Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-03
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State, held for the purpose ofnominaiing
candidates for election to Congress,
will meet. In one or two instances.
they have already done SO, and
in almost all our State ex-
changes in the various Congressional Dis
tricts we observe that calls are being issued
them The primary caucuses
and elections, which are 50 fundamentally
and essentially important in determining
the final action of these conver tons, are
even now being held, and will esme OF
almost daily in different parts of the State
during the present month. The present
is, therefore, a fitting season for a word IS
to the objects and principles that should
govern the action Of these conventions.
Too much Importance cannot be placed
on their result. It Is, to be sure, essential
to the success of the Union arms and the
final triumph OF liberty and justice that
the candidates Of the Union party for
PRESIDENT ami Vice President be
successful in the ensuing elec-
tion. But it Is equally essential
that their hands be upheld. their meas
1res sustained, their efforts for the suppress
sion Of rebellion co-operated with, by pa
triotic, resolute, liberty-loving majority in
both houses of Congress What could
President Lincoln dc. when reelected if
his hands should be tied by the factious
imposition Of a Congress composed of such
men IS the minority Of the last Congress-
A repeal of the Conscription Act-a re-
enactment Of the infamous Fugitive
Slave Law and its Congeners-s refusal to
cooperate with the financial and military
measures Of the administration, and
s failure to enact the appropria-
ton bills essential to the carrying or
of the government, would be among the
least Of the evils resulting from an opposi-
ton majority in the House of Representa-
tives.
Of this event, however, we have no fear,
and it il, only by way Of caution that we
allude to the ruinous results which
would follow it. As far as the State of
Ohio is concerned, we are certain that it
will do far better in this respect next fall
than Il did two years ago. The present
Ohio delegation stands Union
5, Democrats a. Last fall Brough
carried epery Congressional District 5ut
one, by majorities ranging from 400 10
1900, and was beaten in that one, the
Fifth, by majority of only 1929 votes.
And it is perfectly safe to predict that at
least fourteen ont Of the nineteen districts
of the State may be relied on to elect
Union representatives at the approaching
election NJ
ButneFertheless let not a single effort
be spared to make assurance doubly sure.
Let every precsution be taken to ensure
zranar na1zaiaatinns- and no work omitted
to make their election certain. The first
duty in this respect rests with the coming
Conventions. Let them do their work
with faithful, unselfsh devotion to
the interests of the country. Let them,
in selecting their candidates, be influenced
by no scheming calculations for obtaining
ofice. Let them not heed the counsels
Of disappointed sOreheads. Let not per
5onsl claims or considerations have weight
in preventing them from sending their
hest men to Congress. Above all, let no
.Ocsle quarrels, over the rights Of
any county, district or ward, be
admitted to a moments consideration
The candidates nominated should be Sc
ected with single eye to their fitness for
he Office and their ability to carry the
election. And for this purpose the nomi- !
1ees in the various districts should not on
y be men of talent, Of unspotted and IN
'lemished record, of deep and proven
oyslty, patriotism and progressive pnn-
.iples, but they Should also be men that can
md VIII soork-work heartily and earnestly
n the coming canvass. The Copperhead |
opposition win be wary yigilant deter
mined, dangerous. Their leaders are skill
d, able and unscrupulous. Their organi-
atien is complete and perfect. They
aust be met and beaten in the canvass, to
ecure their defeat at the polls They
lust be yanquished on the stump, out
anvassed and out-srgued And this work
lust be led and organized by the nomi-
ees, if it is to be done at all. Let there
pre-, the Congressional candidates be ear
est able, eloquent workers
We trust that the principle Of rotation
| Office, always a misehievous one, may
OF Re applied to prevent the renomina-
on of the present Union members from
lis State. They are all men Of talent,
striotisna and of nnhla- -raaard They
ave proved their love OF country and
berty by their speeches and votes in the
resent Congress. They have, though
", maint tanned the fair fame of Ohio un-
,otted by their sterling ability and ire
rOachable fidelity to principle. Let them
I'VE their just reward Let Spalding.
araeld, sebenck, Ashley and Eokley be
d neglected. II
The Second Rebel Invasion
The telegraph news, in regard to the re-
mt re-invasion of Maryland, though full :