The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
"lBRAHax LiyCoLN,s rRIyCiPLKs."
The Case of G. l.. NsIiandiKham In 1893
md That Of .Inhn Il. Mclean To-day.

The Case of G. l.. vsiiandiThnm In 1893
ana That OF John X. Mclean To-day.
WASHINGTON, Nov I In their laborcd ar
gumcnts against the spectre Of m!litarism some
81 the Democratic organs VI Ohio have pretended
10 fear that the fate uf NalandIghain may beialI
John r. Mclean at any moment for his antago-
nIsm u the Administrators war policy THIS
II ridiculous and irrational. So Is the attempt
Of Col Bryan and Mr Mclean 10 mako votes
by applying what they are pleased 10 coll the
views and cardinal principles Of Abraham LIN
coin" thirty seven years ago 10 present condiuonsih
Ohio. II Bryan's aspiration could be fulfilled
and Lincoln were alive to-day" that great Repub-
lican statesman would be aghast AT the misuse
Of his so-called views and cardinal principles
There ls no analogy whatever between the
present political and military situation and that
which existed in 1861 IS. In Mr. 1lncolns
day a condition OF actual war prevailed, not s'OOo
miles away across the ocean but right here IN
the United Sta,es The capital OF the country
was threatened by an cncmys army, was
more than the spirit OF mlitarism; II was ba'ue
and bloodshed, was warfare that ramihed In
Us most destructive and fnghuul form into ONO
itself A great Department command, OF when
| Ohio formed part had its military headquarters
| at Cincinnati. The whole State was Practically
| under martial law and several thousand troops
older generation can ever forget the invasion
| Of Ohio by the rebel guerrilla leader, Gen John
Morgan In the summer Of 1888 the death ana
. destruction caused in his wild ride across the
State and his final capture at Butng ton 8 island
! II was under such extraordinary circumstances
! that the political campaign Of 1868 took place
/ between Brough and Nnland!gham The In
, Opportunc demonstration Of NaUandigham
friend Morgan doubtless added thousands Oh
votes IN the Republican candidates aggregate
II requires no very great intelligence to mark
the difference between such conditions and those
prevailing in Ohio to-day. There Is no, a hreling
soldier IN sight u make Mt Mclean fear for
his personal liberty. or the liberty of his press
The Democratic candidate for Governor oil ONO
il not mcnaccd by tho "milItarsm" which con-
irontcd his great prototype Nallandigham. bu'
after all IL was public opinion. expressed through
the ballot box in very thunder clap that crushed
Vallandigham. and not militarsm. AS falsely as
sumcd by Mr. McLean's friends lie continued
IN be lively enough after his military arrest IN
stead Of being injured or In any wise suppressed
the demagogue's arrest was of immediate material
aid TO his political designs Instead Of silencing
the opposition 10 Linculns war policy Nailanuig-
hams arrest by the military authorities added
fuel To the flames by giving its leader Increased
consequence After his return 20 Ohio from
the Southern Conic,leracy allandigham $
wrongs" made him the idol OF the Coppcrhead
party Of Ohio. as a martyr" to liberty he became
Its candidate for Governor But after his over
whclming defeat at tho polls by John Brough
he soon sank out of sigh, politically.
Just here it may he worth while 10 correc, sew
cral widespread misapprchensions concerning
an ancicn, event which has been rcsuTreCIe led
for campaign purposes. Nallandigham's ar
rest did no, occur during the progress OF the
Gubcrnatorial canvass in the fall OF 1863 as is
carclcssy. perhaps desiSncdIy assumed by
many OF his Democratic panegyrists for an obvious
purpose but on May Of that year. some month.
prior 10 the political nominations. The aires
was made by order Of Gen. Ambrose T.. Burn
side, who commanded the Department Of Obi"
and by troops then stationed in o"io. lie
specifically charged with the uteranco o
disloyal sentiments in a public speech, with
the object and purpose oi weakening the po"c
81 the Government IN Its Efforts to suppress al
uhIa"iu' i'"'""h, ihS p"'"'u'"i spe''h ar
, Na"hha'sh"n "''N'fra 'o"' o"!s previously
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r"ns,it,,,on. ,I,,, in fac, he WAS merely orr.o
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