The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-04-25
BEWARE OF FEDERAL MERCHANTS.

'The Federal merchants are wading into politics chin
deep. They deal out, out from behind their counters.
Junys Tracts and other printed LIES in greater guam
Titles Than they retail their goods
The above we clip from the Democratic Banner Of
Knox County, and take tho occasion to say De-
moeratic friends in Tuscarawas that we have heard Of
one or two Federal merchants in this county, who have
brought 0se lying tracts and carcaureS this spring.
intending odo their share in msrepresenng and rdl.
culng the Democratic party. Now if these men will
hang up sign over their doors that they keep CLAY
WHrs STORE and want none but CLAY WIG Gus.
roMERs, why we shall net complain IF they do this
no one has a right to meddle with them But if on
the contrary they attempt to sail under the neutral flag
TO get democratic cusomI and a, the same time are
giving out from behind their counters lying political
tracts and pros,iutng their store rooms into political
engines to put down democracy, their hypocrisy and
knaveIy should be exposed, and we shall do It We
have the names Of two already, and we W sh our
democratic friends in the townships, to send US he
name Of every federal store keeper who prostitutes his
calling, and mixes up politics with his merchandise, so
that we can publish them in big letters to the world
n warning to every Democrat not to spend cent with
them. These fellows are no: going 10 play tho same
game they did in 1910 with mpuniy. In that year
nine.tsnhS Of the stores in Tuscaawas Co. used
aspoltical engines 10 torture Democracy and slander
Democrats when the fact was notorious that the very
msn-the very party they we're so abusing, were buy
ing their goods, giving them bread eat end money to
pay their debts. IF il had been for the Democratic
custom, one half Of them would have bursled up 10
week. and their eastern creditors nigh, have gone wbis.
EnP thoir Ind |, ia 10 dau I hut Al
Democracy refuse to trade with them, and before a
month would eapse one half their stores would be shut
up, and their keepers gone to Texas, or somewhere
else Yet these very men, who are so dependant OH
democratic farmers and democratic mechanics for their
livelihood these very merchants who have no moe
business with politics than preachers have now
mixing it up with their tariff taxed goods and turning
1hsr stores into whg elcctoneerng shops, TO oppes
1nder and lie the Democracy down az they did in 40
But we warn our Democratic friends to be on their
guard. We call upon you one and all to watch these
whg stores. Let every man appoint himself a com.
miltes, and The moment you find them entering into
politics, quit them, don't buy plug Of tobacco
from hom but give your patronage to those who have
prudence and common sense enough to follow their
rghdl calling and nothing else. There are plenty of
stores not this course will soon make enough) where
your wives and and daughters trade to advan
tsgs whod, being sneered a. or backguarded they
were in ls4o by the loungers and loaes who resOred
10 these whig electi9neerng shops, and who spared
neither women nor children il their r,hsrs or husbands
were democrats. You have a remedy to prevent the
occurrence Of these scenes, if you only apply it, We
ask you IN your hearts, after you have been bit once,
will you again warm the viper into lie, ,ha, ii may
sbe you a second time .
In conclusion, we wish It understood that our re-.
marks do no not apply to every stoekesper who
vwhig. We could point to number who are governed
by motives too lofty ever to descend to the gutter with
GhoSO wehave described; who, knowing their bus-
ness follow H. and whom eI ection time comes vote their
sentiments, without m eddihg with their customers pol
itcS or turning their stores into engines Of oppression
and insult Il 10 not this class we complain Of but the
miserable ,uppsnnY unpripei2led hacks, to be found
in almost every village, governed by no rule of ucon
excepting their eternal hostility to democratic principles,
and lever readiness to prostitute their power TO the
corrupt purposes Of their more cunning eaders ef fed
eralism. These are the man we caT on the Democrats
Io.watch and expose, They will learn lesson they
should have known bsf6re, ere we are done with them
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