The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-06

that your honor like your principles, was
marketable commodity, and transfer.
able with yourseIfto the highest bidder.
No sooner was Col. MEDILL announc-
ed as a candidate, than you denounced
it, you abused aud villfcd him and done
all you could to render him odious among
your friends-you did more; in the face
of your pledged word, you proclaimed
yourselfa candidate, you did this open
Yin the streets, and in public meet
ings. Finding you could not shake the
well earned popularity Of Col. MEDnL,
you went to the camp Of the enemy and
entered into secret and base conspiracy
to break up the democratic congression-
al convention, and to elect yourself to
Congress by whig votes. But your infa.
nous conspiracy was discovered and
your treachery unmasked. Notwith-
standing your treason was proved beyond
a possibility of doubt, you still had the
effrontery to urge your claim to the con-
sidcration of the democratic convention,
and like an aims house mendicant, beg for
its favor and support. Your pretensions
were scorned at and rejected. COL Me-
Dill received the nomination by an
overwhelming majority.
wish could stop here and let the
mantle of charity cover your course to
Col. MEDlLL as an act of folly and pass
ion; but the picture would he incom-
plele and the likeness imperfect, and
besides it proper that democrats should
not be left in ignorance of your high
recommendation to their confidence and
support.
Col. MEDILL was nominated--the cleo.
ton was expected to be close and fierce
ly contested What was your duty as
democrat, protesting great love for dem
ocratic principles and usagesl Unques-
tionably to forget all personal difference
and enmities and TO labor earnestly and
zealously for the success of the whole
democratic ticket--did you doitl Where
sir, was you in that contest? Your stan
ding and assumed consequence confer
red upon you the honor and imposed up
on you the duty of leading the demo-
cratic phalanx, and stimulating them, by
your example. will answer: You a.
bandoned the feld-worsc than that you
labored to defeat Col. MEDILL, and open
ly declared that no friend of yours would
vote for him, and that he would be de-
feated. The result showed that you
played your card well; your sleepless ha-
tired against Col. MEDILL was avenged
by his defeat.
1t is the opinion of many, and of my
self of the number that had you been
true, we should have carried the district.
On returning from the conflict - worn
out, and exhausted with long and unre-
mi,,ing toil-dispirited by our defeat,
and with the triumphant shouts of our
topponents ringing in our ears, what
think you were the feelings produced by
the deliberate convictions, that. victory
had been snatched from us, not by the
prowess of an enemy, but by the perfdy
of a pretended friendl The utmost en-.
|ergies of democrats of this district had
been expended in the struggle for sue
cess. Labor, time, eXpense-all was.
ted and unavailng- from your hands
by your malice aud treachery. With
what feeling can you expect TO be regar-
ded by all honorable men, but dis
gust, detestation and scorn; what other
claim have you to our confidence, than
treason to every reliance upon you?-
What assurance have we, that if elected
your services and vote will not be in
market, and our friends in Congress de-
} serted and betrayed in their utmost needl
Can you wonder that indignation-deep,
stern and relributive. should be awaken
/ ed in reviewing the canvass of 1S43;--
Do you expect US to repay ingratitude
: and treachery, with favor and conf.
dence, and offer premium to treason,
by purchasing its fidelity at its own
price.
= No sir, no, the scenes of lS43 are toe
7 fresh in our memory. thought then
: that there might come a time when the
! democratic party would remember the
treason and reward the traitor. Thank
God the time has come!!
A DEMOCRATIC ELECTOR.
The above Communication is sent tC
! us, by DEMocRAr of this place, with {
+ request to publish. We need make NJ
| comments, The charges in the Commu
nication are but a rehearsal of charge,
made in the Ohio Eagle, In 1913. ED,