Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-10-29


the IsritOry Of Texas will make two
slave sAd three free States. Gen. Wud.
dy Thompson, late Minister 10 Mexico,
a distinguished statesman of the South
himself large stakeholder aud much in-
teTGsled in the durSiioa Of slavery, and q
lsading friend of MIR. Clay--opposss an,
nexsliOn, (and we'll SuSlains his position
by sIrSng and plausible argumenls4 on
the ground that, il annexation takes
place, the slaves will soon disappear
We quote his own lAngUSge) from Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina, TennOs.
see and Kentucky, which, in very short
period for such an operation will be
Ton slaVshOldinR States; and, whenever
that is The case, they will not only ne
longer have aacommon interest with the
remaining slave holding States, 10 defend !
that institution, but will very soon par>
take OF that fanatical spirit of false phil
snthropy, whichis now pervading the
whole world" Thus it will be seen that
the Wing Slate Central Committee in
) their address, are not emily at variance
with the arguments, but the statement
OF tac's of their leading men-lhe master
spirits Of their party in the Southland
with the statement and views Of their
l own candidate for the Presidency.
q To animate the dropping courage of
r heir whg followers, the Whig StateCen-
i tral Committee make re cord Of Slstes
y which they say have thrown off what they
are pleased to call the 'garb Of Locolo>
'' ism, and are now going for Whiggery -
IT Louisiana, State which they carried in
. l640 by $500; and lost, tive years aE-
ter, by a majority of l ,326, and which bOS
81 since well attesied her democracy, heads
Is the list Next follows Georgia. which
10 they carried by majority of 8 ,32l for
l. Harrison in le40, and which, from the
- returns now received, they will lose by a
y majority OF at least 1000. Virginia,
70 which never, since the Union was form
Is ed, supported federalist for President,
of and which, in the hurricane which swept
l. over the land in 1910, remained true TO
= Democracy, and voted against two Of her
l. own sons, is also named as going WI ig,
lndasna, which has thrown OF oil ale.
10 glance TO whiggery, and sustained her
Ct self at the last election in one oflbe hard.
h est fought battles of the Union, s also to
IN be found in the whig list. Truly, when
e. such States have 70 be counted for Mr..
le CIay,the hopes Of the whig party are bas.
- ed upon sand. In making such a cacu.
l. lation--in reSortlng to such Arguments
ID they virtually acknowledge that MIR. Clay
a. will be defeated.
T. We have thUs finished a running com.
= msntury on the Address OF the Wing
D State Central Committee.
Il Democratic young men of Ohio. there
e il glorious battle before you on the lst
J. Of November From the returns now in,
e and reports from all the counties, it is
ID certain that the majority for Morde>
10 cal Bartloy will be less than 1900 vsres,
70 out Of more than 100000 given. The
L vote Of Ohio is not, in our opinion, Rsces s.
Is sary 10 elect JAMES X. POLK Presi.
dent, but will Ohio array herself against
70 the new administration Old men, il is
D. said are good for council, young men
RI; for action. Let acion--frm united &C.
E- ton then, be the word with tho Demo.
IS cratic young men OfOhiO. Let us re,
Is solve to redeem our State, and we can
r. do it. A change Ofone vote in our Ia
n, vOr at each voting place, makes Ohio de-
mocratic. On the first Of November,
80 there will be no divisions, such as we
IN encountered on the 9Th of October about
:" candidates, TO distract us. We can
At move forward in one firm and unbrOken
10 Phalnx, to the redemption Of The gian,
IN State Ofthe great West. The Efforts oI
h, the Wings, and their Misrepresentation,
10 show that they already ieel as if The
W sCePtre was departing from them. Be
= early at the polls, md remember that ac-
IA tion is the word!
(, Respectfully,
il C.B, FLOOD,