Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-27
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Republican Conservatism Inenf-
81 ~ cient and NerVeless.

The Conservative men in the Republican
party have allowed themselves in the re-
cent Convention to be out-generalled. They
have lost everything and their honor. They
have not upheld their principles with dig
nifty or sustained them with tirmness. The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Endorsement OF
President JoHNsoN's policy is throughout
s1qualitied as to be no Endorsement at all.
The sixth resolution will be understood as
disappearing it, and can have no meaning
otherwise. For any other purpose than to
Indicate dissent from JoHNsoN's action, it
was wholly an Interpolation of unnecessary
verbiage. The 9Th resolution, excluding any
Limitation of the Constitution, inserts GID
DINGs' resolution of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, which, though objected to In the
Chicago Convention, as being as sunmeaning
as would be the adoption of the ten COM
mandnents, has another Specification in its
present use.. IL is license to permit those
who like ScHENCK, desire the South to be
held as conquered provinces-and ruled
by the War Department at Washington, for
from ten to thirty years, and until they
shall consent to allow their ignorant and
incapable slave population to vote, and
maintain permanently in power the Repub-
lican party argue that this is what the
Declaration of Independence meant when it
said "All men are created equal''-even
though JEFFERSON, who drew 1t, aud the men
who framed the institutions of our Govern
ment under it, never held that equality
meant negro suffrage, or even residentalien
voting, though of white men. But it
is premature for the Abolitionists of the
Convention to declare this intention as
principle. To-day they, know that it would
disorganize and dissolve their party. So
all they want is that the platform shall i'm
pliedly sanction their advocacy of the doc
trihe until they can soften down all oppo-
sition to it--or, as Senator SHERMAN indi-
Gates, get the Conservatives to comprehend
that place and power cannot be got or kept
without subscribing to the doctrine, that
the South should be Africanized and Mexi-
canized, to secure the ascendency In our
well knowing that this will promptly pur-
chase their acquiescence. The Conserva-
tives have permitted all this. Timidly they
have assented that their opponents shall
make use of their votes and influence In the
Republican organization to accomplish
their purposes, and like the dogs who lick.
ed the sores on LAZARUS, they are willing to
content, themselves with the crumbs that
fall from the Abolition table. Cox, tor
Governor; McBURNEY, Lieutenant Govern
or; JACOB BRINKERHoFF for Supreme Bench
(long term), and w. II. WEST for Attorney
General, are certainly in favor Of the ex-
tremest views of the Western Reserve. If
all.the balance were, which they are not
Conservatives. the doled pittance of power
would scarcely justify Conseryatives-ad
mitting they were Indifferent to principle
to sell their country's best interests and to
Africanize ard Mexicanize America, only
to make it the prey of bloody-minded
and interruptions demogogues. But tsmall
as it Is, their pitiful dole purchases Con-
seryative silence and assent Tell us
NOT that it is compromise in which the
evil principle is practically denied. In dec
larations Of opinion, negative declarations
of principles are worthless. ALI, however,
that Conservatives get isqualifed negative |
assent TO their principles, and the denial of |
position ard power In all positions that |
confer or lead to power. And they sub
NIT: without positive assertion secured of
their views, they have yielded all that was
valuable. Conservativeisn Is sleepy; Rad
icalism Is active aud tolls terribly for the |
power 1t covets. Conservativeism is scru- |
pulous, and desires things done decently |
and in order; Radicallsmi Is whollyreckless
and unscrupuious; and In the first State