Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-21
The Old Cry.

The Old Cry.
Under the caption of "Laudable Demo-
cratic effort the Cincinnati Gazette. in its
issue of the Goth, gave the public an edito-
rial, the first paragraph of which reads:
"It is novelty for Democratic journal
to propose any governmental policy except
destruction. So far as we can gather from
them. the success OF their party means to
establish the right of secession, to disown
the subsection of the rebels to the Union,
and give them the offer to go in peace, to
restore slavery or exterminate the blacks,
to destroy the currency, break down the
banks, dishonor the public faith, and In
general to bring the country to such astate
that its dissolution would be relief to pub
lie decency."
According to this Republican authority,
the Democratic party seeks power for the
diabolical purpose of destroying the coun-
try. If such q purpose animated its lead
ing members-if they could contemplate
with any degree Of complacency the utter
and complete destruction of the country
they would be foolish exceedingly to put
themselves to the trouble of persuading
the people to try change of parties. The
incumbent party has been, since
its accession to power, prosecuting a
system of legislation and government most
deadly in its effects upon Republican Gov
ernment, constitutional liberty and the
we'll being of the masses of the people
Corruption Is the rule and political virtue
the exception. ''Outside of the Constitu-
ton" the law-making power has been act
ing, and because President JOHNSON dared
to call their attention to the fact that the
Constitution of the United States, by vir-
tue of their oath of office, was an instru-
ment by which they should be controlled,
they turned upon him with the cry Of
s'Traitor," and instituted proceedings look
ing to his Impeachment, and they will
only put an end to those proceedings
because the people voted as they did
in the recent elections. No longer age
than the 10th, the Neao York Tribune
gave utterance to the fact that the Re-
publican party owes its late reverses In
some degree to the corruptions of those it
has trusted with power" These corrup-
tions, and the legislation of the Radicals
looking to the creation of Negro political
balance of power in the South, which shall
subordinate the Whites there, whereby
they shall be enabled to keep their hold
uuon the Government, has disgusted the
White people of the country SO that all they
want is the opportunity and they will de-
cree through the ballot-box their Danish
ment into private life.
In the days of JACKSON, not to go back
any further in the political history of the
country, every imaginable evil was to be-
fall the country in the event of his re-elec-
ton. So said those who opposed his re-
election. And charges of like character
where made against the Democracy at
every succeeding Presidential election
These charges having been proven ground
less in every instance, it amounts to almost
a wonder that a paper which claims the
responsibility of the Gazette should be
guilty of using them at this time, especially
as the party in behalf of which it labors
has proven false to every direct and i'm :
piled pledge it has made to the people.
Not only in the South is there stagna-
ton in business; but stagnation holds
supremacy everywhere. The complaint
against it is general. This condition OF at
fairs is not ascribable to the Democratic
party. For nearly seven years it has had
no control in the Federal Government. Its
admonitions and counsels have been con-
temptuously disregarded. 1t is two years
and helf since the war terminated. In
stead of restored country, we have dis
tracted country, and the army and the
treasure of the United States are used to
build up in the South Black half-civil-
lied political power, not only to rule the
White people of the South but to help
shape and fashion the Feueraf 1aws TOT
the government of the White people
North, East and West. 1t is this policy
that has inflicted stagnation upon the busi-
ness of the country; and in consideration
of this it is that the Democratic party is
lsboring for success. They want to unite
and not tear asunder; they want to build
up and not tear down they want to restore
prosperity and not destroy it. Those jour
nails, therefore, that assert that the Demo-
cratic party has any other objects in
view commit scandalous outrage upon
truth.