Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-16
The COnmecticut EIecsfOn-NO Ex-
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The COnmecticut EIecsfOn-NO Ex-
cuse for E.Alse A1arsmn.w ~
From the New York Times, Republican,
In Republican. meeting at New Haven
Gov. Hawley is rdAorted to have said that
"therebell llfoRwas strOn9efno thanWhen
fLee sufrendered,1 and to have advocated
the strongest Radical measures of recon
lstrnetion.R We hope the Repubi icans will
carry ~Conhectient at the coming election !;
fbut we should be sorryto haveit done upon
any such ground or by any such appeal as
this. If the Union cause has no more solid
basis to rest uron, it isnot worth MAIN
what WhstTao sensible men mean by saying p
that eStfe rebellion is stronger now than
iduriBg the war ss' The phrase is com4
mon one; II Is one Of the scemnen- place
port is rallied for donbtfdl heasutes,
1ahd halfng supporters are reduced to
party haltTE The febellions Vas waged
against the anthpritF .bf. the National
fG0veTnment. 1t disputed and resisted the
national authority. There is no such REL
sistance now-not the faintest shadow or
vestige of any. There is not man, woman
or child in any Southern State who ques-
| tions the full authority of the Federal Gov
ernment over every foot of the National
domain. Not an arm is raised, nor voice
heard against it. Yet without such re-
|
was the very essence and substance of the
old rebellion-and it was crushed out, ut
terly and completely, by the issue of the
| war. To say shat the iliOnsin, this sense
is "stro6ger now ian daring the war, is
| mendaciOuS nonsense.
| Nor is there any more reason for saying
| that the spiFit the sentiments or the prin-
ciples out of which the rebellion sprang,
are " stronger now' than they were before.
They have been crushed out, with the re-
| bellion itself. Slavery, which was more
than any other one thing the cause of
the rebellion, has been swept away, and
no man anywhere, North or South, dreams
of its restoration. The doctrine of Sc
cession, which was the corner stone of
the meYeIhents hasS been 1abahdoned by
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and the Southern
people, if not always as an abstract
opinion, at least as basis or guide for po-
litical action. The spirit of resistance, the
defiant temper, the sense of superiority, the
social and personal pride which once gave
character to Southern thought and action,
have been trampled out of the Southern
people by the tread of remorSeleSs war,
and show no signs of reviving life. None
of these elements of discomfort, which gave
strength and vigor to the rebellion, survive
the WarsWhich suppressed it, Tie country
haS.n othing whatever to fear from them,
and it is sheer abSurditv to attempt to ex-
cite alarm on their account.
The cry is essentially party cry, and
means simply that the Republican party is
weaker now in the Southern States than it
was when Lee surrendered-and in that
sense ''the rebellion is stronger. The
phrase is due to the habit which prevailed
through the war of identifying the contest
for the Union with the party which sus-
tained it, and the rebellion with the party
which gave it aid. During the war this
was allowable-but it is scarcely just or
wise to carry the habit into the mere
political contests to which the whole
diately after the war was ended, the
Southern States were undoubtedly ready
for anything we might fdenlalId at their
hands, IT had insisted on their becom-
ing members of the Republican party, as
punishment for their rebellion and a con-
dition of readmission, they might have ac-
ceptCd. We have never doubted that IT
Congress had accepteu the leading features
of the Presidents policy. and shown the
Southern States that the war being over,
the Union party, which controlled the Gov
ernmenG, would treat them with generous
confidence as equals and as friends, more
than half of those States would have be-
come from choice and conviction staunch
adherents of that party, and would have
kept it in power for twenty years te'ceme.
But Congress did not pursue this course.
The Republican leaders adopted a differ
ent policy. They sought to coerce the
South into the adoption of their principles
-or rather to exclude from political power
all but their party adhereuts in the South
ern States. And the experiment is still in
complete.
= We have,net much faith in it, but we de-
sire it to have a fair trial. We should be
sorry to see it prejudiced either way by un-
fair appeals to passion, or false attempts to
excite alarm. There are many sound and
reasons why the Democrats
should not be allowed to carry the Oonnec- /
ticut electioh-but fears that the Southern
rebellion may be renewed, or that it is
stronger now than it was during the war,
are not among them. 4
A'N a~YsssFF = =. tAl
"a GOMcfusfOn of the Farce.
We are indebted to- H. G. .Drinkle,
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, for COPY
Of che, ,reperfofA AtResS State Farm ihvestiga- |
tion. The report is very BRIEF and COM |
mends in the highest terms Mr.. and Mrs. |
Howe ''to the appreciation Of thisz(the) |
House and people of Ohio." I'VE Ahave1
always Understood that Mrs. Howe was a |
most excellent lady9S EsEs0e sss "A 90
We regret to have to notice the doings of |
this most stextraordinary committee again {;
heretofore have supposed that Tmen
having sense enoug Ito secure an election
To- the State Legislature, also possessed |
statements in an official capacity /; but this
report almost compels US to. say there is /
none trlle, not one.S @sS~@ s'
We charge that the very first statement I
Of said Feportf is a glaring falsehOod. and,
every one who was present at the 'investi-
CATION knows it, and none know it better
than the committee.ufs51 e % cE 300
0 They say that the committee sE proceeded !
10 the investigation by. Issuing a subpoena
for w. e. Baker," a Id represent that we
were the first witness sexamineds when I'M
fact we were almost the last examined, Il
those who testified after us being DR.. Olds,
NJ. Steek, Henry Orman and one or two
others. AS we have said before, we were
not notified of the examination until noon
Of the day the investigation concluded, and /
wetdid not reach the farm until after one I
o'clock, and returned with the committee
men, who intended to take the four o'clock
train, and who did take said train.
Again, the statements of Jesse uAnder-
son. which, reflected on Mr.. Howe, are en-
LIZ conclusion, we viii extend our full
sympathy to the many weak and puerile |
efforts of the, COMMITTEES to makeou case, |
and hope they feel they have done so, but
from any such committee to Vindicate US |
or ours, good Lord deliver us.-Ohio Eagle.
Radical Change in the Govern
qooH ment of the United States.
The Times of this gmorning thus an
nounces tliata despotisnl has replaced the |
Constitution and the Government of the |
'We do not wonder that they deem the
terms (of reconstruction} required harsh |
and illiberal. We agree in so regarding
them. We deem them unjust and inexpe-1
dient-at WARMTH the Constitution and
hostile to the dictates of a wise and con-
siderate statesmanshfp. But how does this
help their case? Suppose the terms i'm
posed are unconstitutional. how does the /
South expect to avert their imposition
Has it not discovered that, wherever the
right may be, the power of this Govern
ment rests with Congress? That body |
overrules alike the vetoes of the President |
and the, decisions of the Supreme Court I; |
=. L. thorc h