Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-27

bIy submit ihess matters 10 the counir
and the legs ature, as | did before i
November, lS40.
Political aud party passions, already II
high fermeB', were still further infiamet
by the assurance that the laws could al
ford no redress for The mnnstrous crime
Of stranglng the voice OF free people
by corrup,ing the ballot boxes, ifit shoulC
even be demonstrated that 1t had beer
committed. In this state Of feeling,
three individuals who happened to be to.
getber, interchaDged opinion, found an
entire concurrence Of sentiment among
themselves, and hastily arranged the
heads ofa plan for redressing the wrongs
Of the country by securing. the person Of
Mr.. Van Buren,, previous TO his inaugu-
ration. Three things were to precr de
putting it into execution: 1. The elec>
ton Of Mr.. Van Buren,.
2. That he could not have been re-
turned without the vote Of Virginia.
3. Proof, carving undOubied aud pos
tive certainty with it, that his majority
in Virginia was fraudulent. These
prelminaries ascertained, twenty per
sons, men who could depend upon one
another, were TO be admitted into the as
sociation, under The pledge Of secrecy
and fidelity. Ten of the number were
to proceed to Washington in fast steam
boat, giving out that their Chiect was
iaunt ofamusement, 10 witness the aP-
preaching inauguration. 1t was imagined
that there would be little difficulty in
finding an opportunity Of conveying Mr..
Van Buren, on board by stratagem or
force, and this done, the boat was to run
with all despatch to Albemarle Sound,
previously agreed upon as the destinae
ton. There the Ten weTe 10 be met by
their associates, and Mr.. Van Buren, TO
be escorted by The whole into the upper
districts Of North Carolina, Cornwaliis's
"mOst rebelIiOus, people IN America"
and whom we know 10 be now as staunch
wings as their fathers we're ia 1885,
Arrived there, manifesto was TO be
published, addressed to the American
People, declaring the motives aud OBJ
jects Of the act, and The vicinage assem-
bled and appealed TO. Mr.. Van Buren,
himself was to be treated with the great
est possible respect and courtesy CON-.
pariblc with safe custody. The maniS
festo was to demand new election and
the restoration of the rights OF the mas
jority.
The northern mail brought confirma-
tiou of great whig victory, and of course
the plan Of abduction cpd all thoughts OF
il were abandoned. Whether it would
have been executed if the events had
fallen out, the anticipation of which led
to its conception, is beyond my power to
know. believe 1t would have been, for
although il was embraced in passion was
not likely to cool by Witnessing success
ful fraud in be enjoyment of lis spoiIs.-
Passion, by such spectacle, was far
more likely to e inaamed than Pacltied
AMI to pass into gloomy resolve and wins
dicti,e action, and patriotism would have
como 10 the aid Of its reasoning
What c, usequances might have follow
ed. II is still more impossible to know
We believed, however, that those conse,
ouences would not bo bloody, that toe
goOd sense and MOI Grafton Of the Anne
rcan People would side with US and re-
ouire that TO be done which we demand
ed and that tho most salu'ary effects
would ensue, in guarding more carefully
the purify Of the elective franchise, ana
in arresting the growth Of election !. aud
and corruption, within few years advan-
ciuq with the most alarming rapidity, and
threatening 10 subject the will OF the Am
erican People 10 the uninstructed popu
Iation of Ireland and Germany, seeking
a home on ouI shores.
Let casuits determine the moral char
acter of the meditated action. II that
was good, the actors we're irresponsible
for lis consequences. | believed it good
then. when much excited, and believe it
80 still, when the Indignation OF that day
is suppIanled by another class OF
politicial feelings which maze me regard
their predecessors with very different eyes
when treachery and ingratitude cause
me to view swan and the SpOils System"
with comparative affection. satisfied
myselfr was right by very simple pro
cess of reasoning, sylIogistically condens
ed: sit is right and lawFulstO resist, ii
president WAS forced upon you by the
bayunet, but fraud is as perniciOus per 81
as force, and productive OF The sane con
sequences Of tyrany, therefore II is a
right and lawful to resist GOveFnmen,
put upon you by fraud IS one by force
Each equally destroys that freedom and
supremacy of the popular '0Ill, which are
essential, according to the canons OF re-
4 publicanism, for the constitution of leglt
imaie. government. I am disposed t'
90 little farther and hold thaVit is tai
h more honorable, Gar less degrading Il