Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-21
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The Ashtabuls Sentinel, Republican paper
in good IL not high standing in The party, In It's
ssue of the laih inst, has an article on state
politics, BY which 1t appears that the humbug
of the so-called "Union'' party isquite played
out In Ohio. 1t says:
The continuance Of the "Union" party meets
with but limited support, and that without mucn
enthusiasm; and the desire to hold Republi.
can Convention seems to be settliugi into liked
purpose,
The Sentinel takes occasion to speak in high
terms of the lbsrs!;.y Of Republicans, how
ever radical; bat having consented in 1861 to
divide the State offices with the so,called
"Union" Democrats, the repetition of the op-
Grafton this year, the Sentinel intimates, Will
be asking rather too much Of radical liberal
ity, for il afirms that
The utmost liberslity now cannot reach
division of the nominations again; and
straight Republican Convention this year seems
to be the only proper course OF the friends OF
the Administration.
So, "Union" Democrats, after being coaxed
into the support of radical Republican men
and measures by the bribe of division Of the
spoils, are very properly to be put on peui-
tentIal course in order to test their loyalty to
the party. Not only must they be content to
be deprived OF their share of the Offices; but
they must become one in name with the Aboli-
tiouisls, as they are in fact Says the Sentinel:
Whoever of the "Union Democrats" 10 now
disposed to support the President, is equally
prepared to take his position with the Republi-
cans 10 fact; and notning but the puerlle want
Of independence could make him object to the
name.
OF course nobody will dispute the position Of
the Ashtsbula editor that none but Gn srrant
cowrd will refuse to take the name and render
due homage to the party with whom be votes
and acts. That those who vote and act in the
same political organization with Republicans or
Abolilionists, should not be ashamed to adopt
the party name, the Senhnel gives the follow
ing reason;
All the issues that ever the Radical Republl
cans have made, are now Identified with---not
the policy OF the Administration only-but the
very existence Of the Government; and from
the day of the proclamation of Emancipation,
the most rugged issues' of former days, are
the only questions that parties will have to de.
cuss.
Radical Republicans" ii is agreed on all
hands, are Aboltionists of the GIDDIKas-SuM
SER school. CONWAY, of Kansas, belongs to
the same school. Their principles, We are told,
not by Democratic, but by Republican pa
per In Ohio, are identified with the policy OF
the Administration, and not only that, bat with
the existence of the Government. One of these
principles is that Union OF free and slave
States cannot exist. Hence, their policy, and
the policy of tue Administration which, we are
Informed, is the same, is to destroy that Union
BY destroying slavery, CT in other words, sbo,
ishiDg slave States,
This policy converts the war on the part Of
the Government, which was at first declared to
be war for the preservation of the Union Of
free and slave States, into an Abolition war for
the destruction Of that Union. Not only are
the radicals or Republicans going to plant
themselves uron the most "rugged Issues" Of
former days, but, continues the Sentinel:
The conditions of National existence hence
forth. are the conditions of freedom avowed by
the Republicans.
Thus, the Aboltionists give the people to
understand very distinctly that the United
States can have no national existence, except
upon the condition of giving freedom to all the
negroes in the county. In other words, they
say to us: II you, white men, will not make
war for the purpose o. setting free four millions
Of negro slaves, you as people shall have no
national existence. There is unconditional
Unionism for you with vengeancel The
Sentinel endesvors to prove that its position is
correct by reiterating in more pointed words
assertions It had already made:
All that the most radical have asked for, is
now the necessary and unavoidable policy oi
the Government. All who support il even in
It's effort TO put down the rebellion, must cup.
pert radical Republcsnism The only question
left 10, shall we have the manhood to call
things by their right names, and act as though
We respected ourselves and acted from princi-
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Mark the first sentence in this last quotation
--"All that the most radical have asked for is
now the necessary and unavoidable policy of
the Government" By the Government is here
meant the Administration. What have the
most radical AbolitiOnists asked for7 The en-
tire abolition Of slavery, or the separation Of
the free from the slave States. If the former
cannot be accomplished, the latter mustsas Con-
WAT insists. This, then, is, II we believe this
Republican organ, the necessary and unsvoid-
able policy Of the Administration, and all who
support it must support radical Republicanism
or Abolitionism. This is to be made, and Is
now insisted on, by the Abolitionists as the
test of loyalty to the Government Let, then,
things be called by their right names, and radi.
cal Republicans and all who vote and act with
them, be known ss they by their acts acknow-
ledge themselves to be, Disunion. Abolitiopists.
TIE other day, while Senate bill, providing
for the election Of School Examiners in the
several townships Of this State, was under dis
cussiou, Senator BIERcE took occasion to vent
HE pent up spleen st the Democratic party, by
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