Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-04

sive day into the great and as yet mn
fathomed heart of this mighty nation.
To this house of refuge let us fly, by
this Constitution let us take our stand
there if It endures to secure our release
from bondage and restoration to our
free-born heritage and privileges as
American citizens, or, if it fails, to per-
ish beneath its ruins, though bound as
we are we may not lift an arm or strike
a blow in its defense. .65HshajbA
These grave and momentous issues
are already commanding the considera-
ton of the people of the North and
West. The great Democratic party is
marshalling its hosts for the approach
ing Presidential contest They send to
us words of cheer and hope. They tell
us that "onr cause is their cause" and
that they and the white men of the South
will triumph or fall together. Demo-
cratic victories come to us whenever we
hear of a contest in which political is
sues are presented to the people. They.
have spanned the continent from Con.
necticut to California. The great States
of New York and Pennsylvania and
Ohio have declared against Radical poll
icy. In States, cities, towns. boroughs,.
wherever there have been general or To-
cal popular elections the result has been
an increase of strength to the oppon--
ents and loss to the advocates of negro
suffrage. ~ aIi.'i.'7l l'' q, 10 80, y
Its rule may be fastened on us for
little while. but it will not be long. and
if We are patient, steadfast, and firm
true to our alliance to principle and the
Constitutions; true to the instincts of
white men; true to the proud auspices of
Caucasian blood; true to our hitherto un-
tarnished honor; true to our wives and
our children; true to the record of the
past, and true to ourselves; if we touch
not. handle not, the unclean thing-de-
iverance, full and complete, will soon
come. There is a power in this country
mightier than that Of Congress; power
which raises up and pulls down at its
will a power whose command is the
the law to all; whose vote is as the voice
of God. 1t is the voice of the people.
We can trust in them. Twenty millions
of whites North and West will never.
permit 100000 whites at the South to
be enslaved by 100000 of negroes.
The liberty loving people of the North
and West will never permit the Radical
party to destroy the Constitution and
the Government for the sake of perpet-
uating their own party, by establishing
negro State Governments and negro SUI
premacy at the South. It would be
contrary to all human experience; it
would reverse every current of human
sympathy and thought and action.
In advising you to refrain from vo-,
ting we do not mean to commit you to
non-dctaon. On the contrary, we advise
and exhort you to every kind and mode
Of peaceful and fair action except in
noting only We urge upon you to in
duce any white man not hel etofore reg
istered, who can register, to do so as
soon as the registration boards assemble,
asthey will do. in a few days. We ad
wise you to use all your powers of per-
suasion to keep all from voting at the
proposed election; for the fewer the
number who VOTE, the less will be the
moral Empress of their action, and the
more glaring the outra age threatened to be
committed upon the people Of Alabama,
and upon the great undying principle of
our republican government-that power
comes up to the government from the
people, and not from the government
doaon to the people. 40 tea
We always like to give great orators
the benefit of wide dissemination of
the good points they make in their
speeches, and therefore print the follow
ing sentence of Western orator. Warm
ing with his subject, he exclaimed al
guess there amt man, woman or child
in the house who has arrived at the age
of fifty years, but what has felt this
great truth laundering through his or its
mind for centuries.''.1 -aya ra r.
DR.. STONE, an English physician,
writes to the London Times that cooked
potatoes are as efficacious against scurvy
as raw ones; fact not generally known,
but ,ascertained beyond doubt by DR..
William Baly late physician to the Mill
bank Penitentiary. where scurvy at one
time was not uncommon. The disease
wholly disappeared on the addition of a
few pounds of potatoes to the weekly
, dietary. are4 t,.ts,,.;s. .,J +.i ii gssl
! :, AT Springfield, Massachusetts. gen.
tleman is said to own machine which
. cuts meat and vegetables, sifts -four,
kneads bread, works crater, slices
fruit, churns, works butter better than it
can be done by hand. grinds and scours
knives. 1t is simple in construction,
and has but four wheels. and yet does
nearly everything in the housekeeping
line except scolding the servants and
waiting on the table. -y,.o. o4Tsrs
. RAILRoRD TRAVELLING, it is stated,
is decreasing, more than usual at this
= season of the year. Baggage cars. which
are generally packed with the trunks Of
passengers, come through nearly empty
and the conductors are having an easy
Z time. 1t needs but few arguments
like those of Angola to convince people
= of the prudence of staying at home.
The President, it is stated in Wash
singten dispatches, has had notification
= sent to Mr.. Hale. the Minister to Spain,
that his resignation will be accepted
Some correspondence has ensued. but
Mr.. Hale has not yet availed himself of
! the opportunity to resign. The Presi-
dents reasons for wishing him to retire
are not yet known. 41r.