Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-08
Donn Piatt Writes a Letter.

| Why should not. DONN PIATT write a
letter upon public concernsp Well,
whether he.should or should not-whether
the public want to hear from him or not
he has written letter. He addresses it
"My Dear BANNING" 1t appears that
BANNING, for the purpose of ascertaining
how much vanity DOM has, or for the pur-
pose Of getting DOM to do him favor, in
that sweetly insinuating way for which he
is so peculiar, suggested to DOM that ma
ture had been very prodigal in endowingl
him-such gifts as he has are mar
velous, and what voice tor oratory-
what commanding form, that in every
motion proclaims executive capaci-
| ty, and thus having smoothed the
DOM down into an amiable mood, he
further suggested that by all means he
should be the next Governor of Ohio, or at
least the Republican nominee tor that posi-
tion. The suggestion struck in and took
root. Ever since DOM has been revolving
the subject in his mind, and with womanly
tenderness he writes: "My Dear BAN
NING-You will recollect when, some time
since, in moment of friendly enthusiasm.
Republican to fill the honorable post of
candidate for Governor Wont my Dear
BANNING" have hearty laugh, as, leaning
back in his armchair and his feet resting
on the table, he reads this.
. DOM says: " / could not be nominated"
That's true. if ever truth was spoken.
Furthermore, he says: 81 have been
cruelty assailed, set upon and abused by
nearly all the Union Journals Of the State"
and charged with being obscure"
| This, we are ready to aver, is the +" un-
kindest cut of ALL" when we take into con-
sideratiOn that DOM was as pillar of fire
by night and as a cloud by day. after which
the Republican members of the House OF
the Ohio General Assembly did follow, as
though they had been elected specially for
that purpose. GADDIs, the Reverend. early
in the session undertook to contest with
him the leadership; but for his temerity he
was put into a Federal Office at Cincinnati,
and the last we heard of him he was lee
turing on the subject of Odd Fellowship at
Cleveland. He may turn up candidate
for nomination to the Office of Governor in
the Republican State Convention.
l Well, we digress. DOM says he is 'of a
philosophical turn of mind" and he has
been Illuminating, and thereby has made the
discovery that 1.-The Union organization of
Ohio, is in bad way"-in a bad way as
TO who shall be the nominee for Governor.
I'sNo Radical need apply" and as DOM
wrote this, he drew sigh as big as barn
door. He's not wanted. For this he dis
covers an 'sevident" reason" There is too
much of the remnants of the old Whig
party in the Republican party. In their
estimation, ''to be obscure" +" as DOM is, is
l"a fearful calamity, if not disgrace" and
DOM drew another sigh of tremendous
proportions, and he mourned that through
them (the old Whigs) the party is made
''timid" and somewhat respectable" and a
good deal given to the worship" of ''offi-
icial greatness In this worship of official
greatness, "the honest old veteran THAD.
STEVENS receives the cold shoulder, and
BEN. BUTLER has rung in his ears By oar oson
people, 1.-THE Repubzicansl the worn-out
scandals and abuse of rebels and rebel |
sympathizers."
Another big sigh escaped the DOM, and |
then with vigorous effort he clutched a |
hope. -
a@Our people must be educated up to what
the leaders believe.n That's grand; and
he asks his "Dear BANNNG:'' .And do you
ucating?" Why, of course, myself Messrs.
SCHENcK, GARFIELD, &c. I'VE are to be
the hot-gospeners, the loud-mouthed re-
he exclaims in hand-rubbing
but soon sadness settles down over
his big nose on to his Roman face, as he
anticipates that they will ''be set aside"
for having made themselves 'sdissgreeable,"
and :.the Platitudes and Turveydrops, who
said nothing, because they had nothing
to say will receive the honors
and the Offices" When he reflected that
be was one of the three who laid the COR
of the Republican party, and in
inciement weather and over muddy roads,
with boot-tops over his pantaloons, he
trudged all the way from Logan county
with plank on his shoulder to Buffalo,
and there did assist in the construction. of
dent VAN BUREN was placed, great tears
rolled down his manly cheeks. After hav-
ing wiped them away with his coat sleeve
and somewhat regained his sweet serenity,
he says to his .s dear BANNING I" to bear up
under the divine infliction; for they yet
have before them great work. The wo-
men must be given the same rights that
have been extended to the Negroes. This
IS not all. What else we will let him state
for himself:
"We must cleanse our party of class
legislation that seeks to enrich one man at
the expense of the many. We mast drive
1ut the tbieues. We must care for the In.
dian, and, it possible, save our people the
shame of building up one race while we
cruelty exterminate another. We must re-
store the States to their first relation in the
Union, and return our Government to its
existence so damaged by the
war. We must remove the judiciary and
police from the epoliticaI arena, and deprive
the great corrupt commercial centers OF all
vestige of what they are pleased to term
governments, which is being held up be-
fore the world as ourshame, and deserved
ly So" -s5saG saN#
- We hope that DOM will give the public
due notice of the time when and the place
where he and his 'sdear BANNING" will be-
straddle their steeds and sally forth to
''drive out the thieves" that they have as
sisted and intend to assist to office in the
party. No doubt it will be
a spectacle specially and amusingly at .
tractive. 7s
The Reform Movement I'm Eng.
.s''p. land. tie
There is sweep and majesty in the Re-