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The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN.
KM# TAYLOR.

: t.,
The old General has again sent another
letter to the public for perasal; this letter some
may not believe to be genuine, but it comes
from source that cannot well be denied, it
appears in Taylor paper, and if the wings
can't re- .e upon the Truth ola letter published
in one of their own Journals, they must be
desperate suspic c'ous of one anothers corrup-
tIon leaking out, and must much fear the let.
ters written BY their candidate coming before
the public eye. But poor coons you have
been most awfully cheated in making your
nomination, and therefore you would ike to
keep things in The dark as much as possible, but
some honest one devulges the secrets, and
let's every body see what horrible Tx The
Philadelphia slaughter house convention
placed the party in! Read the following,
From the Washington Union.
THE WINGS AND THEIR CANDIDATE.
Gen. Tayl lor continues to kick the poor de-
luded whig party about, as if it were his foot
ball The southern mail brings US the last
cuff which he has administered to them. Il
comes in the shape of letter to friend in
Charleston, the following extract of which we
copy from the Charleston News, of the 10Th
inst.
Erlract ia letter from General Taylor to
a.Eriend IN this CITY.
81 never had any aspirations for the Presi-
dency, nor have now, farther than the wish
es of my friends are concerned in the matter;
nor would have it on any other terms than
| 'taied when the subject was first agtated,
which is, that my acceptance must be without
pledges or being trammelled in any way, so
that could be the President ofthe whole na-
hon and not of a part.
IL have accepted the nomination of the
Philadelphia Convention, as well as the nom.
ination Of many primary assemblies gotten up
in various sections fthe Union, in some in
stances irrespective of party: and woutd have
accepted The nomination of ihe Baltimore
convention had it been on the same terms. I
am now fully, fnot fairly, before The country
as candidate for the chief magistracy, and if
it should be my good or bad fortune TO be
elected, trust my course will be such, for the
most part, as regards the management of our
national affairs, as will meet the anprobation
of my fellow citizens. Should they fail to do
so, they will, flatter myself have the charity
to attribute my errors to the head, and not to
the heart.
very respectfully, your friend,
II. TAYLOR"
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
The weapon that Whiggcry fears.

The Wing papers, for the purpose #
d'vert'ng the attention of the people
from the infamous frauds, peuur,, aud
forgery of the federal maj jorny OF the last
Legislature, in trying 10 palm off "p"n
the people as a law, asile apportonmen'
scheme that never finally passed either
branch of the Legislature, and afterwards
mutilafed and .Jais6ed the Legislative
Journals of the country. in order 10 COW
er the high handed outrage, are now
charging that the Democrac, want to ge,
up Revolution, to right these wrongs
Poor fellows, they know the infam, Of
their cIemes merits the seveiesl punish
ment, and hence their fears. In punish.
ing them, weapon, il is true, will be
usei, and to them il will prove a deadl,
one, but it isnot such as " as used against
the allies ofwh'ggery in Mexico:
ut isa weapon surerye
Ethan pistol, ball or bayonet,
"A weapon that comes down as still
CAS- snow fakes fall upon the sod.
"But executes the freeman's will
"As lighting does the will Of God"
That weapon, so effective, is the BALLOT
BOX, aud il is this weapon that makes the
knees of guilty whiggery shake, as did
those of Belshazzar of old, for in IT they
already see the haDdwriting that tells
them they have been weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting. Their frauds
their forgeries, and their perjuries can
not save them--their muttlatioa and per
version of the documentary history of the
country cannot shelter them from its fatal
November will be fatal to whtggery. 81
mote il bel SiaiesmaR.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
IRISH SPEAK PLAIN!

AS specimen OF PLAIN talk we will give a
few words from the old General who was
wounded several tunes in Mexico SO severely
that 1t was thought npusslble for hlm ever IL
recover, but he Is yet living and talks plan.
The following is an extract from speech
of Gen. Shields delivered at Chicago, at d
ratification meeting OF the Democracy. defn.
ing his posllon.
Il believe it. is always customary for poll
tcians to commence their speeches by dein
ing their position. can readily define mine;
and hope that can define 1t to your entire
satisfaction. am at present a soldier re
turning from the wars, and bringing back to
my state the profits OF my campaign, viz: my
UNIFORM, my wounds, and ivlug Mexican.
Wllh these intend commencing life again.
In few weeks from this time, | expect to be
out OF commission, when think it likely |
may JON peace society, settle down and live
quiet, orderly exemplar ry life hereafter
hope have defined my position satisfactorily
on this head.
| Will now define my political position.
am democrat--a regular democrat-a Cass
aud Butler democrat. am neither barn
burner, a stable burner, or church burner.
Such names have no fascination for me.
am content to stand by the proud banner OF
democracy, to fight under its broad folds, and
to conquer or die with it's glorious colors wav
ing over my head. cure not who raises the
shout of dlsunion, my voice will never swell the
cry. If there be any who tremtle with appre-
hension Of defeat, let them leave our ranks. lie,
them fly at once. No field was ever won by
towards We shoot dese,1ers in The arnv.
BUT HERE DES TERS SHOOT
THEMSELVES In victory or defeat, in
veal or woe, IN majority or minority, | sink
or swim with the great national democratic
party. This is my political position, and
hope 1t is also satisfactory"
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
THE FACTION.

The Democrats who joined the faction, to
disorganize the party, are now beginning to
regret that they have taken the course they
did, and wishing they were back to still bat
tie under the good old flag which led them
through many battle victory. Those
among the Democratic party who went with
the faction, thought they weuld sink the ship
and defeat our noble commanders Generals
Cass and Butler; but alas! they are poor mis-
erable, torsaken wretches, left to mourn their
doom in the dark oblivion, while the true
Democrats mount the ship, fling the sails to
the breeze, with Cass and Butler there in
scribed, it will sail over the rnfflsd waters,
and in safety, when shouts of triumph will
be heard ringing through the length and
breadth of the land.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
IOWA ELECTICNS-GREAT DEMO-
CRATIC TRIUMPH

Whiggery for time, clsinede Iowa as a
Taylor State, and they are even now Growing
over supposed gain at the last election for
the wing ticket Poor fellows, they are at
liberty to take all the comfort they can, from
the result, for they never experienced more
slsnal defeat since the April fools day, that
James Watson Webb, gave them the name
they now bear.
Besides eecting both members ofCongress,
tie democratic majority on the State T,essur-
er, as we learn from the Iowa Capitol Re-
porter, is l,l3l--on the Secretary of State,
1854, and on the Auditor OF State, 1877. in
the State Senate, the wings had majority Of
three holding over. since last year. At the
late election, the Democrats elected seven
Senators, the wings but two, gaining dem
ocratic majority in that branch of two. In
the House OF Representatives, at the late
election, the Wigs elected TEN members, the
democracy twenty nine, making democratic
majority O. issenty sse ea jsmi bsiie. "A
majority sufficiently large for ell practical
porposes'-- Srrfssssa1
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
What wings think of whigs.

The following Is taken frum one of the
most ultra wing papers in ,he Union. puo,
lished at New York, called, "rnat Same
Old Coon"
AN AWKWARD QUESTION Will the
Philadei PIMA swindieIs, their aId.rs and
abettors, tell us when they last heard from
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rh de Island
Connecicu,, New Y"rk, N. Jersey, ONO,
Keo,ucky and Tennsssee--aud wha, The
prospects are in these several States fnr
u whig raj. .fcatioa ofthe nominatioa of Gen
Taylorl Come let us have latest news
IL The General is q wing, It is time the
sh'gs acknowledge the nominarion. We,
'eil the kosves Who have betrayed tbeit
rust, that the whig party will bring them
70 terrible account, aud he dat of sei
lement is only httle way of. There is
not man ftaem who will not be driven
rom cor ranks
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
The way Whig Members of CONGRESS take
10 ensure denomination.

Gen. John Crowell, the federal Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Trumb bull
aisuict, finding that his chances of re.
nomination for Congress are slim, with.
out the aid of extraordinary good luck
has at length bit the nail on the head, b,
taking ground against Taylor. He viii,
now be nominated sure for ie every case,
tie wing member of Congress, who bolts
from tie support of The federal candidate
for President, is successful befor whig
nomintting conventions. We have known
tins Gen. Crowell long, and il is the cutes
trick We ever knew him to play. il was
not original, however with him, for Gid.
9ings and Root had both tried it before,
and Campbell, a regular out and out bol
ter from Taylor, defeated our old friend
Fisher for nomination 10 the Clinton die
trict in the same way, still Crowell de.
serves credit for following, when others
led.-Staissmaa.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
OLD CRAWFORD IN NOMINATION.

The Democracy of Crawford county have
placed in nomination good and strong ticket
one that we presume, every Democrat can
G en-. Myers, is placed at the head of the tick
ct as the nominee for Representative.
The county ticket is John Pitman for Audi
or;James Robson for Recorder; Peter Co nkle
or Commissioner, Joseph Mears for Surveyor.
Each nomiuee is Of indsputable good private
character-honest and capable to well fill the
office to which they may be called.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
APPEAL TO Tue FRIENDS OF IRE
LAND IN TIE UNITED STATES.
NEw YORK, Angus 6, "a P. NJ

NEw YORK, Angus &, "a ?. NJ
Tho ~oop.a ie rui~ed! Eri"o aoteue less
bosom awaits the blow. To you her sons
cry al nd in their extremity, for promp
aid and succor. Her Oppress"rs, dread.
ing The rapid accumulation Of her ener.
eies, have adopted the policy of prec'pl-
tat,ng events. 1t has been Determined
to goad the nation TO madaess before the
hour of perfect prnparatinn shall have ar
rived, aud suspension OF the Habeas
Corpus act Consigned her champions 10
dungeons. The most c,rcum>pect pack.
ed jurles, ahd mock trial conduct 10 tel
oni,us uanishmeut whoever speaks or acts
or freedom.
lrshmen love justice from innate prin'
ciptes Hatred OF wrong is their passion.
Impa,lence OF cruelty is at ouce ,helr vir
tue aud ,herr misfortune. The opp essor's
available. He hopes by premature action
10 crush the rising hopes OF ireland, in tue
slaughter of her deienceless peopie, but
the race is not always TO the swift, nor
lie baule to strong. Let us extend our
,id to the oppressed, and lie VIII" governs
tue des,lnes vi men may render our aid
etfe ctual.
We address ourselves to Irishmen. to
the dnsce I'D ants OF freshmen; to the CRATE
4 , A. as al,
their descent u remember that lrelands :
loil blood aud treasure, were never with
II. Id in their country's need. To those
WHO hate Injnsue, aud glory iu the regeu.
Grafton OF enslaved nations, whenever any
of these are to be founi, in the cities,
towns, villages, and hamlets Of Tree Amer.
ica, we say assemble instantly, contrIbu, e
IN ney or other aid, according to your
means, and communicate to RoBEnr EN-.
MEr, Treasurer OF this Directory, without
delay. A single agent of transmission for
tue whole Union, is bsoi ,teiy necessary.
The Directory, has been ecIed for
i that purpose, by the unanimous consent
of all existing organizations Of the friends
uf Ireland in this city. We solicit aid
without dolay, because delay is denial,
ROBERT EMMETT.
HARLES 0CONNER,
HUR tCE GREEiY,
PIGNlX INGOLDSBY,
| JAS. W. WAITE,
MITCHELL, T.,OCONNER,
THOS HAYES. ~
| BARTHOLOMEW O'CONNER,
J JOHN McKEON,
Directory cfihe Friends IF ireland.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08

The Tayl0rites Of New York retaiatins
upon the Taylorites ofthe south for de.
serting Abolition Fiilmore-.-The last
and the biggest Deveiopementyet.
By the following it W i'll be seen that the
Taylor men Of New York, are disposed TO
fare up in consequence of their candi
date accepting the nomination Of the
South CaroInas, to run on a ticket with
Gen. n.Bnller as Vice President. The friends
Of Mr.. Fillmore are not easy under these
sgns of the tines which tend towards a
THROWING over board OF their favorlte IN
order To allow old Rough and Ready TO
ride into the Presidency BY running on
the ticket with Fillmore in the North and
with Gen. Butler 10 the South.
For this double dealing, Gen Taylor
is not to be blamed His party took him
up as the Expediency candidate, and it
pnw 6ods il erpediem 10 forswear alle-
glance TO the Philadelphia mob Conven-
tim, and TO form any alliance that will
promise success, even though MIR Fill.
more was TO be lhe victim to be sacrificed
There are curious events ahead, and not
the least curious is the meeting named be-
low What will be the end of it, no one,
unless deeply versed in ,he secrets of
higgery, can deiermine.- Statesman.
Ftom the N. Y. Tribune Of Aug %.
Whig meeting in AIbany--Gen Tayior's
Letter.
By Telegraph 10 The Tribune.
ALBANY Salu,da, night Ang 26
Tie Wing meeting called at the capi'o
for Il purpose of tak,ng into co"sidera'
ton the course Of Gen. TayIor in accept
iog the South Carolina nomination with
Gen Butler as Vico president, was well
attended. William Psrm|ee. L presi-
led, assisted by James Kidd, E,q., and
others. Messrs. Lewis Benedict, jr., and
J J.. Stevenson were appointed Secre-
iaries.
The letter of Mr.. Prugle and the reply
Of Gen. Taylor were read, aud the meet
ing was then el"qnenhy addressed by
Messrs. John A Collier, Henr, B. ii s.
we'll, Judge Carpenter Of Otsego. Lewis
BENEDICT, jr., &c, all of whum spoke in.
dIgna uily in denuncia'on Of the course
Of Gen TAILOR, as insulting to Mr.. Fill
more and 10 the wings Of the North.
A committee on resolutions was appoint.
ed to report. at an adjourned meeting, on
Monday evening.
The TENOR Of the speeches and the feel
ing of the meeting were inclined to
demonsration IN favor of Mr.. Clay. The
resolutions to be ad dop' ed on Monday even
ing viii show wha, action hrs been dec
ded upon.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08

@ We clip the following contemplate
paragraph from Wing paper, and hope that
every person will read lt-yes read it and re-
fleet whether the author of it, does not render
himself ridiculous in the eyes of every Amer,
lean citizen, in giving vent to sympalhize
for the soldiers, after denouncing the war
which they SO gallant fought in as "unwisc,
foolish and unnecessary" If he does not
charge the crime upon the soldiers directly,
he does indirectly, for if he thinks the war
was unl ust, he certainly must think and feel
that those who fought have done wrong, and
if he would give publicity to his honest feel,
ings, lie would say, the soldiers are unjust
beings, for participating in the war with Mex
leo, he at least intlmates that way at anyrate
Now we will give it, and do wish every one
TO give It tair perusal
"The victims of the Mexican war are not
yet all numbered. We observe oy our ex
changes that many are dying of the diseases
engendered before leaving Mexico, or on their
return. One half off those who do survive will
be SO broken down in constitution as to be-
come charge upon their friends at hume
Great responsibility resting upon those who
unwisely plunged the country into this foolish
and unnecessary war!'
The writer of the above paragraph, is very
much alarmed about the soldiers being so
much .'broken down in constitution as to be.
come charge upon their friends at home.
Even they do, he need not be afraid of them
becoming a charge upon him, for he is
not their friend-but their vlled enemy. He
mex, speaks of the great responsibility rest
ing upon. those who unwisely plunged the
country into this foolish and unnecessary war;
He does not take into consideration the great
responsibility resting upon himself who un-
wisely plunged into foolish and unnecessary
publications of slanderous abuses against our
country, that give aid aud comfort to the en-
emy, and for snch offences in The days of the
revolution would have been shot.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
How the peo pie found it ont.


The first indication the people Of Gin
CHINA, ii had of the doubtful scivency OF
The Nyrwalk and Sandnsky Banks. was
the pertinaciiy which Bank Office die
played in paying out these notes 10 their
customers. Trey had advices which the
public knew not Of, and hence il was spar'
Of tho plnndering system torid themselves
Of these promises Of whiggery. that the,
nigh, fail 10 the hands Of an ubsuspecting
public.
The avowed object in charterine Mr.,
Kelle,'s brood of wild cat Banks in Ohio,
was to furnish home currency, and to
drive from the State the rotten bank notes
Of other States. by the notes Of other
Banks, when time, which testeih all things
Will show to be as rotten as any that have
went down since the days Of that most
magnificent Of all swinal'ng perpe rated
nv the Bank Of the United States. So
far from having the effec, promised. the
Ohio Bankers introduced into the s ate.
and pa I'd out at their counters, the worth.
less trash Of other States, deeming that,
for the time being, better speculation
than bursting their own banks. law
ofihe last Legislature W as deemed necces-
sary TO stop such barefaced swindling,
and The Banks were prohibited IRON pays
ing nut any nu,es o' Banks aut Of he STATE,
and hence we zee that they are gong u
rong on the deprecated trash of our State
The tact thai Banks pay ou' ce~a'o de
scription Of funds. u deemed g. cause
Of suspicion against the f. Ods thus pal q,
speaks volumes ~ favor OF bank sa Milling.
they kto ow the sitns'ton af banks --wheh
they are sound, and Wien Il o, p ohablN
blow up; but instead Of giving the alarm
that the men Of limited mean,-the far
mer who receives the trash for bis mar
keting, or The me chanic for his work ina,
refuse TO receive it, the Banks keep the
matter secret until the last moment. and
aud by paying out the trash, leave II IN
The hards If h nest holders. and the same
class Of men who pn, il iu circulation, at
ter the explosion 'akes place, will buy u
up a, a few cents on the dollar. The
whole sys,em being based upon fraud il
is hard 10 expect hose concerned IN il tn
act honestly with the epeope The Gin
cinnai'i SHY locks are adm"Dished by pas
occurrences that Bank blow ups will no
longer be tolerated in that city, and hence
they are Obliged to resort to the dlsrepn
table means we have sp ken of to increase
their IN ordinate gains Statesman
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK!

Where is this Book! We received letter
the other day from lady who subscribed for
the Godey's Lady's Book, wishing to borro W
the January, February, April, May, June and
July numbers, " hlch she says she has not re-
ceived. The name of the lady Is Mrs. Martha
Thompson, her post Office is Cary, Wyandot
county, Ohio. Proba bly, the publishers ofthis
Book can toward the numbers here named.
We have not received number of the Book
ourself for some time, and would be glad to
see it coming. su
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
Gen. Gaines, General orders on wal,
slavery, Res sulars and Volunteers.

Gen. Gaines, General orders on Wai,
slavery, Req and Volunteers.
Gen. Canes, whose peuchanl for writ
ing is almos, equal to that Of Gen. Scott
has issued general order. dated New
York, Aug. 2l, announcing his resumP-
ton Of the command of the Eastern ID
vision OF the army, and In which he tra'
els OH, cf his road to define his position
on war and slavery giving one word for
General Taylor and two for himself
Hear him:
"War, awful as it has proven itself to
be iD most of it's aspects, has contributed
and free government; and when the soy
| reign people Of nation are found freely
mingllng with their regular forces, and
cordially uniting with them in deeds
daring and idomitabIe cbivalry, war he
comes cheit engine IN the great work Of
civilization. Hence it is that war will
itself, become measurably civilized, ann
be gradually stripped Of its horrors wheu
il shall disappear BY the vast discoveries
and in the arts, in the present century.
"War and slavery have each con'rlbu
led much to the civilization Of man. The
undersigned has long been warrior, no,
because lie loved war but because he iuved
peace; and lie had been a stakeholder for
similar reason. He has been slave
holder because he deemed ii TO be mure
humane and wise 10 feed and to cIothe
the few children of Africa placed under
his care, and to force them to learn the
art of civilized life: to govern them bile
they were them. Savages must be KEEP.
in bondage, or they must be forced to 1--we
in the wilderness or he killed or inptls-
oned.
"War and slavery will both disappear
in the coming century, if the people OF
America do their duty. Regular troops
Of all past despotlc governments nave
been taught TO be always ready and will
ling TO make war against any portion OF
the people who pay aud iced them. An
outrage 50 moustrous can never occur in
this country. Here the regular troops
and the people will ever he touud as N
the late war with Mexico ferventl, co,op-
Grating with each other against the CON
mon foe. So may it soon be in every 9th
er part of the world"
Stripped ofl's verbiage, the above means
this: |, Gen. Gaines, and Gen. Ia, lor
have been warriors. for the purpnse OF
k eeping peace, and we have bongh' slave.
aud fed upon their labor, thai SLAYER,
may be eradicated and the daIkles n0ieaS,
uoieas be civlIzed: The regular army ,s
dangerous in other countries aud in this,
but when mixed with the volunteer forces
(Tsy lor as the regular aud Fillmore as
The uolunieer,) they iralernize and co.op
crate agalns the foe.
Gen, Taylor, no doubt. bought his plans
tation between the Nueces aad the Rio
GraDde aud stocked 1t with negroes, tbst
he might CViize them. aud lie enlisted
ia the army ,--nounted The plume and
led on The sworn aud pis.
ol. and learned the trade so as, Ia the
. ords of Greeley, of the Tribuue, To be
IN experienced "Iourneymen throat cut
err" all for the sake OF peace and be.
cause he loved tt and hated war.
Truly, Gen. Gaines general orders are
great on Iusirucupg The people IN polll-
cal matters.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
DEMOCRATS OF wYANDoT.

Now is the time to prepare for action, and
ie, US lave an undivided action -one that will
call into the battle our whole rank and file =
and that too, in one solid unbrokeu column.
If our efforts go together, this little county is
bound to tell tale that will not make Dem.
ocrsis blush bu, rejoice. THIN again, We cay
orgsRize--prepare for the hstlle and The VIC
tory 10 our owe.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-09-08
ITALY,

Gen. Welden at the head of the Austri.
all army, has entered the Pope's domin.
ioo.. The Pope was greatly incensed.-
A battle ensued, in which the inv ing
forces we're greatly worsted.
The German Duchies have renewed the
war, but no battle has yet been fought.
The blockade was TO have RECOMMENDED
on The 18th.