Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-14

people, undef the old ultpensatlOn, Wneh
the Government was administered with
Difference to the Constitution, and when
Government was cheap and simple, Mill
tary Government would be an unmltigated
evil. Solt is spoken of by Radical Journals.
However, when they speak Of It in terms
somewhat like this, they couple with 1t a
"but." "But, with all its evils" say they,
sMHItary Government is better than
anarchy and wholesale assassination"
The country Is not reduced to the altern7
atiye Of electing whether they will have
aanarchy and wholesale assassination ? or
Military Government. If the Government
shall be administered with that Impair
tiality and even-handed justice with which
it was administered by the Democratic
party or the Wing party, there would now
be no more necessity for Military Gov
ernmenti than there was then. Gross In
competency or studied purpose TO pervert
our form Of Government, is, the prompter
of Military Government, and nothing else.
It Is somewhat strange that press that
would be considered independent, and Ia
boring for the enlightenment and Inn
proyement Of its readers, should be quick
to frame what is intended to pass for iusti-
Tying excuses Of Military Government, be.
cause some leader Of their party in Con-
gress insists that such Government needs
be proclaimed. This is done for the pnr-
pose Of preparing the public to acquiesct
in it quietly. sk 2laa i'o.
II the condition of affairs In the ten late
ly insurgent States Is such as now TO re-
quire the establishment of Military Gov
ernment there, then, unquestionably wal
the War a failure. The War, however, wa
not a failure; but the Republican party q
a failure--a failure so far as conducting ths
Government properly in peace times. In
time Of War 1t requires no skill or ability
TO vote the appropriations called for by the
Executive; but 1t does require statesman
ship, which simply eomprehends good
sense, humanity and justice, to take and
carry successfully forward the Government
when gigantic War has been completely
overthrown. Whoever Is readtn the histO-
~ of the world, must know that the Re
publican party had a most rare opportu-
nifty Of building itself up in the affec-
tions Of the Southern people, inn
mediately following the capitula-
tion Of all the Southern armies
In power they were impregnably strong in
the Northern States; and by q wise and
cOnciliatory course. it was in their power
to make themselves equally impregnable
iu. the South. For nearly two years they
have experimental with the South. At
every step they have proclaimed the South
ern people as unregenerately Rebel as
when the Confederacy was in It's most de-
fiant mood. There was no trusting them !;
everything they did voluntarily attesting q
Union feeling was branded as masking an
intention Of getting hold of the Govern
ment to wrest it subservient to their ends
to:accomplish that which they failed to ac-
complish by force of arms. What the
South sought to accomplish by force
of arms was the establishment of an
Independent Confederacy modelled
after our form of Government, wherein the
continuance of African slavery should be
assured during their pleasure. In every
conceivable way have they testified, since
the miscarriage Of their Independent Con-
federacy enterprise, that they win not again
undertake secession, nor seek to enslaVe
members Of the African race. In view Of
the Generalization attendant upon a War
such as we have gone through, contrary to
previously entertained beliefs, the most sat
isfactory order prevails throughout the
South. The pretense, therefore, that 1t is
necessary to throw Military Government
over the South Is confession that the Re
publican party, as represented in Congress.
are complete failure as aparty TO properly
carry on the Federal Government, or they
are determined to subvert our Republican
form Of Government.
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