The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-13
From the OHIO State Journal, July H.
THE CONTEST IN OHIO THIS FA.L-THE
DUTY OF THE REPUBLICAN,

That the Pro.Slavery Federalists intend to
do their best to carry the State of Ohio over to
the Federal Administration this fall we have
no doubt. That they will succeed in their pur.
pose, we have not the least fear We believe
that Ohio to-day is more firmly rooted in her
Republican principles than ever before; and
that if the people fully realize the importance
of the contest, they will make this msnifes. at
the polls.
Any one who for moment gives heed to the
subject, will see strong effort will be- made by
our opponents to carry Ohio in October. In
the first place, they have everything to gain, and
nothing to lose The leaders, beaten before the
people, borne down in the dus: By the Demo.
cratic Republican masses, they retire from the
field, with their Pro-Slsvery banners trailed, to
fall back upon the Federal Administration for
safety aud for succor. They will claim their
reward and as it appears to be fixed princi
pie in the Administration of Buchanan to take
especial care of the men whom the people dis
card, and to confer honors and ernoluments
upon spawned politicians, whom the people
will neither honor nor trust, it is certain that
the men who shall be badly beaten in Ohio will
be taken care OF by the powers that be at Wash.
ington.
Again Ohio is to be warmly contested for
another reason. In the Northern and Western
States the Administration is weak, Federalism
Is nowhere, and Republication is strong. The
late Presidential election demonstrated these
facts. Buchanan and his friends want North
ern strength. They feel sure of the South. and
the South feels sure of them; and the South
they will have, 50 long as they do the behes.s of
the slave-eatchers and slave-breeders. To carrv
the South, they must fall in with the South: bnt
they expect to carry the North BY party ma.
chinery and judicious distribution of the snoils
OF office. Ohio is one of the larges. States in
the Union. 1t is the Oldest and the most nonu.
lous State of the West 1t has been. and ia
now, more determinedly for Frdedom than anv
other State IN the Union. It took the lead in
the opposition to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise restriction. 1t sent to the last
House OF Representatives q full delegation op
posed to that measure. 1t cast her Presidential
vote tor John c. Fremont and William L. Dav
ton. To carry Ohio for the Administrator.
therefore, would be one of the greatest triumphs
the party could achieve. 1t would have de-
spending effect upon the entire Republican
party OF the country; and were not the princi.
pies Of our party eternal, and ia the end sure
to prevail in the nation, the defeat of the Re.
publicans in Ohio might operate upon the party
as the defeat of the Americans in Virginia, and
the election of Henry A. Wise, affected the
Know Nothing organizatioI throughout the
land. From these remarks cur readers will see
how important the contest is, and it should
nerve every Republican to 60 his utmost, not
only to maintain our present majority, but also
to largely increase it.
There is one more reason why the Admins
tration forces will strive hard to carry Ohio !;
and that is, to beat und cripple Gov Chase
They are aware that Gov Chase is the truest
exponent of the Democratic Republican senti
ment IN the West; that he is not only the truest
but the ablest exponent of our principles; that
he is the rising man of the party, and the ona