Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-07-16
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aTeeIi6T 81 RePa6iioan CentTai Com5Iitee,


time fom our correspondents in various
portions Of Northern Ohio, articles we'll In
tsndsd, but not entirely harmonious upon
ths subject OF uniting the entire loyal sen'i-
ment Of Ohio in support Of the same ticket
at tbe coming fall election. ,,rhere has
been 4 little baekweFauess on the part Of the
hsRspapsslOf both parties 10 como square
IL up to the issue, and announce, distinctly
and demphatlcany, ,thatthey sre iOs the Union,
and-at this time-Eot the Union alone
Bot this baskEardnsas we attribute not 10
the want Of desire for union, but to reaa
or fAueied difficulties in bringing about that
union. 80. -.
Now, without assuming to be OverwisC,
or able TO remove all difhenltiss upon the one
hand, or admitting that We are 50 blind as
% uusBle 70 discover them on the otheF,
Ne desire 10 do all in our power tocQutFihute
70 tina accomplishment Of result which
ssems 20 highly proper and patriotic as the
concentration of the Union sentiment of
Ohio. eisssa. siit 81 e.
By most Of thoss who have written upon
this subjeet the Stats RxecatiVea and Gen
ral Committees have been lOokedtOaas the
proper instruments for giving effect and
head 70 Ills Union movement. II these Com
uiittees wsfe to DO his il should have been
done by them before this time. There has
bsen time enough 70 consult ana TO aet, and
yet all that has been done by those bodies
has shown itself in q call by the Democratic
Central Committee, convening Convention
of all who lack confidence in the present
State and National Administration, for the
nomin ltion of men Of a similar creed. We
will not stop to discuss State matters here;
all questions of State policy dwindle for the
tine being into insigni6eanoe, when thrust
between the people and that great and over
shadowing issue with which the National
Administration is now graphing. And the
man who cannot and will not, upon this
issue, forget 70 what political party be has
belonged, and devote his best energies to
strengthening the hands of the Administers
ton IN its honest and well directed efforts to
szve tbe,Ark of the C2veaapti which secures
to this nation its liberties, and to the world
its only evidence of mans ability to govern
hlmself-sueh man is criminal before God
s and an enemy TO his fellow men. ssta
In demanding union in the support OF g
Union ticket, (if properly made and present.
ed We ask no sacrifice of principle. Those
who opposed Mr.. Lincoln's election are not
asked to say that bis election was for the
best good of the country and on the other
hand, they will not ask those who support,
him to say that that result was not the vely
best that could have been attained. Upon
this point every one is entitled to his own
opinion, but all are asked to unite in furnish
ing the most ample means for bringing our
national difficulties to a speedy, honorable
3 and fnal Issue. D raA4 ,fET1ze881
No intelligent individual of either party,
10 Ohio or elsewhere, can believe for mo-
ment that the Administration lacks fidelity
to its constitutional obligations, wisdom to
select the means, or energy to use them for
the earliest settlement of cur difficulties
compatible with national honor and perme-
nent peace. To doubt this, would be to
doubt the evidences which our own common
sense draws from the history Of the past fol T
months. If the body guard OF YallaDdig-
ham-the stencil Of whose treason was SO
well coInteracted in the Ohio camp by tie
free use of onions lack confidence in the
powers Of the Government to vindicate IFS
own honor, or enforce obedience to its own
own laws; or if they desire that Govern
msnt should not have opportunity thus to
assert itself it is highly proper that they
should hold a convention over il, and take
reasonable counsel together.
IBut the question is shall We, with ten
thousand Republicans and ten thousand Dem
Ocrats in arms side by side in the field, stand
ing shoulder to shoulder, each wiping the
sweat of death from the others brow, and
each forgetting, in their jealousy of our ma
tionsl reputation and the honor of the glori
Gus old Banner, that they voted different
tickets last fall, or that the questions Of a
mixed or hard currency, or OF individual
liabilities Of corporators were ever discussed,
shall we spend the summer and fail in or
g4nizing township, ward and school district
Democratic and Republican, COMMITTEES,
whose duty it shall be to find some new is-
sues nj on which to lcrininAte and recrini-
nate each other2 For ourselves we answer
that we will not help to operpeirate this tOl-
ly until all honorable means of avoiding it
have been tried and failed
And as one means of avoiding it, we sng-
gest tbatsO e one or more persons in each
city and county in the State, who care more
for The good Of the whole country an
for The temporary tri1mpbs- or ,spoils Of
parry success, draw up and circulate iCr
slznatures, cali for mass Convention 10
b. bald IN Columbus on Tuesday, the 10Th
day of september next and that we then
snd there, without parry feeling, celebrate the
Yietofygo Of the 10 nc tai Perry by selecting
from the many good men Of the State tie
necessary number Ssof the very best to fl
the State Offices, and also make such recon
Taendations as to county nominations as the
occasion nhy require. Let the call inyitesuch
ana such only, as are willing to stand by
and support the present Administration in
its most vigorous efforts to put down treason,
pahish traitors, and hand the Constitution
a1d thslElag unimpairsi % irs successor.
We suggest, whether, in view Of the fore
going or some similar plan, conventions for
the uOminstions Of county Oficers should |
MT be POSTPONED until the question of a |