The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-16
COLUMBUS.
ConSultatlonl NIeeIlug Of Democrats
and LibeFnlR.

SOLunbUH, NoVeIuDer lo.-A BpeclA
conSultaiion meeting sol the Democrat
aud Liberal Republicans Soi Ohio, wa
held here To- day. Tho LiberalS; abou
forty In number, met separately ant
adopted resolutions declaring In theil
opinion II was deslrable that O cousolidA
tlon Of all the elements iavoring the lead
Ing principles enuncisted by the CincIn'
nail platform, should be effected, and thai
\ until snch consolidation 10 effected the
4 Liberal Organization should be maintain
ed and perfected that the next Liberal
Liberal State Convention should declare
squasely In favor OF tariff lor revenue on,
ly, and invite all persons without regard
4 TO IoFmer political associations 10 unite
with them; recommending that after the
next Convention, the name OF Liberal
Republican as a party name should be
dropped, and that oil the Liberal party
be adopted; asking oil organizations which
have thus far co.operated with the
Liberal Republicans 10 abandon the old
party name with the view to O more per.
iect union under the name OF Liberals.
That as party they are opposed TO all
special legislation or special privileges, be.
lisving that the equal rights Of ell should
DO the guiding principle In ell rAmifca.
lions Of governmental affairs and under
great care In selecting candidates for
members Of the Constitutional Conven-
ton. -g-g
The Democratic and Liberal RepublI.
can State Central Committees, together
with large number oil other representa-.
tives Of the two organizations from Va.
riOus parts Of the State, held c0nsulta.
ton meeting this afternoon, In this city,
pursuant TO . call Issued on the 9th Of this
month. A committee had been appoint.
ed by the Democratic and Liberal Repub.
lican State Executive Committees to pre-
pare an address to the Democrats and
Liberals Of Ohio for their consideration
and adoption ct this meetlng.3 This com.
mittee conPlsted of Senator Thurman,
Gen. Thomas Ewing, Gen. Brinkerhoff
and John G. Deshler.
Senator Thurman, on behalf Of. the
collmittee, reported the address to the
meeting, It waS considered and unanl-
mouslyGadopted as follows:
To M Democrats and Ltbsra! Republicans
9 Ohio: ,,..gg 1sk
The Presidential election is over and
Grant Is reelected. It Is not our pur-
pose at this time 10 treat of the causes Of
this result. 1t Is the future that demands
your attention, and recurrence to the
past is useful only to. ascertain facts and
lessons They teach that q vast majority
o! the Democratic party (perhaps 95 per
ceal) voted for Greeley, and large mum.
Der Of citizens heretofore ol the Republi.
can organic alton also voted for him. The
aggregate Of their votes, as nearly as we
can estimate, will exceed three millions
and quarter. The nominal popular ma.
joFity Tor Grant is something over half
million on the vote Of nearly or quite seven
millions, q majority Of about z per cent
This Is the result, as nearly as we are
able in the absence OF official returns, TO
state It, but this vote does notrepreseut
With exactnces the sentiments Of the coun.
try. 1t Is evident that large body ol
electors stayed away from tho polls.
Nearly every one Ol these men Is an op.
ponent OF tho administration, and II they
had seen fit td'cast their votes, Grants
popular majority; would be very small,
il 1t indeed would exist at all.
The prominent feature Of the election
may be briefly statedlthRt ninty.fye {per
cent ol the Democrats voted for Greeley,
Vt the remaining ave per cent q compare!
lively small number voted for Grant-the
greater part Of them did not vote at all.
Or the Liberal Republicans who Joined
thls party Of reform large majority
stood fast, while Others dispalring Of suc.
cess, went back, 10 their old associations
or stayed a honiG Nov leaving out OF
view the venals men who, from corrupt
motives, deserted the cause and voted for
Grant, and who cannot be relied on by
any party that uses none but honorable
means TO further its success, may be safely
affirmed that the great body Of electors
who stayed away from the polls are now,
as they have been 10 times past, opposed
to the dominant radical party. 1t Is true
that they did not vote; by this they mani.
Iest their opposition o. The late election,
and this TACT is greatly TO be regretted,
but let US not raslly cast our censures
upon them. II they could not over
come their old ,feelIpgsI OF prejrdices
80 far NaS TO VoIe for q life
long opponent. We may deplore the
TACT, but We should not be so unjust aS to
place them Ia the ranks oil our enemies
We have an abiding faith that with time
aud reflection they will be found, as here.
tofOre, acting on our side. The Radical
camp Is no camp Tor rthem, nor Is 1t the
part Of wisdom to draw the party toma.
nawk upon the Democrats or Liberal Re.
publicans, who, from conscientious but
mistaken motives, saw flt TO vote for
Grant. The circumstances were novel
and peculiar, such .as had never before
Oeen SEEN! and men Of the best inten-
lions were liable to err, Condemn as
strongly as you will the base men who
sold their votes, bat be charitable to your
old friends who, under circumstances oil
difficulty and embarrassment, differed
from yOuin opinion. Instead OF repelllng
strive 10 win them back. Free and inde.
pendent thought 10 the very essence OF
Democracy and true Republicanism. 1t
created the Democratic party In the
beginning. Il has maintained 1t ever
since. IT gave rise 70 the Liberal
Republican element, Of today, and
to 1t wo must look for accessions
IN the future. What ID needed then Is
not crimination and recrimination, but
the opposite. Three and a quarter mil
lions Oi electors have protested by their
votes against the Radical mlsrule under
which the country has suffered, and
which threatens to overthrow the very
foundation OF free government. The
reasons for their protest are as patent to.
day as they were when they cast their
votes. By every confederation Of consist.
ency. and Just principle these men are
bound TO continue TO act together. The
necessity for reform Is likely TO increase
instead Of diminishing. The advocates