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

~ 'Ho" On tnls title as soon % Il c0ae
ea 70 eoneeal lheir.unpopulsr views, and
sdop'' IN Its stead the appellslion Of
wings, snd, when this last designation
hae Jailed 10 procure the desired sue
cess, to modify end change il, BY the
multitude OF prefixes and additions With
whieb we see it daily connected. A..
ware that the principles they cherish, g.
'hs neasures they desire 10 adopt, are
those which the great body ef the Amer
icah people have repeatedly condemned
and sshieh they can never bs brought. to
approve and support, the leaders Of The
Ftdefsi yariy place their hopes Of sSe-
cess Na . cautions eoDrsGiment Dftheik.
.preeetf sentiments and plterior views,
and ~ skiliul diversion Of tho pablis
mind irom the true and important qnes-
tlonS involved 10 the contest, 10 the con
sidefatioa ofIssues, friviloOs false and
immaisfiai. Another reason for this
cOnceaineni 10 to be found in the fact,
that the party now in opposition are held
together by no one common bond Of
principle. To unite all the various par.
ties and factions Of the country opposed
IN tho democracy, in one general as.
sault upon the present administration 10
a primSfy object Of the federal plan.
Bank snd anli-bAnk, tariff and apli-tar-
If, aboliiionists and Shareholders, oil are
alike made welcome 10 the mock log
cabin Of Harrison reform. As no meas
ure or pyrtem Of public policy receives
the coumon appreciation Of this iDcon-
gruous mass, it's pars are only kept in
unison by careful avoidance Of alpubl,c
declaration of principles, and by giving private
assurances to each portion Of the league, d., that
it's particular views will form the polar star of
the new administration. The aboltionst is thus
taught to behold, in the elevation Of Harrison.
tho cehain triumph Of his fanatical zeal, the
fears Of The STAKEHOLDER are quieted with the de-
claration, that "no man north of Mason and
Dixon's line has suffered SO much In defence of
Southern rights as the chvalrous hero of Tip
pecanoBt" the advocate of NationalBank sees.
IN the oterthrow Of Martin Van Buren, the re-.
storatioI Of his idol, the "greai regulator. /"
whilst tfla enemy of thai institution is asked to
rely, with gem rous confidence, on the consttu.
tonal objections of the unchange and unchanee
able patriot of North Bend. 1t was in order 10
avail iheaIselyes Of these numerous and adverse
pTinclpIesI in the different sections Of the Union
where each might find ito peculiar advocates,
that tho leaders of the Federal party, inconven
tion at Harrisburg, resolved to pass by Webster.
tbs index Of their sentiments, and Clay, theiI
ancient aEd yenerated chief, to coCfer the nom
nation tor the Presidency on an available car
di1aie, whose history and politics, unknown
to the Pc0plen large, might be made the sub
Jecis OF representations as various as there wer,
various interests in the republic to court. Thi
Icand'da:ytby5 found in tie person Of William
Henry H5rison, gentleman OF the most ap,
proved and ancien! federal stamp, but whose Of
scuriT OF life, for many years past. afforded tht
amplest hope that his sentiments could he sue.
cessfilly concealed. Upon him the choice o
the convention accordingly fell, and then thai
body. true to the design of which we have spo.
Ken, adjourned without ''any general declara.
tion of the view of the great opposition party
to the present Democratic administration. The
subsequent conventions ofthat party have ADOPT
ed this precedent as the governing rule of their
action, and pertinacously adhered to a course
unexampsd in the history of the United States.
Nor has Gen Harrison himself, been
backward in carrying out this disr repu.
table design. In snswer to questions
Of public importance, respectfully asked
bv an association Of citizeLs Of the
State Of New York. he replied, through
a confidential committee; in the month
Of Feb. last, that no would make no fur
,her declaration of his principles for
the public eye, whilst occupying bis
presen, position" To the bearers
ofa letter, from the Democratic State
Csn,rsl Committee Of Kentucky, re-.
| ques,ing, in The most gen,lems My
terms, bis opinion on tho subject OF
Abolition. he stated, in the succeeding
month Of April, ",hat nothing could in.
duce hun TO answer such interrog o,o-
ries, coming either from frieuds or
foes" And finally. (although. in Is.
p, in answer 10 a call on the candida.
les for Congress, in The Clpcinnatti
district, Of whom he was one, "to pub
lsh their political creeds, that the o.
eciovc nigh, have fair opportunity Of
Of choosing those, whose sentiments
should best accord with their Town."
he had "ever bilelSed that everv elec4
tor has q right TO make this call upon
those who offer their services 10 the
people, and that the candidates are
bound to snswer it, he, in his Fort
Melgs speech on the l1th day Of Iast
June, declared, that he does ''not think
lha, candidate for the Presidenlship,
should be asked to give pledges"
Bu, what. fellow citizens, shall we
think OF man who, whilst refusing to
make and declaration Of opinions for
the public eye, was yet busily eDgsged
in distributing private assurances 10 tbe
different quarters Ofthe Union, Of ma.
lures tho most opposite and ilreso ncil-
eablel Wha, shall we think ofa man
who, atthe very time that be was wri-
ting letters innumerabls 10 his friends
in the Sonth hha