Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-04
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Republicans, q few words upon one Of these
schemes will enlighten some Of our read
ers:
The Cleveland Herald has been a persist
ent Lbuser, defamer and enemy Of Hon. A.
G. Riddle ever since his election, and es-
peciaIly since the disappointment Of its
managers at the disposition of the federal
Offices in this district. This assertion
needs no calculation, and the Herald will
probsbly attempt no denial The Herald
feared the reelection Of Mr.. Riddle to Con-
gress, especially if a convention we're
called which should be fair representa-
tive Of the popular sentiment in the dis
trict. 1t started in the campaign, there
fore, determined to prevent a Republican
Convention. The evil which had resulted
from the Union movement Of the year
before had 10 effect upon the Herald.
What did it care for the success of Repub-
lean principles, so long as it had per-
sOnal spite to crafty? Hence, it was ear
" in its invitation to all the world to come
into the Convention. In its issue Of Sep
tember 18th, it demanded that party should
be laid aside entirely, and invited Demo
Gratis Of all degrees to consider themselves
Just as much entitled to a controlling voice
as Republicans. Of course they accepted
the invitation. They would have been
fools If they had not. They did not agree
with the Administration we're bitterly
hostile to the principles upon which the
Administration was elected; but what of
that7 Outside Of the Union movement,
they did not hope for success in it, they
could control their Republican allies. They
came in, and obtained the control they
sought, secured half the Offices, and laughed
in their sleeves at the credulity of the Re-
publieans in presuming upon their fairness
or honesty. There was no platform, no
statement Of principles, no committal to
any policy. They we're thus left free to
act with the " Union" party as long as it
was for their Interest, and then withdraw
to their own party. That they did this,
Ne shall presently show.
A part Of the Republicans, those who
were not ready to sell their principles for
8 song, or to ignore alI the vital questions
which the war had forced upon the whole
country, were not satisfied with this
sort Of management, and they drew up and
circulated another call for convention,
smbodying Republican principles, such as
endorsement of the emancipation and con-
fscation acts, the abolition Of slavery in
the District Of Columbia, the amendment
of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Presidents
plan Of compensated emancipation in the
Border States, the prohibition Of sla7eryin
the Territories, the Homestead Bill, etc, all
being acts of the executive and legislative
powers which were to be sustained or re-
pudiated by the country. They were not
particular about the name Of the platforms
itmight be called Republican, Union, or Ad-
mipistraiion, as was deemed advisable, but
they were particular to have principle for
srallying point The Herald has charged
that 1t was call such as only Republi-
cans could sign; on the contrary, it was
just such platform as Daniel S. Dickin-
son, B. F. Butler Edwin NJ. Stanton, An
drew Jackson Hamilton, James s. Wads-
worth, and other old-line Democrats are
working upon and for to-day, and what
every Democrat who IS sincere in his
devotion to his country could eonscien-
tiouSly sign. This call was submitted to
the meeting Of the committees Of the three
counties in the District They rejected it,
and issued Union call, having no dis
tincti7e principles whatever. Upon that
the Convention came together, Mr.. Riddle
vas defeated and the Herald was exultant.
Now who were some of these men who
came up at the HeEald's invitation and
controlled that Convention? Let US in
form the liberty-loving and honOrablepeO-
pie Of the District Mr.. R. o. Hammond, Of
Akron, formerly Buchanan postmaster,
and more lately delegate to the Demo
cratic Convention which nominated Hugh
J. Jewett for Governor, was made chain"
man of the Convention, against the wishes
and votes Of the delegates from his own
county. The Akron Beacon but confirms
our previous information by saying that
he publicly spoke in favor Of the war, and |
privately worked for the party which Op- |
poses 1t; that he was one Of the judges Of
the election in Akron, and that while tenn
pOrarily absent from his post, he gave
Democratic "butternut" ticket to voter
who could not read, and told him it was
aan right" and that finally he voted the
entire Yallandigham tory ticket without
. scratch.
Joshua LHommedieu, of Cuyahoga |
Fails, a brother ez-Buchanan POST
noster, was appointed chairman Of the
Committee on permanent organization in
that Convention. This man not only voted
the tory ticket himself, but actually and
openly peddled Democratic tickets at the
polls on election day.
Webb, editor Of the Akron Union,
had q great deal to say in his paper as to
the candidates before the Union COnven-
ton, and was the special champion of s.
". Goodhue, who said he was a candidate
for Congress. This man afterwards 1--WE
are informed, fer We DO not see his Psper)
rsjoiced at the success Of the butternut |
ticket, if he did not vote for 1t.
T. A. Stow, Of the Plain Dealer, was
made chairman Of the Committee on Gre