Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-30
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81 <igAsHtNoToNs D. c. April "a, 1866.
Andrew Johnson's conspiracy to destroy
the great Republican Union party OF Amer
lea Is being rapidly developed, The signs
this morning are unmistakable. 1t is now
ueonlidently asserted BY the politicians, tc
whom johnson has given the contract that
Colonel Richard Coulter, of Westmoreland
county. Pennsylvania. has been fixed upon
as theaJOhnson candidate for Governor, aud
will be placed in nomination at Pittsburg
in July next, when and where the purpos-
es of this new movement Will be formally
and explicitly stated. But this is wholly
unnecessary, as these purposes are defin-
itely understood to be the overthrow Ofthe
Republican Union party, the election OF
,CIymer over Geary, the oblteration Of the
Republican majority in Congress, and the
admission of the rebels into the Senate and
House. Whether Colonel Coulter is will
ing to assist in producing this lamentable
condition of things remains to be seen.-
But the ball has now fairly opened, and
there is not county In Pennsylvania In
which Republicans are not to be tempted
bv the patronage belonging to that party
to aid in its decentralization and defeat
The busiest man in this shameless treach-
ery Is the President himself Only the
most desperate adVenturers accept his in-
vitationlto Join him IN his work of revenge.
They are hugely delighted when they can
persuade an honorable Republican to take
their bribes. The names Of good men are
freely and falsely used in this connection
to give color to the general betrayal.
1t is unnecessary to discuss the question
whether with the offices these selfish men
receive, they can really effect the Presi-
dents object. Foreseeing that he cannot
force his policy through Congress with the
assistance of the great organizations That
carried on and conducted the war, he has
determined, Under the guidance of William
H. Seward, to employ the ready and re.
vengeful agencies of the Copperheads Of
the North and the traitors of the South
to bring it about. He will thus satiate, he
believes, his hatred of 'the Radicals" and
complete the ruin of his country at the
same time. Mr.. Stewards dream Is the
Presidency. He expects, when the work
of shame has been accomplished, that
the congenial organizations defeated by
our armies in the South, and our people at
the ballot-bOXes in the North, will discard
johnson and take him up as their candi-
datel There have been halluclnations
before, but none so forlorn as this; and YET
those who know Mr.. Seward insist that
some such glamour has mystified him.
The chief difficulty in pertecting this con-
spiracy is to find soldiers willing to consent
to become the tools of these party game
sters. 1t is true that thousands OF these
brave men are needy, and many OF them
incapable, from wounds received in battle,
to pursue their ordinary avocations; yet u
stands 10 their immortal credit that up 70
this time, very fep haze agreed to take the 6oua-
. ~ Of these reckless COnsptrdtorS. And when
sOne is forced by his necessities to take ONCE,
he does so either with a protest against serJ-
ing with the Copperheads and rebels, or il
he consents to such surrender, conscious
of the scOrn and contempt of his recent
comrades in arms. 1t is 10 those lohO fought
do,on the rebellion that the country must look
for protection against this ae,o tredchery. Cor
rupt politicians are of course ready to sell
out. You can see them waiting for their
pay around you; and very few whose Re-
publicanism has been noisy, are prepared
tOdefend ''mv policy" in return for lucra-
tive office. Upon the soldiers the friends OF
the country can rely. They can best ap-
7preciate the treachery of the man now in
the Presidential chair. They anticipate
that all his arrangementsare made TO bring
back the rebels into power aud to break
down the Union party which stood so firm
bulwark between the army and the Copper
heads during the war. The true friends of
the Republic, the mighty organization so
effective in works of charity and beneVo-
lence, must not think their labor is done.
A new struggle is before them. In the
very citadel of liberty is found the chief
enemy, and if the people are not themselves
resolute and proof to all the bland
ishmeRts of patronage and power, short
time will see the aristocracy of the South
restored to that fatal asceDdency which
safely prepared and speedily precipitated
the rebellion. OCCASIONAL.