Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-05
THE LEADER LEADS.
The Herald AppIauding spaIding's
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The Cleveland HeraLdhas stepped itself
deeper in the mire of political infamy by
its trucking support of President John
son and his policy than any other paper in
the West. Aloneof all the "Union" papers
of this state it stands by the President
against Congress. Alone of all the
Union papers of the entire West it was
base enough to applaud the Presidents
ed of February speech. Its columns
have been filled from day 70 day and from
week TO week with laudations of the
President and personal abuse of the Rsdi-
Gals in Congress. 1t has denounced
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner by
name, and has upbraided Congress in the
most malignant manner for following the
lead of these gentlemen. When we see a
paper of such character and antecedents
coming to the support of Mr.. Spalding
against the criticisms of radical papers,
our suspicious as to that gentleman's
soundness are doubled, But when we see
this paper, infamous above all others for its
opposition to and abuse of all radicalism,
giving as its chief reason for supporting
Mr. Spalding the fact that he is a rsdi-
cal of the radicals, we do not know
whether to be more anu sed at the ridicu-
lous imposture, or indignant at the brszen
e~ffrontery which prompts it. The course
of the Herald reminds US of the strategem
frequently used by the Confederates while
making an attack-dressing in Union
blue, so that at their approach they would
be mistaken by the Federals for friends.
So the Herald, which has been, for its W
reasons, the warmest supporter of MIR. Spal-
ding, tries to dress that gentleman up in
the garb of q radical, and 50 impose him
on the people of this district. Fortunately
the imposture is too transparent. The
simple fact that the Herald supports Mr..
Spalding is a sufficient answer to its own
arguments.
The Herald's main argument TO prove
Mr. Spalding a radical We give in its own
words:
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abusive of Mr.. johnson, but has as steadily
and persistently voted in favor of all the
measures vetoed, and in accord with a ma
jority in the House, as has Thad, Stevens
himself"
There are other gentleman of whom this
" might be said, and with much more truth
1 han of Judge Spalding, and yet they are
not tho men to represent the radical I'm
ionists of the Eighteenth District, Henry
J. Raymond himself has voted with Mr.
Stevenson nine-tenths of the vexed gues-
lions before the present House. He voted
for the Civil Rights bill, for the Constitu-
tional Amendment reported by the Re-
construction Committee, and for most other
radical measures of this session. And yet
every radical Unionist in the country
regards Henry j. Raymond as the mosi
dangerous man in the present House Of
Representatives-infnitely more danger
Gus than any Copperhead. Why? Be
cause, while voting with the Unionists, hC
IS StH IN thorough sympathy NTH the Pres
ideNt. Judge Spaldings recent course in
spires the suspicion that he is infected
with the same contagion. And here we
repeat our charge, which the Herald has
not denied and cannot deny: Judge
SpaEdiag has nevsr uttered a single cord IN
Congress IN condemnation Of the Presidents
heaeheTy to the Union party, l0tite he has,
an cypress terms, rebaked the Union men
IN Congress for their Outspoken opposition
10 Mr.. Johnson's policy. Do the Union
men of the Eighteenth Congressional Dis
trict endorse and approve such a course as
this? We await their answer at the
forthcoming District Convention.