Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-12
4 LfbeIler COnvicted-Whic i
the Whisky Party?

the Whisky Farty.
A writer in Che Journal, choosing that
sheet as the appropriate channel tor his
thoughts, proposes to send to a township
in the Western Reserve, where there was
but one Democratic vote,
one barrel of whisky, half dozen
lewd women, and few members of the
10000 untaught savages constituting the
stock in trade of the New York city De-
mocracy, &C."
Our knowledge of the miserable libe1ler
who wrote the above is SO clear, that, if the
Journal will name him we will wager three
to onc-six months of the WEEKLY OHIO
STATESMAN to six months of the Weakly
Journal, that the author has been twice ar
rested within the last six weeks and fined
5y the Mayor for visiting houses of ill-fame
ind for being drunk on the streets, and
hat he begged like scamp as he is, that
lis proper name should not be given to the
public, to which, out of consideration for his
family, SPIvINs, tender hearted as gander,
consented. Dare the Journal name the
libeller and take the betP gae
The Journal, its editor and its correspond
ents prate much about the fondness of DEM
'crats for liquor. Hsthe charge be true,
hat love is not alone Democratic fond
less, for in accounting for the immense loss
# Radicalism in Massachusetts, and with
the change of Boston from a Radical to
democratic city, the Journals only excuse
is that whisky caused it. An overwhelm-
ing majority in both branches of the Mas
'achusetts Legislature being opposed to the
)rohibitory Temperance laws of that
State. ....,-,.a.
COnfesses it's Defeat and Warns its
Party of lhe Wrath 10 Come.
The C2eueland Herald,i a Radical sheet,
che editor of which is Postmaster in that
.ity, has this editorial on the subject of the
defeat of its party 1.-THE late elections:
"Those who accounted tor the Republi-
| can loss In Ohio and Pennsylvania, bv
charging it upon the apathy of the Repub-
| ican masses in those States, and who ber-
| ated the ''weak-kneed" and .scowardly''
| members of the party for ''disgracing'
their. States. by refusing to tread up to
the line marked by the extremists, will
| probably fall foul of the Republicans o.
New York, Massachusetts,, Kansas, and a
| row of other States that voted on Tuesday.
APATHY had little to do with either the
elections of October or November. Where
we suffered defeat. it was in a fair stand
| up fight; and it is better to confess the
| fact, than to whine about the lukewarm-
| ness or treachery of fellow Republicans
There is no such thing as treachery to a
party on the part of the people, whatever
! there may be ON the part of the politicians.
The people vote as they think fit, and are
| not bound to follow the dictation of party
leaders. The fact that the heavy Repub-
lican majorities of the Northern States
have either been cut down or wiped out
altogether, shows not that the Republicans
| re asleep, but that very many OF them are
dissatisfied. aud hesitate about following
the rash leaders who have made them
selves most noisy in the Republican
party, and who have created the i'm
preston that they express the opinions of
4 the majority. The elections of October
and November are pregnant with warn
ings that must be needed, if the party
would avoid total wreck. The reins must
4 be gathered up, and the speed moderated,
or there will be an upset. rr4nn,7,