The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-02-13

Of the Presidential Mansion. Not in
vain has the discreet Secretary of State
incurred the reputation Of having be-
come imbecile. Not In vain has the
whole Administration suffered the odium
Of drifting with the tide for lack Of .
policy. They could well afford to dis.
pense with the applause of the radicals,
while they silently directed that under
current which was to refer the gigantic
question, with which they would not
grapple, to the decision Of another Pres.
idential election. ss.-'..'-a-,
The Conservatives will Tri-
umph. E.
The chief element in the accomplish
ment Of this reactionSry movement is the
war which the Administration is con.
ducting for the restoration of the Union.
The war is indeed the trump card Of the
Democracy; not war for emancipation;
not war for conquest, but Mr.. Lincoln's
war for the Union. They have no fear
that it will serve the end of Abolition.
1t has passed that stage. Itsresults are
now in their keeping. All they wish is
its proloDgation. In the first place, it
holds the nation pledged to the princi.
pie that the Union is intact, and the
Constitution open to amendment through
Southern votes. In the next place, the
responsibility of it being with the Re-
publicans, it weAkens them sadly in the
elections. And in the third place, its
effect is to wear away and depress the
shareholders, and dispose them in favor
Of conciliatiOn. The war, in whatever
aspect it may be presented, is an admir-.
able instrument for them. II il should
happen to meet with unexpected success,
and defeat the rebellion, the slavehold.
ers will be brought back Just in time to
join them in the election. If it should
lag and accomplish no results as now
seems likely, this will inevitably insure
them triumph in the popular vote.
Their theory is and it is a sound one
that the two forces, Abolition and Sc
cession, now in deadly conflict, have on
ly to be permitted to continue the 6ght
long enough to wear each other out,
and cause the political waters to snbside
to their former level.
Thus, on the basis of the war, they
have complete mastery of the situa-
ton, and no earthly power can prevent
their success.
The Army Conservative.
Nevertheless, without reference to the
result of the war, | consider the chances
of the Conservatives in the election far
superior to that of the Administration.
Great reliance is placed by the latter on
the vote of the soldiers; but, in my opin-
ion, this is delusive. The soldiers will
be affected in like manner with the rest
of the people, and, moreover, will be
tired of military service and anxious to
return home. They will be dissatisfied
from a thousand causes and desire a
change. The suffering and indignation,
yet to be engeudered by the unlimited
issue of an irredeemable paper currency,
will of itself overwbelm the Admins
tration party, and sink it deeper than
plummet ever sounded. But the Demo
Gratis, in my judgment, safely calculate
that they can take issue on any one Of 9
hundred necessary incidents Of the war,
and defeat their opponents by large
majority.
The Proclamation a Failure.
Many suppose that the effect of thu
Proclamation of Emancipation will b
to so thoroughly, speedily, and com
pletely annihilate and extirpate slavery
, that the Shareholders will have no longe
motive to act together. This is al
egregious mistake. The Proclamation
q will have no such effect. 1t caDnothav,
any such effect. Its consttutionality il
8 denied. 1t is still unexecuted, aud it!
validity undetermined. The whole sub
ject is yet open to debate and final set
tlement. The Judiciary Department i
3 to render its dicision upon it; and, il
y. the mean time, it is to be the controlling
Q issue in popular election for President
This state of things will undoubtedly in
spire the Shareholders with more reso
lutte purposetban ever. Their effort wi
not, as heretofore, be to prevent the AT
|. olitionist from freeing the slave, as a dis
h tant and speculative proposition, but
O rescue him from the grasp Of the enem
,r already actually laid upon him. 1t wi
y redouble their will and bring out eveI
N latent energy.
}, SumneE His Wagnus Apollo.
in The Senator from Massachusetts { M
~ Sumner,) who has lately been re>clecte
ne 10 serve another term of six years in Il
~ body he has so long adorned, should,
a. this crisis, point us to the proper actio
IN His purely Northern character, his gre
OF abilities, his lofty aspirations. his sacI
ey fees for freedom, the entire confidence
ir4 his State, so spontaneously bestowt
be upon him-and that State the noblest
Ii. merica--all single him out as one a
a. thorized aud required to speak with
be decisive voice on this great occasion.
n. There are also in this House gent
q men whose words on this momento
he theme the country will listento with
sy.itense interest. The honorable memt
so from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Thaddeus -
n, vens,) one Of the truly great meR of
an merica - full of learning and wisdom
be tried by long years of arduous serVI
yo in this cause, who has never faltered, a
nd is now reelected in his District by ov
Dir vile etming numbers, stands foremost