Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-17
.The Two .rhIngs Necessary.'

The editor Of the Mdc-d cheek Press is
a certain quantity In the Republican party.
BY this we mean that reason of his abiii-
ty and industry he has influence In that or,
ganization, and while he Is intolerant tow
ards the Democratic party, aud can find
nothing In it to commend excepting its
vigorous vitality, hehas made the discovery
that the Republican party is far from what
it should be. He regards the party as in
great danger of being run on the breakers
Of destruction by the Imbeciles who have
ridden into high places on the popular
wave of "patriotism." Into the United
States Senate hayhas looked and taken the
measure OF the men who occupy the places
once occupied by men that the whole cOun-
try were proud to point to as eminent
statesmen, and ponderous sigh of grief
escapes him, as he allows the sentence to
run through his mind that he holds 1.-The
Union organization to be the brain and
patriotism of the country, suddenly
called to the guidance of our Government"
and is forced, against his will, to testify
that ''the brain and patriotism Of the country
haze hroton to the surface more common place
men than any party organization that euer er-
listed !" and that the United States Senate
really 'seems to be hospital for weak
hacks"-a place into which are sent "po-
litical Imbeciles who are too respectable
for the position of County Commissioner"
where they "sit" "with intense dignity and
small show of intellect" While he charges
that they ''inherited from the Whig party
this respect for dignity" he is, neverthe-
less, constrained to admit that 'the Wing
party had in addition men of eminent abll-
ity," and that 1.-THE Democratic party had
men Of genius for leaders," But he sor-
rows to confess in the same connection,
that lit remains for the Union organiza-
tion to elevate mediocrity, and listen with
profound attention to Platitudes picked
from the wormholes of antiquity" In this
respect he does not discern in the future,
as far as he can penetrate 1t, any prospect
of Improvement. He looks in every di-
rection for one CLEAN of hope of i'm
provement. Fruitless effort; for he is
forced to say ''this melancholy condition OF
things spreads over the Cnion," and that
''wherever the War organization has the
power, it sets up any number of Hon.
Pilgarlic Patitudes to stand by and ADORE"
To us this view of matters is not new,
nor do we call the attention of our readers
to it as a new article in the political mar
ket; but merely as verification of the
predictions of the Democratic press, utter
ed from time to time, as to the character of
men into whose hands the various depart
ments of Government have fallen and are
falling. When conspicuous Imbecilities
occupy places in the United States Senate
and House of Representatives as the Sena-
tors and Representatives of the dominant
party, to cherish the expectation that their
legislation will rebound to the good of the
country, were equivalent to invoking the
restoration of the days of miracles. We
realize as fully as does the Editor of the |
Afdc-d-cheek Press, that 1--WE are being led |
into beautiful mess, take it altogether,
and our only hope is to put an end to the
As to the sort of leadership |
we would substitute, there would be doubt
ess disagreement between us. He would
ubstitute another class or Republicans;
We would substitute "men of genius" that
ire vet to be found in the Democratic party.
There is one thing that the eye of the
editor of the Mdc-G-cheek Press clearly
liscerns in the future, that 1.-The wave of
patriotism the late rebellion brought into
Existence" on which SO many Republican
mbecilties have ridden into power, sis
veil nigh spent, and the next question that
sill agitate the country is one referring to
he management of our Government in
inancial point of view," and that ''the peo-
lie will be called upon to recognize the
act, that adding our township, county, cor
,oration and national Indebtedness togeth-
II, we owe more than all Europe" which.
If we count this Indebtedness by the rate
# interest VIC are called upon to pay, we
we more than all Europe twice over" 1t
5 true, as the Editor says, that $50 far we |
AVE not felt the fearful burthen i'm
,osed upon us, for we have inflated
'ur currency to meet our immediate
rouble . that 1--WE have been going up in a
ire balloon; but we have reached the turn
ng point" aud tive now 60 down intolow
prices, heavy taxation, confusion to all
rade, and bankruptcy and ruin to ALL" To
emedy this the editor of the Mac G-cheek
Press contends we need "our best states
nanship, and an immediate death to
he thieving tariffites." To accomplish all
his-to work reform that shall be salu-
ary--it is necessary that the Democratic
party should again be put in power by the
people. In no other way can it be done.
That is as certain as that two and two make
our.
New England Suffering.
It Is announced that leading manufac-