Year: 1863

which only recognized State existence in fact. 70
eonsemu y a. thing iileEitimate and foreign 10
the tue theory oi our insiitG tions


We have the ght 20 assume III Mr Brough
the Governor will he the legitimate successor of
Mr. Brough the candidate; that his ad mnistra
lion will exemplify the political dogmas TO which
he has willingly committed himself: that his oath
% support the State Constitution will be construed
according 20 the latest party revelation. hemay
therefore bd-~e hope but tenporaril y-adiea 60
the State # Ohio. From this time forth the
Site Of Ohio" Nill be only . territorial. not a
political designation. The power which the State
of OHIO once had 10 protect its citizens has some
time since disappeared In electing Mr. Trough,
the people have sanctioned this act of dismaBtle
ment This gone, there i. little remaining for
which TO contend: and the choice OF mtn who
publicly told the people. in order to gain their
supso-t, that ii they did not elect him willingly,
force would in,erpose TO put him in the place to
which he aspired. seems To remove all the obSts
cIes which stood in the way OF the work OF State
annihilstion To elect a man who threatened to
be dictator in case he was not elected, is to elect
a dictator -


We will not here stop to mourn over the close
of the political history of the State Of Ohio nor
predict evil To the people because they have per
nitted the revolution which has extinguished it
as a political entity u succeed. We will rather
look for it, resurrection in due time; for we feel
that a people who enjoyed the benefit of
legal guarantees to their shts and liberties will
not long do without them The form Of the
elective franchise still remains-SOle relic of con
stitutional freedom; and this remaining the sup-
stance may AZ some time reattach. and the people
become willing to restore they now to
demolish.


There being no State of Ohio. Mr. Brourh is
only a ttular Governor of the State. He attans
by his election nothing but place. 10 which the
/ President might have appointed him. How much
satisfaction this reflection will give him will de
pend upon his relish for title which is in fact,
msnomer. he will write Governor after his
name. and act agent of The powers that be
at Washington. As his predecessor did not. 50
he will not be required To the people of the
/ District of Ohio; aud we have the right 10 look
upon him as simply relic accidently left of
state of things that has passed away.


To the members of the Democratic party
/ have only to say that they have done their duty.
/ For the result they are not responsible Chagrn
over purity defeat Is unmanlv, aS in exultaton
over party victory All the loss that party
sustains in failing to achieve power and Office is
nothing, and We have no tears to she'd over de
feated candidates II ,d Mr. Vallandigham been
elected. it would have given Us pleasure. because
IL would have seemed tO not only an act OF
Justice 20 an individual. bnt the assertion of An
important right by the people Bnt Mr. Vatan
digham will be none the less Mr. Vallandigham
| because he u not elected. nor rights cetSe TO he
rights bec,use they are not permitted FIR time
in allowance Time will. at length make all
things even; and because are unable to see il
now, does not prove th,t even these adverse
events may not. in the end. appear tn be things
that were needed To more fully prepare the way
for Il more desirable CONSUMPTION.


Ii is not proper To he discouraged. Indeed.
there is room for encouragement We can
not avoid the risk in which Is placed all that Is
politically desirable The greater the danger.
the greater the demand for constancy. The
stake is our whole estate and the game must he
PLAYED In the election OF Mr. Brough, We have
II virtual promise that civil war will not, for the
present he brought upon u by the Government
tha, there will be no immediate forcible SEIZURE
of people whose legal deienses have been
demolished We shall still be permitted to
think, AMI perhaps 10 communicate our thoughts
one to another; and such power and vitue as
there Is in opinion may. in time. produce that
general popular action which is necessary TO re


trace without danger or convulsion the wrong
path which we people are pursuing