Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-13
q Hon. Otto Dresel's Remarks

On the HeconstructiOn Bill, addres
ca the Members or the Attn ward
DemOcratic Club, at COIumbu on
,sssturdayEvenin the 9th Of March
1867. ~ T1l.F
After having, in his opening speech, in
dorsed and encouraged the organization o.
Democratic Clubs all over the country anC
after having given his views with regarc
to the most efficient infringement of the
Club system, Hon. OFTo DREsEL closed his
address with the following remarks .s,e
- Yes, my friends, the so-called ConserVa-
tive Republican party has ceased to exist
The patriotic Union elements heretofore
existing in its ranks, are all Cird,cn into anG
swallowed up by the porter Of sAboIitiontsm
ana DtSant0ntSne. Whoever doubted this
before. can doubt no longer, when examin.
Ing the so-calfed ReconstructiOn 6Hl-when
considering the almost unanimous vote BY
which the last Rump Congress. inits dying
hour, passed that bill over the President:
fyete; - l9s.saaa is.1s ~ ra,s.sass4 n
DtGboIicdL Ingenuity dlore could draft a
bill which, in so diminutive frame, en-
con1passes so stupendOus mass of iniquity
and anti-Unionism, as it does. It is the
most dangerous and revolutionary bill ever
passed by any Congress. It Is the assassin's
dagger sta6bing at the very heart of liber-
ty. wv. call 1t Reconstruction bill; but it
Is Justly enGltIed 20 the far more appropri-
ate name of the Destruction Bill. Permit
Hs oEisny 20 ailuoe 70 some OF It's leadlng
S9oGte.es' ls - ~
one stroke of the pen, it wipes the present
Governments of the ten Southern States,
ther Constitutions, their laws, out of exist
ence; treats them as conquered territory,
Wy IqcS tuen ilIoO i.Ve hiiitary us
CItess, Sacn 70 pc 7uhueI she supreme COM
mmmu M1 Vi niIitary cnie.talh. -.
.nese s:weept1hg provisions are only con-
s S.etegs WIN q anu uaseu upon the assumpCloh'
CHaI 1io ooneeeF7s otGeeS' prSoT 20 Me passage
s"G oss; ss1 ftda eedSeG 20 oet2ng 70 aae mon
Sss.e Gtgees VI IuGa Union, tney are
iSrhts eUtSte ~ i .le.r 70, a.
arsi - - = "tu py t!le
1l ~ anu Id We ,IO oelIlS ClUls
eqf ~ q ~ u .aJ yassalage.
-, tI aIo TO otaGes vi tLie ouIot now
Ststssp ostaiai,S ~ ~, ~ 80 De
NJ So Ngs oy ally aco on tile
.s,.. "a s9 W Wllc
heS a 1tt,. s..Si1 Sne OIIloil anu
a. i'SI.e 20 eAei9oe THEM, as tne
p,,+ St,.e ~ "a LUCE 81, ltSe.i;
SoDtbern taf..s did e,.i,,s
1olanod thor,sa1S ~ GU
aot he,o,,a ~, ,e -
thev Gsyo forf.;...,s IN ~
&c ttoo g., , "' 1I a. !, k,'Ce 40 oIa.So
thaa,SoI9,os . II 10" u'u Iney cActuue
n?s,'s Dy SeCg1t.tgI soy R9SStftg "aetT
?ecesSsoat Sfa.adhcess LINUS 'ne olI.,oy treat
Los G,le oouSu as uutslee vi shG OhIon, dc'
S..9tosgages In Ile oenasng Jofceo ene secession
OT9tHonceS. tnese ordinances are NOT 6sRdtPg
unless ItgfS TO pass them, the right to secede
70 I nenSe y Is Clear, P9aG Lhe Rad-
-. - a'iu VI tLe Iolli' 10
,,;t th W slle'r polht necessarily ad
th thtU I;lI ue Tt0't " secession. IN admCtlng
s.:s isSus vi Secession, Ilty lhlplledly: az
LII. S.lao 9 W MwFo,l9 IN CoSTEsIINGt tee
Ity': SeceSSton py -gi Wagih! pioouy war
asail!sC ehe oouGl tiiey ADMIT tnat tne war
was ysSe oii Gne pd1y OF gne ooutn' out wholly
gs1.ts.ssqaese on me part OF the North. If the
Mal. nselt y hoS oSJHseIlaotesceFGalhly we nave
hoTtgat 10 axall ourselves OF the advantages
we nave gaineo .,l from u. toiorce Che Recon-
seE ucCiea DflI OF any olhef war measure up
@ O.a Cu9 @ ue'oaIou Io9 Toe. % the sore PtGwslote
q q y oi;course only from
Sue S.npu. :a, poiiIC ot NeEehsru Sauicais-J0r
"'S "S TGcM 0IGS, - alsu an uTJutd0te argumenC
dAINSA Che DiiI, agaihsG tne war lGseJf,
4s1llee1 thS. .poslptc'i Vi tne fSspuohican par
~ sscto anu eVeT SINCE bhe l1auguraGlon OF
rEsluenC LlIicoin. f-ssf q. ,s.i .-.s.
