The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-11-27

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they to win and wear anything It would be- not
wreath Of laurel but rethsra crown Of tEorns II was
their misfortune sosn after they entered into the posses
sion Of their "new purchase to incur tho enmity of
Judge Tsppan. gentleman of whom it may be said as
old Fuller says OF the Jesuits that he promptly paws
his debts of i'll will He certainly did his best TO ruin
them, and undoubtedly made their position sufsisntiy
dsageeable Every error caused by ignorance of the To-
cal politics Of the State quoted as evidence of Their
intention to make over the influence of the Saesman to
the conservatives, softs, the whs were opposed
making bold stand" in of stroy ing the banks
In one respect they played into the hands Of their
mics for instead Of associatng with themselves some
Ohoan, native here and to the bornn thew es-
sayed conduct the paper without such assistance and
necessarily fought at great disadvantage for though
sufficiently Industrious and DESTROYS IL apt to learn
they had to learn by experience each succeeding day
mostl tedious course under any circumstances, but
absolutely destructive to them. They in the situa
ton of men who for the first time, walk through pass
into which no ray OF ghenters, who under the
Ssssty Of feeling every inch OF their way and who,
termned ensmies perfectly familiar with the place, and
reckless every thing in pursuit of their end Motives
Of economy undoubtedly actuasd them in pursuing so
III sd~ssda course but am of opinion that they must
haye saved psnnis. Ut The expense q dollar each
Not 80 into mere details on ths branch of my sub
jectwhich aftei ALL relate mainly to personal matters
Of ne further intere, to the public than the position
great party; connected as with the machinery Of
that partyI will say in brief that the Of Col
MedaTy were accused OF aiming at the nomination Of
several other high crimes and msde what
were held to be such by number of very worthy but
not very discriminating people, almost every now
charge brought against them had the effect of killing OF
some more that had been previously made Al
upon plan the ejsctmsnt from the Statesman
Of personsso offensive to their views They determined
control of the State Convention which was to meet at
Columbus on the 9Th Of January, Is46 and then and
ns
supporters They were enabled to accomplish their end
partly by the use of fair MEANS and partly by the use Of
ed much from bank failures many of S,en of
character to the last degree infamous In
this state particularly among democrats and for many
years has BEEN great object with the majority Of the
few BAD the psoS "
may be called the Oirondss the Ohio democracy
q they possess in no small degree or rather their lead
convsntOn-havns much intellectual culture and taste,
to those violent attempts at reform which defeat them
selves So long this section Of the party headed by
the democracy under the banner of bank reform main
tanned its ascsndancy thought could not bear against
the tornado Of 4o Had s wise councils and discreet
time been permanently in the ascendant in Ohio and
good banking system established here the wit OF
man could desire But from various causes there had
been growing up in the party class Of men whom will
call Jacobins. not term Of reproach for that word
has in my mind none OF the raw-headand bloody bsnes
associations ordinarily connected with but simply
expressive Of the decision, energy, and determined will
Of our radicals None deny to them the virtues Of
honesty purpose and general logical precision Of
ideas The great error il to be found in their supposing
that the work years can be accomplished at oLce end
they prove victorious 1t would be but the fore
speedy and perpetual defeat and the
sncsment of the almost perpetual ascendancy of the
opposite school af poltcians-the ultra wings They
seek the same ends though by different means that
desired by the more moderate men Of the party. You
scrbed are precisely such seseeking leaders can
most easily impose upon, by aaering their prejudces
by Legislative enacnents Honest themselves they did
dstrust those who took forward part in the radical
movement, though many of these latter had, in SOME
way other bes connected with banks all their lives
Thus while the better portion OF the hard money men
up hero the sth Of January last with the most
audabe Intentions of their leaders had other OBJ
jects in view. Their ends were1t, To compel change
in the editorship Of the Staesman they that
that paper you'd ., no. supper, the hard issue 3D. To
General Cass might not be backed up in the demo.
cratic national convention by great Western State in
Wright they firmly believed would be supported in that
body By the victorious democracy of New York. end hi,
nomination thus be rendered certain aud 3dly kill
Of Col Tod who was unquestionably at that time the
most popular democrat in Ohio They did not succeed 10
man knew Tia. Of ss
delegates were opposed to the hard money issue Hence
became necessary to carry BY fraud and force W hat
could not be obtained by fair procedure. The
ton open to all who chose TO take part in its pro
| ceedngs. Tho whole population Of Columbus might
wings did attend and assist the radicals. 1t told
the time, capital joke, that wing member Of the
Legislature very prominent in the convention, al
ways supporting the radicals, we'll knowing that
| that was the way to assist his own party. The
moderate men mere were completely :" overcEowed y
other, they had acted without concert, and knew
not whom to trust The proceedings of the Con-
ence in the shape ofpersonal assaults the infection Of
bloody and the advancing of the interests OF tai
would have been beaten if matters had been more pro-
perly conducted and for this reasonably common on
sent Col Tod had been regarded as the democratic
didate for Governor, and so lar the nomination
cerned the action of the Convention looked upon
! as mere Formally. Some spasmodic attempts were
made TO bring forward other candidates Tor the nomna-
ton but they proved signal failures the radical presses
everywhere going for the Colonel with marked zeal
man. when on his way home from the copper ions
Lake SUPERIOR where he had been governmental bu
siness stopped at Cleveland and Immediately after his
doing, article appeared in the Plain Dealer then
the only democratic press in that city, in which it wss
announced in manner too pointed to allow any to
thority that he (Col Tod) weuid not permit his name
to be used in the coming contest If the democratic party
did not harmonize. Every intelligent in Ohio kne
what this meant the Plain Dealer well known
DO opposed TO the hard" doctrine, and as Col Tod
what very generally held to be soft letter on
the bank question Whether the confidence Of the
hards" in Col Tod was shaken by this anuunciation,
have means Of ascerainng; but am certain that
outward symptoms Of the existence of any such feeling
were visible Therefore it was, that neither hards'
soits" were prepared to bring forward any other
candidate the convention met On the orgsniza-
ton OF that body and the election OF Col Medary to the
presidency thereof that gentleman, who had arrived
here day two before from Washington, where Col
Tod then produced letter from the latter, in which
he took very hard ground ndeedproving himself TO be
hard of the hards" What influences had been
10 bear upon his mind to effect great change-what
the nature of the inspiration that had thrown
powerful light upon mind that confessed itself by
the very act OF writing singular letter. to have been
previously in state OF midnight darkness the cur
rency queston-or whether like Crsnmer he was desi-
TO atone Tor the greatness Of his by the
nude OF his points respecting which little
be known and about which II would be proftless TO
speculate. His letter heard with acclamalions by
the radicals, and with dismay by their opponents. e
nominated, and resolutions adopted by the
Convention in which the hard issue was distinctly made,
though towards the close OF the sitting,
showed that the Convention either knew not what IL
about frightened at the antics Of the political
Frankensten, which had resulted from its labos Mr..
Corey, of the delegates from Cincinnati, gentle
fered resolution declaring that the State should
ha collncfad IN gold IL ma