Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-21
Judge SPalding and. the Cleveland
f ~ ga Leader. .r..... .-ifr

Judge SPALDiNa has written and published Q
letter 10 ,the Cleveland Leader, in which hS
sakes that journal to task for its opposition to
the Fusion orgapiztlon The LeGde, Of Friday
has long reply 70 the Judges lester, In which
it reiterases It's former arguments We feel
no great interest in this Fusion family quarrel ;
but there are two or three things In the Leaders
article worthy passing notice. -" c..
The Leader says that the result Of Fusion In
the Cleveland and other Congressional districts
will be the nomination Of conservative huDEer"
Republicans, and an endeayor to crush out the
"rsdicel elsment of Republication" 1t adds {;
The result will be the substitution Of pro sla.
very, snti-Administratlon members Of Con-
gress-ft only TO associate with the Horizons,
the Coxs, the Kelloggs and the Whites, who
voted against conhscstlon, aud who oppose ev-
cry strong war measure-in place Of those who
have stood up manfuily TO the work IN hand
during this session.
The foregoing "lets the cat out Of the bag"
or in other words, shows where the Fusion shoe
plnches the Leader, for 1t Immediately adds
that ",he tendency of the Union movement ID
to effect a crusade against all earnest Republi'
cans like Messss. WADE and RIDDLE" Thii
may be 30; but ve incline 10 the belief that any
man vino, with bis eyes open, is ready TO fuse
politically with such decided Abolitionisis al
WADE and RIDDLE, can swallow either of them
without greasipg the head or even tying bach
Judge SHkLDINs hints in ais letter that b,
and the Leader might "be In advance Of the
President in respect to The overthrow Of slave
ry," and that, therefore, they might "be indl'
rsctly opposing the Administration in opposing
the Union movement" To this suggestion the
Leader replies as follows: @ e .5a 5e
We are happy to be able to say, upon. the su
thority Of Senator Summers letter, published
elsewhere in this paper, that we are not in ad-
vance Of the President, but that he is most
thoroughly and heartily anti-slavesy and earn
estly committed 10 gradual emancipation
Nothing can therefore be more directly oppos-
ing the Administration than to so conduct
the campaign az to send 10 Congress men
who instead of encouraging and urging on she
Executive in his snti-slavefy views, will bt
worse than clog upon bis progressive move
ments. es ~ 4s1' '.''s-3- ''
We wish the reader carefully 10 re-exsmine
this last extract, and see what consolation and
courage SunEER's letter has afforded the radical
Republican Abolldoniste. LOvTJoT said in
New. York the other day that the PrealdeuI
was riding in vehicle drawn by the horse
/" Radical " and trying to lead by halter ar
old conservative nag that was behind and con
tinually pulling back. What the AboliIionist'
want is to kill of the conservative nag that
the /" Radical" horse may have free course and
drive the President aud the country to perdi-
tlou. ~ ~
What troubles the Leader is the fear that
Fusion Will fail in sending BEN WADE back tc
tho Senate, and selecting for the House sucL
leaders in vha. It calls the army of freedom
for the negroes, as "BINeRAM, ASHLEY, GuR.
LEY, RIDDLE. HUToHNs, etc." The signs Of the
times clearly show that the fears of the Leader
are we'll grounded. and that Fusion, or no
Fusion, Ohio Will this coming October show
that she is not yet quite ready to be African
lzed" by the operations Of the Leader" =" army
Of freedom" h ~ aHeerf 3 hsa III