Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-16
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Mr.. GoRroN, General Agent Of vAd,
ans Express, has daily throughout tn,
week iapntribntsd t0i opr qualification BY
bringip9 us Sopthern papers In advance o
themaiI q and to Messengers or the SAM
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Western papers ~ advance Of the mail,ols
TIE CoIambns JOurnaI's Inyec'
aatwe Against the RresIdeht'S Mes.
seMge.o danin 20 hna ,b9dsinGd sWohnh
qThs ct0tsn,bas AtOrpi,ia 5oaradt assume.
t6be the Central Organ of the Republican
party Of Ohio; but as yetit hasInot in di.
rect hnsquiv0eal or manly language either
approved or disapproxed the views. an.
nonnced through the Presidents Message
1t did, on morning i gavstbe Message
to its readers, say that the Presidents
''dVUlalptiens are 4llot tl1e straIgh El6f ward
kind, and the docdment is just such a one
as the public, expected from cANDRnw
JoHks0S;" but It abstained from saying
whether those 'straigh tfoFYardp 'deelara7
tlons" received It's Endorsement. The STATES
MAN, on Monday, the llthinst, took occasion
TO, ,reeite from the Demoeratic Platlormoof
1866 ltsp points and recognized their in
dorsement in the "docag'ent' mot in all the
Presidents acts3 which the Josu,id declar-
ed was gust such a one as the public ex-
pected nom A8bREw JoHSsoS.s- The
Joraat was prompt to seize upon this cir
cumstance and herald 1t as an Endorsement
ofrthes Message bylTHE STATESMAN, which
ittTRE SrA ATEsAfANf '.claims Is a slightly
diSguised copy Of the Ohio Democratic
Platform of 1866" Not one word did it
utter Sby way Of 'controvefting the po-
sitiOn rilassumed d byaa THE oST6fEsAiAN
that the leading points of that Plat
form had received Endorsement In the
Message TIts lei, TaE STATESMAN
assumption IN this regard go out upchal=
lenged nor has 1t since given expression
to, one word sdisereditinGi the idea of such
indorsemeBt; but, on the other hand, In its
issue Of Friday 1t afHrns the position OF
The STATESMAN and then through the LAM
gdage Of the Crisis innulges in violent
inyecslye against the Message. The Jour
nal takes The STATEsMAN's statement that
"he {Rfesident JoHNsoN) could not have
made the sentiments of his Message har-
'm9niza more fully, with the sentiments of.
that Platform" than he did, and, then intro
duoes the following, under pretense that
there isA eKllkenny cat fight between
"the Crisis and THE STATESMAN" touching
the Democratic Platform of 1865:
The Democratic State organ-the Crisis,
has the following in regard to President
JOhus0R's Message -------------------
Lis no uncommon thing for ruler to1
begih an address TO his people by an llvo-
cation OF the Constitution, OF which his |
Government is perpetual contradiction.
4" Presideut johnson. inhis first Message
to Congress, has adopted this tFaditiOnal-r
triekof fsurpers and demagoghes. His la
bored apostfOphe. to The perpetuity OF the
Constitution would be a fine thing, but for !
thec ecifcHns lance that tits delivered Init
ter disregard Of the fact that the COnstitu-
tioh has practically ceased TO obetheiguiding
instrument of the Government. IL has been
destroy ed--not; as might be inferred from
his atgament, BY the States-but by the
ACOo VI bllC CuCIdl IONCTuultIlly CSDcCldllY 4
charged with its preservation" 'l-E7
The following choice language occurs in
The course of the article, with reference to
The Message: % -.
This father the audacity and cunning
If the demagogue than the boldness and
wisdom OF che statesman" "Starting ~ith1
hese tFansparent consisteacies, it is not1
chat the policy he-indicates-
I he indicates any poliey--should becrude,
TacillatingL feebles and confused" ('SrOO
)repostefOus to Contemplate |seriouslyg
'PrepOsterous and absurd.Ds "Demagoeical
of the Message upon the sub
ect Of ofmO16poliesp ~This sort Of East
tennessee electioneering elap-trap"-,!theI
OmmDn property, Of (pot7hous politicians,
emago2ues and ofiee+seekers.ne HThe
Residents argument on the negro Suffrage
question: Is as empty aud full 81 duplieits |
IS his titade' against mOliopOlies.n HHish
eference to the Monroe doctrine Rabsolute-
y puerile and contempti ble9' The Mes
age winjbs regarded ID foFejgne eoafts as a
omplats and pasillanimoHs abandonment
4 the Abhfoe doctrine" O. te5zs -. \
Inc shecimeh OF polished yigor.-<
"The, Message, taken all In an, is per-
APPS all that we could expect from Pres-I
lent Id pOhnson's position, anxious for al
e-electi0B, without the honest support ofb
ither party l&b0rihg to create one for him-
elf Out0f the dfegs of both, and feeIingl
imself etushed betweeBcthe factions he's
rying to reconcile, eajole and ride. Itex-
resses the fears and hopes of the political
spirant, rather than the wisdom and c0ur-
ge of the Chief sMagistrate. =, IL covers 10
very fierce fahatical idea; Il bullies every
1t lamely lodges every difficult
7. ls Democracy is spurious and mean :
lgleSs us Ab0lisionism is lpusillanlmous
nd hypocrltical; its conservatism is an i'm
ositi0n. The offlce-seekerS Of all factions,
le feeble-minded and ostrich-wise leaders
mercenaIY eliques, Will swear il isthe
% twisd0n, and the ne plsts attrd
fstatesmanship; they will vex the public
lind with ther pneFile and selfish plahdits,
nd creep In the dust upon their bellies to
low their adulation of its perfidious dema--k
Ogis1f ! but the pl IN comnon; sense of the \
sORlas win oWeigh the Message in stFuer ~
,alesyand, while awarding ali the etedItl 4
latthe Pfesideht's acts deserve, will be |, {,
lary Of their approval of mere words and
'ntiments coming from their, servant" Il
BsfaSea do SfkEHssfAk and the orisis1 :
here is no controversy, nor has there been
ny, nor ii leEe likely to be, in regard to-
he lDelnocrafic Platfofm,s The Journal I
noEs sfhis, Weliss The only issue thatIthe y
risis might raise Is; that the President's1
Lessage does NOT ipdorse the, doctrines OH
ne Democfatic Platform. The Crisis Makes
o assault il the foregoing on the Demo Z.
ratic Platform, as the Journal pretends,
al fo l,rnafs - - :. ;. !. lrlrssF u Z -. Il