Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-26
THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PLAT
fOHU.

The Resolutions adopted By the recent Rspub-
lican Convention 10 Ohio are not satisfactory TO
that party generally Il appears ths, they uere
the onspring Of the representatives Of the south
srn portion Of the State. the conservative part.
Who urged upon the committee on resolutions the
necessity Of moderste measures 10 secure success.
With great officially minority report. giving
expression 70 the views Of the radicals. was pre-
vented. and finally q compounds was effected By
inserting in the report . resolution reafirming
the doctrine Of the Declaration Of Indeps ndence,
and, a. q correspondent, remarks, implicitly. the
sertimen. that "all men were born free
and equal" The character Of the resolutions
vas carefully kept concealed from the radical
element in the Convention. until they we're read.
and they were finally put through the Conven.
lion BY call Of the previous question a. soon
Is they we're presented. thus cutting OF debate
and the Offering of additional resolutions giving
some decided expressions upon the question Of
reconstruction aud negro suffrage. We mention
these facts TO show that the radical sentiment in
the Ohio Convention. and il was probably q
majority. was s,iaed and forced to yield to con.
siderations OF policy and to the adoption of a
platform 10 which different constructions may be
aud undoubtedly will be given.
The Cleveland Leader, an influential paper in
Northern Ohio. and representing the popular
sentiment Of its party in that portion Of the
State 10 not satisfied with the Platform. IL thus
expresses lie objections to It.
"0ur objection to the Platform lies not ia what
IL says, but in what il fails to say We looked
for q bold and explicit declaration from the Con-
veniion on the subject Of negro suffrage in the
South and Of equal suffrage for whites and
blacks in the State of Ohio. We dsap-
pointed that IL has not 90 declared This ques-
ton cannot be lodged IL has been sprung upon
the people by the collapse of the rebellion, and
II must be met. State conventions may ignore.
politicians may evide it. but the people will dis
cuss and decide IL. Ii is irrepressible Ii comes
up In the press. 10 the pulpit, 10 private CONVEX
sation. Ii Is the issue--almost the only issue
OF the day. We regret. therefore. that the State
Convention did not declare itself explicitly and
Enthusiastically upon it,
Evidently the straight-out Republicans in Ohio
are dissatisfied with the -commttslism of
the resolutions. but at the same time the action
Of the Convention gives evidence that the con
place the negroes upon political equality with
themselves. There can be no question but the
elements OF .disentegration are having their in
huence upon the Republican party. In Iowa,
the Republican State Convention adopted Plat
form which proposes the extension Of
the right OF suffrage TO negroes and Indians,
or in other words. !. recognizes the doctrine
expressed By the new term of manhood suf-
frsge." Here is an antagonism in the expression
Of two Republican State Conventions. and the
same differences will be developed in Others As
the Leader remarks, the issue and almost the only
issue Of the day. is equal suffrage to whites and
blacks. not only in the reconstructed. but also in
the loyal States. and il is Question which
cannot be lodged or ignored by State Conven-
tons or politicians