, 1861-11-05
!Cbit4go Gtitatte
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ., 1851.
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1N1TeR vvADH or emo.
We observe, With equal indignation and
palp, a sneakine paragraph going The
rounds of certata Democratic papers, sug-
. osting that daos tAs Union Democrats,
hose elected by the aid Of Republican
, ,:tes) and tho secession Democrats, have
* ~sether got ! majority Of the lower brancn
Of the Ohio Legislature, now is The &C
cepted time 10 gct rid Of BEN WADE,
whose senatorial term las nearly expired
We will not believe that SO base sugges-
ton is seriously entertained By those Dem
oc1ats who were elected on the Union
ticket, but the fact thst such feeler"
has been thrown out 3y the rebel sympa-
tlizers demands some notice. What is the
moral character Of the proposed transac-
ton? The Republicans Of Ohio, with
majority Of more than $4,000 votes in the
State, proposed union with the
patriotic Democrats, and voluntarily
gave then the head Of the ticket.
In Other words, the Republicans
donated to their o1d-time adverssries the
..niy Governor they have had since 1856.
The person selected hsd been perhaps their
~: st inyeterate antagonist. Last year he
was selected to preside oFer the Douglas
wig Of the Baltimore Convention. With
c1tire forget:ulness Of the past, and with
generosity which was fully appreciated
hy Governor Tod's Democratic friends
before the election, the Republicans threw
their solid vote for him, and not only so'
but they gave the Democrats fully one
half of the seats IN the Legislature. Hav-
ing got their half Of tie loaf secured be-
youd contingency, it is now limited that
they had better take the other half, OF, il
they cannot take it themselves, at least
prevent their Republican allies from tax
irs if. Such proposition, if made IN an
ordinary affair of business, would be pro
rounced sNinGling and would be punished
Is such, and the Judgment ofsociety would
add to it the additional verdict Of ingratl-
t7,dc. It Is as though a gentleman
should invite a. former antagonist
TO pa1take Of the hospltaliiies Of
Lis house, and, to. prove his sincerity,
should give him the head Of the table and
the best 1com in the mansion; Whereupon
the invited guest coolly proceedes to expel
me proprietor. welook at the politics Of
Ohiozin purely selfish and partisan light
we shall see that the Republicans were the
propr;eto1s of tie State Government,
having maintained their supremacy, with
out single defeat, for seven consecutive
years. It may be safely asserted that Ben.
JAsfS F. WADE could carry three-fourths
OF the Legislature any time the issue SHOULD
be made against him.
There Is another point to be considered
Senator WADE Is Objectionable to the rebe
sympathize1s in Ohio solely because he ba.
been distinguished as an anti-s1ayery man
Ills hostility to tAething which has brough
on the war-tke thing without which ".
should have had no warts the only
ground of objection to him. We have
arrived at an interesting stage ofthe con
fict if persons elected Oh the issue Q
vigorous and earnest war against the pro
slavery rebellion are to turn around an'
prescribe these whose fidelity to freedom
has incurred. the deadGest euu1ity Of til
rebels, and to dc so because CT their idelit:
to freedom. If this is to be the net resu]
Of Union for the sake Of the Union, the1
will be do more Democratic Governor
elected by Republican votes, and if til
is the measure Of Democratic sincerity i
tie Union movement, it will be found tht
the people, always grateful, always appr
ciatiye Of what is generous and nobl
always just when the Facts are intelligibl
laid before thcm-wil1 take care that
second opportunity for such baseness do
moi occur