Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-09

sential to the balance of power. on which
the perfection and endurance of our poit-
lical fabric depends; and we denounce the
lawless invasion by armed force, ofthe soil
ofany State orTerritory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the greatest
Icrimes.n .. II
To maintain inviolate the rights of the 4
States was then, in the Judgment of these
gentlemen, indispensable to the maintain
ing of that BALANCE OF power upon which
our institutions were founded. They, de- /
nounced any invasion of any State or Ter
ritory, no matter under what pretext, as
the gravest of crimes. Mr.. Lincoln HIM
self in his first inaugural, incorporating
this resolution into his address, says:
apprehension seems to exist among the
people of the Southern States that by the |
accession of a Republican. Administrations
their property, and their peace and person |
al security are to be endangered. There |
has never been any reasonable cause for
such apprehension. Indeed, the most am
lplei evidence to the contrary has all the
while existed and been open to their in
lspection. 1t is found in nearly all the writ
ten speeches of him who now addresses
Iyou.9 lido but. quote from one of these
speeches when 1 declare that / have no pur-
pose, directly, Or Indirectly, to Interfere
with Slavery in the States where it exists:
I believer have no lawful right to do so,
and have no inclination to do so'' III hifc
Now let us see how the Congress of the
United States stands asrto pledges. lmme-
ldiately after the battle of Bull Run they
resolved as follows: II an 'rLcJtHt
-7sThat the present deplorable civil war has
Ibeen forced upon the country by the dis
lIunionists of The Southern States, now in
larns against the constitutional government,
and in arms around the Capitol; that in this
national emergency, Congress, banishing
all feeling of passion or resentment, will
lrecollect its duty to the whole country;
that this war is not waged on their part,
in any spirit of oppression, or for any pur-
pose, of conquest or subjugation, or pur-
poses of oyerthroWing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions of the
States, but to defend and maintain the SUI
premaey of the Constitution and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equal
Eity and rights of the several States unim-
paired, and that as soon these objects are
accomplished, the war ought to cease.9 'nEH
More than that, in 1862, another resolur
ton, to the same purport and effect, was
passed. BY that resolution it was also said
that the war was not waged,i on the part
of the United States,in any spirit of OPP
ptesssop,- OF for conquest or subJugatlon,
or for overthrowing the rights of the
States, but to defend and maintain the SUI
premacy of the Constitution, and to pre-
serve the Union, with all the rights and
dignity of the States, unimpaired., - ...:
Now, my fellow-citizens, before, the adj
vent OF this party, they told you that the
lDreSeTNdUlOn Vi 6ilc DOdGCSs "Ib'tt dil 1uCii-
rights unimpaired,f was essential to the
maintenance of the Union and that Repub-
llican system which was founded by the
Union. They told you during the early
part of the war, when men and moneyWere
Ito be raised, that the purpose OF the war
Twas simply to put down the insurrection,
and that as soon as that was accomplished
the States were to be restored to their re-
Ilations to the Union. with alltheir rights
Iiunimpaired. That was the promise; and it
I is not too much to say that upon these res
. loiutions of Congress. right and proper in
themselves, tens of thousands of men, aud
: hundreds of millions OF money were
!. brought to the support of the prosecution
. of the war. What was it? We only pro-
posed to put down an insurrection against
the authority OF the Government and the
. Federal Constitution ! will say for one,
! lerninent, / did the little that lay in my
D power to forward the operations of the
+ war, in the way of men and money. SO did
;. hundreds and thousands of others,
! | Now what came next? What do they
tell you they have accomplished by it Z?
d They say that there are no States to be re-
: stored instead of their rights being unim-
paired by the rebellion. they say they have
no rights. And this brings us down to the
. late measures of Congress, thoroughly and
perfectly excluding the representation OF
ten States OF the Union, and inaugurating
over them five military despotisms. And
upon what theory is this>done? p I am most
. thankful to these gentlemen for the date
summer session of Congress because II
j. brought out and developed their plan ol
|, operations. There is no longer any excuse
:. to living man for supporting them unless
he is prepared to support five military des-
} potisins within the territory and upon the
J sell OF the United States. There is no equiv
, ocation aboutit any longer. In the Recon
struction Act of last winter my old friend,
F1, cNra1sV
it, undertook to make out that there were
. some little relics of deceney init. They
, came together with great indignation IL
:. IJuly, and said this was a complete false
hood. They said they did mean it, and in:
tend it to be the very worst thing that any
body had ever said or pretended was meanl
a. llBS it.yst b-reE sgn4 ,r...,c sit 81 a...
/ Now, my, fellow-citizens, what did they
> do? They put five military commander:
:. each in possession of a portion of thi:
I Southern territOry--each is confirmed sc
! by the Supplemental Act-with. the power
Z to remove every single civil officer in any
of those States, and to administer the gov
!. i ernments of those States, by detailing fol
p the purpose, anv officer or soldier in theil
: respective commands, or pickup any civil
ian they may see fit to pick up to do lt
l That is what they say they intend to do
. = If this don't define a despotism. then l dc
:, not know what you call adespotisn. Ther'
! lis nowhere to be found, within any Civil
\ iZed country on the earth, so thorough anC
: Shameless a despotism. l. don't belev,
there is any country on the face OF the eartl
2 where the administration of justice and al
G the functions of civil government are de
volved upon soldiers and officers detailed
from the army. That is precisely what tn,
: Reconstruction Bill has authorized thest
= five despots to do. Whati the meaning o
;, all this? For What is it done? 1t is done
for this: Here are ten States entitled t.
: Ittxapf f4YG uha thaU. shall. ha v
: faecorded to them their rights in the Unior
y land large number of representatives
q What have they done in regard to thes
y States? They have declared in the first plac
. that all the negroes shall vote. They hav
:. declared, in, the second place, that larg
:, portions ofthe white population-portion
= (which embrace nearly all the inte1lfgenc
y that could embody public sentiment o
u action in these States-shan be disfran
: chised, and shall not vote at all. The,
I have devolved upon these militar.
: commanders the duty of caus
these States, the voters that are going to b
: permitted to deposit their ballots when tn
e election shall be ordered. You have seel
: the workings of it from the information
=, furnished by the newspapers. In almOs
2 every one, perhaps in every one Of tn
= States, majority of those registered ar
- Nnegroes who are not able to take care O
y themselves! These military commander
q q have power over these registrations, so tina
u lithey can. at all times, see whether or not
. Imaiority are ready to carry out thei
u schemes. The act of Congress ha
y given them the power to refuse t
= lIregister. or to strike from the reg
lister the names oofs such as ssthe!
o shall find disloyal, or. otherwise, not enti
o tied to vote. That is the Republican sys
It tenn you have over ten States of this Uniol
9 to carry out the pledge that when the W.: