The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-02-13
Friday Evening, Feb. =. 1881
TnE MAIEsrY or rnE PrnrLE.-Th

%"S "H'Hoib pf Jhb EoFbt'- ne (
great msss"f the people are honest and !
will not suffer their good name TO be tar.
nished with impunity. This is true of
Them in their corporate as we'll as ipdi'
viJusl capacity. and has recently been
exemplifed iu two remarkable iusian.
ces.
Judge Vance Of Butler county. and
Lucius Case. Esq, of Licking coun,y
were among the number who voted Z.
gsinst the power being granted To the
Legislature repeating all charters. now
or here after granted. without regard to
:be rights Of those who had property III.
vested under them For this act they
were specially marked by the radicals of
the State, were abused aud denounced
without regard to decencJ. at home aud
abroad, aud were compelled toa course
which otherwise they would willingly
not have chosen. Judge Vance resigned
his seat IN the Convention and made an
appeal direct To the people Of his dis.
lrict. Mr. Case submitted his conduct
To the scrutiny of large meeting of his
fellow. citizens at Newark. The tele
graph has informed our readers with
what result. Mr.. Case was unanimously
sustained by the meeting, aud Judge
Vance has been ttumphautly re elected.
In both districts the press Of the party
has been arayed against these gentle.
men, assisted by the entire radical press
IF the State. aud yet they have passed
through the ordeal aud cume of victuri
Gus.
These results will prove severe IL.
buke to the radicals Of Ohio. For years
they have been necessarily laburing in
their voraliuu and making the mrst pow.
erful efforts, ia one way or another. 10
have their destructive measures engraft.
eG upon the policy of the State. While
they have been preaching democracy at
all times aud in all seasons. it is a curiuns
fact that they have been Iaboring to Iegis.
late against the will Of the people; and
whenever direct appeal has been fairly
made. as in these Instances. the result
has exhibited this fact and held these
men up 10 the public gaze as the very
opposite Of what they pretended 10 be.
1t will not do to say in these particular
cases, tnat the merits Of this question was
not fairly tested. 1t was we'll known by
the citizeus Of Licking that meeting oI
, this character would be held, and the
party friends of Mr. Case, who were op
posed tu him, had the advantage of be
ing in the county. and it is not to be sup
posed that they made no effort to have
their opposition sustained. More par
iicuarly will this remark apply in the
case of Judge Vance. Radical mem
bers of the Convention, even, were i'm.
ported tito Butler county to address the
people and induce them 10 vote aeains
hin, and every efnu was made by hi
, opponents to defeat him aud thus con
. denim the course uiIhe independent dem
u ocrutic members Of the convention.
d These two instances will afford ou
! radical friends a better insight into III
will of the people, aud unless they ar
v beyond reason will convince them lha
u they are jeopaldizing all needful al
J practical reform 10y attempting to fasle
their unpopular mud desltuciiye lrjmci
-, pies upon the new Constitution. lfthe
are really what they profess 10 e,friend
. oftrue progress, they Will hesitate befor'
J they go any further in their prese n
q course.