Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-23
A Republican Paper Upon the Ac-
tIOn of the Radical State Con-
ventiOn. .

From the Cincinnati Daily Union, June al
THE STATE CONFERENCE.-The sO-called
Union State Convention assembled in SOL
emn conclave yesterday at Columbus-its
nroceedings are given In detail elsewhere.
IL would probably have been better had
there been no Convention at all, and the
nresent incumbents of the offices which
were TO be filled for another term, permit
ted to retain them by unanimous consent.
All trouble would have been spared in go
ing to the Capital; andthe orators of yes
tertlay might have saved their wind for
some future occasion. 1t seems there was
no new timber out of which office-holders
could be manufactured, and the gentlemen
of the Convention were so well pleased
with the PRESENT officials that they con-
cluded not to disturb them in their respect
i've positions. Candidates who had imagined
they had some show, on account of their
devotion and their sacrifices to the country,
before a body of Union men, found out
their mistake when they were given the
90 by. and had the cold shoulder turned to
them by those who were in the interest of
men already in power.
Soldiers we're unrecognized by the Union
State Convention. Those men, who have
heretofore been loud in their professions
of devotion to the soldier, could not see
him when there were places to be appOr-
toned Out-places of profit and honor.
Those gentlemen who had enjoyed the Of
fees for one term did not believe in the
one term doctrine, but were desirOus of
serving the public another series Of years.
Insatiate officials, would not one term
suffice? especially when there were those
who had done the State more service
in defending it from rebels who rose
up in arms to destroy it, who were
willing to take your places, and had re-
ceiyed assurances that the party of the
Union was the party who could never do
too much in behalf OF the soldiers Of the
Union. We think that the soldiers, as a
body, will not be very well pleased with
the ticket presented for their sutfrages.
The Convention again erred in commit
ting the Union party to the reconstruction
poiiey of Congress- policy which has
been denounced by some Of the best Union
men of the country, and which will never
be indorsed by the great majority of the
people. All that was necessary for the
State Convention tod do, was to have adhered
to the great doctrine which was promul-
gated at the commencement OF the war
the maintenance of the UniOn-one and
indivisible. On this platform, in the pres
ent campaign, both Radicals and Conserv-
atiyes-all true Union men, could have
taken their stand, and easily vanquished
the common enemy-the Democracy. As
it is we should not be at all surprised to see
three parties in the field, for wea well
assured that the resolution adopted by the
State Convention, indorsing the Constitu-
| tional amendment passed by Congress In
opposition to the humane, ennobllng anC
honest policy of the President for tue re
| .ts-ssl .r. H. xxyfll Yra
eeive the cordial supporter cOuDtenance o
large proportion If not majority of th'
original Union men of the State. The Con
yention could not have L. ken any bette
| method to have effected a division In tn
ranks of the Union party and secure tn
election of the Democratic nominees. Tn
Radicals may have acquired a temporar,
| triumph, but IL they have not dug thei
own grave In Ohio, it has not been becaus
they have not adopted suicidal policy.
Iat [From the SameJ sf. r,
THEIR LOVE FOR THE SOLDIERS, ,-Th
state Convention at Columbus, on yester
dav. owned, officered, and controlled by tn
Radicals, showed their great love for th
soldiers by passing resolution, declaring
81 hat the nation owes the heroic men of ou
army and navy debt of lasting gratitud
for their patriotic service in defense of tn
Constitution and the Union,n but beyOn
this simple resolution, the boys in blu
were passed over in silence and contempt
except for member of the Board of Publ
Works, mere nominal place, the pay Q
which is less than that of laboriDg ma
on our streets. For this pitiful place, wit
mo responsible duties to perform, an
but little over 81 per day salary, one
armed soldier was renominated. For Sec
retary Of State and Judge Of the Suprem
Court, soldiers were presented,-men WIN
possessed all the requisites OF honesty, ca
pability and faithfulness to the Constitu
tion, and who, in many stricken field ha
carried the flag of the Union In triumph
but all were defeated:
The "boys in blue" in that Conventio
stood no chance. The stay-at- home guard
the patriots who, like G.. Volney Dorsey
w Stched the soldiers to protect them fror
a "6re In the rear" while they put none
In their own pockets by so doing, wer
nominated for Office, while the soldier can
didates for paying offices were paid BY
simple unmeaDing resolution for all thei
tolls and suffering5.
AS the soldiers can expect nothlng froI
the Radicals, we trust President John
son viii see to 1t that the Government take
care Of them, and by hurling these Radios
gentry from Office, give place TO the "boy
1 IN blue,p and then let the Radical Senator
reject them If they dare.