Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-06-25
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The movement toward Union nominations
foF State and county officers his been SO
heartily and almost universally met with
commentator, that 1t Is evidently the desire
Of a majority Of the people Of the State
AID TO this movement we must give oui
fLl support, believing It to be the course
best calculated for the prosperity OF our
Stats. AS has been repeated, times without
numbe., this war has swept away old party
lines and ell are brought up TO stand upon
the single plank Of Union upon the one side
or Disuuiou upon the other. Here Is the
Issue, and all who subscribe boldly to the
hrsJ, and to Its natural sequence Of sup
porting the Government can forget former
differences and shake hands in the eommon
cIuse which they have made. And for
such public journals as have sought every
possible opportunity to prats Of " Republican
asorihsm," and togrowl over every appoint
Dsnt because the appeintee belonged to this
or that party, we have only q sovereign con
tempt They are the vultures which wander
over the national Geld, ever seeking som,
bOns to pick or some carcass to tear. J.
Is enough for rs to know that Democrat
and Republicans have alike come boldly anc
nanfully to the aid of the Government il
it. efforts to crush out treason, and therefor,
are entitled to equal consideration.
IT'S said that after the close Of the war
we may return to our old political divisions
We doubt If the old issues will again exis
IS they have before, but even granting this
It does not affect the present question. Fo
this war is not going TO end, nor the tide Q
political life return to Its old channels in
month or q year. We shall have little nee
of party platforms or stump discussions dur
ing the official term of those whom we cleo
this year. We must elect them simply wit
reference to the great question Of the rebeIlio
and the wants Of our State in this time
rebellion. When their successors are to /
chosen, It viii be time enough to think
something else.
We a men Of superior business abilit
and unquestionable personal integrity, to f
our Offices. These are the two great requ
sites after these, the more good qualities Il
candidates possess, the better.
But there is a right way Of making the
nominations, anda wrong way, The rigl
way Is for the people in whose hands Il
elections are put, and to whom. the rulers a
responsible, to hold primary meetings, al
elect delegates to nominating convention
as in former days, being careful that men
all parties have an equal chance, and thI
the best men are selected as delegates Il
wrong way Is to leave the nominating pow
jointly In the hands of the Central Commi
tees ofthe formsEo eRtendiBg participating
Them the selection which belongs Of right
the people themselves. Every Central Cor
mittee, however pure it may be, has sor
personal friends to reward and some perso
al enemies to punish, or some private axe
grind, and It is not sue TO trust them. ii
is no time for personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT a
more than for party fsuds, and they "
have axes to grind, should bring them to
edge in time Of peace, NOS war. The oOu
try has ruBg with cries Of favoritism in I
appointment of suadry civilians to militia
positions and the country and our ST.
would also ring If the dispensing Of the
fees were left to the dietun of "a Commit
We do not intend, by what We have Sa
to reflect in the least upon the character
our present Committees, Republican or De
ocradc, but have spoken upon general pr
ciples, and for the good of the people of
county and State.