Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-17

byexbadstton and necessity that God imS
poses justice andigood isense,upon pati9ps'l
I Meantime, however, deriving such satlsr
-faction-and 1t is both great and sweet-as
springs from the recent declsioEs OF the
Supreme Court of tile United States COM
-Yictlng AbBahamiL Lincoln and his adminisrr
tration of high crime against the GOpstitu-
,tion and public and private, liberty, / con-
fine myself now chiefyAhaFihg no. cab-'
-bage garden to cultivate, especially during
the present cold snap+rto the studies and
labors OF my profession, and am cpntent
Just now to look on ip politics, and await
with faith and patience the Work OF time,
the correctoR andaveuger.' pgH 9dl yuisgq
Two suggestions, only, ! would make,
most respectfully
II. oGgRt we h5ti forthwith to begin to
agitate tor convention Of all the States, to
meet and adjust upon the basis OF the fun
damental principles of the old Constitution
and the Union, the new and momentous
Questions, and the altered condition OF
things arising out of the latejwarP and u
the bargain which our fathers made for
the sake of securing "a Union and Federal
Government at all, Is to be set aside under
pretense of establishing exact justice
and equity yand States rare to- fbe
dealt with as the mere creatures OF the
Federal will and pleasure, and divided,
consolidated and moulded to suit the
fashion of the hour and the interestof those
who can secure and hold the power, sit not
a good time now to demand that the gross
iniquity of the present senatorial reprcsen-
tatiOn should give way to equality before
the law and that in resettling the great
question of suffrage upon the theory OIL
'impartialitY,' three millions of Yankees
shall no longer be permitted to vote twelve
Senators, while three millions OF Buckeyes
are graciously allowed to vote but two!
Would NewEnglnnd, think you, see the
pointir e3 l.u,-.s gv.-, ..lrrr o.
2. Without single Represent tative man
to whom all deter, In any department. OF
the Federal Government, or any State Cow
ernment in the North or West and without
even General committee always in ses-
sion, and having the confidence Of the par
ty, and therefore without any means to give
uniformity, concert and promptitude to the
opinions and actions of the Democratic
party, upon the sudden and very grave
questions, which, in the midst of revolu-
ton, every day brings forth TO per-
plex and divide, what that party needs
most now, is it not tirst-class daily
newspaper, say at Washington-like the
old WdShingtOn GlObe-secure on its pecuni-
ary foundation, totally Democratic in its
politics, controlled by no clique, dependent
| only on the Democratic masses for support,
the reflex of their sentiments, devoted
heartily to their interests, and edited by
one or more of the statesmen of the coun-
| try, having an established national reputa-
ton, ,andin whose ability and integrity alike
the people have full confidence? Cut
| of by fanaticism and revolutionary hate
/ from every other public employment, what,
but want of capital, can forbid the repre-
| sentative public men of the Democratic
party, from connecting themselves with
the fourth estate;' department in poli-
tics quite as honorable and as fulliof dig
nifty, more potentialto and far more lu-
crative oftentimes, than any official station,
even when fairly gained, and, as to the last
especially, when honestly filled. 1Hi'
| Very truly, &c, . Hir1Hy5
| ..r rrrr &C. l.. ,VALLANDIGHAM.