Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-12


sons who have sent in their orders since
Thursday will know why they have not
been filed. They shall receive the paper
for the full length of time subscribed for.
We hope that Democrats will not weary in
getting up and sending in Clubs for the
Weekly promptly. Hereafter, we expect
toprint editions from which we shall be-
able to fill all orders. r
DOn't Furnish the 'sHDemOcracy ihe
re,I IBoIting Comfort" 1e a.
The Ohio State Journal, in its issue of Fri
dly morning, called attention to "several
articles which it reproduced from Aboli-
ton journals on the Reserve, represent
ing" as it alleged, "the radical view of
General Coxs Oberlin Letter." and The
Journal is jubilant that while I" they are
spirited and lively" they don't furnish the
Democracy the bolting comfort which it has
fondly anticipated"
IL was not the expectation on the part of
the Democracy that General Cox would
write letter to his 0berlin friends that
would cause them to bolt him. Whatever
turn affairs may take-whatever utterances
General Cox may make to catch the unwa-
ry and enlist them in his support-in the
end he will be found as true to the Oberlin
political theories as is the needle to the pole.
The Oberlinites understand General Cox,
if even nobody elso should understand him.
Let us see the temper in which these arti-
cles are written, to which The State Journal
refers with so much satisfaction. One of
them is copied from The Lordin County Netcs
published at Oberlin. That editorial we
gave entire. with our comments, in Friday
mornings STATESMAN. The second article
is from The Portage County Democrat, the
organ of the Abolitionists of Portage coun-
ty. The Democrat says that the questions
propounded to General Cox by the Oberlin
committee, are important and DISTINCT"
but that they were met in a spirit
at once captious and querulous," in
"a verbose and turgid essay, in
which he ,oholly euades a distinct reply to the
questions propouadcd, and especially to that
referring to an amendment of our own
Constitution'-a 'question" that The DEM
ocrat maintains, is ''at least" pertinent to
Ohio politics, whatever may be said of the
question of Suffrage outside of State limits;
but these questions are foreign to the Plat
form, claims the candidate;" and, insists
The Democrat, "the question of Suffrage
acas coyeSsedly and deliberately lodged, By the
Convention of June 2lst, and the candidate
now holds up that Platform as finality."
Through 'this long essay" The Democrat
states, General Cox, "with the pedantry of
a sophomore and the zeal of sciolist, adj
vocates separation of the races, by dis
tinct and defined geographical boundaries"
and that "this theory is so jejune and abb
surd, so positively impracticable. so foreign
to any ideas of mature craftsmanship, that
no one OF the Anti-Sufrage newspapers
that support General Cox and the Platform,
dare adopt or applaud it."
The Democrat admits 'that his position is |
an embarrassing one, By reason Of the daplic-
ity inaugTated by the Platform. to which he
feels that he owes such faithful allegiance"
cause of his ambition and for ''the indis-
Greet ardor of Immature years" but thinks it |
was not necessary that he should make
fool of himself. Under ordinary circumstan- |
ces it itmightbe natural to suppose that an edi-
tor who holds Gen. Cox and his letter in the |
estimation in which The Democrat holds them |
would decline to yield him his support. |
Now, however, such a supposition is un-
justifiable. The Democrat not only intends to |
support General Cox, but it calls upon "the |
Suffrage men " not to "divide and endan- |
ger the success of the. State Ticket" Why |
does it deprecate division lest it "endanger
the success of the State Ticket?'' "For in |
its defeat,n says The Democrat, zoe should
lose much, and gain nothing" Who would
'.lose much?n The Negro Suffrage men, of
course. Let nothing be done through |
spite or passion;" let us ever bear with
equanimity and composure the gibes of the
bushwhacking Commercial and its sympa-
thizers," counsels The Democrat. Where
fore should they put up with " the gibes Of
the 'buskwhacking's Commercial and its SYM
pathizersp" There is no use of doing this
unless something Is to be gained by way of
Offset. What will serve as an offset to these
s.jibes?" Isit Office that the Suffragemen"
are after specially? They scout the idea
that they are animated by any such pur-
pose. "we are contending for great and
vital principle" says The Democrat, and one
sohich . sre to prsuatl.n The "great and
vital principle" for which they are con-
tending embraces an amendment to the
Constitution of the State, striking out the
word white" and The Democrat is firm
in the belief that General Cox "cannot Sc
riously embarrass the struggle which
has commenced for the amendment
of the Constitution IL he is SO disposed.
nor can he retard the sure triumph OF that |
pressure and 1t is with it 'squestion |
whether he win desire to retard it"--that |
che just now, is simply embarrassed by q
Jana.s. faced Platform, and all he wants is to
be let Alone" The Democrat asserts that
they shave borne the heat and burden OF
the day as mallgned Abolitionists, until