The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

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pfONS Atl tottnSt N,sillecllOn Win inc wing
party, a. well as the doubtfulness of my de-
mocracy at present.
Whether This article is the product Of
trlune effort on the partof the tripod We are
not informed, norindeed is it important, but
1t savsfs very strongly ofthe style of PAT
R1eK Henry Of the west alias the young
man whose juveniie ocamen,' called forth
the admiration of his good old god mo her,
related by himself in late number Of the
Eagle, and which affords abundant evi-
dence Of bis javenile' acumen and verdancy
sisllingering about bin. '.'..
II win be seen by those who have read
my former article and the Eagles reply,
that the main point at issue has been care
fully avoided, and studied effort made
to avert public attention and olium from
Mr.. Smith, and those who are attempting
to sustain him in his political ro tenness,
by drsging in matters entirely foreign to
the affair. True, they copy my original
article, and pronounce it "a small potat0
aTdir, and so it may seem 10 set OF cor
rupt demagogues such as the editors Of the
Ohio Eagle, who desircno better endorse
ment Of mans democracy thana knowl-
edge of his willingness to engage with
them in such political huxteriug, to secure
Office, but the honest and true democracy
of the county will not thus willingly en-
gage in or endorse such conduct; not in
deed that they care Wree strauss about my
private Quarrels or rpetty griercaaces, but be-
cause there is principle involved in the
endorsement of such acts--a principle Of
moral rectitude and political honesty Of
which the editors Of the Ohio Eagle seem
to be entirely devoid.
The reason assigned for not publishing
my article the same week it was handed in
we findin the following extrac
But we did not refuse to publish bis
pronunciamentO against Lot L, Smith, but
only deferred it to the following week for
reasons We gave Mr., Beatty and to which
he made no objection. He afterwards with
drew il on the ground that we had endors-
ed Mr.. Smiths appointment--for this we
incurred his Indignation"
A very innocent offcnse indeed; and some
cf these gentlemen are remarkable for Their
innocence in snch bmsactioas Could they
have succeeded in laying my communica.
ton aside until after they had endorsed Mr..
Smith, ,thereby showing gthcirinnocence as to
knowledge of his treachc,y they would
have had no objection to publishing it,apd
things would have all been o. K But
in this they were caught and exposed, at
which they felt little piqued and came
down on mo like Thousand brick and at.
tempt to Ftt' me right square out of the
party:--Hear them: 1- gl a.lsq0
"But as the democracy Of this count y is
defeated and apparently in the minority,
he will most likely throw off his democ,
racy-he never had enough to hurt him
don the garb of whiggery and endeayor to
make fair weather with tho powers that
bo.' lie Is even now, negotiating for the
purchase of the Lancaster Gazette, and as
plring TO be the leader Of the Know Noth
ing. alas Wing party Of this county.---
When Mr., Beatty came here in the fall Of
l845, he was regarded as whig--A genu-
tae Clay Wig We know thai he looked
like whig-talked like u whig- acted
like a whig, and we have no doubt but he
voted with the wings up to lD48b y I#a*t
- ~" ~ Simultaneously with
his declaration of democracy, hc ayowed
his intention of being candidate for Of
flee, and was candidate for Probnte
Judge in 1851. Thus he was carly found
i'll the field as a candidate for oifice.--too
early indeed oipreventa a suspicion, Of the
genuineness of his sconversion." biHe.
As TO the declaration that am aspiring
10 the leadership Of tho Know Nothing.
dlids Wing party as they are pleased 10
term it, | can simply pronounce il iie,
coined for the same base purpose that the
balance Of the batch was, which their Al
ticle contains. | did make a prot
sitionfor tie purchase oftho Gazette n
forthc purposeo of converting it into d j.
cratic Journal as | expressly stated he
time.
As regards the effort to fasten Wli6gery
upon mo. L do not care three str0ms' com.
ing fromthe source'i it does, but the re-
membrance to one of these gentlemen must
be exceedingly humiliating. that coming
fresh from the ranks of whiggery, accord.
i&g 10 his own shoring, in 1851 in town.
ship where we both resided, and where
our democracy is presumed to have been
best known, at a Democratic primary elec-
ton; for the same Office aud at the same
TIME, my democracy was endorsed BY 1914
votes in that township, Just "a more tianhe
received IN the entire county. ".
II is too late in Me day for these gentle.
men to undertake 10 read men out Of the
democratic party. they have themselves
been read put anlrepudiated, not only by
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