Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-31
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.Cp9der5fhis dead Che NeR Ydf8 Hsssqqla4
Is feelipglY. alive to the, 1nsettlipg of the,
pohtcaf elements every where which foret
shadows that deep, positive change ii pub
lie opinion that VIII carry, the eleetion'
;;SSganst The Repub iican party ih that State,
sasIWeli1as next fall 1T adds. aOa
All orer tleTeountfy there is the same
,adfiange, lothe samess nnsettling of popular
thought. the same evideneetbat radicaiish
ny, and riiat aati i5Saf isgass al Il the sI ridieu
-zl01s eouducI Of leaders and at the olOwr
mess pBeteDs6 and sham Eof party acts. Tis-
TTm0Efug atiie eeounters revolution that wills
Ynotonly Aufl dadieabH leaders from power,
s1lutsSpill go fan ta obliterate such traces asi
they have deft indthei hi hist0ry iof; the f0nnr =
try through Partisan legislation. Within
the Republican party, evenviR the small
circle of the men recognized as leadra
SerS Rll lisa chaesz BetWeen the Repub-
csn NatSnsiO ns eO%gmetSe;EI the Rm1io3 9niof
.ssssssSs NiisSb @ saS S aFseies % Rb0 ed 'eil tell
;. what are the zeal purposes and plans OF
the KepdbiiEaa part with regard fp recon-
'SStfTctfon?d N6thfng was left to be Done
.sbasis of f6akiHg South adti North poiitieal--
Oily ana soeialfy alike; yesotAebsfmpfei qaest
.sti0aUfhoH thts result might best be bfodghtl
tsaboutj the Differentiation of the squestfoh'
sTtl5ae iWas the real csequereel of the wur,i is
-Gnot attempted by amy, but each one 10 eager
ssohiy 90. secufe the preen1inence of ihisoHh
ssextfnme views.e Republicans have so man :
-ragedAffairs In the South ssinee the eellaPsei
-aof the rebellion that the result of am elecrl
setiou there will bestotreturn arepresept eptationi
o4eomposed efi sixl piggersi and sundryI 9nt
osceEtainr white mepT-perhaps all original
.5eecessionists. All will be as H1Yas before
except for the six niggers, and these repre-
sent the esd results of the war. 70
Radical seems TO comprehend or to be
willing to acknowledge that the war had
any other or higher purpose There was
no great issue of national life, only politir
cal differences sand opposition was, Of
course, no crime. Hence there was no
Vtfeas0h. ethihg. was sdd ght IHnt % get.
these SIX nfggers into. Congress- For that
the nation spent three thousand million
dollars, andzthus enn Niger Congressmepl
will cost US $5OOUO0, 600 apiece. Did ever
people before give so much for so little?
~ aaveswe1 not shown O. prOdigality of ex-
1itfaVagafce in psyinR such apficetto seeure
ssfhese privileges toaa race that had no other
little to our attention save the dclamor that
it was opptessedsso1q ysdT .ssviis19qo CO.. ,
lis l8g its absolute failure to caRrynout the,
great purposeof the war, by wasting the
bnenengiesu of the nation in making its
sspenditureo conduce only to securing nm
xiWorthY results-Kesults that the people, did
-gnoEcare for-that are ,ridicul ously sincom-
. mensurate with the, sacrifices, made, the
:, radical party has incontestably shown its
s5upftness for a great trust, and has demon %
= -strated to the people that their only safety
= lies In repudiating it ltogether-pfans,
theories, defusions, leaders aud all. There
Is no other course. It Is no longer the par
-'ty Of the people, no longer the vital expo
Hiient of the will and Thought of the nation
Formed IN time of great danger. com
Lpaeted into firm political unity by the ne
5ecessities 'iofa tremendous struggle, that
mparty carried sqthe war to Ia'n glorious
issue because its views and purposes
were the views and purposes of the
people because the spirit OF the people
filled and Eitalized- all, its acts. But its
leaders misunderstood, the result. They
thought the victory was not the peoples
? yictory-not the great ultimate aspiration
of the country, but. merely the triumph OF
some pitfnI party plans. In that thought e;
0success- priating it to their small
vIuses4aa tempting to make it subserve pur-
poses Of personal ambition and partisan
Utyfa1ny. Having attempted to steal the
national victory and brand it with a party
name, these leaders are now quaffelling
lover the SPOIL Going blindly away from
nathe people, they have gone too far; going,
hey ond the real purpose with which the
Evpeople waged war, they have lost the great
bond of unity-lost the great guiding Pilr-
sepose of popular will, and, like the babblers
of Babel oconfoundT one another with
But they confo6nd Done else. The epuI-
nAposes' of the people are unchanged They
-sRaged war to preserve the nation, ana It is!
.etkeir PURPOSE that this snail be a Union of
sifree and equal States, that no great COM
-omunity of American citizens shall oibe
sderampled down in order to- secure the
supremacy of any party schemes Strong
vein this great purpose, with the same power
eswith (which f. waged war the nation will
sfrise in counter revolution against those
.lYiolenti party leaders, against any and
every party machine, plan or platform
that would diyertp urge forward the great
war and great success to any other object
than that of securing the national welfare
the happiness, prosperity and peace of
the whole Umon-the freedom of every
part Of the people. This the politicians
already feel, and this the next elections
will show.
Judge Fisher and the Surratt
e9s yes osssxz yssCase.1 bsesossom
The trial of John 81 sSurratt, indicted as