The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-23

f of Lucas.
It was Resolved that the papers of this
Congressional district be requested TO pub
lish the proceedings of this meeting.
ASHER COOK, President.
S. M. SNoDGRAss, Secretary.
We present to-day in our columns the
name of RICHARD Mort, of this city, as a
candidate for Representative in Congress.
By common consent of all parties opposed
to Mr.. Commager, the nominee of the Board
of Public Works, and the peculiar exponent
of the Pierce Administration, Mr.. Mott is
nominated, and in this vicinity will be most
cheerfully sustained. To the citizens of the
district living in counties north of the Wa
bash Canal, or residing along the line of the
canals, nothing need be said to make him
known, for a continued familiarity with
those sections of country since 1886, renders
any eulogium from us unnecessary.
For information of other portions of the
District, and more recent immigrants, we
would state, that Mr.. Mott has always been
of the Democratic faith, making, however,
infexible opposition to Slavery and its wi
der extension, an article of his Democratic
creed, that he would never consent to oblit-
crate. He was educated Quaker, and the
early incucations of his sect on the great
question of right and humanity, have never
for a moment been obliterated. He is a
gentleman of about fifty years of age-was
educated as merchant, and has all his life
followed mercantile pursuits. He has at
times been the purchaser of the agricultural
productions of the country to a very large
extent, under circumstances favorable to the
Of ho tru who to1
in no advantage to himself We unhesita-
tingly say, that he enjoys the full confidence
of the large mass of the mercantile commu-
nifty. No man in the District understands
better, the position and the agricultural and
mercantile wants of North Western Ohio
Amid the flood of toades and upstarts who
have somehow or other crept into Congress
of late years he would soon become an in
valuable adviser on the real business inter-
ests of the country.
Mr.. Mott has not sought the nomination,
and accepted it only after long solicitation
of his friends. We believe he has never held
any office except that of mayor of Toledo.
His moderation and equanimity would
give him influence among all parties.-
While we would not have a Representative
who would not prove as infexible as ada
mant in sustaining the principles on which
he was nominated, we would have man of
such comprehensive views and such general
information, as to be dispassionate, and USE
full, on all questions affecting the general in
terests of the country.
Mr.. Mott was nominated by convention
who avowed entire independence of all po-
litical organizations. 1t was presided over
by Democrat, and in its deliberations a
majority of those who took part were Dem
ocrats, who no longer sustain the present
administration of the Government. Three
of the gentlemen who have been freely spo-
ken of as probable candidates of the regular
Democratic party, have already denounced
the nomination of Mr.. Commager "as unfit
to be made Their friends have denounced
it more earnestly than themselves. We trust
the nomination of Mr.. Mott will prove ac-
ceptable to them.
Mr. Mott is emphatically the Peoples
Candidate, and we have no doubt that his
election will afford another evidence Qike
those overwhelming victories of the people