Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-01


There Vas fupny article 10 Isssesdsy morn,
tfng's J0uynaE-frnny, not from thetxpressicps
IN il, for these were dull and forced, bat from
the Numerous thoughts to which these expires.
sicns must bsve given rise in the mind Of every
ints ligentresdsr. II the Journal intended to
.poke fnn''a at its party friends, 1t really could
not have done it up better. It's concealed
irony is exquisite. m
Ii the Atst place, Il calls the Fusion move
ment of last yesr--"The union of the People
for the sake Of the Unlon!' "This is sligbtjy
aslcistic,n . as AiTEMUs WARD NCuId say, when
it is no,ofiOus, and is c6aFged-by leading Fusion
Epspers themselves, that It was q union Of Poll.
|.icisns for the cake Of Office aud spOils. l
Bat moss provocative Of nisth are these sx.
pfessIons Of ths Journals, in alIudirg 70 the
Fusion organic The partisan hosdlideh
Of yesss we're 10 moment forgotten, and polit-
icAl anlmosItiss we're given to the Winds"
And again-The Fusion "was an organization
sacred ID iss nature, too pure In its purposes
too pAstiotic In its operations, and too powerful
and succsssful in ita results, to be abandoned
for the narrow policy Of mere partisan Issues .
Coming from the source they do, these sen,
tences must be taken as ronioaI, and to mean
tue exact reverse Of their verbal expression -
The readers Of the Journal aud all other men
know that the Fusion, vith-Abolitiou party, iu-
stead Of forgetting the partisan hostilitiss Of
years, revived them With fercer animosideu
than ever before. Everybody that would not
bin their party, and worship their idols, was
denounced as "secesh," "traitor," aud q
"sympathixer with rebels" Aud these denuu-
Citations we're applied without stint to every one
who adhered to the old Democratic organiza-
tion. There was, Of course, according to the
Jsuyasl. no partisan hosIility--nO political anil
mostly 10 All ihit--ob, mol What an limo
cent, gentle, forgIying thing that FasiOn party
wac!
Bat the cream Of the Joke is that this. Fusion
organ zilfon is too sacred, too pure, too patriot
10. and too powerful apd successiul, 80 be aban-
doned for she narrow policy Of mere partisan
issues.n Here the Journal makes "the un-
ki dsst cut Of all' as is party friends, espe
0 ALI, when every schooI-boy that reads the pa
pers, knows that the main business Of The Fu
sion party since It began to operate, has been,
as tits nov, TO forward and consummate the
psIilsan issuea Of the old AbOlitionists and the
more modern Republicans, as we'll as new par
tissn issues Of iss own.
The issue on the sboliahment Of slavery in
the District Of Columbia has been madS By
lhs AbOlisopis.s for the last twenty-five or THIRTY
yeays, and has Iait been put through BY ,he
FuIouisis, No parsipaDshIp 10 thati The Ab-
lbo,pionisn made another issue on The recosui.
tion ef Haytl and Libsia. ADD the Fusionis,s
1 have brought thss about. Tha Jenrnsl preiends
10 think foi course ls'S only pteteuse) Tho
there wss 80 paEtisanship q this. WI
Bat that which makes The JoHrhsly k6pjl
alaud ont most paipabls and clear. ssa bIt6r a.
cssm hponis p6rsys Is ,hss the FdSion n&e-
ment has helped tbe Republicans to glf the
form Of NV Of Copgress TO The gsea,t grand
partisan Isnue--.sbe probibiiisncf slavery ftte
Tenit6iit --iie Old AbolIiionR ,fhe iatesFreel
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