The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-11-29
'HE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
EDITED BY ]. r. MORRIS.
WOODSFltLN, o.,
WOVE MBER 20. 1874
CON rG Ip rlBLE.

O'""0 t''e 'esull vi tIle lale election
1t appears to us as if the whig editor
have all become insane. No epithe
Is too low for them to use, when speak
Ing OF democratic men ard measures
The touest biIngSgate they can max,
use OF the better. One of our whig ex
changes, speaking of james K. Polk
since his election, calls him ..the
grandson of a Fory! who took protec.
ton under ConwalIis during the Rev.
olutIon! who wore red-coat, and was
spy! and Il traitor to his country in
those days that tried mems souls y
Now, we unhestatingly pronounce
these charges to be vile fabr. cations.
invented previous to the election for
the purpose Of defeating Mr.. Polk,
and which have been over and again
re.uted by incontrovertble testimony
testimony which no candid man would
for a moment doubt, were he not de-
term'ned to resist every thing like
truth and honesty. The increase of
lh' democratic majority since 1910, ia
.MecNlenburg county, North Carolina,
where Col. poIk's grandfather resided,
is sufficient evidence of the talsity of
these charges, even were it not notori-
ous that Mr.. Folks grandfather was d.
mong the first to espouse the cause of
liberty IN that State. Men who will
make such chalges without the shadow
oi u foundation, would detract from the
lalr lame OF Washington or Jefferson.
and sell their country for" "thirlv pieces
Of silver"
Ihe following extract from the Whee-
ing Times, II possible, exceeds in vile
ness the one above quoted:
"WHO Is JAMES X. POLK, ballowod h,,.
y, clustering blatherskae of loco foco ON Sa,mr.
Nat ne would annoy us by It.. He was mistaken
aamiI that perhaps James K. Polk is President.
ut"hether ne Is or not 1t makes him no better or
red'er' lie is the same poor pItful creature that
e Always was, the poor tool ola petty tyrant. We
link no better of him than we ever did. and would
If rather be Henry Clay's most humble sup,orter
ia, James H. Polk president 1t Is not Polk-it r
the party. A big negro would have run ~ ,yam
Polk" vi" "s wen +
according TO this lie stuff" saws
lie Oh'o Statesman, tive are told in so
lany words, that a ''big negro" would c
ave beaten the "great embodiment" a
Ienry Clay! Mr.. Clay might say g
lake care of my friends my enemies a
Ill take care of mel james X. Polk II
lould feel it an honor to be abused by is
man holding the political doctrines OF e,
e editor OF the Wheeling Times; n
an that has written things but little II
tier OF Mr.. Jefferson, and vier if pos. W
Die OF General Jackson" CT
The secret of the chagrin and vex- he
ION oi the Wigs, is to be found in the tr
Il, hat the great mass of the people al
hnot now be trampIed upon by the re
n nabobs and lordings of the manu- A.
turing cities, a. they would have tu
IN IN the event Of the election of
'nry Clay. Should Mr.. Clay have
IN elected, we would still have ssrelied w.
IN the intelligence and patriotism of %"
American people, to correct any ','' ~
Is resulting from mal-administra- '''
I Of the affairs of the General Gov oo'
ment. Whatever may be the result
an election campaign, we will sub bv
to the voice of The many, trusting To
he "sober second thought of the hav
pie" The people as body are and
ely honest, and do.that which they find
is best calculated to promote the bac
OF the whole community. Should
r verdict have been in opposition !
ur wishes, we would not say, as per-
whlg editor, that "we had been 40
y, woefhlly disappointed in the in 2
gence and patriotism Of the Ameri- A
people,"