Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-02-13


larger extent than ever before, If, indeed
not fully, the Democratic party wen
into the campaign. The organization
and committees were I'm the hands @
those who then made boast that the,
were among the "sound menu of th
party, and efficient work was done ac
cordingly. The Democratic masses wer
stirred up, and the "odius" Vallandig
ham went every ,vhcre, with immens
audiences, largely Republican, to gree
him, and injured the party" by con
tributing his full share to the large Dem
ocratic-gains wherever he went, and wei
understood by all to be candidate fo
United States Senator. After most en-
thusiastic, STRAIGHTFORWARD, straightfor
ward, honest, squared-toed" fight, th,
Republican majority in the "policy
year 1865, of AZ, 900 was reduced to 2,90t
on Governor, and Democratic Legisla
ture elected.
1t was emphatically a victory of the
Democratic masses, because the hearts o.
the election over, than for a particular
purpose, the cry went forth from a Ger.
tain class of men all over the State, I'VE
must now look to policy; we must be
careful to consult the prejudices of the
Republican and Conservatives we must
not drive off the new converts; we need
more Republican votes; the election ol
Vallandigham as Senator will 'injure the
party; we must take some less obnoxious
man." Through the machinery of the
State Central and Executive Committees
the work was accordingly done. The
Democratic members of the Legislature
were industriously stuffed with the idea
of policy" and that the entire success
of the Democracy in Ohio and elsewhere,
in 1868, depended on the defeat of that
pestiferous" fellow Vallandigham.
The Convention of the Sth of January
1858, was attended by men some of whom
never before met in a Democratic con-
vention, and by others who had been alb
sent during the II years of Democratic
defeat, but 1Cho 9lOU turned up like Vuy-
ture8 and cOrHaorants lowering OUer the
spoHs.
At this Convention, through the basest
tredchery, the entire control of the Dem
ocratic organization was handed over
bodily upon certain conditions, relating
to certain nominations for high places to
to the men who in 1868, in the great bat
tie for free speech, free press and free
ballot, refused to support the Democratic
nomination for Governor that year
From President of the Convention down
to minor officers and Chairman of Com
mittees, nearly every man who figured
conspicuously in that body was one APP
parently selected because he had ethe,
REUSED to support the Democratic ticket
an 1868, or had been an dUOUed member of
The Republican oIrty during the tCar.-
The Democratic party of Ohio was thus,
for certain considerations and on condi-
ton "of Amnesty" to certain high con-
tracting peace men, delivered Over to
tie control Of those Who had ,forsdkea or
betrayed as during the OrtieM Of the tUur.
A platform, too, emasculated of every
distinctive old-fashioned Democratic
l1ripcipte, as distinguished from mere line
of policy, and, for the first time, cOntdiIt-
ing @ quasi Endorsement Of the late ciuit
Odr as one aOdged "m defense Of the
Union" Ia aOeH-knO,On "pubiic false
hood") Uas reported By one of the rGcus-
ants Of 1868, and adopted. And two days
after the Convention, Col. Barnabas
in Congress for the With District. He,
too, had refused to support the nominee
for Governoriu 1853, aud more than that,
had attempted to organize a "bolting "
State Convention at Columbus, on the
4th of September, of that year, to nomin-
ate Il Democratic candidate in opposition
to Mr.. Faland CHAM for Governor. lie
was the veryr' man for the times"
On the 18th of .Iasllary, ISGS Mr.. VAL
landigham was defeated in ID lmocratic
caucus for Senator, by means alluded to
above, but not necessary further jli,t now
to expose.
Immediately afterward, Mr.. Jewett,
Col. McCook, Mr.. Rex, aud others vino,
lie Col. Burns, had refused to support
the Democratic nominee for Governor in
1,
posted to "stump the district," and they
did it, tie Senator elect doing active SER
vice. .MO,.2y, too, tDtts sent 6y d3Diraata
to high piiccs an aRthGr h'ic,ds, to uid dad
comfort one Of tt4 "pdrtics Of Tie second
part." The result of all this WAS the
usual fruit of :. .rolicy" at the sacrifice OF
principles and the aien who sustain prin--
cipie-a great Republican victory, ana
Republican gain OF $50 over an honest,
anti -"policy" peoples campaign in Octo-
ber last.
And now n question or two. How
many votes would Vallagdigham's cleo
tion to the Senate have driven Off"
from the Democratic party in the Eighth
District? How many Republican votes
did Thurman's election "drive on" to
the Democratic party? What has pol
icy" done for us again? And is the
FTGStfeHttuL election 10 DC SQcrIHce1 to Ehe
same insane cidmor and Encouragement" p"
Are politicians or the people to rule here
after in Ohio?
Is the project of rcdistricting the State
for Congressional purposes to he defeat
ed, and the five or six Democratic Rep
resentatives in Congress to be lost, lest
by possibility and contrary to his desire
and his plans for the future, Il certain
" odious person might profit by it? One
thing all men may depend upon; politi
cal oilenses, like those in the moral and
religious world, never fail to bring with
them their ust penalty, sometimes
sooner, sometimes later. The mills of the
gods grind ut i',teruais, both fast and tine.
Justice may be beth blind and halt, as
the ancients fabed her, yet she is nO,O and
then sudden and sprllgiag ) while the
winged daughter of Oceanus aud NoX,
riding upon her stag, javelin in hand,
r,eper teares tong unbalanced the scale of
human t0rOng.
Democracy.
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