Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-09
Al The Platform OF the .sOhio statesman,' y
Laid Down for the Democracy.

The Platform OF the ssOhio Statesman,n
Laid Down for the Democracy.
= The sOHro SrArnnls, litter slsoderipR and
nbusing the CSisie and its editor for ths past
two or three weeks, comes out on Sunday
morning with its rpiatform" for the united
Democracy, elbows lie oolors, and thus lets ell
know what 10 the matter. The STArEshAn says
ID the close Of an article headed, "War DEM
ocrats and Pesce Democrats:'
Give the resident all the men and money he may
need, andh Id him 20 strict for the use
Of them; and then turn our united efforts in such d.
iecton prevent, e fsr ss possible, the evils and
threatened by the war. Let Democrats abandon all
thcr caviling and diSputing, and join together In
policy sach o. that above indicated and they will have
the Corporation OF all the conservative men Of the
country and be enabled to take the Of the
Government nom iis present incompetent hands, and
thus put the Democtic party in position 10 deal Of
fective with this terrible civil war, and In such
ner a. sound policy patriotism and true satesmAnship
shall demand.
We give the above wide berth, that our
readers may know what is the matter with that
paper, and to notify them in advance Of what
10 going on. The platform of the SrATEsMAH
10 oil that the most intense Lincoln man could
sAtk, and We do not see why any man can ark
more Of bis devoted friends. We have seen
what Mr.. Lincoln doe, with "au The msn and
moasy he may need" Put these into his hands,
and, rom what We have seen and experienced
In Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland and
Delaware, to ssy po.bing of Ohio and other
States, he Will tura up his nose Ct all opposi-
tion, and Democrats may not only "absndon
all cavlling," but the ballot-boxes also, and
postpone their conventions ill doomsdsy, In
siead Of until NEXT March. That the Demo-
cratic party is to be sold out, TOO. aud brincb,
II some OF lie present professed leaders can do
u, We have the very best reason for believing.
The evidence is all around Us.
We extract the shove from the Csisis Of tbil
date, December oh. Our article on "War
Democrats and Peace Democrats" was only q
repetition Of what We had said time and again
before. II is arrant folly to get mp any such
designations, and can only work evilresults. A
good Democrat needs no handle to bis name
and inconside.as or selfish men who are triv'
Ing TO divide the party by the use of such
means, are not ft To be considered good sd.
visefs. The Democratic party must 70, only
stick together, ii II would benefit tie country
but it must pursue such policy as win draw all
men OF conservative views, not now acting with
II, into lie cooperation and aid. rig
As to what policy Il will pursue when 1t OBJ
tains the control Of the Governmss {, is quss.
ton We have urged time and time again, Can
only be properly decided after the Aboltiouists
are expelled from power, snd honest constitu.
tionsl men have succeeded to the adminis,ra-
tion Of public affifs.
After writing the few pArsgrspbs referred 10,
about "War and Peace Democrats" We sp-
red the paragraph which the Crisis has In
corporased into the above article. and to which
shat pspsr promptly gives "wide berth ~
We can assure our "sweet tempered" neighbor
that We are obliged to him for his prOmptness,
although il was not unexpected. We knew
the paragraph would have bis attention and de-
nunciation, when We prepared 1t. lpdeed, our
object was TO draw his FIRE, and to show that
bis mslignity toward the STATESMAN would
compel him to condemn in as What be had az,
sollsd in others, and We nave succeeded MOS
satisfactorily. Before we wrote the quoted
paragraph, We took up "vALLANDIeHAh's Rec
ord, and turned to his speech made 10 Con-
gress on the 18th Of Janusry. 1863. which
Gov. MEDARY praised in the most extrsvagani
mAnnsr, and said IL would "be well If this na.
tisu ponders seriously and with Judgment owe,
the words Of wisdom and burning eloqusnce
which run through eV@y paragraph. sentences and
Iise." On page l79 and $50 of the book, Mr..
vALLAEDIeHAM quotes Mr.. CALHoUN's views as
to the dssy Of Q cisizen to his government in
times Of peace or war, thus:
hold that there 10 a distinction in this re-
spect between state Of peace and war. In
the latter the right of Withholding suoplies
ought ever to be held subordinate 10 the ener-
getio and successful prosecution of the war.
90 further, and regard the withholding SUP
plies, With the view Of forcing the oouatfy into
o dishonofsble peace, as not only 10 be what IL
has BEEN called, "mofal treason, ''but very lii
tie short Of actual treason itself.
Upon this principle, laid down by Mr.. CAL
zouH, Mr.. vALLASDrgHAhs says the former acted
In the Mexican War, and he quotes from Mr.
CALHOUN Of shat time, thus: .s-
Every Senator kloWs that was opposed to
the war; but mono knows buk myself the depth
Of that opposition. With my convictions of lie
character and consequences, ID was impossible
foe me to vote for it. But after war
vas declared By authority OF the Government,
aequiesced In what I could not prevent aud
which IL was Impossible for me to avert, and
then / felt IL TO be my duty to limit my efforts
70 give such direction to the war 90 would, 40
far 90 possible, prevent the evils and dangers
II IA