The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-07-28


mind the democracy ofthe Importance OF
attending to the matter judiciously--make
good nominations, by doing as the Ohio
State Democrat says: Why, Democrats, of
course-those who maintain the Democra-
tic party through its regular nominations.
Who should take part in making nomina-
tions for the party? Those who will sub
NIT to the will of the majority of the party,
as expressed at their primary elections or
conventions-and none others. These re-
marks are drawn out ysome fault-fnding
as to the action of the county Committee,
They say in their call:
'The committee would suggest the pro-
priety and Importance of receiving votes
only from persons known to be Democrats
who will support the whole ticket when
nominated.'
In this the committee were perfectly
right, and if there is any reason why the
committee have not always added this to
their call, it was because it was well un-
derstood and well settled principle that
none but Democrats were to take part in
making up the ticket for the party.
1t will not do to allow men to take part
in the nominations ola party, with a set
tied determination not to cote for the candi-
dates of the party, unless, forsooth, Mei'
particular friends or favorites are nomina-
ted. The Wings would no doubt be hap
py, as party, to be allowed to vote at
our primary elections, and choose ticket
for the Democracy; because SUCH ticket
as they would choose for us they would be
able to defeat very easily. A good Dem
ocrat who acts with the party because he
believes it right, should be willing to sup
port it in it's organization, because it can
only carry out its principles by adhering
to it's organization; and if he desires to
break down its organization, he desires to
break down the party, and thereby destroy
its principles.
The party should protectitselffrom ene-
mics, by preventing them from destroying
it, exceptin the manner that Wings en-
deavor to do it-by voting against the dem
ocratic nominations. Pretended FRIENDS
can do the party more injury by being per-
mitted to participate in the primary action,
than open enemies; they canpenetrate the
ranks of the party with disaffection, and
disorganization, the injury ofwhich would
be greater than double the number of open
wings; and the party are in duty bound to
protect itself against such men, topreserye
its organization.
There are many questions that might
be presented by individuals to parties, for
adoption, which the parties would not like
to adopt. One we will mention, as an ex-
ample, and we mention this because there
are one or more who are leading men in
getting up questions, not political for the
adoption of parties, who might at some
future day press it upon them. It will be
recollected that some years since it was
charged that a man by the name of NOR
GAN was killed by some members of a GER
tain society, and uponthis party was got
ten up, and, in some places, they adopted
the name of 'Anti-Masonic' Wings, and
for time it threatened to break up the
Masonic order, and turn society up side
down. The ghost of the murdered Nor
GAN was distinctly visible to many of these
men,-at least they said SO, and few men
lived on this excitement for some years,
and some men were promoted to offices
upon it. Itwas an alarming state of things
if there were societies in our midst organi-
zed and sending out it's members murder
ing our citizens; and if this were so, they
should be broken up. Some good Demo
Gratis mixed themselves up with it, and de-
handed of the party that they should a
venge the supposed death of MORGAN, and
nominate good anti Masonic Democrats.
But the Democracy did dnot go off on avid
goose chase after the ghost of MORGAN,
bet held to its organization, and kept it
based On the principles of the party. The
old party weathered the storm, while the
Wing party, embracing as they do all
temporary expedients and excitements,
hugging it to its bosom, and was stung to
death
If any portion of men of the Democra-
tic party, or Wing party, are dissatisfied
with the parties to which they have be-
longed, or acted, because they will not a.
dopt any new plank for their platform
which they may ask they have the privi-
lege Of Withdrawing from that organization
and voting for men on both tickets, or men
that are not on either of the party tickets,
or they can start new party on oneortsoo
ideas, or, if they see proper, they need not
vote at all. But while they claim all these
privileges, they mast not find fault with the
political parties for desiring to have them
governed by the people who adhere to
their organization, and abide by the NOM
nations made at their primary elections or
conventions.