The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-08
Tho Danger 20 The states.

doy we reproduce, for the especial benefit
of the Abolition portion of this communi-
~. a most able article on the subject from
one of their own organs, the New York
Times, and we ask that they give IL a care
nl %perusal aud that consideration the
seriousness Of the subject demands. The
Times saws:
"A Radical organ the other day alleged
a probable occasion for interference la
MARYLAND rs a reason for the non-adjourn-
ment of Congress. The Legislature of the
state. It seems, has passed a bill for a Con
ycntion to revise the Constitution, and the
terms Of the bill are not %palatablc TO the
local Radical party. The minority of the
Legislature appeal To Congress for help as
against the majority aeimilar demand
has been made by the Radicals ofthe state,
in Convention assembled and thus, In the
Judgment of the Washington Chronicle,
Providence has Opened the way for Con-
gres-ional i~uterpositieu, ia order that
Maryland may be reconstructed like the
iusurgcut districts themselves The prayer
of the Radical mcmorialists came bctoreth the
House Yesterday, and was sustained by Mr..
TuoylAs and others on grounds which show
the dangerous progress OF the revolution
inauguratcd by the recent policy OF Con-
urcss. MIR. THOMAS contends that Congress
NAV interfere because Mt present Maryland
is not In Che enjoyment Of a republican
form of government, since colorcd citizens
are DISTINGUISHED. The point is more pre-
cisely stated by the Radical Conyentionists'
who ask for a government in keeping with
the standard erected IA the constitutional
Amendment and the Civil Rights bill
namely. recognition of manhood with
out regard to color, and the sa-
cred principle of impartial suffrage
The aim Of the Legislature in calling a
Convention, It is charged, is to rc-district
portions of the State with the view of in
c|rcasiug the au~ti-Radical majority and the
remarks of MIR. THOMAS yesterday Indicate
% determination to resist this or any other
action ~prcjudicial to the Radical interest
lie docs not threaten violence, because he
holds that Congress should step in and as
sumo control of the matter. Failing to ODE
tain this intervention, the Radicals in the
STATE intimate that, if o@utuumbcred in the
election of delegates authorized by the
Legislature, they will convene "a separate
body. construct q constitution after THEN
own taste. and invoke the power of Con.
gross to make it the organic law of tho
state. Divcsted Of surpIusage. the whole
affair is an attempt to induce Congress t'
clothc the minority Of the electors of Mary
land with the power to overcome the vii
of the majority. 1t is an attempt, by tn
exercise of Federal authority, to o%ycrturI
the Constitution of u State which Is no
and never has been, in rebcllion-to fore
negro suffrage upon n State whose right
control its own concerns is rs sacred as tina
of New Nork-and to convert the machin
cry of the National Government into tl
means of advancing the interests of Oh
Radical party. 1t is, In plain terms, n
attempt to rpyolutionizc the relation eve
of!oyal States to the Government, and {
lay the foundation of q central power, I
whose dictation all States must submit, ]
matters which the National Constitutio
Ia. intrusted to their special keeping. tn
danger began, Of course, when Congrc,
took into its own hands the contrC
OF the internal affairs of the South
ern States. That policy was 4
variance with all recognized readings I
the Constitution; it was, In its inceptio
and in its results, manitestly revolutionar.
Its Vindication rested upon the exceptions
circumstances which the rebellion createl
and its application was declared to be lin
tied strictly to States which had forleitC
their sovereignty by war against the Unto
the hope of safety rested in the suppose
i~niexibie attachment of the American pc
pie to the fundamental principles of the
Government. Their patriotic vigilance,
has been hoped, would afford II guarant
against the conversion of Il tempora
usurpation into a permanent absolutis
and especially against even II Temporal
extension of exceptional authority to 9th
States. Now, however, what is the fac
Under the guise of comforting 4 republic
government upon Maryland, a proposal
solemnly made and ardently advocated
crush its Statehood under the iron heel
Congressional power. 1t is to all inteI
and purposes to be deprived of its right
self-government, with the avowed purp,
of investing with governing authority
the STATE a party that cannot of itself ov
come the present majority. The excu
assigned for this extraordinary propC
ton will not endure examination.
the mere apprehension of 'gerrym'
dering,' as averred by the pai
san minority, be Il valid cause
i~nterpositioD in Maryland, why not also
New Hampshire, in Pennsylvania, in l
nois, or in other States where trickery l.
n%otoriously, been r%esorted to / the arran
ment of local electoral strength? If
failure to enfranchise negroes be = cri
justifying State extinction in Maryland,
what ground of equity should New y
or Connecticut or Ohio escape "A sim.
punishment? And here lies the sigu
cance of the proposition which the Ho
has honOred by a reference to It's Judiel
Committee. If under the pretense
guaranteeing republican government
Maryland, Congress may enfranchlse