Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-17
~, what ls his present position1 Ga the IOlh
Of jane last, at Marietta, he thus stated Il: s,s

Try, what is his present position7 Oa the IOLh
Of June last, at Marietta, he thus stated Il: y.
It is said the orittenden resolution might bring Il
rssolution xaa offered g them before they
Accepted sSs rSa Sas !Sss. s.d
and do 1t for the reason that the nr gun fred upon
Sumter relieved us from the hraldom Of slavery, and
NEVER DESIRE TO PEACE nKDroREp. WITH PuLITi
CAL POWER oS THIS rNsTlTuTtoN RErNsrATFD.
That 10 Democratic, is III That 10 non-in-
tervention2 What political power has slavery2
fBy the Constitution II has the three.ffths baeis
of Fcpres entatlon. He would deattoy that
would hs2 Howl By freeing The Alkvos and
making every slave count one, instead of three
flths Of one In the ratio7 Thus be Nould ada
about twenty members of Congress to the South,
and by his absurd violation OF the Constitution,
increase the negro power Of the South in Con.
gress. What Democrat! No wonder he did
not vote for Douglasin 1860. have NO doub.
he carried lard oil, like "Wide iaMak e''i then,
as be carries lard oil now. [Laughter.l Yet
this IL the man who propels his "thick r0tund-
ty" over Ohio, abusing old Whigs, denounclpg
young Democrats and little Democrats, working
90 Of old, for his "bread and butter" [lsugh-
ter and striving to "make the heart Of the
people fat" 80 that they will accept bis Lupy
pauuch az the embodiment OF Democracy!
fGreat Laughter What q shameless spectacle
does he present! We pity the falling FAlstaff,
When reproaohed by the King; but no emot'on,
but that of mirth mingled with contempt,
arises in our minds as we perceive this gross
harlequin dancing over our State on the poll.
tical elack wire, With the nimbleness of
Blondin and the pouderosity Of Daniel Lambert,
rlaughterl holding In his hands balancing
pole, black at one end with Abolition, and white
at the other with his lifelong Democracy
Laughter IL he tumbles from the wire, who
will pity him7 nFor Greece blush, but not
for Grease tear.n Laughter.l HeshalInot
and can not hide his political puuescence be-
hind his Democratic antecedents. That name
will take away much reproacb; but II will not
cover such mountain Of hypocrisy. A "iife-
long Democrat" indeed! Itreminda one OF The
frst verse OF the fourth chapter of Isaiah:
"And on that day seven women shall take hold
Of one man, saying we will eat our own bread
and wear our own apparel, only let ne be cali.
cd by thy name to take away our reproach,",
| have thus shoWn the resemblance between
Falstlf and Bfough In many particulars. As
to his coWardico do yoHfemembef how valient-
ly the fat knight led his tatterdemslipas into
battle, and how he thrust the departed HoIspur
through and through. The simile 10 like, with
difference, Bfo1gh never yenturod into the
battle, either on horse or foot. But he talks as
bravely as Falstaff, and does as little execution
Hotspnr was dead; Vallandigham, though Ab.
sent, is living terror to his revilers. He is
not present, by his vehement eloquence, to an-
sWer bis 5isadsrcss; and thiai fat knight Of
the oofps d'Afrique can, With impunisy,
plunge his weapon all through and through
the reputation of tho forced exile. y This
10 bravery! For shame!I The age
Of chivslry ia indeed gone when plump
pusillauimity can thus rife the reputation OF
the absent, aud expect the rewards OF soldierly
suffrage for the deed. Bot our candidate will
some day appear. [CheerH. The mills of
God grind sloWly, but they grind exceeding
strong" When he comes, let our political Fal-
ataff look out for "thAw and dissolution" and
take the advice given TO his sntAype, to make
less his body, and more bis grace; know that
the grave doth gap for him thrice wider THAI
for other men. Then let his Republican friends
prepare the obituary taken from Byron's Cal
our, already suggested by al editorial friend:
40 It's GREAsr, DuT LIVING GREASE NO MORE.
[Cheers and laughter t-a 81 30 s.sis7
MIR. Cox then discussed the difference be-
tween the Constitution and its agents; the gov'
eminent and the administration, illustrating
his position by referring to the 18Th chapter Of
Romans; next the dispensing power used BY
JAMES ii, and the trial of the seven, bishops,
and the revolution of 1888, and applied the doc
trlnes Of that revolution to- the dispsralpg or
war power of hHooLns closing By urging on
the peoplslto vindlcate constitutional freedom
in Ohio this year, not BY revolution, but at the
ballot. .box-sbe only remedy left us-by the tri.
umphant success of the Democratic party!