Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-03
Politics I'm General.

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" mixed. In Ohio il Is conceded on all
hands ,ha, the whig party is dead, TO all
utenis and purposes, so much so that i,
has been proposed, in all seriousness,
10 formally disbaud. On the other
hand, in New York, the Democracy, if
no, dead, is in failing condition, and
be,wixt Bronson and Guthrie. Dickinson
aud Dix, the Wings have slipped into the
State Offices. Vermont has proved false
o ,her faith, and for the first time has
elected Democratic Governor. In "old
Democratic Pennsylvania" the Bigler
and ant. i.Bigler factions are by the ears.
and of course, while they quarrel. Wing
gerry will seize the "bone of contention"
President Pierce and Secretary Marcy
have entirely failed in taeir attempt to
mix oil with water, and the consequence
is, there is a breach among those who
supported them last fall with so much
unaninnity, which nothing can heal. The
Hunkers, the " Old Guard" of the party,
doubt the sincerity of the euondam Free
soilers of As, and with more honesty than
we ever gave them credit for, refuse to
stand on the same level with John Van
Buren, e. Co.; while Prince John and
his party having got all they fought for
the offices-and being sure Of them for the
next four years, don't care fig whether
Dickinson and Bronson are pleased or
not.
The people in the meantime have had
fine chance to peep behind the curtain,
and see the motives which actuates poll
,icians, and becoming disgustod with the
,rickery which has duped them so often
dropped party, and voted pretty much as
they pleased.
For our part, we are glad to see IT, We
believe that men must sooner or later
see that the present system will not do
and that more independence, and les'
party spirit must influence them, to hayt
their country properly governed, and in
teres,s properly cared for.
They are becoming tired Of politician
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ry, and in '53 give the Fugitive Slay
Law a most hearty and unqualified SUI
port. They have become tired Of votin
for those they know are unfit, merely b'
cause their party bids them do it. The
have become tired of sWindles like t
Galphin, Gardiner, and the thcusand-an
one others of like character. In va
have they shifted from party to party,
find relief; for when they thrust VIII
demagogues out of Office, Democrat
demagogues step in, and ricc rerSa.-
Each Administration has proved as CO
rupt as its predecessor Offices have bee
given to lavorites, and Office -ho' ders ha,
used the power entrusted to them for sci
aggran }izement, as much under the ru
OF one party as the other.
But as evil works its own destructio
parties are crumbling. Again we sa
good. When men use the power they hol
like men-when they look more 10 a ca
didates fitness for the place solicited, th
his party pedigree, then will the scram
ling that dsgraces our capital every fo
years, be done away with, and Office
invested with the dignity which belon
10 it.
That day is at hand. The party hac
who have fed at the public crib so lor
must be shrewd indeed, if, after the Ii
exhibition of their agility in polite
tumbing, they can again cheat the pr
lie into the belief that they are hone
II we are prophet, the day of pan
is over, and an era of independence
commencing. So mote it be.
rp THE WILSON FAMILY pnye {