Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-04

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who have so long ruled the politics of
this city for evil And now these men,
with the instinct of self-preservation, are
working to procure his denomination.
Every johnson man in the Eighteenth
district is an aueloed and blatant laboreT
for Spalding. If he is successful, the
nischievous power of this venal clique
will be perpetuated if he is beaten, their
sceptre is broken forever. We call on the
Union men of this district TO emancipate
themselves from the rule of these bold,
bad men, and assert their power to choose
their representatives for themselves, in
dependent of cliques and cabals.
I'd. Because the johnson synpathizer,
all oper the country are working for him.
The New York Times, the organ of Sew
ard, Weed and Raymond, which has
made itself infamous by its servile prosti-
tuition to the Presidents will, leads the
pBek. MACK" the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial and would-b pho
nographer of the President, follows. Ev-
cry johnson paper through the North
takes up the cry. Surely such demon
STATIONS have their meaning. The John
sonites are not fools, and when they sup
port a candidate they know what they
are about.
Sd. Because the Departments at Wash
ia7tO1 are interfering in his behalf. The
edict has gone forth from the office
of the Secretary Of the Treasury
that the opponents of Judge spalding,
who are now incumbents of Federal Office,
must be removed. We again put on
record the prediction that if Mr.. Spald-
ing is renominated the head of every Fed
eral ofice-holder who has opposed him
will 90 into the basket, and that John
son men of the most virulent order will
take their places. This attempt offs rene
gade administration to dictate to the radi-
cal Union majority of this district whom
they shall choose for their representative,
cannot be too strsngly reprehended.
4th. Because the foregoing facts dem
oaStrate that he is IN thorough
sympathy WiA johnson and his aG-
nIiniStration Of the government. We find
that the johnson men and johnson or
gans of this district are supporting him
that the newspaper organs of the Ad-
ministration throughout the country, are
urging his return TO Congress, and that
the Administration stands ready with its
patronage to ensure his reelection. Is
further proof of his sympathy with Mr..
johnson needed? We find it in the
course of Judge Spalding himself-in the
bill in effect adding $4,000 per anaWn'
to the Presidents salary, introduced and
by him with oficious zeal-in the
fact that he has never condemned the
President by a single word, while be has
repeatedly rebuked Congress for its
manly and outspoken opposition to the
President-and finally in his speech of
winter in which, not finding words of
ais own sufficiently eulogistic, he was
in praising President johnson, to
use the language of laudation with which
in immortal verse, has described
he archangel. These words of eulogy
Mr.. Spalding has never withdrawn or
modified They stand upon the record
Is his present opinions. If they are the
of the electors of this district, let
hem return Mr.. Spalding ; if not, a
is necessary.
9TH. Because Of his extreme age and the
,yfrmities resulting ~thsrgrom. Mr..
'palding has now reached the goal of
hree score years and ten. He should be con-
emit after his long and prominent career,
n which he has received many honors at
be hands of his fellow citizens, to retire
rom active life. In fact, SO sensible was
two years ago, of the propriety and
Iisdom of such q course, that h~edistinctly
nnounced that all he asked fromthe peo-
lie was the usual compliment of a re-elec-
ION, and that after serving in the Thirty
NTH Congress, he should gladly retire
, needed repose. This compliment the
of the District extended to him, al
lough in 1862 he had refused TO extend it
Mr.. Riddle. Now, however, Judge
forgetting his former declara-
on, and ignoring the fact that his age
nd health alike unfit him for the proper
ischSrge of the duties of a representative,
seks to force himself on the people for a
nomination. We believe that Judge
pslding's own better judgment is oppos-
to the course which he is pursuing,
ID that he has become a candidate at the
srsonal solicitation of men who know
at their power will vanish with the ex-
ration of his term of office. Whether
is be so or not, it is obvious that the ad- .
lncing age of Mr.. Spalding, the inirmi- -,
IS of body and temper which result :
erefrom, disqualify him for the la~borious,
sponsible, and important duties of his
ice. We do not say this in blame to r
T Spalding, but in justice to the people i
the District. Z
9th. Because he has neglected the SOL
srs IN his recommendations for Federal (
ice. OF all the offices in the District, |
I one has, by his recommendation, been :
led by a soldier, and that the petty po-
ion of Lighthouse-keeper. A disabled
Idier was an applicant for the postmas- d
,-ship of Akron, but Mr.. Spsldipg threw '
his influence in favor of the editor of C
johnson organ of that town, and Sc
red the position for him. Such has I
an his course throughout. We do not :
ID Mr.. Spalding responsible for this '
much as We do that clique of t
iee-holders who have always controlled
Spalding's recommendations for /
and who are now lsboring for his !,
in order to maintain their \
upon power. But whether it is Mr.. jo
aiding or his managers that are to be a.
med, their cause is the same and the J.
of defeating them is manifest &c
tn. Because he has used his official
roH0ge for the PO10er and profit Of his t
4 family. The facts in this matter Ia
ak for themselves and need no COM y:
Mt. Judge Spalding's son was a n
cial Agent of the Treasury Depart W