Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-13
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True Sentiments Of the Radicals.


A day or two after the adjournment of
the great Conservative Mass Meeting, re-
Gently held in st, Louis, the Democrat an
nounced ''the determination of large
number of our unconditional and Radical
Union citizens to hold Convention for the
purpose OF giving President johnson, an
honest and aneQutoOcal Endorsement of his
course. This movement, or pretended
movement, our cotempOrary declared was
"rtght," and went on to urge its favorable
consideration upon its partisans., Upwards
of a week has elapsed, and, so far as we
have been able to see, there has been no
cordial affirmative response on the part Of
tire Radicals of the State to the Dem0crdts s.
suggestion! Thia fact alone is of signii-i
cance,as showing the goodness Of the party
the great body Of the sincere Radicals Of
the State those who are looking forward to
ne office, and desiring nothing beyond tho
recognition of their view of pTinciples-are
disgusted with the absurd position Of the
Democrat, which tlrey feel is the emanat,ona
OF hypocrisy and duplieity. The So. Charles
Cosmos on this point speaks out with earn
estness and independence. That paper
says: " w. ,'' - "' ,"'' '@.'o'7- 7ap''
1--WE can see no reason why the iniscarri4
age of Conservative meeting tor the pur-
poseiof indorsing the President, should ,in-
duce the true Union men to follow suit, thus
showing that they care Tess for principles than
for party and official .faoOr. We dare to say;
though some may denounce us as an apost-
ate from, the party, that. there are 6ut JeW
Radical men Qrom prtnctple) acho, are aotllingto
fndorSe all acts Of President Johnson. If a
Convention isto be called let IL be meet
Ing of Radical Union men to express their
Indignation that the President calls himself,
after four years of war brought upon us by
the South, yet Southern man, thus foster
ing and sanctioning the spirit of SECTIONAL
ism; we want no Northern and no Southern
men at the helm, of the Government; we
want whole-sOuled true American who is
inspired by the eternal truths and principles
of the Declaration OF Independence p,Gnr.'
l'Let the meeting to be called express
their Indignation at the n1isapplication of the
pdrdOntng polger.
'Let it express their indtgnation at a s,s-
tenn or reconstruction totich Sarrenders TO the
foe all the hard earned fruits of bloody uiGtVT-
les that places, the, dominion at the South
again in the hands Of the late rebels which
abandOns the Ioyalists I'M the South pap
tfeularlyl the colored ones, to the tender
mercies of their foes. ,.fff' I....,..t. .,r, =,
"Only after President johnson has seen
the errors of his Administration until now,l
and has taken the right direction, it would
be proper to call on the Radical Union men
to applaud and indorse him. Let him first
carry out his own words and make treason
odious = let him cease to pardon rebels that
theyrmay hold offices; let him cease to sane
tion the arming OF rebels after doing this
he may more justly ask the Endorsement of
the nation. ---.s-----
H1he call, issued IN the ID De,a0crAE does mot
enldndte. in our opinion, from the logGI masses
entdndteS from. Il SYGoPHANTS AND, OFFICE
sEBKERs.r We despiSe the spirit that dictated
this call, and copsiderit far more, worthy of
the servile subjects of some foreig gn, poten-i
tate, than of the free citizens of republic,
who have right-tO, criticise even the acts,
of their first and most exalted servaRt.9I n,
"The experiences with the present system
Of reconstruction are certainly not uery Jiat-,
tertng to the Sdgdcity Of our Presi-,
dent. What Southern If Convention +, has
openly and honestly , cast of the,
doctrine of Absolute State Sovereign!
typ What Convention has joyfally accept
ed the emancipation of slaves, and adopted
measures for their protection and elevation?
Not single one ! And just this lack of
HEARTFELT loyalty shoes the present system
of reconstruction to be a. failure and only,
calculated to provoke, in the late rebel
States, in the end a war of races; for ALI
the schemingsUand stEivings OF Southern
Conventions have but one aim: the restora-
tion of slavery under another, name. Who
can, in the face of such facts, iad0rse the Press
tdeRtF Certainly, no man who has the best
interests of the whole Union at heart.s hEgb
'sPresident Johnson has not justified the eD-
pectattons Of the Radical party; he cunnot,
therefore, claim their indorSenaeRt. just be-
cause the Union men of Missouri helped to!
elect him, they have right, to require OF
him strict conformity with the funda-
mental principles OF our Government. and
every law of Congress, even the act of con-,
tiscation.ni rsj ~ ,a'Vdv. ygi9d ii q,.irI
Here is the true feeling of the Radicals of
Missouri towards President johnson blunt-J
ly spoken. We commend TO the Democrat
the compliments or its ST. Charles cotem-,;
porary, its late coadjutor.g The Cosmos ed-,
itor is not seeking to have a. hand I'm the
distribution of valuable official patronage.
He is not laboring to promote partisan
demagoguery; and hence he keeps an eve I
to the success purelyi; ofstheprinciples to-
which, according t0ihis view, ther Radicaisl
are committed.T If there is to be GonvBnia
ton called by his party to, consider the.
course of the EXecutive,l he desires il toibe
one, not of Endorsement, but of Indignation
and condemnation. The Presidents plano
of reconstruction; his reference of the do
nestle government of the Southern States
to the people of each, respectively; his
liberal exercise otthe ipardoningi power
his failure to justify Interpretations of the
Radical party-5nlerit 9ebuks rather than
approval; according to the ST. Charles pa
per, which is by,no means alone in the ex- .
preston of sincere Radical opinion! IIhy
the light of these honest estdevelopments, the {
pandering, paftering, double-faGed course i
OF the Democrat is despicable indeed.--St.l
Louis Republican {.iut H93d sBh toni sidT
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