Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-18

Congress, are partially gratified. Accord
ing to previous notice, advertised far and
wide, the Judge opened his mouth at
Xenia on Saturday night and spoke.
We're not the fact one of very recent oc-
Judge, decided the law of April 16, 1868,
having reference to persons seeking to vote
who have "a distinct and visible admix-
ture of African blood" constitutional, and
| then a few weeks afterwards, in the ca
pacity of a District Judge, unconstitutional,
we should attach some importance to the
speech delivered by him at Xenia, on Sat-
urday night. What guarantee have we
that he will stand by this speech? If as a
Judge, acting under the solemnity of the
position, he could within the brief space of
q few weeks render two decisions in regard
to the same matter, and that an important
one, ,nullifying each other, what heed
should be paid his words as q politician?
A. shuffiing politician, when placed in
Judicial position, may make a consistent
and conscientious Judge, but It is not in
. che nature of things or of human nature for
.shuffling. Judge to make a consistent or
onscientious politician. A Judge who
will make a mockery of his position, will,
IS a politician, to subserve party ends,
cheat the people. ~,,..4 ..,s -;
IL We are told by this ex-Judge, who Is now
1supplicating the support of the voters OF
this District, that prior to the abolition of
slavery, "the self-evident truths which our
| fathers declared to be the basis 6f just Gov
ernment, were but glitterinq generalities !"
That is, as long as African slavery existed
in the South, our Government was sham
and q mockery. We are not surprised,
then, that General BLAIR's letter should
disturb his nerves and cause him to see, in
Imagination, unsightly things. II the De-
mocracy shall be successful, he beholds the
overthrow of the Negro and Carpet Bag
Legislatures of the South, and the handing
of that country over to the rule of White
men. This he considers would be calam-
itous, and he pledges himself to support the
Reconstruction policy that subordinates
the Whites to the Negroes, and lays the
foundation for making out of the South
second Jamaica or Hayti.
He don't think the Democratic platform
a very bad one; but, then, the platform
amt the platform of the party. BLAIR's
letter is the platform. 1t is strange, if this
is true, that the Convention did not adopt
that letter, instead of consuming time in
getting up q platforms f... .-...,
Judge WINANs does not appear to have
as yet fully made up his mind save in re-
gard to the matter of Reconstruction. He
will vote to tax the people to the utter
most, to maintain the present Reconstruc-
ton POLICEMEN and money, without
limit, if necessary. He is not prepared to
say whether he is in favor of 'sequnl taxa
tion," however equal and just in itself
considered;" 'sbut will hold the matter
under advisement, and" himself "open to
conviclion."
The people are in favor of s'equal taxa
tion." To that Mr.. THOMAS is committed.
To that the Democratic party is committed.
The Judge says it is 'just = but yet he
must have time to consider whether he is
in favor of it. Why this hesitation to COM
NIT himself in favor of that which is
'just ?'
The same uncertainty affiicts his views
on the Green5ack question. He agrees
with Mr.. PENDLEToN, that ''neither the
spirit nor the letter Of the law under which
these bonds 1.-THE outstanding 5-2Os] were
issued, nor good faith, nor good morals,
nor exact Justice to the bonGholder re-
quire that they should be paid in gold,''
and that while the purchasers of the Bonds
took upon themselves the risk of the de-
probation thereof from ordinary causes,
they must also have relied on the faith of
the Government that its volume would not
be increased While, therefore, he thinks
that the $40 outstanding Bonds are not re-
quired to be paid in coin, and would be
willing to pay them in Greenbacks if it
can be done with three or four hundred
thousand dollars of Greenbacks, he is
excessively afraid that if you commence
paying them in Greenbacks, too many
Greenbacks will be issued-that they will
become too abundant; and then there will
be general smash up of everybody and
everything. tii 7s1aa- : laa Ls@.ts
With-the National Banks he is much
troubled. He would willingly displace
their circulation with Greenbacks, If it
could be done in good faith; and then he
thinks that Greenbacks, are not as good as
the Notes of National Banks, and yet the
National Bank notes are redeemable in
Greenbacks. sGreenbacks are legal ten
der, while the notes of the National Banks
are not legal tender. The Judge had bet
tar tread upn on this point. .5niBf 1
go The Judge, in conclusion, assures his
readers that general prosperity prevails
throughout the country. Evidently, the
Judge is not tread up" on this matter, or
he would not make this statement. 7-
Taken all in all, his speech is most lame
and impotent. Eiaes
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