Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-16
The Ohio Democratic Platform.


TIE Ohio Democratic platform contains
fourteen resolutions, of which two consist
of "caving in" by the Democracy OF
that State to the Republican policies con.
cerning slavery and reconstruction, ten
others present abstract views with which
Republicans generally will not take issue,
and the remaining two are occupied with
deuouncing the Ku.Klux law, and demand
ing that the five.twenty bonds be paid in
greenbacks. Greenbacks are now 30 near
" at q par with gold, and the point in
volved In this question has been worn so
thread bare, that nothing more remains of
It. The deDuncation Of the Ku. Klux law
Is not expected TO lead TO any substantial
results, as that statute is likely to remain
upon the books until 1t expires by its own
Limitation. Altogether, therefore, the pith
of the platform lies in its ratification of
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments, thereby pledging the Dem
ooratic party of Ohio to sustain, as ac-
complished facts, tho emancipation of the
slaves and negro suffrage. This is the coat
which the Republican party put on seven
years ago. 1t has done them so good SER
vice that IL Is hard TO see how the Democ-
racy can get much wear out of It, Ger
tainly, IL cannot be announced as party
issue that the Democracy fOrsake their old
ways and accept the Republican view of
questions, seven or five years after they
have ceased TO be questions. In short, we
learn from this Ohio platform that the
Democratic party is sailing so close to the
wind that it actually has lost its wind and
is drifting. 1t is unable to raise a single
issue that has point or force. Most of its
declarations raise no issue whatever, and
might as we'll have related to the time for
,NIo caN 10 f,.r
instance, can be made with the Republican
party on the point that the powers not
vested In the General Government are re.
served to the States or the people; nor
that the States are equal; nor that the
provinces of the General and State Gov
ernments are distinct.
If the Ohio platform could convey any
instruction of value to any body, 1t must
be to jeff Davis and his rear brigade of
invincible Bourbons, who are determined
TO believe that, through the Democratic
party of the North, they can restore slav-
cry, and in some way vindicate secession
Mr.. Davis, in his speech at Atlanta, pre-
diets that the ultimate rebel triumph is to
come In this manner The Democratic
party of Ohio assures us that Mr. Davis is
false prophet. His reputation in that ca
pacity was already very pronounced; but
1t is not to be regretted that, so soon after
his Atlanta speech, its chief positions
should be shown to be false by the declar-
ations of the Democrats of Ohio.
We see, in the Ohio platform, about all
the timber that could at pre- sent be mus
tered for Democratic national platform,
and how weak an effort it would be- Prob
ably the intention of its trainers was
merely to get the dead issues buried so
that the party could come to business
in its forthcoming Presidential race of
1872. Still, the present platform would
not have been so tame if the Democrats of
Ohio could have found anything more to
say or b tier worth saying. The truth is,
that by having stood aloof from the events
of the past ten years, they have virtually
lost the power to do anything of value for
some years to come. They have neither
the leaders, the votes, nor the principles
that can awaken enthusiasm or inspire
confdence.-Ch Chicago Post.