Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-27

6iank NoIk, Esery dsioriptio1 81 RindinE dont,
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= Tho Fgala Dealer, ths Uulon Party, and
senator wade.
The Plain Dealer few days ago contain
s Cd ~ folloFing sweeping assertions
9. 'if the Union party is Poing to allow
iisalf 70 Be used under any preteEt what
ever % perpetuats such men as Wade In
power, tbe conservative tax-paying and
peace loving masses Of the people viii have
no more 70 DO with It. The old parties
could dOao worse.
9The party, BY Whatever name il may be
called, which re-elects Mr.. Wade viii for
The next twenty years be found In hopleIess
minority IN this State. II By ell bis official
appliances be can command but about one
thiFd Of the present Legislature the chances
cf such party with a tWo-thirds vote Of
The people against il viii grow small BY de-
EEses and beautifully less"
By what sort Of title the Plain Dealer as
Gumss The right to speak for I" the people"
and to constitute itself the especial exponent
Of shs views Of The ''Union party" does not
sPpssr. when The union Of parties In Ohio
agains treason was consummated, the Plain
Dealer was acting with the white-feather
DSnOorasy, supporting the Jewet ticket
and endorsing the compEOniSe platform up
on which that ticket was placed. This it
continued to DO until within a few weeks
Of the election, when, unable to stand up
longer Ia defiance Of the popular will, it
changed about and lent q feeble support to
ths Union ticket. No sooner was the Union
party IA power, than that paper assumed to
prescribe rules for its action, and recon.
msndsd settlement with treason BY COM
premise, thus placing itself in antagOnism
with the platform upon which the party
vas organized, which declared that there
could be no compromise with armed traitors.
Tbs assertion Of TIE Plain Dealer, that the
party which elects Hr. Wade VII sink into a
hopeless minority" is cool piece Of reck-
Les dogmatisn. Ar Wsds has tWics been
Siscisd to the United States Senate, and yet
The party that elected him Is not in hope.
lsM miaority;n On the contEary, ct the break
ing out of the var It hsd control Of The State
By an overwhelming majority, which major
iiy magnanimously divided The ofaces Of The
stais with their iOrmer pOlisical opponents,
placinga Democrat in the highest position in
de gin Of the people. me good and true
s. nen Of lie Democracy admitted the generous
conduct Of Republicans, hut such selfish par
tisaas Is The editor Of the Plain Dealer, in
capable Of rising above the level Of ths mere
politician, have never ceased to complain of
fhs free gift Of the ascendant party and to
demand that everything should be sufrsn.
deEsd up to them. In The face Of the conces-
aions voluntarily made By Republicans to the
-IllIilIlI s1Ill5sl ~ IJsssoeF.sts =
voting with them, no Democrat not utterly
se.t 70 Al ssnse ~ majesty nd iR1ltsS via
deny the perfect and equitable title Of the
RsPubliesn party to furnish the candidate for
United States Senator, especially when the
naa they ofIsr Is one who has proved himself
among the ablest and most devoted ehampi-
ons Of the cause OF the Union, as Senator
Wade has done, and who, By hisexhaOrdi-
nary services in that behalf, has won the
admiration ard con6deuca Of the most emil
nsnt statesmen of all shades Of political opin-
ion, who unite in asking the people Of Ohio
to return him to ths placs which, at the
present time, nO..Other man can fill with equal
good 70 the country.
The Plain Dealer and is sshsminT allies
knOE the comparatively small number of
Union votes cast By Dsmoeras-they know
the generous nature Of the gift Voluntarily
made to Union Democrats By the party con-
Btituting q large majority Of the voters Of the
state-tbey know that senstor Wade is the
choice, not Oaly Of the Bzprlbliean party, but
o. q veEy large msjOfty # the electors Of
ohiO-they know that a TIE exigsneies of
ths tine, ne other man IA the State, what
ever his talent and worth, can El Wade's
plaes with equal efscieney-ihey know that
hlsrs-election is desired and bis valuable aid
sought By that patriotic Democrat, Secretary
Stanton, and other eminent Union Democrats
throughout the land-but all this ia nothing
70 the Tsnal pack Of paEtisans who can And
no epithst too gross or slsndsr too base to
spply to g Statesman who commands the re-
spsot and confidence Of al intelligent patri-
ots. When such selfish trickstsrs as the edi-
Tor Of TIE Plain Dealer obtain control of the
politics Of Ohio, it win be high time for
reorganization Of parties.