The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-04-03
FoR VICE Pr SsDENT,
RICHARD MJOHNSON.
For GOVERNOR,
WILSON SHANNON.
LEECHES ON THE BODY
POLlTIC.

Our County is at present infested with
a set Of Political Bloodsuckers, aids Fe
deral Lawyers, from other portions of
the State, busy in getting up meetings,
10 preach salvation TO those few honest
farmers and Mechanics, whs are yet 90
blinded us to adhere to Federalism, oh.
noxious as it ls, in spite of reason, COM
mon sense, and the dictates ofthsir own
Consciences.
Among the most notorious Of these
Leechss, are Messrs Dewey and Scott,
of Cadiz, Jarvis of Massillon, and GrIs-
void Of Canton. These toui men, 80
we'll known as wool dyed Federalists,
and scramblers after Office. are now un-
der the control ofBauks and employed
by them annually to conjure up false-
hoods, and mlsrepreseOl truths to gull
the unsuspecting and uAcorrupted far
mere and laborers into a belief that
! Martin Van Buren, and the Democratic
party, are oil Scoundrels, and Gen.
Harrison and his leaders, all Gentlemen
and Honest clever tellows. IF those
four Bauk paid Abolition Fedsrallsts,
who have set Gen. Harrison up as
their SHINPLAS1ER God, to be wor
shipped by ail,intend 10 represent them.
selves as Gentlemen, and fac simife's
of the Honesty party, they will have TO
| 90 a little further IRON home, as their
acts are already eloee upon their heels.
But we ash, why is it that this coun-
ty, has been doomed 10 become the pr ey
of these political maggo'sl Are the
citizens Of this County, go debassd and
corrupt 10 their own estimation, as 10
court The company Of suck vermin :? Or
does Tuscasswas county, stand abroad
in the character Of a common prostitute?
as siuk of i'll fame2 No, it cannot be!
Yet We see men coming from Other
Counties, (who, when at home repre-
, sent themselves as p'nks of morality
u revelling 10 and prcclaimiug aloud. the,
prostitu'ed & debSuched principles, in our
', court House, and ,aiutIng the air with
{ vile vitupera,ions ofprivate character.
If Messrs. Gr!swoId, jarvis, Scot
and Dewey, think they can remair
cinging on to the BODY Of 'Od Tusea,
! rawas,' eating out her suhstance--i
=, they presume that the Democrat,
y party of this County. will be insulte,
:" 70 and then bear it with imrun!ly-if the
- " believe they can palm Oft falsehoods 70
~ truths. and retail private ISLANDERS q
their gatherings they can ,aur
the German citizens with being igno
~ " rant-if they think they can do all ,hes
ID things without being called to accoun
~ - and censured by the press, (boweve
y, y, feeble that censure may be,) They wi
~ find themselves most egregriously nj,
taken.
IN The majority Of the people OF tn
"a. county. are not 80 bigoted but that the
II. are willing to hear sound political dot
on lrnes discussed by honest upright at
be consistent men, let them come fro
fv where they will, or be of whatever pal
he ty they may; yet they possess eDoul
,s, Intelligence 10 keep them from ever b
re- ing imposed upon by willy Banker
n. Bank Pet'foggers, and cut-throat Al
OlitOnisis, preaching nothing but inceu
q ary doctrines, and advocating naus
on but Vituperation and calumny.
,D- As one Of these Bank mnicns (Gri
TO wold) has thought proper to attack
g. unProvokedly, aud as he expects TO
the taken up for office shortly, we shall bt
in after watch him.
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