The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-10-18

Perry township, where il was roundly as.e,,.a :.
we have been informed by citizens OF that 70 ,vn.
snip. that we refused to print Mr. Patton's ticket.
and announce his name when he made tender Of
The money to US. II is easy to tell with whom this
tale originated lsr s s4s
IN the nth place, the terms g clique--clique-
down with the Woodsfield clique--down with The
Woodslield clique" were yelled by some men In
almost every nook and corner Of the county. Now
we appeal to every candid man to say what Justice
there was in this cry' Were any of the nominees
OF the Convention citizens Of Woodsfeldl None,
except the candidate for Prosecuting Attor.
ney Were any of the candidates of the opposition
| citizens of Woodsfeldl Mr. Hunter and Mr.. Pat.
ton both are. The cry has always been that the
"cque" wished TO have all the offices held by cit
Iztns of Woodsfied. Was this true in the late
e'ecnon' No Was it true, as has usually been
asserted. that the "ciique" desired to have the Of
hces hlledby lawyers and men without occupation
or professlon' No Was this true of the opposi-
tom Yes Was il true, as asserted, that NEE
ing was he'd by some OF the citizens of Woods
field, and that they resolved to defeat Patton if he
further' we take 1t upon ourselves to pronounce
such an assertion lie OF the blackest character.
and we challenge proof to the contrary. And we
now assert that before the late Convention there
was no previous agreed concert of action by snv
portion OF the citizens Of Woodsfed denomipated
the clique " in relation TO any of the candidates
for nomination. We further assert that there
were no secret or public meetings. (as asserted by
any persons who have been thus accused. That
no secret meetings whatever, ever took place; and
that the idea of " clique, or of auy secret con.
cert OF acton exists only with those who are or
have been so industriously circulating the tale
And further, II there has been any clique" il is
one formed fmen who are determined to hold Of
ice or break down the democratic party in this
county, and for that reason, ION this time for
ward, we intend TO apply the term "clique" to
those who have so flueny and hppantly used the
term. .aH
These remarks we have deemed il our duty 10
. Clique" by those using the term. By our re-
marks we have not nor do we intend to impuen the
motives of those democrats who, from honest and
conscientious motives, cast their votes for Messrs
Hunter and Patton, This would be as far from our
iesign as the east is from the west. Thank Heay-
IN, we live In a land where men can vote as thew
'lease. n Notwithstanding for dong so thew will be
Ienominated a Clique" as il they had not that
ight We hope time may never arrive, when
he citizens OF this country dare not speak their
nlnds. BUTT seems to be approaching it, when
We are told that we must not vote for candidate
ecanse he Is supported by men who, through NAL
'e, have been den'minated " clique" No mat
'r how honest or how capable candidate may
e, you must not support him, because Mr.. A. or
fr. B is favorable to him .sss--,t
In our remarks we have ranked Mr.. Hunter and
lr Patton as Of the opposition. We do this be.
ause their names were generally found on the
lme ballots. And further, because we were told
y whig of this place that the wings were com.
eled to vote for Mr.. Patton, in order to get Mr..
atoms democratic friends to vote for Mr.. Hun.
r. This we say was told to us by whig; and he
irther said that until the morning of the election
e had concluded he would not vote for Mr.. Pit.
IN, but he found he had to come it,
The causes of the reduced mai orty in this coun.
7 may be summed up in the following Manners
The hard feelings engenderedb by the candidates
'r nomlnation. q The charge that Mr.. Yost was
l favor OF division of the county and removal
the county seat. 8 The cry of g no party"
The lie about the refusal to PRINT tickets s.
he uniounded and base lie that there was COM
nation TO defeat Mr. Patton in Convention by
Itizens of Woodsheld denominated the clique"
'o-whch may he added other charges equally
se one OF which was that the " clique" were in
vor of Mr.. Trembly, deserted him and supported
lr. Yockey in order to defeat Mr. Patton; and an.
iher, that every German, naturalized and un.
aturailzed, men and boys, who could raise three
ittons on their coats,' were permitted and did
'te in Convention for Mr. Yockey, as well as 40
: 81 wings in Malaga township. These things
'mb'nFd together with the union between the
higs and Mr.. Patton's friends brought about the
esent result. similar result was produced in
lis county, in 1871, when the regularly nomina-
d ticket was opposedby Jolhrs. 3a
Mr. Yost is now elected, and we call upon our
'rnocratic friends to mark well his future course.
ID if IT does not give the lie to all the CHARGES
ade against him. we are much mistaken He il
high.mndcd and honorable man and will not
ceive the confidence reposed in him in any re.
ect ,.Hf ra
p-Wil MIR Hunter please give us the name of
E individual who told him, that we would not
int tickets for him' t',''
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