Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-11

eloquent and exemplary young Mr. G-".
proprietor and editor of the Golden Ea'
and State Temperance Lecturer to IT,
good temperance people of Ohio. Wharl
you may ask, with all these fine, learne !
moral and religious influences, is it poss
BILE that our fine little sister city if DELI
ware, that would hardly tolerate a Demo
crat four, years ago, can be pickleing j 4
people with thejuice of the barley, corn al .
rye? Verify, yes, so it would seem, if it lD
true, as have been told, that two exteIr
sive breweries, owned by rich men and e1
cellent citizens, are doing fiourishit!
business; that Delaware pays more rev.
hue into the county treasury through hi
dram-drinking than any spot in Ohio
the same number of inhabitants. One ma
judge of the amount consumed, when IT,
sellers now and then can affird to pal
fines as high as $75 90 or $4,000, besid
paying their Federal licenses. W..
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Significant ArticIe-A Panic i'm til !,
HHdIcaI Party.
LFrom the Providence Journal. Republican. April6
The Republican party is undoubtedly
very strong party. Its principles are tho
on which the war for the Union was COZ
Quoted, the supremacy of the national a,
thority, universal freedom and equal righ
and all necessary guarantees for the futur
security of the Union. These ideas
thoroughly wrought into the minds of tll
people, and they have given to the party
position that has proved thus far impree
nable. Every assault that has been mad
upon it has ended only in the discomtitul
and overthrow of the assailants. Ever
obstacle that has been interposed to the cal
0f h. I
aside, and the party has acquired an "a
tendency seldom ii ever equalled in til
history of American politics. But even th
Republican party, pre-eminent as its. a.
tendency has been and is, cannot eRd11
everything aoltich ambitious and ertrenae me
undertake to accomplish IN its name and
JGSteR upon It's character, and it will ere lon
become necessary TO determine whetht
there are not certain limits beyond sohich
auiU not 90, in supporting the sectren1e Uier
of some of its members. The integrity q,
the great party that has saved the Union
and its ability to entirely consummate tb
work of reconstruction, are of very grea
importance, while the schemes of this o
that politician who may be ranked amon3
its leaders fade away into comparative in
significance. Unless clear distinction be
made between the two, we hold that the
party Is sure to suffer, and its efficiency
and usefulness will be very materially i'm
paired. Some of the schemes and tenden-
cies now fostered by certain Republica;
| politicians, are, we believe, naisclieU0p
enough to ruin any political organization utt
may fduor them. f.si..ja
Foremost among these, we place the i'm
peachment of the President. This is know
to be favored and even determined upon j
advance, by a small knot of members
| the House of Representatives, distinguish
ed for their activity and zeal in every caus
which they espouse. They regard tn
President as In the Suay. and they are deter
mined to put him out of the way. The
are calling upon the Republican party L.
assist them in doing this, and to assume til
responsibility of the proceeding. 1t ma.
be they will succeed; if we may judy
from their language. they certainly erpectf
succeed but if they do accomplish thei
purposes, it is easy enough to see that h
Republican party is ruined. To put Pres
dent out OF Office for mere political cOnsid
erations, under the guise of Impeachment
,oould be sure to ALLEVIATE and disgust the peOD7
Of the country, and they aoouLd inStinctiUety de
sert the party that should do it. If so sOlen
an act is ever performed, it must be only Ole
the clearest grounds of the public securit,
and the most obvious proofs of treaSOnab
intentions and moral incapacity. Faults
I personal character, errors of judgment
differences with Congress either in Opin-
/ ion or in policy, constructive misdemean
Ors that have to be hunted up and mad
sensational by partisan orators, will neve.
answer. Any provisional administratio
/ that could be created would be powerles
/ and contemplate, President so removet
would be regarded as victim of legislativ
| injustice and oppression, and the party tina
/ should sanction it would be swept from
power in whirlwind of Indignation.
/ Scarcely less dangerous to the Republi-
can party is the disposition among some
its members to override the pecasLiGr d,stI,OTiLf
and 14i/b 70 ,Offb nj
ready adOp ed have a look in this direction,
but others still more serious are Threatened
{ As specimen of these, we may refer to
Senator Summers bill already before the
Senate, for forcing UNIFORM suffrage atpof
all the States. 1t is nothing to say of SUCH
la measure, that it will work but very
, slight and unimpOrtant change in the States
and that that change will be in the direc-
ton OF freedom. The thing itself is beyond
the pOooer of Congress to do. 1t is conceded
that such measure may be made the baSi:
of reconstruction in the rebel States, anG
this has been already done with the entire
: approval of the Republican party through
: out the country. The idea of forcing it 'or
the loyal States, however, is a peculia
: crotchet of Mr.. Summers, for which he il
now soliciting the sanction of the party
: Should that sanction be given to this OF
other similar measures, the consequence, w,
. believe, would be e1ceedingIy Injurious to tn
: We think also chat the party is in great
J, danger of forgetting the pledges it has 81
!; often given for an economical administra
I tiOn of the Government and a perm4nen
basis of financial security. It's Legislation
during the past winter has been too mucl
= devoted to mere heading IF the President
: and far too little to SecuriEg prOSperity fO
r the great interests of the country. 1t is to be
sure, a matter of cougratulatlon that Con.
. greSS refused to pass some of the meas
: nres proposed, but the policy of tn
} Republican party cannot be justifiet
, mainly by what Congress has no
done. The people will ask what
e has positively done as well as what it ha
] left undone. We confess that we have beer
amazed at the lavish style of expenditure
o authorized by Congress, while the country
is still burdened with its tremendous deb
e and we think much more care should hav
e been given to our financial and industria
: affairs. 1t is, however, so much easier t.
get on with no legislation than with ba
legislation, that there will, after all, per
! haps, be little complaint save of the enor
q nous cost of the Government, which is fas
9 becoming a matter of serious concern, as
indeed, it may well be.
The military politicians of the Republican
d party are also likely to be, sooner or later
: a source of no little trouble. Some of then
were politicians before they were militar
, men, while others owe all their importanc
to their prestige as soldiers; bnt one ant
= all, they are already too much in the habi
r of appealing to the opinion of tn
military portion of the people TO
: the turtherance of their views. Thi
portion is very large, but they have no in
e terests separate from all other people, an
it is not well to appeal to them as if the
: had. Such chieftains as General Banks an
General Butler, General Logan and Genera
e Schnnek. have already done more of thi