Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-20
Letter from DIR. Fielding ON the
Political Situation at New


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NEW YORK, June 16, 1868.
EDITORS STATEsMAN;-I have been dill
gent in my inquiries here as to the pros
poets of Mr.. Pendleton, and the conclu-
sions at which have arrived are, that such
is his strength that all the energies of the
combined Radical and moneyed interests of
both parties in this city are working against
him-not openly, but covertly. The pros
pect now is, that the Chicago nominee (like
Grant on the James, will fight it out ION
the negro line," and in the contest will
come out with the loss of four soldier vote
to every one he gets. Indeed, he has be-
come the butt and sport of most of the
Conservative, and the severe criticism of
many Radical papers; and the World,
policy Democratic paper, has pretty much
annihilated him, and Colfax as well.
This enhances the prospect of the
Democratic party, and will encourage the
ShylOcks to greater eXertions to secure
their interests, which are antagonistical to
the West, to induce a division, by diverting
from consolidating on Pendleton, by
thrusting forward several candidates of
some distinction locally, so as, if possible,
to get compromise candidate, who may
be manipulated. moulded and shaped to
| their pecuniary interests, and opposed to
paying the public debt a la mode de PEN
dleton.
Some are for Mcclellan, ostensibly to
cope with Grant as a military candidate
that is all bosh. Grants reputation as a
military man, is reduced to its true value,
and is-a dead weight against him, as there
is not in the annals OF history General to
be found so reckless of the lives of his SOL
diers, and who gained so little by the sacri-
flee as he, in his efforts to conquer Lee. So
that plan won't do to oppose Mr.. Pendleton
with. But it is used as stratagetic effort
to divide. And so of Hancock, and Chase,
and Seymour. AS to Chase, by some show
of Democracy, which was evinced by his
contempt for the outrageous policy of i'm
peachment, he is urged as being the man
for the occasion. But the real fact is, Mr..
Chase is shrewd, and sees plainly that the
people are sick and tired of Radical rule
to go over to the incoming power, and ride
it, as he rode the Abolition party, and rode
it again when it became metamorphosed in
to Republican party. To this scheme no
true Constitutional Democrat can for one
moment give his appreciation, as the De-
mocracy of Ohio are still reaping the bitter
fruits of lifting Chase from the sink of Abb
olitionism to the United States Senate as a
matter of policy.
Let toe Democracy eschew all shades of
policy not based on principle, and in the
end victory will perch upon her standard.
The people are waking up and iocking
to the old Democratic banner of the Un-
ion. Let it not be marred by any new de-
vice, however specious or apparent as
policy. Nothing but unbounding integ-
rity and fidelity to principle can abide or
control the inexorable will of patri-
otic, brave, constitutional, union loving
party.
This the Democracy has ever been, is
now, and ever will be. Why take Judas
or an Achan to destroy, disintegrate or
weaken our Democratic cohorts now rush
ing into glorious victory?
Truly yours,
WILLIAM FIELDING.