Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-09-17


dain to enter the vile arena Of political com
bat; and if they do venture to triHc with thcit
good name in this manner, they find them
selves outstripped by some Nitles and oharac-
ter-hcbing politician And it is because Of
The evils Of this caucus system, as practiccd
at the present day, that men are sent to rep
resent us in the legislature, who will dissr &C
those halls by their riotous and disordiy cen
duet; who have so little sense rs TO discuss
bill Tas they did the Tax Law, for three weeks
and finally pass it, and after it has gone
through the printers hands, and the tax pay
ers have pa d that expense, it is discovered to
be Of no force and effect and they are OBJ
rgcd to repeal it, and pass another in the
same session in which they enacted this aJor-
ton Such state of affairs is scandalous-
is a libel upon the good sense OF the reop'e
Of Ohio When men employ attorneys to
transact their business, they are careful 10 en-
cage such men as have skill in their profession,
and who will not, by their blindness, occasion
useless bills Of cost to be put upon them.
And yet these same men are SO inconsistent
as to send attorneys to the scat Of govern
ment, who make them useless, and accumu-
late bills of cost and what is still worse, they
pay these same men the very same price for
which they might obtain the services Of more
experienced and better informed persons.
These arc some Of the evils Of the present
caucus sy stem Al ncr~ J. Di,hcnson was
nominated by the caucus machine, and is the
caucus-but not the peoples-candidate.
We object to him, then for this reason first,
In the second place, we object to him because
he has never done anything for the people, or
the party who dominates him, which make
him Ii ,orthy Ct the reward Thirdly, we ol :
icct to him because we doubt his ability TO
discharge the manifold duties which must
devolyo upon, him, or any other person, hol-
ding the responsible station Of lawmaker for
the people of Ohio And in the fourth place,
we object to him because Of his position on
the Temperance question, and upon the ques-
ton of the sale of the Public Works Upon
the Temperance question, he stands opposed
to a Prohibitory Law, and upon the question
Of the sale of the Public Works, he says nay.
As to the FIRST objection, we urge this be-
cause the people are not represented by the
! election of Dickinson, and we wish 10 put
down the caucus system. If what we have
before remarked upon the naoduS operand'
of nomination by this system be true, il
certainly cannot be much to the credit Of Mr.
| Dickinson as an honest man, that he has beer
successful. And certain it is that it add!
nothing to the credit of free people, tha
they permit themselves to be controlled il
their political action by corrupt clique, who
are seeking nothing but official spoils. By
putting down that candidate, they put dowr
this influence and it is what we should bt
heartily glad TO see.
i With regard 10 the second objection, We
should be glad to know what Mr. Dickinson
has ever done te merit such high honors
What noble sacrifices has be ever made, tina
I you would decree him a Roman triumph
Nothing Then be his reward nothing.
AS to third objection, every person wht
gives the matter a moments consideration
will perceive how responsible is the situation
Of him, who would enact laws for govern
, ment Of so immense territory as that whicl
comprises the State Of Ohio The laws arr
10 be subjected to the keen scrutiny of th'
whole legal fratcrnty-a set of men who's
business it is to take advantage of every dis
crepancy, and if possible defeat the correc
operation of the law. 1t is highly important
that the man whom you send to represen
, you in the halls Of legislation, should be abl'
and fearless-ready at all times TO defend tht
rights of his constiuency-and who has III
abilities to originate measures which shall b
t beneficial to the people. combined with ener
gy of character to carry those measures
through. For these great purposes we d
not consider Mr.. Dickinson adequate, and W.
say it with all respect He will make a gooC
voting man. But we had sample of q vc
r ting legislature in the one of last winter, q
which it has been truly remarked, there was
never before SO many asses together at Oh
; time. 1t is for our own interest then, as we
as for the credit of our own State abroad
0 that we have able and intelligent men at thi
responsible post
The grounds for The fourth objection ar
: these: that he is opposed TO Prohibitorl
Liquor Law, and opposed to the sale of til
Public Works; or, in other words, that b
objects to the removeal oftwo of the create:
causes which are burdening the people wit
; enormous taxes. We may have occasio
to show up fully, Mr.. Dickinson
= position upon the two important questions
= aud also their pecuniary effects upon the pee
i nlo In tbo p,oav, tin,a ,va acx for thaea faofl