The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
The Democratic Surrender.

| ROSecranS vi al men fIOl
whom to choose the Democrati
standard bearer to select Rosecrans
OF all men to lead the party tina
opposed the war, that declared it
failure, that were in secret or opel
sympathy with the rebels, "Ol,
Rosey ~ The ability of the Demo
cratic party to perform wonderful
leats of Juggling with principle ha.
been heretofore abundantly proved
but it never before so clearly demon
strated its power to swallow itsel
and utterly disappear within its owl
sepulchral jaws. Rosecrans w,
hold our breath in wonder at Tho
sublime forgetfulness Of the past and
Indifference to the future manifested
in placing chat name at the head oI
the Democratic ticket, in the State
where Vallandigham is power, and
Pugh and Pendletop l.ps recently
lswayed the desttnies OF the party;
where the ''unholy war'' was de-
nounced with fervid eloquence and
the Union leaders in the Cabinet and
in the field cursed with edifying
unctIon. Rosecrans
Why, was he not shoulder
strapped tyrant? A slaughterer OF
our Southern brethren ? A tramp
Ter on the rights of free people !?
Was he not all this, and more that
was unlOyely in the eyes, hateful to
the ears, and a stencil in the nostrils
of purequil Democracy? Turn to
the files of genuine Democratic
sheets during his command in the
army and see what was the opinion
then held by the Democratic party
of cold Rosey,' and now he is the
Democratic candidate ''by acclama-
ton" for Governor-though it must
be confessed the "acclanation" was
not all of one sound.
Never, since the earliest days of
Democracy in Ohio, has there been
such a sumner given to the party
and the public as this nomiGation OF
Rosecrans. The sublime impudence
of the thing took away the breath OF
those not i'll the ring mt the COnyen
tiOn, and they could only recover in
time to utter a few deprecatory ejac-
ulations and si5illatiOns. The out
side public could scarcely believe
their ears when the announcement was
made. But when the excitement vas
over, when those who we're entrap-
ped into shouting for ROsecrans were
able To think of what they had done,
and those who were dumbfOunded
with amazement had recovered their
senses, the dissatisfaction was in
tense. Curses were piled ee-deep
IN the Convention, strewed the
streets of Columbus, and were liber-
ally dropped all along the railway
lines and caunty roads leading from |
the Stale capital Ia the most remote
district. The "policy'' Hamilton
county delegation, who had held up
the horny hands of Cary, clenched
their own fists, and swore naths !
enough To bridge the Ohio River
with long span structure of Ohjur-
cation. The Cuyahoga delegates,
who went shoutingly down to nail
Ihe "Ranney and Old fashioned De
cOlors TO the mast, came
home grimly silent, and plunged INTO
The study of "Tristram Shandy" TO
borrow words from the famous curse
in which To clothe their wrath. The
McCoOk men, and Sayler men, and
White men, and Campbell men-and
last, but not least, the PendletOn
men, commenced tearing and swear
ng with edifying vigOr, on the an
louncement of the result, and are
keeping it up with accumulating
IOrce.
We tremble TO think what will be
The effect in those strOngholds of the
Democracy, COshOctOn, Holmes,
Stark, and Ashland. In Crawford
The tale will be denounced as an Gin
fernal Abolition lie,'' and the un-
happy delegates who take home the
sad news will be in danger of their
lives. As for Butler county, what
lOW the great dime martyr say2-
Only fancy the party who ran Val
for Governor on the anti
war principles when Rosecrans was
actively engaged fighting ValIandig-
hams friends, now leaving Vallan-
digham at home and choosing Rose
Grams as their candidate for Cover
nor. Was there ever such an ending
over of a party?
In 1868, Vallandigham. In 1869,
Rosecrans. In six short years the
Democratic party has swung from
pole to Cleveland Herald.