The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-01
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The first resolution Of the Republic
can Con1ention in Ono is thanks to
the Hon. BEN. Z. Wade. This is a
cheap method of paving him Off The
Republican pArty, although having a
majority in the State for Governor,
failed to reelect him United States
Senator. The main reason why they
refused to impeach Andrew johnson
for President was because in that
event Wade would be his Successor.
They would not nominate him for
Vice President and 6FaHt,@tileir
Presidential candidate, would not ap-
point him Cabinet officer. Mr.
Wade, therefore, in view of these facts
receives very poor Endorsement from
the Convention. s-1f,r 81
The next resolution. declares that
'swe-regard with sincere satisfaction
the fidelity eyinced by General Grant
to the Republican party, and his poll
cy, both foreign and domestic" Now,
as TO the, Hdomestic /" policy of Grant,
about all that has. been. accomplished
is his appointment of his own rela-
tiyes, and his removal of veteran and
wounded soldiers, in all parts of the
country, for men who have never
smelt gunpowder, and never seen the
tented field. This war upon soldiers,
and upon their means of living, is,
therefore, approved by the Radical
party. What is the foreign policy of
Grant, so unanimously indorsed p
Can any one tell2 Does any one know
what he will do in referenceto the
Alabama claims, or in regard to the
Cuban insurrection2 Is not the in
dorsement, a step in the dark We
put the question to our intelligent Re-
publican friends They all know if,
and will despise the subseryiency
which dictated the resolution.
The third plank in the platform
halls with the profoundest satisfac-
ton the declaration, of Mr.. Grant,
that "he will have no policy to en-
force against the will of the people y
Now, the win of the people is as con-
stitutionallYa expressed through the
President as it is by the members of
Congress. Indeed, the Chief Magis-
trate is more directly elected by the
popular will than the latter are. Why
should the President, therefore, aban-
don his constitutional prerogatives
that the law has placed in his hands
If the Congress passes an uneonstitu-
tional statute, why should not the
President veto it, and thus secure its
reversal.
" The fourth resolution of the Com
vention. is remarkable for its logic and
for its conclusions. Z 1t insists 3" that
the abolishment of slavery was q nat
ural and necessary consequence of the
war of the rebellion;" that "the re-
constrRction measures of Congress
were well adapted to secure the re-
construction of the Southern States,
and that in order to complete these
measures, and believing in its essen
tial Justice, we are in favor of the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Consti-
tution.'sie' lisif 81 jsui f#-IE
We ask the reader to peruse this
again :sf Hogg 8siYltlI5 sg efsfg ;
/ kit asserts thatnegro slavery was
necessarily abolished. ac3 s3.la =
2. That negro suffrage was then
necessary for the South. aa -
3. That, therefore, in order to COM
plete it, we should have negro suffrage
in Ohio.
What brilliRncy of figure and il.
Illustration there is in tho aboyei Who
can see any connection between the
abolishment of negro slavery in the
South and the establishment of Negro
suffrage there, and its enforcement
upon the people of Ohio? Ohio is
expected, although she voted it down
two years ago, to now vote for negro
suffrage, and force it on other States
that do not want it.4s1 Fs9tsau agl Il
The next resolution OF the Conven.
tiOn condemns the late General AS.
sembly " for its reckless expenditure
of money and its utter neglect of tht
business interests of the State.n i
would have been more satisfactory tc
have shown wherein the expenditures
were corrupt, and in what respect tn,
servants of the people fell short o.
their instructions. si tas' @
The Legislature is accused of hos
tiiityi to our benevolent and literar,
institutions. This hostility consists
in requiring students to vote at theil
homes, just as every body else is OBJ
liged to do. If a laborer is at worl
on railroad a hundred miles ava,
from his family, or business man il
making purchases in New York, the,
are compelled to go home to vote, O.
lose the suffrage. because the Demo
cratic Legislature places the literar,
and benevolent institutions upon tn
same footing, it is charged that Dem
ocrats don't like benevolent and liter
ary institutions. t'9a I
I The General Assembly is accuse,
of holding avery long session. TIL,
factis suppressed that the last Repub
iican Legislature increased the pay O
members from three to fpe dollars
day, and that, had It not been for thi
act, the expense Of the session woul,
have been but little more than hal
4 what it was. Why did the Legisla
ture sit 80 long? 1t was to see wheth
er the Radical United States Senat
! would impeach President johnson, az
in that event, it would be its duty t,
elect United States Senator in plac
of Wade. u IN sHsdiL- II
in We are told that it made "malig
nant attempts to disfranchise soldier