Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-06

JAMES K. WHARTON, Esq, the editor of
the Pakersbmy {W. Va.) North Ameriedn,
has severed the bands that hitherto bound
him 20 the Republican party. Hei an old
editor and never before gave his support to
the Democratic party. Herewith we pre-
sent his reasons for abandoning the Rebub-
liean party: - -, .,i',d bee .bs5.. as--
THE CONDITION. t.,.t
IFrom the Parkers burg North American-Edit by
-siD 1880 SJafhes n. Wharton.1 SHI ieLilSu ="
9 We proposeffD state our position on pub
lie affairs, and we believe all Republicans,
-and We have always been one OF the,
lstrictest of the sect, or, in other words, one,
of the most earnest for the interests of the
people--asi awhole, will readily agree with
us. d The true position for any man is II
will do my duty In 1928 we supported
John @. Adams. We opposed the measures
of General Jackson and Van Buren,. We
supported Harrison In 1886 and t1S40e We,
had faith in the old Whig party and con-,
tinued to have, SO long as it existed. We
thought thata United States Bank and pro-
tective tariff were necessary to the success
of our. people. They were right then.--,
Slavery, as an institution OF our country
was an evil to the people. We opposed it
: to our own etrimentNduring our whole
life in Virginia We do not regret it.Ai
Slavery, thank God is gone It can never
be reorganiZed-never be made as chattel
institution, again-a part of our country.
The faith,u eSrnestness and honor with
which weDfoughtith the war can new
er be Questioned Why !? Il Because we tul-,
iIy believed, and now believe, and you all
believe that, in the supremacy, over our
whole territory, ofrepublican' institutions,
is the salvation of man ma as r. free and equal
people. - Il "a i.
In our oiiFop opinion ion the war war was fought out
upon these grounds. That clos ed in April,
1866, more than three years ago. This is
long time-longer than many human lives,
a long era in all lives. Each hour-much
more, each year should bring some sue
cess to every man, much more TO a nation
of Ko.000000. Have these three years
brought any success to our nation /? No.
The debt is greater than it was at the close
of the war. Has it brought success to the
people !? No. Lobor, so far as results are
concerned, is. much worse off than it was
before the war. Merchanics, manufactur-
ers, and laborers, as well as farmers, are all
producing less of theimaterials of life, than
ever they were. Why? An, internal tax
exists. 1t must be paid in all the wants of
life. 1t is paid in all our transactions, I'M
stamps, in incomes, in special taxes. 1t is
paid in every day, and in every hour of
our lives. We scarcely breathe without
paying a tax upon it. From the swaddle
ates an armyiiof offieeholders nthat prey
upon the people as the ilocusts of Egypt
preyed upon the products of the SOIL
We complain not of our tax-gatherers as
individuals; but of the system that creates
them. We all know that our Government
can be maintained without internal taxes.
Yet there are forty Thousand officers, in
spectlng, assessing, and collecting our rev.
enue. These are drones in the community;
for they produce nothing, and are support
ed in luxury by the labor of the poor
They should all be abolished, and the oc-
cupants of the Offices be made to become
producers of that which will support and
improve mankindoygga isfl $50 vEt
We are. on this ground, if there were no
nominees of the Conservative party. But
there are other reasons and those abund
ant and sound. The Republicans declare
for a fixed perpetuity of gold bonds, for
official extravaganza and tax collectors,
and yet thypocritically sympathize with the
oppressed people of the world. They have
placed in the hands of one military man
the control and regulation of the political
status, and even the hopes and homes, Of
the people of ten of the largest States in
the Union, and yet they have Nominated
that very man for the highest office in the
world. We do not say that General Grant
uses this enormus power to elect him Pres
ident: but 1t is throwing terrible tempta-
tion in afman's way---one that would re-
quire the honesty of seven saints to resist,
aud the unblushing effrontery of Prince
Metternich to accept. What honest feeling
man would have supposed that General
Grant, as a decently modest man, would
not, ON his nomination to the Presidency,
have resigned his present position? sSup-
pose he we're dishonest, where is the limit
to his power OF controlling the Southern
States? They. are situated precisely as 1
were the soldiers of the French army who
were told that they couId vote as they
pleased, at all times, but if they did not
always vote for Napoleon as consul, they
would be shot! 1stit not SO? What South
ern State will be admitted to vote that does |
not vote for Grant? Not one., What man
is not restrained from voting who is not
negro suffrage, carpet-bag .Radical?i b9Yis1
The Radical platform asserts that negro |
suffrage must be enforced in the South,
but left to the States in the North, Is 1