The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-04-17

msrican sun may mol ehino opon a sia-
gle slave. As the advocate ofatarltf,
which was DOT to be RELAXED ''nafii grasi
shall Ry.v ialthe streets of NOrfeH and
ChdrisstOn," he will doubtless prove q
great favorite with the Southern people
in general, and especially the Nulihers.
Bot not to be tedious, | will urge his po-
hiical excellences no farther than mere
" to add, that as the advocate for sell
ling free white men, vRo cannot pay
costs, ont of Jail as bond seryanls, he is
likely to bs Magnus Apqilo--Aescul-
apius. ayou please-ah over the coun.
try with'the "huge paws" as lhe labor
iug men Of the nation have been con.
|.lemptaously called by the. party whose
hopes ofsuccess rest upon false eSti>
mate of their worth and good senee. Z.
have too much confidence in the
people Of these United States, to fear
an elevation, TO the Presidency Of such
a man as'this. They, cannot prefer him
to the present talented incsn beat, who
has wisely studied. and eioqvently des-
scribed the disease preYing onthe health
OF the country, and who will give it none
.ofthe dangerous prescriptions /, would
be doomed to take from the head OF his
l'ivu's h,ko uvvry wise physician, he
has much confidence in the ris med,ta>
triz naturs-the medical power OF nature
doubting, at The same tiny whether dis
eases are often-cured by men "who
peur drugs, Of which they know little,
into -stomachs Of which they know ne-
thiug." He believes.ihat nature needs
Fbul little assistance; and that, il not dis.
concerted by ofIicious ialermeddling,
her works.are commonly performed safe
ly and efficaciously. Auemptsamay be
made, and doubtless wilI-ba made, to
deceive the people ibtothe belief that
there is no material difference inthe po-
iiiicSl opinions Of the two rivals. The peo-
ple~wil easily detect the fraud, for an uaerrins
index IL furnished in the fact that the az
dent and leading advocates Of the one
have ever been the ceaseless opponents
and traducers oi'the other. r.
II lie moi the irst time havo hear |, he
shout of triumph from the Federal ramp
on the eve ola battle. ! thank God |
have seldom heard j, sfier il was ever.
Did not the Federalisis shout Justify ''in
advance, their Iurgs would suffer for
want Of exercise. ] scarcely know whe-
.her TO attribute this premature boosting
on their part to that blind confidence &
enthusiasm so Dalu al TO en- aesaiIant,
or 10 political cunning, IN which they
are so we'll *Versed, calculating thereby
to confirm the tim,d Of their own party,
TO induce the same class of ours to unite
with them, and 10 decide in favor tho
legions Of the wavering. To this latter
opinion ltather incline; bu. having %
often failed in Obtaining nv i,s success.
I would advise them to lay it aeide, aud
adopt some other expedien'.
And now. having undertaken to advise
my Federal friends, | would warn them
against sno'he; practice which, veri-
ly believe, has often contributed TO their
defeat. lmeau their custom ofgiv;ng
great political ieasls with the hope Of
making strong impression, and con-
vincing mon ofthe justice Oft their cause
by tickling their Palates and adding
their Srains. The practice springs ou,
of their great radical mistake that man
is mure Of an animal than an iniellectu-
al being. But upon their own basis they
miscalcplate, Il is never the mass Of
voters who are in. tied TO these feasts;
IT is The elite Of the party, the favored
lew, and, as matter of course, no one
Of opposing politics is there. Wha, 10
The consequence Thereis no fellow
ship between the ins and the outs. The
mass Of the people finding themselves
excluded, together with the leading men
Of the Democratic party, cannot fail 10
perceive tha, a common destiny has VS.
tied both. and they are naturally drawn
int, association with those who have
bean invited 10 participate.
Bu' lest4 may be casting pearls Il
will not say before ewine-lest | may
be casting ava, good counsel upon those
by whom it wll'not be justly valued,
| will close my didactic strain.
A few words; in conclusion, to the
people Of my own State. The Presi-
dental strife 10 not the only one going
on at present. One is now raging 10
North Carolina in which my colleague
and myself have deep interest. At the
last session ofCopgress, we presented
on this floor resolutions containing the
opinions oftbe Legislature Of that State,
Of popular sentiment upon certain great
leading questions. We then declined
assuming for the Legislature TvSPoH-
s,bihiy which, according TO our under-
standing ofthe Democratic doctrine Ol
instruction, "a doctrine which wefeceiv.
ed with implicit faith, properly resisted
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