Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-20
Sterling Words.

IS The Ne,o York Ne,cs is not obnoxious Il
the charge of being time-server or "pol
icy" monger. If it has any distinctive fea
ture, it is that of uncompromising opposi
tion to everything like what is fippanrl,
called "policy." This by way Of prefac.
to the following sterling words from tn,
Ne,os: f59
There may be periods when it would b
better to lose the triumph than to gain II
by receding from the strict line of princi-.
pie; but no,o, the udlue of Democratic dscen
dancy is too great to justify amy action thar
consideration the condition of the South.
and ask ourselves If the great, the para
mount object is not to rescue that portion
OF the land from the tyranny whose heel i
upon 1t, and whose mailed hand is claspei
upon the essence of liberty. We shoulC
be as much surprised as grieyed
to, see Democrats splitting hairs
and balancing feather weights OF
doctrine, while their countrymen in the
Southern States, oppressed and famine
| stricken, trembling between hope and de-
spair. are anxiously looking northward
for the sign of their deliverance. Is it .
time to urge perplexing theories,t to threat
en- division, to speak words of discourage
ment, and stir the elements of strife and
decentralization in the Democratic ranks
We appeal to those Democrats who may
have suffered wrongs at the hands of party
leaders, not to turn the tide of Democratic
victory, and, as they expect to be forgiven
by their Heavenly Father. forgive those
VINO may have wronged them, and, save
the Republic" s.t .sY M
Whoever now in the Democratic party
seeks to sow dissention in it, or to occasion
lukewarmness that defeat may follow to 1t.
Is not only an enemy to the Democratic
party, but he is an enemy to the country.
WE always like to record remarkable
specimens of eloquence, both written and
spoken, and, accordingly, give space to the
following apostrophe to the Missouri Leg
islature, written by an editor OF axe-grind-
ing proclivities, who found the Missouri
Legislature grindstone difficult to turn
"As receptacle for raving, hopeless,
shriekiEg madmen, our law-grinding mu-
scum at jefferson City is second only to
Bedlam. Every blatant, blathering, one
idea-ed, crack-brain in the State meets his
brother there. Every yelping, whining,
fanatical, hypocritical cur in the State
meets houn dish confrere there. Every
uuconvicted scoundrel, every unhung fell
on, every murderous, frothing maniac and
dwelling. gibbering idiot in the State,
who is not in the insane asylum or peni-
tentiary, gathers with his fellow riffraffs in
that grand caravansary of political scape
gallowses, known as the State Assembly
of Missouri !"
A PROFESSIONAL dog stea ler was caugh
in London the other day. Itappeared tha
he was in the habit of seizing such uncon-
sidered trifles as young puppies and pood-
les, and shipping them beyond sea, or con-
signing them to distant markets by train /;
occasionally varying bis employment by
stealing valuable animals. So long as he
did not interfere with the privileges of the
nobility, he escaped punishment; but one
day he fell upon dog belonging to mar
quis, and was instantly convicted and sem
fenced.