Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-08
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The Elections and tNe
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Z The Abolition papers are complaining cf
Democratic assaults upon tho Administration
The Democrats and Conservatives have no oe'
casion TO make, aad do not, except In come
cases of A4grant abuse OF power, any charges
agains! the Administration. A general rule
thew leave, and eau well afford TO leave that
task to the profepsed friends and supporters OIL
the Administration, who, in the bitterness OF
their disappointment and wrath Ht the results
of the recent elections, are laying the whole
blame at tho door OF The President and MS
Cabinet In the conduct of the war.
This 10 in measure just; for the leaders
OF the Republican or Abolition party are them
selves the primary cause OF tho rebuke the
people have administered ia the late elections
TO the course Of the Administration Theoe
lesders melted and, as II were, forced the RES
idsnt to attempt to change the programme OF
the war for the restoration of the Union with
all the rights of the States unimpaired, into
crusade lot the extiDguishment OF slavery and
the annibilaticn of State Rights. And now,
ungrateiul dogs that they are, they turn round
and abuse the Administration for adopting that
policy, or which is the same thing, causing
their defeat 10 tho recent elections.
Though tho President has conceded to them
almost every thing they demanded 40 necessary
to hiring the war to a successful termination,
by giving HE consent to confiscation and eman-
cips'ion iass, by issuing proclamation Tor
the general abolition of slavery on the first
dsv of January next, by prOclaiming martial
lay In loyal States and permitting the arrest
and Imprisonment Of persons simply booause oil
their opposition to Abolition schemes and pro-
| iecss for the dsmembe.ment or fual destruction
OF the old Union our fathers made-though the
President has Reluctantly yielded all this aud
much more to the clamor Of the Abolition ia
u.tic,, they have now the base ingratitude to
attribute tho Democratic victories la the recent
elections to the want Of pluck, TO the slnggard-
ness and imbecility Of the Administration.
We do not presume to interfere in this quar-
pel between the Administration and its support
ers, or to say which party is to blame or which
is right, any more :han we would in diapute
betS ecu man and wife. The most natural CON
clusion 10 that the people have no confidence in
either the leaders Of the Abolition faction cr
ia the ADMINISTRATION, 80 long 0s 1t is controlled
by them.
| To show our readers the justice of the fore
go;rg observations aud how sore the Abolition
leaders feel toward tho Administration on &C.
count of their late disastrous revesses AZ the
DoIIs, We quote O paragraph from an editorial
in The New York Times, which appeared on The
morning after the election In that State. The
Times. 1. ia we'll known. is one of the leading
Republican or Abolition journals OF the coun-
try, whose support of WADswoKTH, the Abcli-
.;on candidate for Governor of New York, was
moss suirited and determined. ln view Of a
result In :he Empire State. which hss placed
SEYMOUR, the Democratic candidate, in tie
Guberpssosisl chair, and elected the whole
democrats State ticke. and eighteen or twenty
Democratic Congressman cui Of the thirty.
Que 10 De CpSsSui lhS A''ss" ea~S gVute Oes Ate
tirade upoa the Administration as the sais
cause of all ite woes;
The heaviest lead which the friends Of ihe
, Government have been compelled 20 eaI5y
through this CANVASS has been The inactivity
and iheficiency of the Administraton. We
sneak from knowledge CT public sentiment
in every section OF the State, ahen ne ssJ
,hs. The failure Of the Goyernmen, TO prose
kcu.e the war With the V!gor, energy srd cue
!; cess which the vast resources SIS iis com
msrd warranted the country in expecting 8;
ia hands, has weighed like Al incubus upon
the public heart. With every disposition to
Il sua:a;n the Goyernment-vith tie most pro-
/ found conVic ion that the only hope Of the
country lies in giving l. cordial and effect.
\ i've suppost-its friends have been unable
20 give a satisfactory answer to the questions
i hat have come up from every side: Why
has the war made SO little progress1 Why
have our splendid armies achieved such slight
successes? Why have they lain idle SO long,
4 and why have the victories they have won been
| 90 utterly barren of decisive resultsf The war
has dragged on for year and half. The
1 country has given the Government over mill
| lion of men, and ell the money they could pos
sibly use; yet We have made scarcely any pro-
Rress toward crushing the rebellion. The rebel
armies still menace the capital. Their pIiVa-
.eers defy our navy, and spread increasing ter
ror among our peaceful traders on the seas.
What is the use of trying to sustain an Admin
istFation which lags SO far behind the country,
and seems 30 Indifferent snd incompetent 10 the
d.a.dfni .oaE cnnutikked IN their handa1