Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-18
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more than tbree vears NJ n,ro n,r5otn tn, snoaa 51t
has had fheteni5ynat ~ ~. geace.
for ifs nse 80 T-r,,oa alu - !. 70
But in, what condition do we,ofinfl the
country to-day? Where is the, Constitution
whlch they swore to uphold? Where is
the Union which they swore to maintain
Where are the rights of the States which
a. are essentlal to the. maintenancg of that
Conpstltution ana Union 4 .aft,a, IN -r,,r,,,a
HOW THEY HAVE "REsToRED'' THE UNION, sc,
We have had three wears of nrofonnd
peace; not a hostile arm has been raiseti if,l
opposition to the Government and wet to-
day ten States. are held by the strong arm
of militarv nower in acknowladgad S1hin-
cation. or eIse are eomneiled to snbrnit by
that same power to frames OF State consti.
tutions and governments which tbev ( bhor,
whose foundation and sole purpose is the
of the negro and disfran-
chisement of the white man. know they
1raS 'in q goes
IN @ restorat;,, os eI ioisousli, eus ~ rs noo
t;on ~ tha ar,'; ~; sne Soueh, noh sne lssto-
" SuI .I n.y. IHe I6-essa ullsn-
tass .ay,,;a =. ~ - .:r
COO gu y9u ~ III
~ 70 niun aae
der BeeJ tho to,aara ~. d;sss =.
aS ;,1 a ~
"a -, I'D - ttat SH m ~
recogni1a tIsa vaI;d;t,1 - "
nnt;f tha Mo,so'.rS P.,o. sao - lsiay'.I9
tnrn ont the nen,ocras;p o,a,,, Ses shaia
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'es'- 81 PKRIPAFkTIc coNGREssMEN. h''f
Read the dispatches of the day before,
and you Will see that one of the newly
elected Senators from louisiana was, six
months ago, a citizen of Illinois, and the
other a citizen of Indiana; that The Gov
ernor of Florida was, year ago, the Pres
1aene "a Oh an Agrlcuiturai society In lowe.
II aun noG lnlssaken tns osaGe OF virginia
,rssf fron, the soiI IF Ohio. GI.,,obto,I ar,d
If the havana ners do not halie b3r,, q o;t;-
zen of onr State has declined Tn he % co,,,ii.
data for CONGRESS in fhe District in which
he lives. for tfle reason that he exnects % IN
be a senator from Alabama. hetore the fall
elections in Ohio shall take njsce RI .a,rh- .
ter and applause. N-s' = - - - N1 = 'ee
Ts.T co.,o,,,,,vsss,,o, i.%s 90
esd SooN1n SooN1nh'9ioNAi. '' ' losohfAIioNs' sl8sz 3
3 Congress has usurped to itself all power
over the State governments of the South.
1t has destroyed them. 1t has made use of
the Federal Governmene to destroy the,
States, and now, with the insatiate spiritof
1esoausion,, il II !urns upon ene Feaeral Gov
nandenca of tho ,,'S;o;ar, ~ o'ie lr,uS
Of the er;stenca @ oS tha E,,.;s ~ nas s'r0ck 1A
fathPrg th0u Oht thaV had colvod tho :.
lem nf free Government in The eraet;pn' 'of
three denartments-N This Renublican Gonl
press has DESTROYED ou the divisions which
were thus created. and seek ., To coI,sot in
its own hands ali fine nowaro which heionr
to the system, and bv an inexora HE law ~
its existence it now stands ready in cose
of partv necessity. TO transfer them ta the
grasn of the military dictator If ia renro-
ducing in orr country the lessons ot all biS.
80
.N.s. DEsfoIisM AND THE SEQUEL
HISTORICAL s'i' EXPERIENCE. -
The despotism of legislative assembly
is the worst despotism in the world; it is
the most selfish, the most cruel, the most
audaclous and the most short-hy it ends
in anarchy, and is speedily followed by the
calm repose OF tyranny under the order of
Tue sToru. hecail Gne history OF tne no
! t!au ia Dene'o q anu Iue Hin npeIoIs hecal Tue
annv ~ The onaa1,h roaaIi iite Ih iy S;s
torv of the ,eoisIat;ve asSai5,hiw 81 Eronna
and of the Consmiate and tba Ewnira ~ ae, nj
read @ IL in I them the ceraain @ @ nronbapv of aba tha
fate of this Government IL CpnoresSionaI
shall rnr IFS course' ''-oi'''-
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- f3 ooh oWN EAfEhiENCE.a - p 81.
Have we not already part fulhllment OF
these examplesf congress has despoiled
the Executive OF the just powers of his
office, and has invested them in the Gem
eral of our armies. 1t has despoiled the
States, and vested them, too, in the same
ohcer: lt has given him power over all
the military commanders, and to his decis-
ION IL mas referred every question OF inter-
probation or. execution OF the reconstruct
ton laws. And this same officer-wielding
this enormous poWer-baeked by the army
sustained by all the military organiza-
tlons, by Whatever name they may be
known, appealing to the fervor which yet
remains after the struggles of a terrible
war-demands that ne shall be elected
President OF these United States. And the
thar oan not do + h the of To,, ~,
of the North. IL will elect him nv the votes
OF the negroes and carpet-baggers in the
reconstructed States of the Southl .a
TIE DANcyR 1JIusrR .rRD AMI rr.v nr,,v-
ny sUGGEsTED. ! -a-r-- : E
cant,on,an do ,,o,, soo ;, :, 49,.
,,ti'e uo yuu - ~ here
W1en, yeais agU' W. ptesroseu snis resulS'
anu mfilou asalnss 'ne ~ iso eIep III revo-
iueioa,y iuy plosress, 1T hepuplicals
i iaugneu a. our iearsTcaileu US copper
Neaus Mann,aan anu as SlaITsS sas1aJ App,ause Mnen
~, ~aa oa,,ou younS, unAioMh
W nis coultl @ uien, Level having Iau COM
i1 manu- evJa . VI m Az queu tne re-
yois VI Ine sGoslons' He uiu III IL Snec1ualIy.
In lour . years ne was nrse C09sul ana Mas,
yer vi the % raghch peopie. ,Iaere, s grand
parIy tnlouSn Ine Ueneaai VI our army,
aeee.I pCs slal,lar @ @ usuipa'ion, Wnich tne
DemoGraIlc party opP0ses, as lnlmlcai 10
Cue whore system vi hepuDslcan govern
neht, sanu IL proposes q saie anu simple
means oy Whlcn IL may 10 averGeu' reau
from tnelr ueelara1lon oi psinSiples:
"immedlate restoratlon OF all the states
20 thelr rlghts In tne Onlon, under the Con-
stltutlon, ana OF civil government TO the
1.S i.oan M peoPio.
nd tha ro%,,,ation & on pst "t tbo aiao,;ua fro,,
-. ~ W ~, g S.. = - - 80 oo1'T man
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CORRUPTION AND ExTRAvAGANcE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
! The Republican party is the party of