in regard 10 slavery, and adopted
an amendment % the Constitution of
the United States forever prohibiting
T y
Il every State iu the south, except
Texas, aud she was taking like action
had organized their State governments.
In official or corporate capacity, these
States stood in the same relation to the
Federal Government "a tae states OF The
North. Phe rebellion ceased % exist.
Tile Constitution became and was opera
tive I'M the whole inion. Nor were the
authorities of the Federal Government
inactive. The armies We're gradually
Withdrawn. Excepting the arrest oi a
few persons, the people oi the South
were left undisturbed, and We're encJr-
aged in the work demanded by the Con-
sutui6n. The action 81 their STATE
Legislatures WAS recognizes 10y tae Fed
eral auehorities as legally essential and
binding. Their States We're reOrganized
4s States in the Union, and their people
Is citizens. Taxes we're laid and COLI
lccted OF them, and the burdens imposed
by the Constitution were acknowledged
and borne. The whole people of the
South were struggling 10 bury their sJif-
ferings and calaInities and had heartily
Welded themselvesup "a q full allegiance
to the Government OF the United States.
Under these circumstances, and a. q st.ll
further evidence OF y total reputation Of
every other Government, they elected
persons to represent them in Congress.
This was the erowuinC duty imposed
bv the Constitution This alone re-
maiued to be done to bring each South
tru State tHlly into its old constitutional
orbit. The South fully accepted all the
constitutional obligations.
Candor and patriotism require that the
causes Of public events should be finally
nTobad. The causes OF the war are lt
D.. ].
and are more active and procrealive Of
their inevitable consequence, -bE reason /
OF aforementioned passions a cOnsid- /
crate view of lie past establishes the 4
fact that two radical extremes brought .
on the conflict That the war was pro- /.
vOied AbJliiinni-m ju the North, which I
openly avOwCd ITS purpose, and Tor thirty .
years was the ass,iilant, was met 10y a .
spirit hostile 10 il. The latter was bro 4
ken in the name of the Union, but The .
former remains, bi0aiei and ieraciOue
with the blood of It's rival. The Plesi-
dent OF the United States lately said
81 ON this matter the extremists OF both
sections, while pursuing different means,
aborcd steadily to the accomplishment
Of the same end-the destruction OF The
ni0u. SO far as the dissolution OF the
Mon is concerned, one Is a- bad rs the
other. When the rebellion b. pat down
and we lind party for consolidation
and Concentration, il is the same spirit
ls rebellion and leads 90 the same end
destruction of the Government
The assaiiing spirit of Ab1litiunism YET
survives, nourisGel into immense pro-
portions ami intensity by the influences
If the war, aggravated IN It's strength 10y
'auscs foreign 10 lis nature, and craled
BY its power, without reasoning as 20 its
lyyn elementary formation, ID yainly inn
lgiues itself superior 10 the Constitution.
-laving, as it claimed, fought The Union,
c Is now engaged in systematic schemes
- prevent a union. can those who dep
'ecated the diSuniOn faAaticism uf the
AbOliliun party before The war. Sustain il
lOw with that lanatIcism unab8ted and
enlarged in its destructive purposes .
political and financial ambi-
ion and cupidity We're the motives and
.auses Of our civil troubles, and the sue
essful faction has reaped wealth and
jOwcr.
ffhe masses Of the people have never
,een known TO profit by civil disorder, by l.
'iOlatiuus Of their fundamental law, or
surpation. Constitutional order, while
atal 10 sectional aggandizemenI, is full
( blessings TO the people. 90 must be a
Deedy recovery from public disorder. To ]
estOre the South 10 the Union cndangers /
be power of the leaders, and restores
quality. To govern the South as q COM
uered people and territory, subseFves
he purposes Of ambition and cupdity, ,
ut ruins the people. The leaders iu
ower are Of the old Abolition party, de
oted 10 agitation, supremacy and mo- ,
opuly. They are the vullufcs Df theiuJe ,
ublic calamity. They do not propose TO ,
1rreudcr the advantage gained under I,
over OF The wal, though il be at the eX- :
cnsc of the overthrow of the CunStitu-
ion. 1heir sole purpose and interest +,
GEMS 10 be ia prey upon the Southern
tate~. To do this they must likewise
rey upon the whole North. The mu- ,
llinery necessary tUaccompiish the iirst, !
-sult in the other. !
Astanding army; thousands Of salaried T.
ucers; schemes ul pluHdcT and rapine /;
Iclis and oppresSiOns.; the prusiratI0n of .
the drying up of the fouf- !
aims Of revenue; the increase OF eXtrav-
gauce; The swelling Of the public debt -
be- increase of taXatton--these are the /
.9itimate results. These Leaders have =
lade immense fortunes out Of the war. :
hey own estates in the South, cuuiisci-
FL By their own legislation. Immense
Of cotton have been coined, By H.,
treasury permits, into bank q,
epusits, to their credits, instead uf 10 the !
-elit OF the Government. Whole cara
ans Of Government cattle of every de- 1
,riptiOn have been swallowed by these
cree and overwhelming siulOons Of A D. y
iti0nism. The whole contract system J
the war, created by them, was but a |
eder 20 ibis Abolition rapacity, The !,
system, or legaized piece of :,
.Iceny, made by these leaders, enabled
zen to declare three hundred per cent, 1
lWdends in their business, at Tie eX- 4
ense of the masses of tav peOpie. T
ON land and on sea the Government }
I'd the people have been shamefully de- y
auded and nohbsi BY these men: and. 4
hen iH the course OF The war, To meet 1 D
eculation and speculation and me legiti- 6
late expenses, the Government needed i
ANS si H4oaeys these men banded to- 4
ether like so many Shylueks, dictated y
Ie conditions Of the DpnGs uf the Gov s
nment, IS ~ l4tc uf interest and eN- j
nEllOh from taxation, invested their =
l-goiten gains In permanent farm, and h
1W shake four Thousand Iailiiuns of z
nOperty, exempt nom taIatsn, in the q
ebs OF iaboIing masses, They point
1th intense satisfaction to their Chief =
lstice Of the Supreme Court of the
n.ted STATES TO the supremacy of Last
n monopoly, and their power In Con- e.
ress as a guaranty Of safety. Thus es-
.Dlishcd a. 4 pTiHileged class, they are
uncut wound Or an Inconvenience
ON the war, and without a burden in
me Of peace. To provide indemnity 70
for the past, aud security tol
lemselves for the future, these leaders,
and opt OF Congress, are nlolding its
4islatiOu.
They have lost sight Of the people and =,
le suDstailce Of the Government. They
ave controlled the elections for five
ears, and these i've years have been
salS Of ruin They falter at the future.
hey believe they can, with the help of
ie votes Of 100000 pegfOes aud the ex-
usion OF the votes Of over l,009, 600
Juthern people, and plunder the South
r their supporters, maintain an ascend
icy over the conservative masses Of the ]
orth. Tine present Congress met IN
ecember 1865, with the Union restored.
uring ihs session the Southern States
-esented legally chosen representatives,
no asked, but We're refused, admission.
Jngress, at the outsat, gagged itself by
Us powers upon a committee =.
strueted 90 attempt the Reorganization "
the Southern States. The whole ses-
on has been consumed, SO far, in taking
at great expense TO show thai
ic Union Gan not be restored. 10 inau-
irate untv ersal negro suffrage, they c0m- Z
an a mil u HaI l.