The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-17
H. G. whitman, Esq,

Senator from rdlTneIo' "o ehah w"
redeem that promise.
During the canvass and whilst he was
a Candidate for Senator, we refrained
from indulging in personal illusions to
him. knowing that no good could possibly
result from such q course in district
where the party, who nominated him,had
majority of thousands; and it was only
occasionally that VIC referred to him at all,
and that for the purpose of showing in
what estimation his party had held their
Candidate for Congress. But as Mr..
WHITMAN has seen proper to disgrace
himself. his cause and his party, and as
he has INDUCED in personal illusions to
the Wings of this town and every one
connected with them, we can no longer
let him escape our notice. So far as his
attacks upon the individual who has the
editorial charge of this paper go, they are
perfectly harmless-aS harmless as their
author has rendered himself Infamous
When we took charge of these columns.
we did not expect to please him or any
other Locofoco leader. To US his GEN.
sures are praise. We could not do our
duty and consult their wishes. Ours was
the task to expose the fraud, hypocricy
and deceit of Locofoco politicians, and in
performing it we could not expect to es-
cape the censures of the most profigate.
Charity would lead US even now to
pity the frailties and errors of poor,
weak human nature; but individuals are
sometimes placed in positions where they
must of necessity challenge criticism and
where their foul ard Infamous abuse de-
mands exposure. We are well aware
that Mr.. WHITMAN's conduct has led men
to style him a madman or fool, but for
ourselves we think thero is "method in
his Madness" and when he promised
never to "accept an office" at the hands
of the people Of this county, we believed
his sincerity as much as when he swore
that he "never would support DR. OIds."
In truth and in fact, whenever he chooses
to emphasize an assertion with an aGr,
nation, the public may rest assured that
he does not intend to stick to it.
Mr.. Whitman sometimes makes pop
ular speech; when tha, is said of him, all
is said. But to do this he must keep his
temper and not allow his discretion to be
overwhelmed by disappointed hopes OF
the certainty of defeat. The whig party
in this town have right to their opinions
upon public measures and public men,
They have righ: to express these opin
ions and to vote them. This right is guar,
anteed to them by the Constitution o.
their country, and petty tyrants here oil
lsewhere, cannot restrain them in its
exercise by impotent threats and foul a.
buse. The Clergy of this place alsohave
a right TO holdopinions and a righ to vote
Church members have right to be wings
and right to, vote for General Taylor
More than this; when public speaker
an acknowledged leader of great party
in a public assembly, chooses to style
such men hypocrites, he disgraces him
self and the party is disgraced by theil
association with him. Or if a young man
when he arrives at 1.-The age of discre
ton" chooses to cast his vote against the
party in whose opinions he was educated
as did Lewis Cass, he only exercises one
of the rights of Republican freemen and
is as far above the control of Mr.. Whit
man as the latter, in style and manner O
speech, is below gentleman. And more
than this; it the democratic party of thi'
town chooses to tolel ,te Mr.. Whitman
in his insane ambition to become wha
the God ofNature never intended him
great man, we have only to say, it il
their right.
We do not wish to be understood here
as casting any reproach upon members o
that party in this town. We have heart
the opinions of many of them, and We
have yet to hear the first one, who ha
expressed favorable opinion of Mr.
Whtman's speechj five except the Sen
ior of the Eagle, who, we are informed
played the monkey for the occasion--t
fit tool for such purpose and scarcel
fit for any thing else. We should how
ever deal sparingly with him, as demo
Gratis have said that he has been wit
them some eighteen months longer tha
they wanted him-and it is not our dis
position to strew thorns over the grave
ofthe politically dead.
So far as regards the charges, whic
we have published against Lewis Cas-