Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-09
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The Journal is an unfortunate institu-
tion, if indeed a concern so soon to be
wiped out by its own party friends can be
called an institution9 for it can make no
charge against the Democratic party but
can be turned against it. Witness the fol-
lowing:
SIT. is a Radical slander to charge the
Democratic party with the design of re-
establishing slavery, is it? But it is an un-
deniable truth that the Democratic party
is in favor of paying the Shareholders for
suit OF the war. The Maryland Constitu-
tional Convention is Democratic body,
and the vote on the adoption of
the first section of the bill of
rights was nearly a strict party vote
the Democrats voting Aye and the Re-
publicans No. Compensation for south
ern slaves is the leading plank in the
Kentucky, Maryland, and other late slave
States, means nothing else."
The Journal viii find that the PROPOSE
ton to pay for emancipated slaves came,
not from the Democratic, but from the Alb
olition party. The facts to prove this we
find ready made to hand by our cotempo-
rary of the Piqud ID Dernocrat, and we use its
extracts to show the Journal that it is con-
demning that which was Abolition doc
trine but few years since:
March 9Th, 1862, the President lin
coLNl sent the following message to Con-
gress sga. t5s -
81 recommend the adoption of Joint
resolution by your honorable bodies, which
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'ResolUed, That the United States ought
to CO. cooperate with any State which may
adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, Civ
Ing to such State pecuniary aid, to be used
by such State in its discretion, to compen-
safe for the Inconvenience, public and
private, produced by such changes of sys-
temin So, r
In concluding this message the President
said: SIN full view of my great RESPONSE
bility to my God and to my country,
earnestly pray the attention of Congress
and the people to the subject" %
q, On the 10th of March, 1862, Mr.. ROSCOE
CoNKLING, member of the House from
New York (and now the Radical Senator
from that State), under a suspension of the
rules, introduced the resolution, verbatim,
as proposed by Mr.. LINCOLN, and it passed
the House by vote ef-yeas 81, nays So
the Republicans voting for, and the Deme-
Gratis against it. ..rl-
April I'd. the resolution passed the Sem
ate-yeas 49, nays 10-party vote as in the
House.
April 10th, 1862, President LINCOLN ap-
proved a bill emancipating the slaves in the
District of Columbia, and giving the own
ers thereof the sum of $500 for each slave
emancipated.
This bill passed the Senate April Sd, by
yeas 20, nays 14-Republicans voting for,
and the Democrats against it.
April 11th, same. bill passed the House
yeas 80, nays 80, party vote as before.
Dec. 1st, 1862, President Lincoln in his
second annual Message, suggests to Con-
gress the following proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
and recommends its passage by Congress
and submission to the States for ratifica-
ton:
sARTIcLE-Every State wherein slavery
now exists, which shall abolish the same
therein, at any time, or times before the
Lord one thousand NINE HUNDRED, thall
receive compensation from the United
States, as follows, to wit:
1.-THE President of the United States shall
deliver to every such State, bonds of the
United States, bearing interest at the rate
of per cent. per annum, to an amount
equal to the aggregate sum of "
for each slave shown to have been therein
by the eighth census of the United States,
said bonds to be delivered to such States by
inStallments, or in one parcel, at the COM
pletion of abolishment, accordingly as the
same may have been gradual, or at one
time. within such State and interest shall
begin to run upon any such bonds only
from the proper time of its delivery as
aforesaid. 1tas -- aa
january 9Th, 1868, Mr.. NOEL, Repub-
liean, of Missouri, from select committee,
reported bill providing for the payment
to the State of Missouri, on the abolish
ment of her slaves, the sum of $10000,000,
which bill passed the House by-yeas So,
nays 80. This was another party vote; the
voting for and the Democrats
against the measure. @
After this statement of facts, will the
Journal now repudiate the pledge of its
party friends that the private property-for1
as Mr.. CLAY once said, that is property
which the law calls property-of individu-
ais, is to be paid for? When it answers that
question, we will find few words to say
on that subject, in which we will define our
position.