The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-21
,,,. obio Radical Conve ntion.

rhs ticket and platform of the Rad
- Marty in Ohio will be found in
thar column. In the Convention
;ns, held ut Columbus the presidential
nDs.layers were quite numerous. The
ra,sy men and the GRANT men and the
W,py men were all ont in force, and
.omr alarm VAS at one time felt, lest
,rfortnnate collisions and quarrels
,n;sbt result from their well meant
-sor,. in behalf Of their respective
fayOrites.
The organization of the Convention
w.. the result of compromise.
ScurycK was made chairman, with
IN. distinct understanding that the
.slsctios was not a triumph for either
,;da in the Presidential ISSUE" The
,,.tform also bears evidence of "con-
cassiops for the sake of harmony" The
ifs" "buts," and provisO lodges are
N, chief characteristics of the doc
umeut. 1t is wordy, wishy-washy
and obscure. Almost every point
i hidden i'll bewildering maze
Of superfiuous words; every i'm
nortant enunciation is prefaced or fol-
lowed by lengthy string of apologetic
Qualifications, US if the authors appreci-
ated the insult they were offering to
public sense and decency, and felt the
need of elaborate excuses. So far as
We are able to decipher it, tho platform,
reduced to English, is about as follows
The first resolution declares that the
American people are a nation, and not
merely u confederacy of sovereign and
independent St.tes,"
The second iudorses the Declaration
of Independence, and then attempts TO
make that document responsible for the
Emancipation Proclamation, the Con-
situtional Amendment abOlishing sla'
very, and the Thirty-uinth and Fortieth
Congress. 1t tacitly admits that the
latter arrangements cannot stand on
their merits, and tries to hold JEFFER-
son. the Democratic author of the Dec
laration, accountable for them. Failing
in this, it calls for additional legisla-
tion," meaning thereby the SUMNER
WILSON suffrage bill.
The third is a regular teetotum reso-
luton, spinning over the whole surface
OF the political board, showing a
new face with every turn, and finally
settling down with the consolidation
side upperinost. The first exhibit is
plainly i'll favor OF State sovereignty;
the second is as plainly in favor OF un-
limited Federal supremacy. Another
revolution makes display in opposition
10 Capitalization, and then the final
hutter rotates local and State sovereign
ty clear ont of sight, and leaves the des-
potism doctrine unmistakably devel-
oped.
The fourth resolution makes use Of
nineteen lines to say that all the negroes
in Ohio must vote, and that good
many Of the white men must not.
The fifth applies al onion to the loyal
eye for the benefit of the soldiers wild
ows and orphans.
The sixth resolution reminds SHERI-
DAN that he is the Conventions fellow
citizen and will be expected to deport
himself accordingly. This will be hard
on Louisiana.
The seventh cbloroforms the dissolv-
ing agonies of Governor Cox. With
this profound declaration Of principles
the platform ends.
The choice of the ticket is thought to
bea favorable indication for General
GRANT in the Presidential way. HAYES
is said to be GRANT man. and for this
reason his nomination was not very ac-
eeptable to the friends of CHASE. His
success is regarded as proof of CHAsE's
weakness.
With the nomination Of this ticket
the canvass in Ohio commences, the
Democrats having placed their NOM
inees in the field some months ago. The
struggle will doubtless be severe one,
hut if the Conservative Republicans
were honest enough to oppose negro
suffrage men as they Will oppose the
negro suffrage Amendment, the election
OF THURMAN would be q matter abont
which there could be no question.