Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-06
A DEMO CRATIC PAPER ON RO-
SECRANS.

[Fr0m the Cincinnati Commoner July
1Oth.l
We were surprised at the nomination
of General Rosecrans by the Democracy
/ of Ohio, and we presume he will be
/ equally surprised. and decline the hon
or. What hidden impulse il is, we can
| not divine, but we have leaders in Ohio
who profess peace principles, and vet
| fly TO such rulers and Representatives
| as General Sherman, General Ewing
| and General Rosecrans. OF course. 1t is
n surrender at discretion of al that we
| have struggled for ever since the epara-
ion. We know how the itch for sue
| cess, Office, money and power besieges
many of our first IN en-, of high honor
our ward and township politicians.
Fhat itch is very contagious, and may
be said to be almost universal. 'tSuc-
cess at ali hazards" has become
the motto of certain gentlemen in the
front of the Democracy, who should
be contented with principle and
waiting till they can make it prevail.
Certainly they ought not TO be allowed
often upon false principles.
General ROsecrans is not any more a
of the peace, Dem ocracv
fhan General Gram, nor of the working
masses, more than General Cary. We
want all the voters we can get against
General Hayes; but what do we gain by
electing another General? 1t would
have been only judicious and logical
for helDemoerRcy to have nominated a
civilian who would have polied the
strength Of the party of all shades. Mr..
Puah thought Mr.. Allen was such 9
'candi5iateg and,We thought well Of the
dattOH; but we learn thai
Mr.. Allen refused to run. If. General
Roseerans declines, we will have the
question over again; and then probably
a better selection can be made. Judge
RHnn0Y has no qualifications for anv
thing but the routine of the Governor
ship; and we are long since past the sge
of routine It will be a splendid chanQe
to get few thinkers instead of q marcel
of bum drum lawyers and crOgs-rORd-
srers into. our GoYernorshiD, and onr
Senate and other State and Federal off
General Rosecrans. has never done
anything of note but his greviOuR part
in the war, for which he will he Pffectu-
ally remembered by ythnusands Of Dem
ocrats atthe polls. He is an everlast-
ing talker and correspondents. but
knows very little of constitutional law
or political PcOnOmV. He has with his
sword violated all the defenses Of lfber- /
~ for all the States, Tt is true he is in
in1ical To General Grant, which IN
opinion is Tecfprocated, but that is p
very slender ground for his selection. I
He was not the candidate of the En-
quirer, which is besotted with Cary, /
and got him so badly beaten that he
will not reappear es a Democratic |
snolitieian. The ipdifference Of the En- 1
quirer o General Rosecrans is not good
ground for supporting him. In short,
he is not any true representative of
,Damoeracy. and our leaders who never
had an idea. nor the slightest estimate
ofone, will he surprised 10 find how
many will refuse to vote for the nOmi-
nee for Governor If he runs 1t is true
that the Statesman, as usual after nom
nations. Is very eXtrRvaganf. hut that
is chronic and signifies nothing. T.
calls itself the central organ Of the
marty. judge Gilmore will make =
good member of the Supreme Court
and he has considerable acQuRint9nce
with sound political principles. There
is great pleasure is supporting such a
caniidate. The Attorney General, Mr..
Connell, is an inconsiderRhle person.
who might well represent the party, IL
we had had no war, and if he had not
been in it, and illuminated hack home
his aversion to Coppprheads. Of the
rest we may speak hereafter. tl
We do not. by any means, consider
the biclxe et. settled so far as the head Of
&c stands. General ERnsecrans may
choose To make the canvass as a Candi-
date for Governor, bnt we are at lnss
to know what he Gan say, or how an
svver the honest obieGtion to. his nublic
character and his military antecedenfR. /
We shall possess ourselves iu patience
tilt the General has spoken, and the
voters taken a serious view of the pros
poets before them. --as ItE