Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-19
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Mode OF making County Nominations,
EDiroR LElDER IL trust we shall have no
acrimonious, newspaper, or conventional war
Of words, about re.adjustug the plan ana
mode Of making our County nominations. But
as you have recently admitted one article in IA
vor Of changing the present plan, it is but fair
that you also admit one against such change
! III lse opposed to a change have hitherto re-
fosod so much confidence in the good sense Of
the mass Of the party, as to deem 1t unnecces-
sary to say anything in order to prevent It's
being made but az noisy error will often pre-.
vail over silent TRUTH at least temporarily, it is
il is undoubtedly best that even the right should
sometimes speak, particularly as many of the
advocates of change are sincere, disinterested
persons,
In tho very start l admit the inequalities Of
numbers in our present mode ofrepresentation,
but deny the correctness of the abstract assump.
ton, that inequality can consist only IN mere
numbers, but shall insist that inequality m7y
result from location and other circumstances az
well. need not enlarge on this point, for it
has often been dweIt upon, and every one
knows how the separation of the voters Of our
townships from each other, by distance and es.
pecially by the almost "impassable gulf of
the Cuyahoga, prevents that concert of action
which often occurs in cities, but ever in the
| "rural districts" except under the severest ne
| cessity. For the same reasons, 1 deny the
practical or even abstract equality of the popu
lar vote system and may add full denial
Of the absolute equality Cf any other plan that
has ever been adopted or proposed. In the
very nature Of things it is impossible All we
can do is to approximate it as nearly as may
be- / therefore insist that our plan shall con.
form to and be shaped by practical results,
rather than by mere distractions. What then
are the practical results--the objects that we
sll ought to have in view in forming this plan,
as well as in all our other political action 49,
| Answer--good government. When is popu-
lar government best administered Answer
all history demonstrates that such government
is best administered when under the control of
the rural distriets-th that no popular gOgernnent
ever GriSted icahoEt such districts, nor for any
great length of time without a large proportion
Of rural population. What then IS the newt
able lesson taught US Why, that the public
welfare requires us to secure in our plan or mode
of re representation, the controlling influence of
our rural districts =, Do you mean to say
not good and are not entitled TO as many
privileges as those living in the country No!
| admit that the most active minded, and, if
you please best men live in cities or large viii
lagos but l also admit that nearly all the
worst men live there too Where is the ballot
box, 1.-THE palladium of our liberty" chiefly
desccrated } In the rural districts Nay verify
Even the Pembina and Kansas outrages were
concocted in Washington and other cities
| b,g.y. Il, "A. L
| law Answer-in our cities. What portion
of our State gave the control of our late Leg
islature to the Black Democracy Answer
the city of Cincinnati. What portions of our
country more than any others of the same pop
ulation did the horrible deed of electing James
Buchanan to the Presidency, and entailed on
the whole country the innumerable and as yet
unfathomed woes of his administration Ans.
1.-The large cities Let then the good and true men
who chance to live in cities submit cheerfully to
that ineXorable law of Nature which invariably
Obliges Poor Tray to suffer when found in
bad company" and help to put our cities, as
New York is honestly putting her ungoverna.
BILE cities, under the control of our Rural Dis
tricts-nOt under the control of a mere party
as our late Democratic Legislature undertook
to place Cincinnati. With our present mode
of representation, the control of our county
conventions is in conformity with this great
n1ed law OF popular government, under the
control of our townships, our Rural Districts
: There, in the name of all that is great and
good let it remain. The party was organized
and has abundantly prospored on this founda
ton. There let all good citizens of Cleveland,
who do not want the control of our party
; in this county transferred to tue sinks of ini,
quity within our city, keep it, for there all the
proposed changes practically bring it. The
great fight and the great triumph, as we hope,
OF 1860 is just at hand. Why attempt to
change our victorious front in face of our enc
my and seek to SOW dissensions in our ranks
on the very battle feldl No real friend will
do this. Let all who want the corrupting in.
fluences of the city to control the party 90
openly over to the enemy, for there they matt
uraly belong. The Democracy live on corrup.
tion and grow fat in the cities do not in this
impeach or even question the integrity of ma -.
ny or even most OF those who upon urgent SO =.
licitation signed the call for the proposed Con.
vention l only want to expose the luminous
tendency of the change contemplated, and the
"Rule or Ruin" policy of the movers, who are
nearly all, believe, disappointed city office
seekers. CLEVELAND REPuHLIcAN.