Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-28

the martyr and his victim a tyrant.
Why? Because LINCOLN was abridgi'
the natural right of BOOTH to say who / .s
rulers should be.
But if the elective franchise is a natuI
right. and one that society, in its POLITE /
forms, cannot restrict, why is it that :.
those statutes regulating the naturalizati il
of foreigners are not repealed? Why is it
that women are denied the privilege of vtl-
ing? Does difference of sex create diff
ent natural rights Why is it that crirg
inals are decitizenized? Why say that a
man must be above the age of twenty-o 10
years before he can become an elector?
The position is false and untenable.
David Tod Galvanized Into life
81 ~ .pri6-- HIS Letter. .r's
DAVID TOD, who once was Governor y {
Ohio for single term, but being found :,
inadequate to the occasion that he " ,s
thrown overheard by his political friendF,
has risen from the grave, where his party
friends buried him, sufficiently long |,
write letter. ~. --.,.., --
The old adage, "Children and fools shor IL
not meddle with edge TOOLS" is one tbitt
DAVID ought to learn. In his hands pen Is
always an instrument which infiicts dalti.
age on himself. d
In his letter Mr.. TOD tries to be patriotic
and to evince an ardent love for the s,l-
diers, in order to get their votes for Neg. }
Suffrage. So long buried in the politi. , |
grave his own friends dug for him. he IS
not at all conversant with current event
and hence, without knowing it, deals tt :
rible blow on those he wishes to defer IL
He says:
"Our home interests and duties also r.,-
quire the maintenance and continuance {
the Union party. The widows and fatht =
less children of the brave and gallant M /
who fell in the great conflict, demand !,
protection, assistance and sympathy , f
the men of this party. God forbid Il {
they should ever be turned over to su /
men as Thurman, Vallandigham, Pug! :,
Olds, and their associates. Then, too, II /,
MANNED and wounded of the Union Arni :
should not be forced, when visiting o :
State House, to find sitting in places
power and trust men whose sympathy az
assistance during the dark hours of reb =
lion, were all felt and given to the enemI, )
OF our Government, instead of to them ar,,l
| their Government. No, let those patritl :
at least have the satisfaction of taking lir
the hand one who toiled and suffered wi,l
| them.o al-- a1.
The Legislature of Ohio, which had fif...
of Radical Negro Suffrage majority &.
joint ballot, at its first session passed laI
stealing from the Soldiers Relief Fun
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ofmones
raised by taxation for the support of tlt,
''widows and fatherless children of tlin
brave and gallant men who tell in til,
great conflict" This was done as loa
The next session, all the rest of the Relip
Fund was in like manner stolen, and Il
loan was made a perpetual one, without
interest.
Thus Mr.. TOD will see thath is switche
off the track. The party he advocates j.
the one tuat has swindled the soldiers, the
widows and orphans, and that hence, b,
attack on THURMAN, N,VALLANDIGHAM PUG1i
OLDs, etc., like the gun OF HUDIBRAs, which
i1l 70 when aimed at Duck or Plover
RecoiPd and kicked its owner over"
His present party friends will not than
DAVID for reviving a subject that wit.
them is a sore one. But DAVID never wa
blessed with much sense, and age seems IL
have deprived him of the little he onLA
possessed -, i.s itl- .s.~. ....
H H
Galloway and the LIT. Governor,
~ ship.
The Columbus correspondent of the Gin
cianati Commercial, writing under date OF
Wednesday, says:
gs7"It is generally understood to- day tha'
Mr.. Galloway has written letter declinins
the nomination, but it has not been receiy.
ed by the Executive Committee. There-i.;
a general desire that he should reconsidc'
his decision, as well because of the una
nimity with which he was nominated ii
from desire to prevent the embarrasS
ment to the Central Committee of fillin;'
the vacancy. Speculation as to the proba
Bile nominee takes wide range, includin.
not only two or three names of candidate.
voted for in the Convention, but several ex.
Congressman and Others"
If this is true, the Cincinnati ring havi.
overcome all of GALBowAY's scrupli
about resigning, and forced him to the saei
alternative. His name on the Negrs.
Suffrage Ticket was a slower of" weaknesi
to the Abolition Germans "over the Rhine
in Cincinnati, for SAMUEL is Temperate
and they love their lager and drink thel
"Rhine Vein" in remembrance of FadeI
land. There is an irrepressible conflict !
the opinion of the Cincinnati ring betwee
Temperance and their ticket.
AT the request of General ulysses S
Grant and OF other distinguished Unio
men, Lieutenant General James Longstret
has been pardoned by the President. Thi
pardon is fitting sequence to his forcibl
and well-timed reconstruction letter.
which, so far it Is worthy of remark,
Democratic paper in this State has dare
to publish.-Phil. Press.
LoNasTREEr was one of the Arch Trai-
tors who was guilty of causing the muir
der of our prisoners in Southern prisons.
according to recent Radical authority. Bu
all that is necessary for Traitor to do
pass from sin to salvation is to agree to act
with the Radicals.
How does LoNGsTREET's present political
opinions effect his past crimes?
1t is simply proof that he was either
fool or knave, and is not of that class wh'
believed they were engaged in maintain
ing their liberty. The simple reason why
LoNGsTREET's fulsome productions wer
not copied was because he is unworthy o:
notice either as a Rebel or Radical. Il,
either case, he is an avowed enemy to th
Union, and it matter little to US whethe
he would destroy the Government by fore
of arms, by separating the States, or b,
military usurpations. The magnitude O.
his guilt is the same.
J. The Cincinnati Enquirer is anxious to ge
4 an additional plank in the Democratic
/ platform, in relation to the payment of the
4 public debt, and for this purpose it says:
"We suggest that the Democratic State
| Central Committee issue q call Cor the Dem