Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-22

cratic celebration, that the time would
come when should rejoice at Demo-
cratic victory, could scarcely have be-
lieved it. In these former contests
thought the Democratic party was always
wrong and the Wing party was always
right.
But, gentlemen, the issues of those days |
were not like those that are before US. Both |
parties fought under the Constitution, and
we had then. no party outside of the Con-.
stitution. Not so with this new and dang
erous party that now confronts us all,
Wings and old Democrats, under the name
of Radicals. The time has come ,ohen zoe mast
strike hands and shoulder to shoulder face the
common enemy together and unite, or the battle
,oiU be lost. l see that distinguished
Senator from Indiana a few days ago, in an
address delivered ir this city before the
Soldiers and Sailors Union, volunteered to
give name to those who opposed the Con-
gressional policy, and to state of what ma
terials the party was composed, and to- fix
up the issues for which they were to con-
tend in the approaching Presidential con-
test. AS to the name. he gives it under an
alias, as the Democratic or Conservative
party, and he says it is composed of the
Southern. Democrats who sympathzed
with secession and rebellion, of the South
ern rebels, and of few recuits from the
Republican party. Now if he means, as
! l suppose he does. that the recruits
those who voted with that party in the
| Presidential contest, how will the honor
able gentleman explain. the last election
which has taken place in Ohio, a State that
lies so close to Indiana that he cannot tail
| to have heard the result? There was 10000
Republican majority in that State in the
| Presidential election of 1864. There wasless
| than 3 900 Republican majority given in
that State at the last election for Governor
| in lS67-sO that there were nearly 10000 re-,
cruits in that State alone.
| But this is not all. To these 10000 must
be added 10000 more, who voted against
/ the Republican party at the same election
| upon the vital question OF universal negro
suffrage, so that we have here about 90 600
recruits in one single State, and every day
| is adding to its swelling numbers. l have
| not time to enrmerate che well known re-
suits In other States which recently held
elections. We know that recruiting offices
have been opened in California, in New
Jersey. in Pennsylvania, in New York, in
Connecticut, and even in Massachusetts !;
aud that, in fact, the recruiting service
| is now in full operation all over
the United States, and that the people
are coming forward with the same alacrity
! to vote tor the restoration of the Union
i that they did to fight for its restoration.-
Now, observe, gentlemen, that Senator
Morton says this new party is composed of
Just three elements the Northern Demo-
Gratis who sympathize with rebellion, the
Southern rebels, and the recruits from the
Republican party. Of course we must
tdrop out the Southern rebel element in
|considering the results of the Election, In
| the Northern States, leaving only, accor-
ding to Senator Morton's classification, the
Northern Democrats who sympathize with
| secession and the recruits from the Repub-
lican party. Now, if the Senator be right,
and only few recruits left the party, the
$4,000 anti-Republican majority in New
| York must have been almost altogether
carried by sympathiZers with secession
Surely the honorable Senator could scarcely
mean this, unless, indeed, he too means
that not to vote the Republican ticket is to
be rebel and a secessionist.
The honorable Senator, however, does
lnot stop with giving name to the new
1 party, and stating its component parts, but
he is kind enough to make up the issues
upon which it is to contend in the ap-
preaching campaign. He says these issues
will be, first, the payment OF the rebel
debt; second, payment for emancipated
slaves; and third, pensions for the widows
and orphans of the rebel soldiers. l do
tnOt know by what authority the honorable
4 Senator undertakes to make platform for
| party to which he does not belong. He
is certainly very capable of making plat
form for the party to which he belongs,
but he tails to tell us what the platform OF
his party is to be. The platform which
hel projects for our party could not
Fcommand corporal's guard in any one OF
the Northern States. 1t is upon no such
issues as these that the great popular re-
dictionary movement was begun last fall
The issues of 1868 will be the issues OF
1867, the Constitution as it is, the limita-
| tion of Federal power within the just and
well defined limits of the Constitution, a
restoration of the States under the Consti.
tuition and not outside OF the Constitution
civil law instead of military law, free elec.
tions, and Constitutions framed by the peo
pie of the States, and not by the people o
other States, whether in Congress or out o.
Congress.
Mr.. Stanbery's speech was received with
continuous laughter and applause.