Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-09
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IN gne same connection, that there must be
| giving way somewhere; that now by maxi
ing CHASE the Democratic Candidate the
Radicals can be beaten; that there are
hosts OF conservatives who heretofore
acted with the Republican party who are
dissatisfied with the Radical leaders and
with the way in which the affairs of the
Government have been managed by the
Republican party, and they desire an ex-
icnse to leave that party; that the nomina-
tion of CHASE will give them that excuse.
/ Then there are mt n who were in the ar
my. who have acted with the Republican
party; but who think that the Government
should be taken out of the hands of the
Radicals, or we will soon be without Re-
publican form of Government. They, too,
want an excuse to leave the Republican
party, and they think they could reconcile
themselves to the voting of the Democratic
ticket. If the Democratic National Conven-
tion would only nominate General HAN
COCK.
| This may be good reasoning. To us 1t
seems differently. Were we satisfied that
the party with which we are acting had
violated every pledge made to the people,
as the Republican party has done; were
we satisfied that the party with which we
are acting had become most corrupt and
profigate, defiant of the will of the peo-
pie, as the Republican has become; were
we dissatisfied with it for these reasons and
were we satisfied that the good of the
country required its defeat, we should not
ask to be furnished an ercuse to 60 over to
the other party easily. We should go over
bag and baggage, without making condi-
tions. We should have no prejudices to
bother US. Our desire would be to try a
change, to see whether matters could not
be made better. We should not feel salts
fed that we were giving the experiment of
change fair trial. unless we gave to the
recognized leading men of thst party sup
port. We should fear that if that party
were to take out of the party that we were
abandoning in disgust the nominee for the
most exalted Office in the country, matters
would not be essentially improved, and we
might as well remlin where we are.
This Is the way we should feel were we
convinced that our party is unworthy sup
port, as thousands of Republicans are satis-
fled that the Republican party is unworthy
their support.
There is a great army of Democrats
throughout the country, who have all along
been true to the Constitution, the Union.
and the organization of the party, and have
not been driven hither and thither by
every wind of doctrine. They foresaw
that the principles and measures OF the
Republican party would produce just pre-
cisely the results that have been produced,
and they warned the people against them.
Events have justified them in standing by
their organization. If they had not stood
true, there would be no hope for the coun-
try; and now that they have passed through
the red sea of persecution unscathed, and
are gathering to their standard thousands
who were beguiled into the Republican
party. through which our people are so
sorely afflicted, is it not asking of them too
much to offer up as sacrifice on the altar
of supposed availability, men who have
been constant and true and farseeing-
who stood by them when the storm and
tempest of persecution beat most fiercely !?
Hon. GEORGE 81. PENDLEToN in those
dark and trying hours, stood true to the
Const tuition and to the organization of the
Democratic party. He foresaw, and fore
told the people just what has come to pass.
And, moreover, seeing the distress which
the country now is In by reason of corrup-
tion, prof1igacy and all manner OF misman-
agement, more than year ago he pointed
out the true path to be followed to the po-
litcal salvation of the country. He said you
must retrench the expenditures of the Gov
ernment in every particular, compatible
with its efficient administration. Cut off all
useless offices and officers; save money by
pa ying the principle of the $50 Bonds as
they mature, avoiding an undue imitation OF
the currency, in Greenbacks; substitute
Greenbacks for the notes of the National
Banks, and thus save many millions
of dollars; abandon the policy of making
out of the Negroes in the South the ruling
political power.
The more the people consider this policy
of Mr.. PENDLEToN, the more do they be-
come satisfied that it is right; and when
guilty of political jobbing; that he has
been manly and straightforward in all his
doings, political and otherwise; and never
has he swerved from the right to concili-
ate an unworthy prejudice or to promote
his political advancement, they know that
he can be trusted. -His views are popular
with the people, as has been demonstrated
in the Second Congressional and the Eighth
Congressional Districts in this State, in the
Illinois Municipal and in the Oregon State
elections. He Is the favorite of the great
army of taxpayers. They looked to the
action of the Chicago Convention; they
turn to Gen. GRANT, and look at him and
dark and dreary for their interests. They
behold him put forward and championed
by the Bondholding and the non-taxpay-
ing capital interests of the country.
Will the Democratic National Convention
prove true or false to the taxpayers and
the millions engaged in creative industry,
or will they, too, see and think of nobody
in their action but the Bond holding and
non-tax paying capital interests? All the
movements directed just now against Mr..
PENDLEToN's nomination-the movements
in behalf Of HANCOCK and CHAsE-are not
directed personally at him. They are di-
rected against the creative industry and the
interest of the country-against
the holders of the plow-against the work.
ers at the fanvil-against those who shove
the plane-against those who work with
the pick and the eshovel-against those who
work with the trowel--against those who
work with the lapstone-against those who
work in the mines-against those who work
railroads aud run canals-against those
who are engaged in all sorts of mechanical
and merchandising pursuits.