Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-10
Mr. ,Jewett,s Re solutions.

The serene temper of the Cleveland Leader
has been ruffied. Reposing In the sweet
belief that we live, move and have our be-
ing in and through Congress, it did not
think any one in deliberative assembly
would have the "impertinence to call in
question the constitutionality of any of its
acts, or to protest against "acts
because the same are subversive of
the rights Of the States, the liberty and
prosperity of the people," 1t grieves
that $50 able and usually 80 courteous a
: Q ,tleman as Mr.. JEwETr should have ar
raigned, on the floor of the Ohio House of
Representatives, the acts known by the
name of Observation-Disclosures which aim
at the establishment of Negro Supremacy,
in the South, and to accomplish which
they propose to strike down all civil gov
ernment, make General GRANT Dictator,
and to SO shackle the Supreme Court that it
can not pronounce an opinion on this
nefarious leg islaton, which is .ssubversive
of the rights of the States, the liberty and
prosperity of the people," Recreant to his
trust, unmindful of the people and their
interests would Mr.. JEwErr have been, dis
tinguished, as he is, for eminent ability, had
he not arraigned these acts of aggravated
usurpation. We have no doubt the Leader
Is .'sorry" '.that the Republican members
suffered themselves to be betrayed into
debate" on Mr.. JEwETr's resolutions. Had
it witnessed the debate and seen those Re-
publican members rehearsing the stump
speeches they had spoken to meetings in
country schoolhouses, which had not a
particle of relevancy to the resolutions un-
der discussion, it would be much more
'sorry" than tits. In plain, direct language
did Mr.. JEwETT's resolutions set forth
sohy the Congressional Reconstruction
acts should be repealed and pro-
tested against. They were denounced as
subversive of the rights of the States; they
were denounced as subversive of the Liber-
ty of the people; they were denounced as
subversive OF the prosperity of the people !;
they were denounced as subversive of the
constitutional powers Of the Executive j;
they were denounced as subversive of the
Judicial Departments of the Federal Gov
ernment; and yet the Republican mem-
bers complained that Mr.. JEwETT did not
open the debate, that they might have
something to reply to, and SO, instead OF
showing that these acts were not
what they were charged to be in
these specific terms, they set to abus-
ing the Democratic party, ascribing to it
everything unworthy, supposing,
doubtless, that alleged, but not proven,
shortcomings on the part of the Demo-
cratic party would justify the Radicals in
Congress in subverting the rights of Ohio
as State, in subverting the liberties of the
people of Ohio, and in subverting the pros
perity of the people of Ohio.
The Leader says, that "the proposed pro-
test" "is like the baying of dog against
the moon." That is to say, this Radical
Congress is as insensible to what may con-
Germ the welfare of our people as is the
moon to the baying of dog. Untortu-
nately for the people, this is so but does
it follow that because Radical Congress
is false to the people and legislates so that
sore oppression shall become their lot, that
everybody must look on silence?