Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-07
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the offense of thus slandering gentleman
high on the rolls of fame, merely because
he visited the Capital of the State, would
resolve itself into one of graver magni.
tude.
| A large portion of our citizens called or
Gen. BLAIR during his recent visit to this
city, and among them were recognized
many of the supporters of Gen. GRANT
and Mr.. CoLFAx, and none, we venture to
say, left his presence without respecting
the gallant soldier and accomplished gen.
tlemen, whom they found in the person
of francis P. BLAIR. The feeling of dis
gust, at the conduct of the journal, in its
abuse and villainous carricature, felt by all
who saw Gen. BLAIR on Monday last,
must, in the very nature of things, be in
tensified with those who called to pay their
respects, and who saw and conversed with
him. We do not hold Gen. Comfy respon-
sible for this carricature, for it might have
crept into the Journal without his knowl-
edge or consent. 1t bears the impress OF
the low cunning of the dandyfied ass, as
sociated with him. who, like all others OF
a low grade Of intellect, make the common
mistake of believing blackguardism to be
wit. But we hold Gen. Comfy and DIR.
SMITH responsible for the retention of the
sweet scented, lisping, contemplate puppy,
1--WE beg pardon of the younger dogs for
drawing on them for fitting term) who,
at times, seems to have command of the COL
umns of the Journal, and this responsible
ty, willing or unwilling, they must bear,
unless they promptly give security for the
future by his dismissal. r...
General BLAIR has been the object of con-
tinued and of false attacks since his NOM
ination for Vice President by the Demo-
cratic National Convention at New York.
The charge made upon General BLAIR by
his enemies, is the same charge made on
General GRANT by his supporters-itis is the
same charge that General GRANTS po-
litical friends, in Leading Radical sheet,
made on the head of the political organiza-
tion in this State opposed to the Democra-
cy. The STATESMAN has never named the
charges against General GRANT except in
defending the Democratic party from orig
mating them. And, except in one instance,
we cannot now recall Democratic Daily in
Ohio that made it. That ins tance was this:
The Cleveland Herald charged General
BLAIR, on the authority of lying tele-
gram, with drunkenness, and that sheet
made an editorial on it, knowing it to be
false. The Plain Dealer, of the same city,
in commenting upon the talsity of the
charge, dared the Herald to 90 into an
of the charge that General
GRANT, when he 'swung round the circle"
with President JOHNSON, at Cleveland, two
years ago, landed in that city in state of
such beastly intoxication that he had to be
taken to the Detroit boat, and put to bed,
to sleep off the effects of his debauch. The
Herald did not dare to investigate,
for the proof of the truth of the charge
was at hand. WENDELL PHILLIPS charged
General GRANT with being so infatuated
with the love of liquor that he could not
stand up before bottle, and has since, in
q communication signed with his name,
~H3 Ao hO ShSOc bdHCSlOu
GRANT and COLFAx, charged that he, Gen.
GRANT, has been seen drunk in the public
streets within the last nine months.
We mention these facts to show that
while the Democratic press has ample evil
1ence to charge and to prove that the can
iidate of the Radicals is so much cf
whisky drinker, that he ought not to be
yet they have not made the charge
4 part of the canvass, for Democrats be-
lieve, that If Radicalism is to be carried
ont, the country disrupted and its people
it matters but little, when
all we have is lost, whether it is done by
the Radical President drunk, or the Radi-
,al President sober.
But the charge against Gen.. BLAIR being
talse-the thousands of our citizens who
saw him on Monday last being witness to
the fact that it is basely so, we have no pa
tience with the .'low-browed baseness"
that repeats it in the Journal, that its dis
tant readers may believe it to be true.
Three Monster Democratic Meet
ings.
The greatest Democratic meeting ever
held in New York City was held Monday
night. A half million people were out,
and it is estimated that there were ninety
people in Torchlight procession.
The meeting the same day and the
Torchlight procession at night in Pitts
burgh, was the largest and most imposing
ever seen in Western Penns
sylvania. .Hz
On the same night the greatest meeting