Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-05


But this abuse of power was not suffer-
ed to remain barren act-it was made to
bear fruit. One of these attainted men |
happened to be one of the three judges OF |
election for Congress in one of the town. !
ships in the Muskingum District. which ]
gave a large majority to the Democratic |
candidate The present Congress, under
the pretense that this law, doubly uncon-
was binding, disfranchised for !
that election all the voters of the township |
removed General Morgan, whom the peo-
pie elected, and appointed Mr.. Delano, |
whom they did not elect. in his place. The
an outrage which set all England
in blaze, was fair play. COM
pared with this. Wilkes had been
expelled from the House Ct Commons
and was, therefore. declared ineligible, but
Luttrel was not elected; the rejection OF
Wilkes was excusable, the appointment of
Luttrel was the wrong. But in this case
tainted judge was competent, and If ne
We're not, bis desertion from his colors,
with which they have nothing to do, did
not deprive the voters of their rights Mr..
Delano, who was certainly an honorable
mao before the new teaching tainted his
morals, still retains something, of his
former self-respect; he refused, to be
candidate for reelection, ashamed to look
an honest voter in the face. If he would
restore, himself to his own good opinion
and to that of those whose opinion he val
ues, let him resign at once position which
he illegally occupies, and suffer the voters
Of the district to elect member for them
selves oin8 So uHSs sasfi sa1 1G,a s1JGG
Two other, cases occurred near the close
of the session, not equal in atrocity to this,
tor they were, as far as disclosed, simple
acts OF arbitrary power, unmixed with
fraud or false pretense. One from Missou-
ri, elected by about 1000 majority, one
from Kentucky, by about 400, were re-
moved by vote of the House because they
were not acceptable to the party, and men
who were not elected, but who were ac-a
cepLable, We're appointed in their place. A
late election in Kentucky shows how acts
like these, the mere wantonness and inso-
lence OF unrestricted power, are estimated
by the people. 0 la1 s3} otri lisa 9a
Senator Morton is correct in asserting
that intelligent men of the South are not
fondly attached to the adventures whom
Congress has sent, at heavy public ex-
pense, to rule over them, act as spies upon
them, falsely report them to the Northern
public, and finally, misrepresent them in
Congress. A very recent example is wor-
thy Of note. The Governor of Louisiana,
greatly in want of a military force to con-
troll the coming election, and if not that, at
least Enfeld rifles to arm negro militia
of Loyal Leagues to keep suspected voters
from the polls, reported condition of per-
feet anarchy, with more than one hundred
and forty murders in a brief space of time.
This seemed serious. The Freedmen's Bu-
reau were ordered to inquire and
report, and. being composed of mill
tary officers not yet taught in the
new code of morals, they found
and reported fourteen murders in all, COM
mitted by negroes and whites, in the time
named by the Governor, being considers
bly, less than in the same time in the peace
able, law abiding State of Indiana. 1t is.
therefore, quite probable that such men as
the present Governor of Louisiana, who
have been sent among them to govern,
aud libel, and misrepresent them, however
have-secured the entire confidence OF the
people. Out of Congress, as we'll as in,
there has been much progress in teaching
and learning the new system of morality,
which consists in men freeing themselves
from educational and legal restraints
Whether the war is the teacher know. not,
but the fact is clear. There is, however,
less proportional increase of crimes of viO-
lence in the South than in other portions
of the Union. The best men among them.
though shorn of much of their influence,
use untiring, and. to great extent, sue
cessful efforts to restore order anc repress
violence, doubtless in the hope of being
restored soon to the blessings of regular
constitutional government, for the reckless
sacrifice of which they have suffered, and
are still suffering, terrible penance.-
Crush this hope, and who can forsee the
consequence r-i.4T-aa2 ~ As.-as
|, looked over Senator Sherman's speech,
delivered in Hillsboro a few days since, in
which he fails TO mention. impeachment
and his vote upon it, but solemnly warns
us of the dangers of renewed seeession-a
further revolt by the discontented men OF
the South. He is right; there is danger.
An effort is making to bring Congress to-.
gether in adjourned session in order to
manipulate and control the elections in the
Southern States. Those whom Congress
and the military have appointed to repre-
sent those States in the two houses are
alarmed at the prospect before them, and
| call loudly for assistance. They want
| troops and they want arms, to coerce votes
and keep impracticable voters from the
polls; and when Congress meets they
will want money, either in the
way. - appropriations to the Freed
mems B Ireau or in some other available
iurui, Iu buy votes-such, if there be any.
as cannot be secured by military coercion.
1t Congress meets in time. their demands
will be complied with by an unwilling ma
| jority, who will lack manhood to resist
them. From this may probably result
armed collision. 1t were better for the
country. better for the party, that you DO
not hold this adjourned session. Your
boldest and ablest leader, who while he
lived, never spared, in his dying moments,
almost with his last breath, expressed a
! hope that it might not be found necessary
| to hold it. He saw, as all must see, that it
would probably lead to disastrous conse-
quences. You cannot safely trust your
selves, when assembled and under party drill
| for legislation. A great majority of you
are driven forward by bold, bad men, not
retaining the power to judge of the pru-
dence or justice OF your acts. If you meet
before the elections in the Southern States,
| Won can not, unless greatly changed for the
| better by few months intercourse with
| the people, you can not fail to interfere by
force or fraud, or the application of public
money to control them. Your pride will be
at once appealed to. What did we meet
| for? Certainly for some important object;
and nothing requires dispatch except
| timely interposition to control the cleo
| tions. Avoid it, pray you, and with it
| its probable consequences The appeal Is
now made to the paramount sovereign, the
| people, and neither fraud nor force can be
| suffered to prevent or falsify or overrule
their decision. If you attempt to retain
your power over the Government by
fraud. against clear majority, you will
fail, unless you use, also, force. 1t you at
tempt it by force and it is resisted by force,
we have-civil war. rebellion, treason; but
who are the rebels and traitors? You who
arm to seize the power unlawfully, and de-
stroy our constitutional Government, or
those who arm to defend it? 1t is true that
in questions involving National Govern
ment, success in the conflict generally de-
termines the question of right; and let it
not be forgotten that in this conflict strong
public opinion does much to aid and arm
him ''who hath his quarrel just" 1t were
therefore well for the party now in power,
whose legitimate mower dies so soon. to in