Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-08

and to contribute to the perpetdation Of
that factional power Of which'he is onelOf
the prominent representatives. He Heiseemsl
to. deny the South heOrdinary intelligence
and nm motives =, which Influence q well
informed people, and is disposed, in the
wide range OF IFS superior wisdom
and benevolence, to teach them 'theydhties,
of religion. of social lite and all That per-
tains TO- the organization Of enlightened
society, He repeats the trite arguments
against Slavery, which are as appropriate
as tUwould be to assail a dead body IF the
adoption of the amendments to the Consti-
tuition, their acceptance by the Legislatures
rof the Slaye States, the ehactmehts Of the
of the Slave States, and the
various lawsof Congress upon the subject,
have not already ieXtirpated slavery, then
the anptr6lIc CT H1rf pG%ei N9I 'fTGh. - f1o "fea
sort to thisline Of argument Shows the pow
erty of Mr.. Boutwellls resourcesin his as7
saults uponthe South land if the only dan
ger to be apprehended from the restoration
of the South to its practical relations with
the General Government is the revival OF
slavery and slave power, we think the ma
tion may dismiss all fear upon the subject,
and leave the valiant knight to fight his
own Windmill with the ferocity OF another
Don Quixote. iG 'rf aW l1idW ,s1yoiyo'
| The sum and substance of the whole busi-.
ness appears to be that Mr.. Boutwell, and
his Radical coadjutors cherish an appre-
hension that the South may have an OPP
portunity to present Its own case. to the
| whole people of the nation, on the floor OF
| Congress-. 1t is an old Democratic axiom
| that error of opinion may be safely toll
Grated where reason is left free 30 combat
| it y now, il the political condition OF the
South and its opinions and policy be as OBJ
| jectionable as Mr.. Boutwell, maintains,
certainly there is no danger in allowing
| their exposition where such able cham
| pions as Mr.. Boutwell,, Mr.. Sumnerg'Mr.
| Wade, Mr.. Stevens, and Others of their
4 class, are present to retute them. There
| fore, instead Of avoiding it, why not invite
these gentlemen from the South to a free dis
cussion in the halls of the National Legisla-
ture, in order that truth may be ELECTED, and
accusations and imputations pro and con
be subjected to that searching ordeal which
will leave no loop-hole for error, hypocrisy
or treachery to escape? What We want,
and what the people require, is fair open
arena for the examination and elucidation
OF all the mooted questions between the
/ North and the South which have arisen out
of the late anomalous condition of the
! country. The people are pot disposed tC
allow such important issues to be pervert-
ed by one party or another party, or by one
set of men or another set OF men, tC
merely local or selfish ends; but they
wish to see them settled, as the grca
points of sectional differences were set
tled by the Fathers of the Constitution
for the purpose of securing the good of the
whole nation, its perpetuity and its honor
through generous compromise and for
bearance, and by the exercise of that higt
integrity which ignored all narrow and sci
fish aims in laying the foundations of ;
great Republic.-Bostop Post. . ., ..,