Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-11-29
For the Meigs Co. Telegraph.
To the Public.

FELLOW CITIzEss Some few days since, |
issued prospectus for the establishment of
Democratic paper in this place. From my earliest
childhood | have been Democrat; and about
the first thing my parents taught me, was to
hurrah for JACKSON. thought Democratic pa
per would be well supported here, and therefore
made the effort to establish one, and had every
appreciation of my party. Since then. however,
the scene has changed. Some wiSacres of the
party have found out that l ain TEMPERANCE
MAN, and for this awful offence am at once to
be discouraged in my undertaking.
Things have certainly changed since the me-
morable EIGHTEEN FORTY During that campaign,
while the whole Wing party was indulging in
their hare cider revels, and the bacchanalian
shouts of drunken enthusiasm were ringing from
Maine to Georgia, then was the solemn warning OF
the universal Democracy heard urging the people
against this prohigae party for fear of its making
our nation nation of DRUNKARDs. That warn
ing was good one But, 10 a change has
come over the spirit of that Democratic dream
protection and fostering of the DEAR DoGGERIEs and
sTlLL-moUsEs which are now casting their filth
and slime over the whole land-and they even
20 so far as to predicate the utter ruin and eter-
nal destruction of the party upon the establish
ment of a Democratic paper in this county with
temperance editor at the head of it. do moi
accuse all the party of thus believing, or acting,
it is only a FEW uPsTART leaders, persons who
invariably iniure any cause they eSpouse.
1t was my intention, for the harmony of the
party, in starting Democratic journal in this
place, only to have spoken Of intemperance as a
great evil-one which the moral sense of the
people should put down, and not mix it with
party politics But no; the WISE MEN Of the
party saw great evil tendency in such paper
saw the entire ruin and defeat of the party. And
why7 Because it would lose the party all the
foreign vote which had stuck to it in many an
emergency. If we are to turn our republic into
Brothel for the accommodation of foreigners who
may choose TO come to this country and set up 8
whiskey shop for living, | say, God help u.s.
Nearly nine-tenths Of these food gates Of hell in
our country are kept by foreigners. Others saw
in the movement the defeat of the party on sUcr
PRINCIPLES, and in that defeat the most vivid ant
frightful spectre was their own meager form:
marching from the public crib, whtre they were
wont to feed ard become full.
Now, if the Democracy of this county are
bound together by that soul destroying liquid
alcohol let it be severed, and let us build upor
its ruins party of purer principles, But no
No such thing. Those great leading principles
which have characterized it since the days o
jefferson are sufficient in themselves to recon-
mend it to free people, and in order to fully
carry out those great measures the party mus
exercise soBERNtss and reason.
But have been driven from the idea of start
ing a Democratic party paper, and therefore
calculate 10 start an independent paper here
one that will speak out fearlessly on all subjects
| do not wish to throw brands into the Democratic
ranks, but when majority of that party hearkeI
unto the voice Of a FEW unpuncpled leaders
and hear the character of fellow Democrat ira
duced, ii is time TO apply that first great law o
nature, sELF-PRorEcTIoN. wish il PARTICULAR,
understood that am not beholden to the few
UPsTAUT politicians, who opposed me in starting
a paper here, on account Of my temperance prin.
cples-thoSe principles are dear to me, and
shall not sacrifice them to the whims of any maj
or of any party. But those who oppose me arr
the ones who need prohibition of the lquo
traffic the most for then their brains could bt
saved from the rayageS Of the fiery drug
| shall start a paper here between now ant
spring, and shall Try 10 make it such a journal al
will be acceptable to an intelligent communit,
| did not wish to take this step, but have beer
forced into it by FEW interloperS in the party
| have an eye on those persons, and shall not fea
to speak of them through my paper as they de-
serve. Ihad desired that all Should have worket
hamonousy but some few unprinclpled drone!
created the discord, ana now they will find mt
as firm in showing up their petty dicaton, as
have been in the principles upon which they op.
posed me. But my temperance principles hat
not all to do with their opposition. They wanted
man here as editor whom they could sway tC
all their whims Of party drill, and knowing | was
not thus to be moulded aud shaped 10 their will,