The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-08-11
Address,


the following, which was unanimously adopted.
Address.
Fel!Ow Citizens: "A convention Of portion
OF the democratic young men Of Ohio, ever
alive 10 the duy Of performing well their part
in whatever relates to the best interests Of
their common country, have met 10 deliberate
upon the various subjects connected with the
prosperity Of the nation, and devise the best
means OF securing re- establishment Of les
publican principles throughout our state and
= union. 10 effecting this end, the experience oil
the past will prove tha, high and arduous du-
ty devoVes upon the Democracy OF Ohio, and
upon no portion Of il with more sacreduess
than lis junior members veteran who
has fought the enemy of his country in The
strife of battle, and afterwards confronted its
intestine foes al the ballot box, must soon rest
from his labors, and cease 10 be effected by
veal or woe by earthly legislation. His place
is to be filled by those who are yet to expe-
Tience, for long series of years, the conse-
quences of good or bad legislation, and either
vigilanty defend the Institutions framed by
Republican hands, or lamely yield to their over
throw. That the Democratic Young men of
Ohio will do their duty it will be unpardona.
BILE TO doubt. The history of the past proves
that in the hour of trial they have been fore
most in the fight, and amongst the last to a.
bandon the field of conflict That such will
continue 10 be their character, we doubt not
the ballot box in October next will amply tes
ti(y.
In ganciug over the prospect around us
over the field in which onr opponents are arr
rayed, and at the measures by which they at
tempt 10 overcome the Democracy of the coun-
try, how striking is the change since last we
assembled in conventon Then, The Govern
ment in comparatively prosperous condition
is noU reduced to beggary and destiIution.--
Then, under the guidance of tried democrat
--nOw under the exclusive control of Wing
Presldent-a whig Cabnet-a whig Congress
1hen, with temporary issue of treasury notes,
nou weighed down with permanent debt of
twenty-five millions. Then with unity and
tranquility IN her national councils-now dis
lraced, turbulent and leveDgeful. Then, with
q treasury under the control Of aw-now q!
the mercy Of The Executive. Then with a
Congress engaged in egslating for the na>
tional we(are-now engrossed in promoting
factious views and "headng' the President Of
their choice. Then, the country agitated from
one extreme 10 the other, in opposition 10 an ad
ministration rendered odious by misrepresent-
ation-now Fthe universal whig party" war
ring against its own members and staggering
under the weight Of popular indignation.
Such is a meagre outline of the comparative
situation of The country in lSi0, and what it
now is. A hurricane of popular feeling, iuge.
nionsy inaamed to pitch of desperation,
hurried the senses Of the people into an in
temperate reliance upon the efficacy of q
''change" Of rulers The war note of prepar-
alton had no sooner been sounded than hun
dred thousand devices TO deceive and TO allure
were brought forth, and the frolc, the fandan-
60, the song and banjo-lhe appeal TO passion
and indulgence Of appetite, usurped The throne
Of reason. The people (suhering under an
evil which they were temporarily persuaded TO
think vas not attributable to an inflated paper
cuuency,) were hurried along from one scene
of indulgence 10 anolher-from first rate ex-
hbtion Of popular mummery TO second and
third-and from bare suspicion that "a
change might do good, to firm belief that the
vas. catalogue Of federal promises would be
realized by the overthrow of The late adminis-
ration, and that the government had become
republic but in name Whilst all this was
progressing, capital dreamed of more profa-
BILE investments under federal administration
disappointed democrats, and whig dema-
gogues saw an opening for their personal am
biuon-bankers looked to "a change for their
own best interesls-and all. united with a
hundred other selfish factions, contributed
from the stump and the pocket, in alarming
their deiuded followers into belief that their
substance would be forced from them in the
shape of tax upon chCkens-ihat their liber-
ties were TO be overthrown by ruthless stand-
ing ar my Of 100000 men, that the wages of
labor were 10 be reduced TO pntance that
the President lived in gold palace and was
fed from gold plates-lhese and hundred
other unfounded fabricalions, as destitute of
truth as their prcpagators were devoid of hon
or, mainly constituted The stock of whig argu-
ments against The late administration. The
country at large, and especially the deuded
men, who, under the influence of outward
Pomp and parade, and whilst sober thought
was overcome by Inc encroachmenls Of revel
and debauchery, yielded their political inlegi-
ty, have learned experimentally, whether whig
performances are the same as wing promises
whether Van Buren, times could not become
worse under change of admnisration-whe-