Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-07-17
Will Party Politics be laid aside at
the coming State Election?

tee has issued q call for 4 State Cenren-
ton. t. be held at Columbus, on the 9TH
of August, and the following is one of the
resolutions which accompany the call:
Resoired, That sll the electors Of the
State of Ohio. who are In favor Of perpetu.
ating the principles upon which our Union
was founded, and are convinced that the
present State and National Administration
are wholly incompetent to manage the 60
vernment in its present critical condition,
as well as all who are opposed to the gross
C1traTagance and corruption now so alarm
ingly prevalent IN public affairs, be earn
estly invited to unite with the Democracy
in this hourOf our country's peril, and thus
redeem the State, and place its admins
trstioa in competent hands.
If such are the sentiments Of any con.
siderable portion Of the Democratic party
In this State, and such the issue which
they would place before the people at the
Hsxt election, it would not need a prophet
10 fOreten their overwhelming defeat, but
We do not believe it is possible. There IN
doubtedly are some belonging to both the
Republican aud the Democrats parties.
who would prefer that the Government Of
the United States itself should be broken
into q thousand fragments. father than that
for once, party Issues be ignoTed, add the
one great question, viz: shall the United
States as . government and 4 nation. ex-
isr9 be the only one which the people should
decide There are ssne party presses. al
&c. tie managers Of which seem to have
hut ono dea-that Of party. These, too,
are few, but they are exceedingly bitter
Ia centrad;aincticn to such, is the Capital
City Fact, a Democratic paper, published
at Columbus Speaking of the platform
ef the Central Committee, which we pub.
lish above, it says:
This is no time to raise 8 question as 10
the. competency Of an Administration which
has been chosen BY the great voice, to pre-.
eide ever Us for four years. If incempe-
tency discover itself, let wise councils be
brought to bear, and not p~artizan hatred
and i'll feeling. Men. or parties of men,
whe seek to cripple aud succeed 10 %erippling
the Administration in its campaign for the
Caion. arc nothing less than traitors, and
worse than Southern Rebels.
Good aud true Democrats, almost With
ont number, who quietly hoped the Democ-
rsey would not leave the people, now open.
u ayow their determination to enter the
Union army. and boldly assist in sustain
ing the Administration il the Sar against
the Rebels.
Tie Ohio Statesman publishes a letter
from Hon. G. Volsey Dorsey, Of Miami
county, a ~ell-kaoEn and influential Dem
ocrst, opposing the movement of some Of
the leaders of that party looking to the dis
tracing Of the people of Ohio this fall By
. partisan contest. The following passage
contains the gist of the matter:
There is not . man in Ohio of any par
ty, or worthy to belong TO any political
party. who is not ready to uphold the Gen
eral Government in all the efforts which it
has nadeor may hereafter make to support
the Constitution and the Union Of these
States; and, although as Democrats, we op-
pesed our Republican friends in the eleva-
t;Os Of the present Administration to pow
II, still We recognize in its head, the Su-
Preme Executive of our country. and extend
% il our heartiest aid. in al its efforts to
rescue the country from impending dastruc-
tioa.
Now it is evident to any man who at all
reflects on the present crisis, that all for
ner political issues must for the present be
laid aside, must for a time at least, be
merged IN more impoTtaot considerations,
and the energies of the whole people of the
State must be bent to the support and pre-
scrvation Of the General Government. If.
then. We all agree OF this point, where is
the necessity Of separate political ergani-
~Eationse
That the great majority Of the people Of
the State, both Repablicans and Democrats,
are ready and willing to stand shoulder to
shoulder in the defence of the Constitution
sDa the laws, anxious to merge party in
patriotism. to have no party strife until
the great problem, whether the Govern
ment of che United State is strong enough
to sustain itself against traitors" is solv-
cd. We have no shadow Of doubt That
such would be the course which would be
best for the country, does not admit of a
question. 1t remains to be seen whether
7sny plan of union con be suggested, which
will meet the appreciation of the people at
large. and whether the noisy. brawling po-
l~iticians and place hunters, will not by
their clamor, drown the voices raised for
the right, and @irritate and disgust by their
ISLANDERS and les. those who would willing
-ly ssorifce personal interest for the public
good. We shall see what we shall see.