The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-06-23
OHIO PoLITICS-A CONSERVATIVE
VIEW.
COLUMBUS, ONO, Jne 10. l.


COLUMBUS, ONO, JuHe 10. 1859.
To the Editor oftbe National Era:
The nominations of the Republican Copve,.
ton are well received throughout the Stats
Everywhere the ticket and the resolutions ~.
received with approval and the indication arc
that the ticket will be elected by a large major.
ity. few Pro-Slavery Americans AT Cincir.
natl, as IS usual with gentlemen of that stanr
held meeting at Cincinnati last night and
solemnly resolved that the Republicans have
| assumed ground both anti-American and SOC
tonal, alike distasteful and offensive m AM
leans and national men Of all parties" Tho
cannot endure the fanaticism e of tho rosoI-
tons which sent you last week-indeed tho
regard them as subservient" but if So tb.,
are not subservient 10 the slave power. nj whose
shrine these national, spread-eagle gentlemen
worship. In the times Of the fathers of the Re
public, it was regarded as eminentlv national
to be Anti-Slavery, but in these Degenerate DAYS
these Americans, par erccHeHce, regard the
principles OF the fathers as anything but ma
tonal, and denOunce them as distasteful and
offensive to them. For our part, we prefer to
follow the fathers, rather than the Pro.Slavery
spreads"
This year, we elect members of the Lepi.Ia
Assembly meets only biennially. The last Leg
lslature was Democratic in both branches, but
the Republicans this year hope to carry both the
and Senate House. The members elected will
choose a United States Senator TO succeed Mr.
Pugh, who will make strenuous cxertions to be
reelected. The Journal ciphers that the next
House will contain siXty-nine Republicans and
thlrty-hve Democrats, and the Senate twenty
four Republicans and eleven Democrats This
calculation may be erroneous in some partiCu-
lars, but there can be but little doubt that the
Republicans will have a majority in both
branches. The Republicans go into the convass
with high hopes of success, and will work for il
with zeal and energy
Some of our conservative people are looking
forward with hope that the next President viii
be Western man. The Columbus Gazette, an
independent paper, edited by a man who has
heretofore been a conservative Wing, has writ.
ten series of articles on the subject, in which
he favors the selection of Salmon p Chase for
President, and Edward Bates, of Missouri, for
Vice President. 1t may not be uninteresting
70 the readers of the Era TO know the grounds
upon which the selection of these gentlemen Is
urged, and give them in brief
OF Mr.. Chase it saws that he is one of the
ablest and most profound lawyers in the land :;
that he has served six years in the Senate of
the United States, and the record of his career
therein Is confidently appealed to as evidence
OF has liberal craftsmanship and the national
lty OF his views; that political writer he
has no superior in the country that his mes
sages during the three years he has been Gov
ernor of Ohio are regarded everywhere, as
model documents that his State papers are
of the highest order; that, as Chief Executive
o this State, he has demonstrated that he has
administrative abilities Of the highest order;
that he Is just in the prime of life that his
private character is above reproach; that he
IS, in the broadcast sense Of the term, states
man; that ne Is eminenty practical; and his
strong common sense, united to his extensive
requirements and the soundness of his moral
constitution, combine to make him equal TO any
emergency in which he may be placed that
he is fully, firmly, and forever pledged to the
cause OF Freedom; that he is not opposed TO
the acquisition of territory, when 1t can be
done fairly and with prOPriety; that he is in
favor OF the early construction of railroad
over our own soil to the Pacific; that he is in
favor Of the improvement, by the General Gov
ernment of the rivers of the Mississippi valley
and the harbOrs of the Lakes and that he Is
in favor of detrayng the expenses of the Gen
eral Government by levying duty upon foreign
goods. 1t holds that the per centum Of duty upon
foreign goods large enough to raise revenue
sufficient for our national expenses will, If
properly distributed, produce a protection TO
our manufacturers sufficient for their prosperous
existence; and that proper regard for the in
terests OF labor in all its departments will com
pei such an adjustment as to give the needed
protection, and thus best secure the well being
OF all. Of Mr.. Bates it thus speaks:
Hon. Edward Bates, our candidate for
Wee President, is a muchrespected citizen Of
st. Louis. lie is very generally and fayorably
known to the people of the Union He was
formerly prominent Whg. AS President of
the great Internal improvement Convention at
Chicago, some years since, he identified him.
self with the leading interests of the Central
Valley. His speech on that occasion was of
great power, and at once gave him rank among
the first minds of the country He has no
sympathy with the rampant Pro-Slavery senti-
ments OF the South, and is understood To favor
the Emancipation movement in Missouri. His
talents are OF a high order. His personal char
acter Is excellent. He is perhaps as good a
representative OF the true conservative school
as can be fouEd. We have every confidence
in his integrity His location in Missouri
seems to as to be decidedly in his favor. In
common with large class Of independent mot
neutral) thinkers we shall be glad to see Mr.
Bates placed on the ticket with Gov. Chase"
In the course of the series, the Gazette pub
lished letter from an old Wing. a distin.
gushed citizen of Missouri, in which he de-
clared that if an overthrow of the dominant
party is to be achieved the entire opposition
must eschew all extreme views, and submit 10
g the Constitution of the United States as it Is,
and as it has been legally expounded down to
our time, and until the same shall be legally
changed" This confederation of words IS
doubtless intended to commit the Republi-
can party to the bred Scott decision but the
editor OF the Gazette has no notion of having
his purpose Inexperienced, and declares that
there is now, and has been persistent effort,
on the part of the organs of the Slavery-exten-
sion party, to misrepresent the principles and
designs of the friends of free labor in the free
States He reads this old Wing a lecture,
and reciteS the causes which produced the de-
Struction of the Wing party
have given but faint idea of the purpose
and scope of the articles in the Gazette, but
probably as much as will be acceptable TO
your columns. They are interesting as repre-
senting the views of conservative. NJ.