Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-31
FROM NEW YORK.
lCor.sspondenes Of the Ohio stste.man.l

e4.lfl.s IN EW r4Ohh, august 20, lOOO.i
The agitation in the. political cauldron
rs increases fire is getting higher.
!; Men for long fine talked Of the quiet
. Of the campaign; now they are getting
81 excited, and the contest promises ex-l
ceedingly lively times before the end
: cometh. Both parties. are fully awake.
The Republicans have, been sadly
& troubled of late That visit Of General
SO Rosscrans to Sulphur Springs, the fash
ionable watering place of Virginia, has
3 filled the very air with rumors and the
Republican brain with visions. These
/ srumors have it that the new Minister to
Mexico meets there, at the Springs,
citizens of the South, some
y ! of them cbieftans in q the late unpleas-
s1santness,. and in those visions are con-
II jured up the forms Of sundry political
!. evils. What if these men should decide.
: to issuean address to the people Of this
country, and all in the interests Of the
great Democratic party and their sue
= : ecession in the pending struggle A
:; dreadful thought this to the minds of
y certain Of the Radical leaders, and there
upon the telegraph flashes all sorts Of
stuff to the fonr, quarters Of this univer-
sal Yankee nation. Now that they have
made such a fuss over the, quiet visit of
Rosecrans to the Springs, It is really
suggested by the Democrats here
that the thing which the Radicals
isssev much fear might well be- accoms
~ plished- an. address being issued by
these heading citizens of the South,
setting forth the real consequences
of the war in the several States, what
the people with. honor and self respect
: can and cannot accept, what counsels
should prevail, &c, Other men than
Gov. Wise and Mr.. Toombs should
speak for the South in this crisis, for
they, whatever their intentions. are too
hot headed and cratic to give that. dis
passionate expressionrto the sentiments
Of their people which the nature of the
times demands. Some of the indiscreet
expressions of such men as these, no
i.a matter what the heat of the debate in
- which they are uttered, are continually
Is paraded by the Radical press as repre-
. sentative of Southern thought. There
~ fore other and cooler men might well
speak for the South, and why not these
|. : n gentlemen Of the Sulphur Springs? ss
In regard to the confidence of the
4 Democrats hareabout in the favorable
= issue Of this campaign, you may rest as
sured that it is strong and self-assured.
It is not so abundantly seaguine as to
produce apathy, and work, work, work is
the order of the day and even of. the
hour. Campaign club after campaign
club has arisen, with strength and dis
S- S2' cipline fearfully formidable to all sorts
of Radicalism, and campaign club after
campaign club shall still arise. IF you
have studied well our record thus far
YOU are doubtless more than satisfied
3, 2 In this city, you know, for years about
the only question with the Democrats
z has been, how many dozens of thousands
2 majority they should give. In the pres.
ent campaign this city, at least, will
give such an overwhelming Democratic
majority as shall lead none to challange
her fidelity to theesu SO well repre-
sented by the States own chosen son,
Horatio Seymour. up
The gossips are busy with the proba-
. bilities Of the coming Democratic State
Convention. still hold. to the opinion
3 that Mayor John T. Hoffman will be
nominated for the Governorship. Few
men could develop such strength as
could Mayor Hoffman. He is very pop
ular. Notwithstanding all the honors
which have been heaped apon him. he is
very easily approached--that is, he still
4 remains q Democrat. Hegets very near
to the people. Even his political foes
like him as a man. Next to Mayor
Hoffman in the Convention will doubt
less stand Senator Murphy.
= The Round Table says that Ohio,
New York and Pennsylvania will go
Democratic, and as these States go will
the election be decided. 1t is hardly
necessary to say anything more on this
particular poiut. '''ai s-' si.isa