Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-01

Il win be interesting to notice the recep-
ton By certain nervous parties at Columbus
and elsewhere in the State, who have been
50 indignant at what they have chosen to
call outside interference" in the election Of
q United States Senator, Of an article in the
Louisville Journal urging the election Of
Hon. Thomas Ewing in place Of Mr.. Wade.
When the New York Tribune, the Philadel-
phia Press, the Chicago Tribune, and hosts
Of other papers, speaking for the interests Of
ths whole country, recommended the re-
election of Mr.. Wade, these timid souls could
hardly control their indignation st the {" IN
warranted dictation,7 and when John ".
Forney, and later still, Edwin n. Stanton,
Secretary of War, wrote Letters to Columbus
urging the fitness Of Mr.. Wade and the great
importance of his reelection, the outrage
was too great to be borne, and forthwith, a
tIsksrsGs" and 'TesOI0sg was introduced into
the House Of Representatives, declaring that
this interference was an insult to the legisls-
tors Of Ohio. Bat now the Louisville Journal
speaks in favor of Mr.. Ewing, and presto
the article viii be quoted and held up to
the gaze Of any member whs dares to
fellow their convictions of right and stand
up boldly for Mr. Wade. The Columbus
Statesman copies the article; the Cleveland
Herald viii doubtless copy 1t, and the "con-
BerVatiEes'' viii each procure a copy of it to
be pasted into their memorandum books, to
be tsndsEly nursed and frequently exhibited,
even Is E mother exhibits her first baby, for
is It not the first Of the "outside interfer-
enoe" which has been born into the world of
letters according to their wishes2
New we believe in the perfect right of ev-
cry man, and of every paper, whether in Ohio
or ont of II, to freely express his or its opin-
ion upon the Senatorial question which is to
bs decided in this State, and therefore we
DO not follow the example of these opponents
Of Houtside interference; bat We would
weigh every such opinion by the previous
Standing and the present position of the man
or paper putting it forth. The thorough 10y
atty Of the three papers specified above as
favoring the reelection of Mr.. Wade, from
tie very fFst inception Of the rebellion to the
present time, no man dare question. How
has It been with the Louisville Journal p
When President Lincoln issued his prOcla-
nation upon the 18th of April for seventy
Eve thousand men to defend the country
which the rebels had already assaulted at
Fort Sumtsr, the Journal denounced the act
IN unmeasured terms as q usurpation not to
b tolerated. If Il did not uphold the act Of
South Carolina, It, at least, declared that the
President had no right thus to attempt to de-
Ind the country and the Constitution from
the enemies who were attacking it, and it
declared that Kentucky would not furnish
one Of the thousands called from her for this
delence. Later in the war, when Kentucky
protected the rebel Msgofan in his rebeIlious
aneutrshty," the Journal was the strongest
sdVocate Of that neutrality, which was no
Ies than concealed treason. Still later, the
Journal used its best endsavOrs to stir up in
aaboediaation and rebellion In the ranks of
the Union army By Haying that If OsmsrOn's
doctrines upon the cOntraOsn1 question were
not Immediately disaVOWed, thousands of
our volunteers would lay down their arms
and return to their homes.
The present loyalty of the Journal we do
not question, but We do claim to show that
& hes no right to be taken as an index Of
what this country needs and expects regard
ing the senatOrial question In Ohio.
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