The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-05-08

have again and again met the detes.ss
ton brought forward, new dressed, and
with new authorities to give them cre-
dence with yOu. Among the most pro-
minent ofthose charges is that Of enmi-
ty to commerce % the part Of the Re.
publican Administration. Never was.
there calumnily moro wicked. Enmi-
ty to commerce | We ask, and we ask
emphaiically, where is the eyidence Of
iti What 10 the basis on which they
rest their claim to public coh6deuCsl
II is thai the Administration is engaged
in war which they claim to be unpop.
ular. What are the causes for which
this war is waged, and which have hith-
to embroiled US with the nations Of Eu~
ropei They are the violation of oar COM
mereiGl rights, and the inprsssmtnt of oar
scGmen! The Administration, then are
jeoparGizing their interests with the peo-
pie; they brave all dangers, for the main-
tainance and support o. our commercial
rights; and yet they are the enemies Of
commercel Can such base sophlstFy,
such con,emptible nonsense, impose on
the credulity, OR pervert the underslan-
king, ofa single honest mani
But to crown this picture Of folly
and Of mischief they approach you un-
der garb which at once evinces their
contempt for your understanding, and
their total wan, Of confidence 10 your
patriotism; under a garb which should
receive the most distinct MARKS of your
detestatiOn /; they are 'the friends of
peace" While our enemies are waging
against us a cruel and bloody war, they
cry "peace." While our western wilds
are whitening with the bones of our
murdered women and children--while
their blood 10 yet trickling down the
walls Of their former habitations-- while
the Indian war wboop and the British
drum are in unison saluting the ears, g.
the British dagger and the Indian TOM
ahawk suspended over the heads Of our
citizeDs-at such time, when the soul
Of every man who has sensibiliiy to feel
bic country's wrongs, and spirit to de-
fend her rights, should be in arms-it is
that they cry peace! While tho brave
American tar, the intrepid defender Of
our rights. aud the redeemer of our ma.
iional character, the present boast and
future honor Of our land, is impresse,
by ferce into service he detests, whlcl
compels brothers. blood; while he i.
yet ''tossing upon the surface Of tht
ocean, ard mlnging his grosps with
those tempests, less savage then his
prosecutors, that wait him TO q return-
less distance from his family and BIT
home'-it is at such a period, when
there is no peace, when there can be no
peace, without sacrificing every thing
valuable, Mat our feelings arel insulted,
the public arm paralyzed, and the public
ear stunned, By the ddstardly and in
csssant cry cfPEACE! What. fellow.
citizens, must be the opinion which they
entertain ofyou, who thus assail youl
Can any man be 90 stupid as moi to per
ceive that it is an appeal to ycwt fears,
to your aoarice, and to all the baser pas
stone which actuate the human heartl
that it 10 approaching you In the manner
in which alone those puny politicians
who buzz about you, and thicken the
political atmosphere, say you are &C.
cessible, through your fears and your
pockeisa Can any American citizen
be so proAigaie as not to spurn indignant
y the base libel uoon his character?
Suffer yourselves not to be deceived
by the pretence, that because Great
Britain has been forced by her subjects
to make qualified repeal Of her orders,
our Government ought 10 abandon her
ground. That ground was taken 10 re-
sst two great and crying grievances,
the destruction Of our commerce and
the impressWent Of our seamen. The
latter is the most important, in proper.
ton as we prefer the liberty and lives of
our citizens 10 their property. Distrust,
therefore, the man who could advise
your Government, al eny time, and more
especially at this time; when your brave
sailors are exciting the admiration, and
forcing the respect Of an astonished
world, when their deeds Of heroic valor
make old ocean smile at the humiliation
Of her ancient tyrant-at such a time,
We cay again, mark the man who would
countenance Government 10 COMMU.
TING OUR SAILORS RIGHTS
FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR MER
CHANTS L0ODS.
The address concluded with the fol-
lowing eloquent appeal TO the patriOt-
ism OF the people OfNeW York:
"Fellow citizens--In the result Of
our elections during the continuance Of
war, these important considerations are
involved, the question of-WHO is
FOR HIS COUNTRY OR AGAINST