Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-09
:. :.s...T....1,o.u.NUMBER 81. aonr
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cdnmend ifselS 10 tbeeannrohat AZ az ~ anv
Senerons advncate SS The t,iSnity ~ Of human
nature Without tiistinction az rsye or color:
fdr while IL IA cynel' a nd, van aafnl toxvard
the white race NJ the South n leaves tbe
hlocr man to ~ f5fe Yet 4 = nbynos fror,
men who claim for 'tbe,ns 10 stbe honor
~ hoina, tho j Il triayftS II tbo Nal
Their 6SSttXr1Iia frted,oH, iu ,,i,, stoS1,'
bv tbeir hatfaA fi,,, hIs foi.11er' 5nrSsyer All
tits is nerfcctIv'aunaren To anv thinking
mind Hence II is rttrar-von- daily the
scorni ana tcShtemDt az 'E6eh1R 1RSfiidalsa
PbilIins noured out unon the Congrase;onoI
plan of Recommendations : He sees and hon
estIv declares its- true object TNfst
What now IA fbe' -inntsn of Az presidenl
and fLaaa ,,tha snnnr6art him ~ Vbu tbava
seen what Tonn 1ress ~ nToroses 81 fhe otn1
or hand. what have we the trua IInion man
Of the couhtrv II foffefS tttftIfa Il fnr mol
lev and our actions IN the tOJonstitntiop of
thetJnitetI States3 Thai, IL Ss saf,, ana ser.
cure foundation. We-cannot, err in adopt-
ING thaE AZ on r Stide.i Wa dRsire tn n1res
serve and perpetuate oar Federal system of
Goyernmeht1the Ayisest system ever lde-s
yised nv the wifi az man and the onlv svsLe
tenn by which a Continental Renubiic ne
rendered nossible. I'VE Ionnose5 az one oeS,
the greatest Of poiilical evils n central des-Sf
potism. We look. therefore. with iealoussf
ewes uno,, tbt disnositian so ,stron oiv ma n-lt
Tested of latesto ahsoTh all The novyars ~
the State Governments in Congress-. The.
necessities of the war led many wise and
thinking men to tolerate this In q time.
but now the necessity has ceased we desire
TO rethfrI I'd The trne sbii]E Of oTt institnL
tions and I'd lcrislateifi accordaHeewith the
genius of our 6oyarnment. IThe great
Question which now absorbs the minds of
our people is not one of mere detailT'i
whether single State or ahV humber ofit
States shall this wear or next he renres,snt- D
ed in Congress. This is n Observation-Disclosures
ance. but that IA mot ali. THE onestion
has larger and more general aspects. II
involves, as have lintimated. the existence
of our Federal system, and il also inyolyfaI,
the barmonioris and fraternal lrelatihns If
the people of all the States dnring our' en-
tire existence as a nation. Shall we be
hereafter truly one peopleP Shall our
Union be a union i'm heart and in feeling, or
in name onlV2 YSball mutual REGARD and re-
spect bind us togetbaF.in perneIuaI amitv.
or shallforce,c com Del a union, which, hatred
may wait only an opportunity to destropP
These are questions which no wise man can
tail to consider. Aud since the ]isseyeredIs
States are sooner or later TO be- I'M ali relF
spects reunited---sinee we are to be ONE
people-what folly, what madness is it for
the stronger portion to impose degrading
Terms upon the weaker! Is 1t thus that
true ffaternap unity is to be restored and
pcrpetuated? The statesman has some
thing, better now to do than TO keen
alive the memory of mast errors or crimes.
There is enough in the past to re-
gret and to condemn. Let it have some
better use than to perpetuate hatred be-
tween the North and the South. It's teach
ings may BE- so improved as TO give us a9i
purer government, a more fraternal Union
-0u,they may,be perverted to the base and
wicked end of instilling, in the hearts Of
the people of the different sections of our
country bitter and etePfal animosityy-
Viewed in. this light, tlfe mode aud manner p,
of reconstruction may have bearings on
our future as a nation of immeasurabfe i'm
portarce. In adopting or rejecting eithersg
plan proposed, we are to adopt on reject
harmony, eordialitg, fraternity, true and
hearty Union founded on mutual regard
and respect. and bound together by the
golden chains of mutual advantage. We
see from the history OF other nations how 4
hatreds are lperpet1atea- the memory
of ancient wrongs realm, Imaginary do