The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-10-01
Ear he S.nlinel and Earmer.

MEssRs. EDgTORs;--There appears 70 be a
growing disposition ON the part of the people !
every where, to redeem themselves from the
shaskles Of party desPotism. Party organ
izahons that are intended to give unaHimity
to the action Of the people in regard to the
policy Of their government, is all well enough
while confined to that object; but when car
ried, as il has heretofore been, into County
Township. and even School district elections.
it becomes an intolerable tyranny. But now
mucho Of the asperity Of party differences has
been done away, and in regard tothe minor
or less important Offices, party distinctions
have been lost A spirit of amity and fra
ternity appears to animate all classes OF our
citizens. This would indicate that men have
begun to take wider view of their duty as
citizens of this great Republic-the narrow
preiudices of party have been forgotten-the
welfare ofthe country is to be attended to-
not the interests of party. What vast
change since the political convulsiOns Of 1910?
Ifa stranger who had been among us th en-
were to come here now, he could hardly re
cognize us as the same peoplel NoaU, the
whig and the Democrat look upon each 9TH
er as fellow citizens, ardently attached to one
common country and to one common repub-
lican government-earnestly laboring topro-
mote the welfare Of their country, and differ
ing only in their ideas of governmental poll
Icy; while the Free Soiler looks kindly on both
patiently expecting the time when they
shall admit the justness of his enlarged views
ofhumanity.
Then the whig regarded his Democratic
fellow citizen, as an agrarian who designed
to reduce the regularity of established gov
eminent to the confusion of anarchy-or
perhaps, to erect on the ruins OF the Repub-
lie, the throne of dynasty; the Democrat
looked upon whig as one who was willing
to discard republicanism and become the
slave of monied aristocracy, and to crush
the best interests Of his country under the
weight of chartered monopolies They be-
came estranged and scarcely any of the COM
mon proprieties of life, that are so essential
to make society agreeable, were regarded
in their intercourse with each other. Then
the Democrat spoke to his whig neighbor on
Ily to curse his ignorant stupidity, the whig
replied in the same style, and thus the bit
: terest animosity was engendered and keptup.
Then, the whigparty to acquire political pow
er, were willing to risk demoralizing and ma
liking drunkards of thousands, the daily drin-
king of hard cider was eujoined as the test O
whig consistency. Almost every house be-
came divided, the father against the son,
brother against brother, and the streets of ev-
cry village and every city resounded with the
shout of bachanals, whose party enthusiasm
was excited by ntoxication.
! But we refer to these things not to cen
sure any, but to show the great contrast be-
tween that political canvass and the
present, and to impress on all the
Importance Of guarding against the occur
renee ofsuch scenes in the future, THAT, was
great political revolution in which none
could expect the requirements of a high mo-
rality would be observed. 1t was the upri-
sing of great people to assert those rights
which they were taught to believe had been
betrayed. 1t is well to recall those things,
and may we all drink deeply of the lessons o.
wisdom the retrospect teaches. X,
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and knowledge.