Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-06

to his connection with TINS paper nv"
win you have them, boys, "stewed or
friedr'
SINCE the s1oyalr organ in this city has,
in the chaste language OF "Honest ABE"
, ssturned tailr on Mr.. CHASE we feel It prop
er that we should transfer to our columns
Circular, prepared under the auspices
Z Of the CHASE men, setting forth the
reasons why ABRAHAM LINCOLN should not
be sshis own successor" twill be seen that
: the first part Of the document Is an elabor-
ate presentation Of the argument in favor
ofthe one-term principle, the force of which
cannot be impaired. The Circular makes
the following additional points which are
well taken:
/. arhe people have lost all confidence In
Mr.. LiScoLN's ability to suppress the rebel
lion and restore the Union"
9. Mr.. LINcoLN's interest and his person.
al ambition are co-incident with the contin-
uance Of therebellion and theperpetuity Of
the war.
8. Had he chosen, he could have either
brought back the States with their institu-
tions and laws, OF he could have conquered
the rebellion according to the Abolition
theory. His yascillation has been the reason
why our armies have not succeeded in the
destruction Of the rebellion.
\ A. Mr.. LINCOLN cannot be elected ''unless
he should be tempted, IN an erithour, to use the
military po,cer IN his hands for sugpressing the
freedom Of elections in The loyal States"
5. Under his policy, debt has been ac-
cumulated which, astounding as it is, Is in
its infancy, If ABRAHAM LINCOLN is to be
President second term.
This is grave Indictment solemnly
framed by those who voted for Mr.. LINCOLN,
and who now claim to be Internationally
loyal.r The document deserves to be care
fully read, for each count in the Indictment
is dwelt upon at considerable length. 1t is
admitted that the ''rebel sympathisers'
have no responsibility for the failures of the
Administration ''for they have had no means
of interfering with the orders Of the Presi-
dent who has had all the men and money
he asked.
The Chaseites could not have done better
than to have quoted the deliberate declara-
tion of the committee on the Conduct of the
war made one year ago. which is as true
now as it was then, in these words: :,
~ The Administration called by the people
to the head Of the Government, In this the
most critical period of the nations history;
was more promptly and fully supported
hot ~ ot,x Nnx ont -
which history has preserved any record
The call of the President for money and
men had been more than complied with;
no legislation which he had deemed nee
.essary iIad been dcuief by Gongress and the
people had most nobly and generously sup
ported and sustained what their represent
atives had promised in their name. The
came Congress, fresh from their constitu-
ents, had again met and there could be no
doubt that, as they had before acted, so
would they continue to act. 1t needs but
to refer to the history of the Congress just
closed, its prompt and thorough action,
clothing The Erecltire scith The fullest p0tcer,
placing at his disposal all the resources Of men
and money eohich this nation possessed, to prove
that your committee judged rightly that
Congress needed no prompting from them
to do its entire duty.
Not upon those whose duty it was to pro-
tiuc tllc nicdfis HCccosdIy w put uOWn Inc Z
Rebellion, bat upon those tchose duty IL soas
to Yightfully apply those means, and the agents
they employed for that purpose, rested the blame,
n any that the hopes Of the nation hare not
been realized, and its expectations haze so long
been disaEpointed.
B. +. WADE, Rep-) 81.
q. c. CHANDLER, (Rep-)
On the part of the Senate.
d. w. GOOCH, Rep.,) 81
JOHN COV0DE, (Rep,)
: fsA G. w. JULIAN, lRep.,)
X. M. +. ODELL, (0,) :.
On the part of the House.
In this connection we win add the fol- !.
lowing threat extracted from an elaborate
editorial in the Missouri Dmoru, the lead
ing Republican organ west of the Missis-
sippi:
If high-handed attempt is to be made
to force Mr.. Lincoln's nomination upon that
Convention, the attempt will necessarily
beget revolt; for which, and for whatever
disastrous consequences flow from it, these
desperate schemers viii be held respons-
ible.
SOME people seem to have got the idea
that TO be O0nservdtire in politics, man must
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