Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-06-04

'n6 ""' AlSsiuOh1S COuuuty 10 tue WI
y ola vast majority Of the people Of tb
d United States as elected at the polls
and afterwards, giving evidence Of cor
3 ruption. by accepting the station of Set
retary of State under him, as a recon
pense for bis lreachery and in order I
F. place himself in the slime of safe prece
, dents" towards the Presidency. Sine
} that timO,he hated democracy and perse
! cuted democrats as vindicitiVeIy as hi
! associate, Adams, has hated tho west an
south, since they both cast every electo
raj vote against him in 1928, and foreVe
: crushed all his political aspirations 70
himself and his blood. With such
character, private and political, uncen
scious of the moral control Of principle
the unlorgiVing, unrelenting and ViDdic
tive demagogue, this janus laced candi.
date, this traitor to his party, and COrrup
associate of the IRON fsderalist
Adams, and revier Of the hero, patriot,
aid statesman, Andrew Jackson, he is
we'll fitted to be the leader and chief ol
that party, which has no common princi.
pies, and which is held together by no
other lie than "commOn hatred Of oil
men Of better and PuTer principles than
themselves"
Fellow citizens, "loOk upon that pic.
ture and upon this" and say, il you will
on that mountai leave to feed and bat.
ten on this moor"--we address you as So
bel, sensible and honest men-choOse be.
tween the two, which you will have to pre-.
side over you
GUBERNATORIAL.
In DAVID TOD, of TrumbulI county
as our candidate for the Chief Maaistra.
cy OfOhio; we offer you a man in every
respect deserving Of your conGdence--a
man, in private life, amiable, afFable. and
universally esteemed. In public life, q
pure, decided, and unfaltering democrat,
in head and heart-upon whom, il the
past be gulrnty of the future, the de,
mocraey can implicitly rely. Rssidi ng
in a district in which, for years past, the
democracy have been greatly in the mi-
Dority, he has never faltered in ster n
adherence to the pure principles Of de-
mOcracy, and bold, open, unhesitating
avOwal Of them. He is a man who, in
his political life, in the cause of democ.
racy, has gathered confidence from
trouble, strength from distress, and cour
age from adversely. His past course is
we'll known to have been steady firm and
consistent
Such is, in short, the character OF the
man we present for your Suffngss, and
we feel confidence in asserting that, with
him as OurChief Magistrate, the true poll.
cy OF the State will be fully, fairly land de.
cisiVely sustained and enforced 10 his ad.
ministratiOn.
Fellow citizens. have done and in
conclusion have only to invoke you to
harmony, union and SCtiOn-to zeal f.
deity and energy. Victory is ours if we
will choose to win it. But to succeed
we must be united. There must be no
turning back, no faltering, no lukewarm.
ness on the part of any, on account Of
minOr differences Of opinion or personal
feeling. Let all who claim TO be dem.
ocrats, lay their grievances upon the aIv
ter Of country, let them forget their per-
sonal preferences for men and look only
TO the triumph of our common princiI
pies. Let them remember that if the
party fall, they fall with il, and ifit falls
through dissensiOns or Indifference, they
fall like Lucifer never 10 rise again. Let
them bear in mind that the democracy
have long memories. They forget not,
and rarely fOrgiVe bad faith. They for>
get not and never fail to reward fidelity.
Who ever knew personal sacraiee
made by democrat for the good of his
party, to be forgotten and unrewarded by
the democracy? If there is one charac.
teristic of the democratic party more
striking than any other, it is their sleep.
less love, and ever watchful care Of their
true men. To ell we commend modsr>
alton, courtesy, and torbearanco to-
wards all who honestly differ upon infe-
rior questions, or men. Let all unite
with us as democrats who are such at
heart,--who agree with Us upon the
great cardinal principles Of American
democracy, who are willing TO conform
to the usages of the party, abide by its
decisions and support it's nominseS.-
Such men can have no real sympaihies
with federalism, then hearts must be
with Us. Therefore let this be our rule
OFactiOn. In those things which are es.
sential, let there be unity, in non>essen-
tials. liberty and in all things charity -
This course is net only just and conform
able to the free and liberal genius Of
democracy; but it is necessary. We |
have no pulling enemy TO contend against.
Our foes must not be despSsd, and their
strength undervaIued. They are silOng,
and they are determined. They are or.
ganized, well drilled and we'll armed. =
They have the sipsws Of war--they have
money, and sustained by banking and
other Pecunia:y interests, and BY holders
Of Stale bonds, thev can raise Wbatsoev-