IT . uioieI iuoIe: e., Ane at1eHuIueDI ueDI Oh Cne
So1tSestotson oOrog0ttng StdoeTy was ADOPTED
Sy Gle requ,slge concurrence OF three-
sT.rsssg 20 ~. @ &c sne o.a1es' INcLU9tNG THE TEN
STATES NAMED IN THE BILL. III, as the Dill
assumes, they dld not at the time belnhG
"a =, th SaIl9G ue
Ta,,;'.. ~" 70 "a oSa.eS noI
,.n ~ Ine 3 ~ Is
.a..' ,11. au anu h9S
~ se"s'y aoossS''eo :" o"y S'e
. Ssst;n'.S . oil 4to fo.o ,so,a,o,
= e,iu + ia olo lacS VI a
IT., ;t 9t s.,e OourC Ot Ine
S!.a.5" Suseu osase' tnaI. HonS mas no Coisee
tgeso"'ts t fepee ToaGtecer 10 90 SO, suoJeee III
es"se y peace Cne Wnole ySouLh TO Che IRON
T9@ % q "soTetde to'o, WhlcIl Is tne absence OF
az low, R;aoo ae tOs PeoPle a' Cne mercy
81 r. -,t,s.. u, 0iliDl. any su
ehS mloie csOtG GoverllihenG 10 DIS arpl-
thaiy nronertU ond I;harsy Too b caIIzens Q.
Cd apo,,ptSy .1;oI 11 tt,...y no iay oe1
onJ nn.,;Sh ,bon, ;,st - ,, 10 10 ,ic,soo ooi
P9,'Ia" ,l'.. .nol Jueo "s NC pleases, anu
- 1o PoMe. ove[ nil " coICroI MS
unliinlCeu .auGnoriIy' Ihe Dill In suspend
ing Cne Will OF haoeds corpus In 1deprivlng
clsl1ens oI = tneIr most sacreu rignts secured
70 them Dy our magma charta, not only
EIoss!y ViolaCes nearly every ar1lcle OF the
st SoIistlIutlop, ouc. ~ reqnces-ih ;ordfr to
Te.o lo = reslueilC Jolnson mastery
veto messaSe-Cne Wnole pOpu1aGIon OF
ten States,to the most abject and degrading
slavery. NO master ever had control So
ApsoluLe oFernds slaves, as this Dill gives to
Ine mlilCary omcers over all persons OF
every Soior, sex ana condlGlon In. the
south.
8. ana what Is the oBJECT OF the bill !?
'See'npagty the establishing nt of peace and
gooo oroer' Butfedtty the APPROXIMATION |
OF THE SOUTH" lie peOple of the South |
ernISIates are TO be governed by military |
proconsuls, until, oy adopting the constt-
tuglonai amendment, SO. much discussed |
dqrlng last year campaigR-by adopting
new laws, new State Constitutions, they |
secure ana SURRENDER Gne etectIVe franchise
TO negroes ana L ankee spectators and
OVeTSeeTS In Inelr mhfSGi ana TOTeCe7 dis |