The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-10-21

Cot. MEDILL.-This individual made an
other effort last evening, in his capacity Of
demagogue, to array class agninst class, and
thu' induce the citizens ofthis city TO act in
opposition 10 each other. Bu, what does he
care! What has he ever done for the pro.
gress OF the city and It's interpsisl What
object has he at heart save his own advance
ment! What cares he for the poor. for
whom he processes so much sympathy! Wha;
cares he for the laboring man or the macb,,.
ic! When has he exhib't ted that charity. the
characteristic OF him who truly feels for the
suferings Of his fellow-ineni How docs Inc
act towards those who labor for hint l. he
liberal in his treatment Of them or in his
Paymentsi Does he prefer the mechanics
OF this city to foreign mechanics!
Let his friends give US a few specifications
Let US have some exhibition Of that noble
generosity, that iiberaIity those local eiFJr,s.
which characterize the good citizen Of any
place. All he hns, or nearly all, he has
made off the pnblic. Has he been liberal
in return! For twenty years he has been in
public life. Have the people been repaid
for keeping him there,
An easy task it is for such as he, to talk
about workingmen and labor to array them
against others; easy it is to get class to hate
class and thus retard all progress among a
population mutually dependent upon each
other; but is it right does it show a pro-
per spirit! would an honest man Go it! Such
a course reaches further than politics. It
does not stop there. II strikes at the root Of
all progress, and when there il no advance
ment, those who have handsome surplus
are not obliged to subscribe to public objects
and are not annoyed by the din and hustle
OF prosperous population. This may suit
some men, but will not suit others. fl NAV
look right in the eyes Of one person, but it
is not the Characteristic of public-spirited
citizen. 1t may keep those men rich, who
are rich already or can become rich by re-
ducing the price Tabor and increasing the
salaries of ofice-holdcrs; but the man who
has a bold heart and a-sirong arm TO work
out his own living, will advance faster By Ev-
ing in thriving community, where men of
influence and means, not only profess regard
for him, but labor TO make him comfortable
and happy But il fdemagogues can succeed
in their efforts and induce the poor to hate
the rich and as a natural consequence the
rich to hate the poor--the mechanic to hate
the merchant and the merchant TO hate the
mechanic--one class distrustag the other
upon all occasions and holding of, from this
cause, in every enterprizc, and all for the
sake OF few votes for this or that political
party, they will succeed in arresting all pro-
gress and make the community in which they
live as a mere stagnant pool of water, only
calculated to create diseasein the body pol
itic. Mems efforts sometimes reach further
than they intend, and there are some who
don't care for this. But at the same time. it.
will be we'll for the public to consider that
the peace and progress Of the community in
which they live, is of infinitely more impor-
tance than the advancement Of demagogue
to place, power, and spoils. ..-.. I'd