The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-09-25


ces have fallen and a pressure fell, these
men, the very authors of the evil, oil
boldly cry out, that the sin should be
laid on the President and bis friends,
The reduction, in OHIO, they falsely as.
fseri, has been oecssioned by The acts
,ofa Democratic Legislature. Will they
tell us what has caused the reduction in
Now York and Connecticut, where the
Federallsls have been in power for the
last three. years 7 Nh they explain
the cause Of the reduction throughout
the entire United Stalesl Viii they ac.
coun, for this boarding Of specie, by the
banks, for ~hirh no equivaleal Shatev-,
is put In circuIatpn Z No fellow citi-
Zens, it 10 not te the acts Of q Democrat
&c Legislature that we must look for the
source Of the present hard times; il is 10
be iound in the powerful workings Of q
system ofunregulaed banks, aud cor
rupt alliance between those institutions
and set az ambitious Federal y. n.rirauls.
The next feature in the plan OF the
federal leaders 10 which we desire to
call yonr attention. is their apparently
fixed and unaltetahle determination TO
disclose no principles, 10 propope no
measures, pending the present political
campaign. To denounce the admins.
iration IN general ,erms,to invent thou
esnd charges against il that have no
foundation IN truth, to reiternte and stick
10 these charges long aher they are
known to be false, TO Affec. a zeal and
sincerity Mat may impose on the uhWa-
~ and frighten the iimid, and above oil
10 commit themselves 10 no measure or
principle Of public policy, is the disiiLc c.
tive character Of the present plan Of fed
eral electioDeering. They affirm that
the difficulties Of tho country are owing
TO the administration; they proclaim
their own ability TO remove these diff
culiies, ,f the power otthe government
be confidet to them; tary profess an o.
oedience profound and sincere to the
popular voice; and yet they are uuwil-
ing to trus, the people with the knowl-
edge Of single &C, by which ,hey ex.
peci TO produce ,Nis result IL il 10 be
effected by tho creation of another Da-
uoDaI Bank : Will it be brought about
by the restoration Of The deposi,es 10 ,bt
'ocsl institutions ofthe States Is il
10 be produced by o revival of tho mil e.
called American Syslem, with it's higi
,sriff and unconstitutional expenditure
IOr has some new di4euSe,s heen- mao
,a the sc,e9 &c OF politics, known only :,
the leaders Of he federal psriy. and re,
served only 10 confer Iustre and glory OF
y Federal sdminis,rstion Z To these
questions no answer 10 vouchsafed 20 the
American people by the Federal mana.
gers who profess their ability to sc, ev-
cry thing right They thus stand con.
v'cied Of hypocrlucally claiming o pow.
er they do not possess, or of insulting
the country by a conces'ment of opin,
lons they are bound to promnlgate. Fo
We hold il 10 be essential to the very ex,
,stence ofthe elective franchise, that III,
right ofthe people To know the poliiIca
opinions Of those who aspire to uansac
the affairs Of the nation, shall be ex.
pressly recognized and implicitly obey.
ed. To deny this right, or evade its OF
litigation, is to aim deadly blow al III,
fundamental maxim on which repres e n
tative government rests that maxim
for which our republican fathers sc
sternly commended, and which as the,
thought, was forever firmly established,
when they laid it down as ono essential
article Of their creed, ''tbat the agent of
he people is bound by the will Of his
constituents" 1.-THE representative i,
he servant and not the master Of the
people, if b's duty consists in rejecting
heir opinions and oheying their VII, any
,nisre presentation or concealment, 10
mesen, their choice from falling on one
whose sentiments best accord with
their own" is direc, and dangerous
assault upon the supremacy Of their
oower And here, fellow citizens, we
beg your attention TO the important fa CT,
hat cOeVsI with The nomination 10 The
Presidency Of a man, whose support OF
the black cockade administrator of the
elder Adams can no longer be matter
ofserious doubt, the ancient Federal
doctrine, "tbat the representative is not
TO be trammelod by The will of his con.
sIIluen,s, "supposed to have been over
thrown and put to rest, by the re-elec-
ton Of Mr Jeff1rsou, rs agaIn revived,
and practically acted upon, by this can
didate for the-highest Office in The gift OF
The nation. Let this doctrine be once
firmly established, and let the example
be set, to serve as precedent 10 all fu.
ture time, Of candidate elected 10 the
chief magislracy Of the republic, by a
careful co0cealment Of his views in re-
lation to-the great measures and princi-
pies involved in the contest, aud what
we demand, will elections hereafter be
hat a hlindfold choiaa ncn ,,.r =: