The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-06
Enr the Lanca,ter GaseLLe
To Dr. Edison B. OIds' The Demo-
cratic Candidate for Congress.

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placed yourself before the people-for no
one at all acquainted in this district, be-
lieves your nomination to be a fair ex-
preston of the popular will. A few OF
that choice species of friends, whose love
is produced and retained only by stripes
and abuse, with your assistance, have
succeeded in elfocling your nomination.
1t yet remains to be considered what
claim you can present TO the confidence
and support of the democracy Of this
district, and particularly of this county.
profess to be a democrat-stern, un-
Welding and untiring, have fought un-
der that banner, in this county, for years.
In many arduous struggles, and with
candidates often unacceptable to me, |
have never faltered or hesitated. A cor
dial, jealous and cheerful support has
heretofore been rendered TO every dem
ocratic nominee; and if | could believe
there passed through your heart one drop
of democratic blood, or that you was an
imated in this struggle, by sincere re-
gard for single democratic principle,
the same zeal aud energy should be ex-
pended in your behalf But, sir. the
events of the last six years must be blot
ted from my memory, before can regard
you other than as you have been regard
ed by large portion Of the democracy
of the State, ga dishonest, trucking, time
serving politician" false to every pro-
fession that is cherished by the democrat
ic party.
What services, sir, have you render
ed the democratic party, that should in
duce them to confde to your care their
interest and the integrity of their party
in tho Halls of Congressl What have
you dcne to atone for the deliberate
treachery and unmitigated baseness to
democratic principles, and democratic
men, that the democracy should reward
your apostacy with a seat in Congress!
What has been the history Of your poiti
cal lifel Previous to 1910, you were a
noisy and bitter whig-you battled a.
gainst the immortal Jackson during the
whole Of his illustrious career, and was
one of the most furious whig stumpers in
denouncing democratic men and meas.
ures. Failing to receive from the wing
party, office, which you coveted you Of
fersd your distinguished services to the
democratic party, and disgusted your
new made friends with your coarse abuse
and denunciation of your former friends
and principl AS areward for your de-
sertion, and too eager to wait, you at once
modeslly claimed from them an office.
Voting with the democracy in 1910 for
the first time, you was candidate for
the legislature in l64l-but you was de-
feated. The people of your county had
no confidence in your honesty. They
thought, and rightly too, that man who
was brawling whig yesterday, was not
a fitting representation of the democracy
oftheir county. In 1912 you again OBJ.
tanned the nomination for the Legislature
That was an important canvass, the leg
isature then to be chosen would have
important duties to perform. The cur
roncy question was to be settled; U. S.
Senator to be eected and the State to be
divided into Congressional Districts-all
fdeep moment to the democratic party
On the stump and to democrats you pro-
fessed to be friend to bank reform, and
in favor of the individual liability OF
bankers. But to secure Wing votes you
secretly gave assurances to the wings
that you was with them on the currency
question, and that you would vote against
Hon. VIM. ALLEN for Senator-a man
whom the Wings feared and hated, and
who was endeared to the democracy by
his devotion to republican principles, and
whose services in the Senate of the Uni
ted States, the democracy of the State
and the nation were anxious to retain
You was elected, and how did you repay
the confidence of the democracy of your
county, Did you redeem your pledge by
sustaining the individual liability princi
pie as applied to banks, as you promise,
on the stump, and in your published ad
dress to the voters of Pickaway county
No, sir; bu, you did redeem your pledges
secretly made to the whigs;-Nou die
endeavor to defeat Hon WIN. ALLEN fol
Senator; you did oppose the iudividua
liability in banks-declared it impract
cable, and denounced it humbug; yor
did all you could to disorganize the dem
ocratic party, by lending your influence
in getting up meetings in different part
of the State to oppose bank reform anc
distract the party on that issue.
These secret manouverings with the
wings called down the stern denun-
citation aud wilhering rebuke of the de
mocracy ofthe state. They Looked upor
you as politically dead, and the democrat
ic press every where incrlbed upon you
tomb stone:
"Died for want ofhonest principles"
Though the democracy regarded yo'
with loathing and disgust, you still hat
the hardihood 10 mOuM democracy AM
the meanness to beg flvors from the part
you had deceived and betrayed.
The districting bill came up, and her
you intrigued to get yourself into dem
ocratc district. The democratic mem
bers opposed the union of Fairfield, Pick
away and Fayette as Congressional dis
trict, from an apprehension that yo
would disturb the harmony of the part
by thrusting yourself forward as cand
date for Congress, against the wishes {
the people, and in opposition to Co