The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-27
lcoMmuNIcATIoN.
Ohio Politics.


There are movements taking place in indi-
oiduai States, which, if thoroughly understood by
the public, would call down the scorn and indig-
nation OF every honest that regards the future
tranquility of the country. Notwithstanding the
agitation on the sav cry question has been sterniy
rebuked in the national councils, there are party
leaders who for local success are still bargaining TO
elevate to power and place the very iomenters of
the disturbance which has 30 much imperilled the
harmony OF the Union. II is the duty of the
tional press at the capital TO sound the alarm, and
let all sections of the country know what party
responsible for thus pandering to the ianatcism of
disappointed faction. The election OF an out
and out Abolitionist from Giddngs's district To
the Speakers chair Of the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatves, by the combined votes of the Locoiocos
and Free sellers, is feature in the politics Of the
second State of the Union that proves one of the
great parties of the country to be disposed TO tam
per with ''the unclean thing whenever locally any
profit is to be made by the bargain.
The "natural allies of the South two years ago,
by corrupt "bargain and SALE sent Mr. Chase
to msrepresent this great State in the Senate and
now some Of the very concoctors OF the foul coali
ton at that time engaged in the laudable effort
to furnish him colleague of the stamp, in the
person of the notorious Giddings, Norton S. Towns
bend, member elect of Congress, other
acquainted with the phases of Ohio Locofocoism,
that such project could be effected but the dark
record of the past too surely indicates the result of
the future, unless some means are speedily taken
to counteract the causes now at work. The parties
stand thus in the present Legislature Of Ohio SEN
ate, II Wings, l6 Locos, ree-soilers; House,
"a Wings, 80 Locos, and Free sellers. At the
opening of the session, Converse, Wing,
elected Speaker Of the Senate, and in the House
the Free sellers at first baloted for Williamson,
ee-soil Wing, but the Wings adhered firmly to
their nominee, when the Free-soilers dropped
Williamson, and took up Morse, who, in connex-
ion with Townshend two years ago, had used "the
balance Of power in the Legislature to negotiate
the celebrated bargain by which Chase elected
United States Senator in consideration Of the 10.
cofocos getting sundry State Offices, and the appor
tionment law dividing Hamilton county being set
aside Morse elected on the third ticket in OPP
position to both Wing and Democratic candidates,
and had made himself conspicuous by attending
some of the fanatcal meetings on the Reserve, ad
vising the negroes to arm and MURDER the officers
that should attempt to execute the Fugitive law;
and yet the represen of the great Democratic
party in Ohio Immediately dropped their own
didate, and united with the Free sellers to elect
this 'tool'' of the former bargain and sale'' to
the Speakers chair, in preference to dividing the
offices with their Wing opponents
This conduct has excited the Indignation of
large portion of the Democratic press, which sec in
this movement the commencement OF attempt
to sell out the party second time to Aboitionism
for the personal and pecuniary advantage of the
leaders The prime mover in this Infamous plot ID
the editor of the Ohio State sdn the central organ
of Locofocoism, which paper has been sustained for
years by the patronage of the State printing-an
item that has now run up since 1886 from y $4,000
to 900. The organ for years has directed all
the of the party, with the sole object of
securing this patronage; and IN lS4S, when the
editor found that Morse and 1ownshend, unaduiter-
ated Abolitioniss from the Reserve, held the "bal
of power in the Legislature, did not hesitate
moment to sacrifice Senator Allen to obtain the
PRINTING!; for the Wings, much as they diskcd
Allen, would have voted for him to defeat the Abo-
litionist Chase, if his own party could have been
brought TO vote for Democrat. But Medary, the
editor of the Statesman, having by an arrangement
sold out the party, for his own pecunivy benefit, to
the firm Of ''Townshend and Morse" the corrupt
bargain made by them was literally carried out
Medary and sundry Locofocos received the "spoils"
of State patronage and offices, and Salmon p.
Chase elected to the Senate of the United
States by Locofoco votes, which he had bought for
a corrupt consideration under bargain, the nego-
tiation of which was personally superintendent by
himself. These are facts, and any honest Wing
Democrat from Ohio, conversant with politics,
vouch for them; and it is time that such infamous
transactions should be fully exposed to indig
nant public.
BY the same combination of votes that elected
Morse Speaker, the State printing given TO the
editor of the Ohio Statesman; and it is said that fur
tbcr arrangements are to be made, under the
spices of the Statesman and Morse by which Cid
dings or some other Free. soer, is To he elected
Senator in place of Mr.. Ewing, and the State offices
and the districting of the State for Congress be
put at the disposal of the Locofocos. But the voice
Of a betrayed constituency, mindful of the Chase
fraud, Is beginning now to come up to the capitol,
and a storm of Indignation lie destined to burst
the contrvers of the infamous plot
1t is vain for the Locofoco leaders at Washington
to sing p~ans at Union meetings, ifniamous coali-
tons formed by their partisans to throw addi-
States from Ohio and Massac husetts. Let them
take warning in time and second the efforts of the
honest portion Of their party in these Sates who,
III despite of the dictation of central clqucs refuse
unite with the revilers of the Constitution for the
mere sake Of opposition to the Administration. If
they DO not the elections yet come will hold them
to fearful responsibility. The game of uniting
with the Abolitonists for political purposes in the
free States, and dcnouncing them at the South,
no longer win. H.
Indiana Convention.
This Convention, at the last dates, had recon-
sidered the vote on the section relating to "wo-
mans Rights" Ii was then proposed that the real
and personal property of married women shall be