Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-08
COLUMBUS, O., FRIDAY MORNING,

of that country, until every incentive to
| honest industry is taken away; they have
utterly destroyed the ability of this people
to pay their legitimate share of the taxa
ton of the country The taxation paid by
the city of Cincinnati, under the internal |
revenue law, to-day, is equal to that paid
| by any eight of the ten States OF the South:
| tCheers ] "i 'ta.e M
They have done more. They have treat
ed the Constitution of the United States
with derision and contempt. They have
destroyed all reverence for it. They have
violated or amended it as the whim of the |
moment suggested. Thaddeus Stevens to-
day says, and. d.says boastingly, that the ac-
tion of the Congress of the United States,
with reference to the people of the South. |
is outside of the Constitution; and when
Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, feebly attempts
and it is feeble attempt-to Justify that
action by any provision of the Constitution,
Mr.. Stevens at once retorts upon him, and
retorts with Justice, that the attempt is the
worst copperheadism he ever saw; that
any attempt to reconcile the action of Con-
grcss with the provisions of the Constitu
tion OF the United States, sis legislation
without authority, and restoration of usur
patton" [Applause.l .-.-- -s.. .-..t
And going further, their party have ut
terly destroyed the Union. They have
lejected ten States from it. What the Ordi-
nance of Secession could not do; what the
arms OF the Confederates could not accom-
plish, Congress, by its unjust and uncon-
stitutional action, has effectually DONE
The blood of the soldier has been spilled in
vain: The agony of the people has been
all for Laught3 che fruits OF victory in
battle have turned to ashes on your lips.
The war was for the preservation of the
Union, for the maintenance of the Federal
authority, and the maintenance at the same
time of the rights, powers and equality of
all the States. That object was accom-
plished when Johnston surrendered to
Sherman; that object was accomplished
} when the last act of the war was over, and
!, yet since then new and more dangerous
. enemy has arisen up at home in the very
heart of our Government, which has in
f fact destroyed the Union and subverted the
Constitution. 30 -.4r tl4-t. ,...
!, And all this ruin is wrought; all this ac-
| cumulation of folly and corruption and
fraud and wrong is heaped up in order that
J the Republican party may consolidate the
Government; may substitute for its checks
) and balances the unbridled will of an ire
r sponsble majority; may organize it so that
l it shall feel the least impulse of popular
, passion, and shall Instantly obey it. They
seek to do this that they may override the
: Constitution that they may invade the
rights of the States; that they may regu-
: late Suffrage in the South; that they may
1 enfranchise the negroes there, and secure
them as Republican voters, and thus per-
l petuate the power of the Republican party.
And that is what they claim the right to
do when they answer their question, "Are
we nation ?" ..t
: Their ultimate object, my friends is not
2 that which lies upon the surface. On the
surface you can see their designs. The y
see that power is passing away from them
a in the North. They see that State after
4 State is being lost to the influence which
/ they exerted over it. They intend to
] make up for losses in the North by gain
S ing negro States in the South, and they
1 think if they do that they will be able to
e perpetuste high tariffs, hundred per cent.
z dividends, untaxed bonds, the harvest of
i capital, and the hey-day of New England
puritanism. [Applause.] They tried the
t white race; they were not successful.
:. They turned to the black race. They see
# that labor in the large cities is discomfort
# ed. The laborers are many but the work
e is scarce. They see that the agricultural
It interest of the great northwest, groans un-
der the oppressive burdens laid upon it, for
d the benefit of eastern capital. [Applause.
: They see that the people in this part OF
n the country, are beginning to believe that
Is sumptuary laws are the dictates OF fanati-
r cism. They soothe the discomfort of all
i these interests by appeals to their philan-
b thropy, and prepare Tor events which are
= to come by securing suffrage to the negro
e to themselves. [Applause.l
: Their ultimate object is not the enjoy
i ment of the hOnOrS or emolumentS OF office
e not the qualification of a vulgar greed or 6
s vain love OF power. They have the true
n spirit of Radical Reformers. They have al
! once the cautious, wary prudence of world
e ly wisdom, and the fierce zeal of fanatica
% proselytism. They have the persistence o
j. the ma rtyr, and the intolerance OF the big
% OF. New England puritanism supple:
their spirit, and seeks power in order thai
le through the forms of a government thu
J. preserved it may enforce the theories oft
20 philosophy. 1t pushes the functions o
o government into the domains of morals
d and setting up an arbitrary standard o
s. right in all things which pertain to though
1T or habit, it seeks to coerce complete con
. tormity. 1t invades the liberty of the indi
vidual that it may establish the moral eX
l. cellence of the community. Its full devel
N opemeut may be seen in Massachusetts,
,r Sunday laws and liquor laws express it,
III Not satisfied with maintaining the peace
ID and suppressing riots, it compels the citi
N zens to breach of the law or to hypo
N critical sanctimoniOusness. Not satisfied
= with repressing public drunkenness, it i'm
A. poses penalties on moderate and Harmless
e. indulgence. 1t is the same spirit which il
e. olden times forbade the batting of bears, no
Of so much because it gave pain to the bear
Is as because it gave pleasure to the specta
of tors. What kind of government, men @
ID Wisconsin, would that be which would sub
J ] ject your Interests, your tastes, your Gus
in toms, your religion, your local law to tn
e. convictions of the Radicals OF New En-
r. gland. They believe devoutly that the cart
Ie belongs to the saints OF the Lord, and tina
i they are the saints. They have the mos
I'd perfect faith in the convictions of Boston
ed Their zeal is not tempered by moderation
8, If it were clothed with the power of tn
lie 'nation" it would prohibit your gardens
1 {; destroy your breweries, break up you
he vineyards, and compel you to spend you
Ill Sundays at home. And this they call i
lis glowing terms the fulfilment of the grea
lis duty of "the nation" of securing entir
ne equality before the law to all its citizens
s. Its spirit is manifested in the bill of NJ
Y Sumner to enforce negro suffrage on th
y, States. Connecticut last spring declare
r. that negroes should not vote. Ohio with
Its month has made the same declaration
a sixty thousand majority. Mr.. Sumner pre-
IL poses by act of Congress-by the power c
r the nation to enforce negro suffrage in bot
nd Stites.
Til This Unsuitable desire to govern you an
to us and all the country, and make it col
an form in all things to their whims or cor
wv victions is the motive of this cry whic
us rises with such ominous uniformity and
so elaborately answered ''Are we nation?
lal [Applause.l
&C. The financial system is to be made
st, bear an important part in this process
of consolidation. A national debt in tt
100 language of those who maintain the kin.
a ly governments of Europe, is q bleSsin
90 L say it is a national curse. 1t is the natl
it raj ally of a despotic and consolidate
ou government. 1t is the natural enemy
'as change, and progress, and liberty. 1t love
ue despotism. 1t lives by the coercion of IL
hit many who labor to pay of their earning
he to the few who do not labor. Labor soc
ch becomes restive and discontented, and pov
'ce er becomes necessary to enforce proml
ph and regular payments, and thus the publ