Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-10-23
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Wma SrAsR ORS1RAE CoMMlHTRR RoCM,
C.rtumbua, Ohio, Oct lS, 1854.

Since the Presidential election Of 1874,
you have hsd no State organisation which
could. be relied upon, aud no full vote has
been cast 10 0hiO. Your State policy seenr.
ed your ascendancy until ls3e. Such was
the character Of your State policy, and the
hearing Of your public men. that no vote ca
lable Of being fairly construed into disaPpro-
baton Of your administration of the State
government has ever been obtained.
You went out of power unspotted and un.
condemned, Questions Of undoubted impor-
tancp, but having no natural or proper con-
nectioa with party politics, divided and dis
tracted your attention. Personal alliances,
and political combinations, apparently foun-
died upon no principle higher than that Of per-
sonsl conYeniencs. have controlled the State
Ipthe absence Of any great occasion calling
for united exertion, you have suffered your
elections 10 90 by default. In the last Gu
beruatorial election. the plurality for Cover
nor Wood WAS $4,000 votes. and yet his vote
was by more than ten thousand smaller than
ypu gavs TO Mr. Clay in 1874. No majority
or plurality has been given against US which
full Wing vote would not have beate'. The
vote against us which gave Governor Wood
a plurality Of 10000, was but about 1000
yuses more than General Taylor's vote in the
disastrops and hopeless canvass of ls4s,
when il IS well known that more Wings stay
ed nj home than woald be amply sufficient
to overcome that odds. The cause Of our
successive defeats appears to have been-lst,
Want Of organization and cohesion among
ourselves. which always kept back the vote.
I'd, Comhinstions against us. which, from the
natare Of the case cOuld only be temporary,
and which are already visiby falling TO pie
ce& ;
Ia this condition Of things. you have dis
tinclly in issue the principle of protection to
American Industry. and the great Western
doctrine Os Internal Improvements, connected
with the name Of Winfield Scott as a candi-
date for the Presidency. The State Of Ohio
has never given its votes against those princi-
plss. nor withheld its support from a man
whose claims to the confidence and gratitude
Of his country could be shown by so many
titles. On the subject Of slavery, which has
recently absorbed so much attention. he is
in fact and in profession disciple of Jefferson,
and as unobieclionable 70 both North and
South as any man not committed and pledged
- sectional feeling. Thus you have presen-
ted the first opportunity for common effort.
With = cordial, union Of purpose aud union of
hearts, since 1914,
70 this end you sent your delegates to
meet in Convention in Colunbus. on the 2lst
day Of July last You knew what your
strength had been 10 the State, and how you
had been deprived of it You knew that
your principles and your candidate always
had been and were still acceptable to the peo-
pie Of Ohio: and in this faith yoa determined
50 conquer. You had been bound with
green withes but felt that your locks had not
been shorn' You nominated an ELECTORAL
ticket. and commissioned this committee to
organize the State No ore expected an
easy victory: no one expected favorable re-
suits except by putting forth the exertions
requisite 20 press conviction and inspire
thoroughly with confidence in our cause, the
public mind Under mutual pledges Of faith
and duty. the members Of your Convention
separated each 10 bis Geld Of labor.
{, The first sep you all agreed upon. Il
was too obvious to admi, Of hesitation. That
step consisted in ascertAining, through the
fundamentally Of thorough organization,
which Of the people OF the State were hope
lessly against US; which we're firmly with US !;
which we're open to conviction, and upon what
points Of opinion the votes Of the doubtful
we're likely to turn. Until this was known.
ell exertious would bs but careless waste
Of energy these facts ascertained, everything
else to be done could be done systematically
and certainly. 1t does not become MS to say
whether this duty has been well or i'll per-
tlFmsd, but We state she result of it be. a
thorough aad a5idisg coBUiction that you can
ifyou will. give the electoral votes Of Ohio
90 your candidates and your principles.
Unexpected delays were encountered in
the nrgsnization: and the only real effective
work likely 90 produce result in votes has
been done within the last four weeks. One
Of the first clear results of our organization
was 70 show that there WAS little probability
Of rallying full vote al the State election.
iet the work that has been Goue within the
last three weeks has produced results. Re-
turns are yet so imperfect that no satisfactory
analysis can be made; but taking the most
unfavOrable view, and coneeding the imper-
fsct, erroneous and exaggerated claims Of
our adEersariess and it is shown that all their
pretended exultalion is over loss on their
list previous majority of ten to fifteen thou
saad SOtes! aTaking the returns. imperfect as
they reach ns, they indicate smother light
vote IN the State. The State candidates have
everywhere bsen treated as secondary. and
.he test vote has generally been given upon
one or another Of the local candidates In
eIma places this has been done for members
Of Congress- In others for county officers
But our adviees are uniformly shat GENE
RALs SCOTT viii get larger vote than the
favored local candidates. The only general
cIncln sion to be dsdueed, therefore. is that
there has been general, and in the aggre-
gate, large reduction Of the najorities against
Us Those counties which organized prompt
lv 1ow see the benefits of that organization.
Those which postponed il to the last moment,
and then took bold Of it with reluctance, also
see where they are landed. In three dis
tricts intended 70 be strongly and safely Lo-
eofoco, we hare elected Wb;g members of
Congress. Harrison. Campbell and Sapp
are safe. In this district. the majority Of