Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-22
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Msay NJ the promiuent leaders and Journals
Of the Abolition party are urging the prop''e',
of dropping altogether the nSmo "onion" anu
,esumirR that of Republican" The proprie'
~. nav, the necessity Of a change is apparent
The name "Union" was assumed for bAi'--a
lure, and that game having been "played OUT
Il ia thought advisable to return to the OLD par
~ designation of Republican or Abolition.
Soma strongly favor the latter As preferable
aud more expressive Of the real character oil
she party, beside being the name whicn tne
copular voice has affixed to its founders
There axe several cogent reasons given why
q change Of name or of organisation as 1t ls
sometimes called, should be made. GiDDrNo's
organ, the Ashtabuls Sentinel, following the
lead of its Abolition coadjutor, the Spring
field Neps, presents some of these reasons
One of these 10, that the so-called "Union'
marty made the same Issues this year ss did the
radical Republicans OF $3.50. and it would be
neither honest nor pOlitic to lure Democrats
into voting with real sntl.slsvery or Abolition
party ulder the false impression that they were
voting with genuine Union party, such sa she
Democracy has ever been.
The Sentinel places this point in strong light
~ insisting that "they"-we quote rs'odt'@-
"uho have voted tho Uf!on ticket have indeed
voted for much stronger anti-slaVery position
tban vas laid down In the Chicago platform"
This is candid and demonstrates what we have
oil slong known to be the case, tast tbs so-caied
Union or Fusion party was only the same oia
Republican or Abolition party under disguise
Since, the Sentinel continues, the only Issues
that can be made With the Democracy at this
time are Republican or Abolition issues, "1hy,"
IL a.ks, "ray We not as we'll let things take
.heif proper course, and call them by sheir right
names7" Certainly, Why not!
The SsMtiaels argument sensible men will
concede to be entirely satisfactory. The Abo'
litionlsts can make no issues with the Democ-
racy but their own peculiar partisan ones. The
Sentinel gees, az oil discriminating AbolItionials
must see, that It Is not possible to join Issues
With the Democracy on the defense OF the su-
premacy of the Constitution and the preeervs
zion of the Union. On this platform Demo
Gratis are. as they ever have been, firmly and
immoyably planted, and are determined TO
maintain their position st all hazards and at
any sacrifice. The only resource Of the Aboli
t.onists in order to maintain separate Or
ssnizstion, weaken the Democracy, and keep |
themselves 10 power for the sake of office and
plunder, is to drop out Of their party platform
all pre.enses about maintaining the Constisu- |
tion or preserving the Union, and make q. night
solely and simply upon sectional, partisan anti
slavery or Abolition issues.
This is evidently to be tie programme OF the
AbOlitionists for tho coming year, unless some
new mode Of popular deception can be devised
Taey have pretty generally come to the con-
clusion thst the term "Union" is mianomer,
ss applied 70 their party, and If used much Long
er will be fatal to Its interests. The plea Of
no party, too, they discover, is being held In
popular essimasion as Q decided sham. They,
therefore, warn their friends, In the language
of the Springfield NetUs, quoted by the Sentinel,
chat "there WILL be two parties" and to gee to
Il that "the Republican party is one OF them,
aud that 1t is the sTRsNcER one" The object
to be aimed at is then stated in these words
LET Us Hll sll our Offices with what the Demo
crass are pleased to call Abolitionis.a."
The upshot is, that these Abolitonisss who
rscently dubbed themselves "Unionists," must
have party to oppose the Democracy, the only
Union party in the country, and this they are
determined to have, not for the sake Of the
Constitution and the Union, but for political
power, Office and spolls.