The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-08-16
From the Chillicothe Advertiser.
The Fusion movement.

ment. Every Democratic paper IN the State
with but one or two exceptions, treats tn
movement as it deserves to be treated, ir
terms of the strongest condemnation, ant
looks upon 1t merely as hobby on whicl
the opposition wish to ride into power. Blu
Democrats are not the only ones who thu
viewit. Wings and Freesoiers are oppo
sed to 1.-THE former because it throws t.
one side all former principles the latte
because it unites them to a pretty that bu
few years since, Was their bitterest foe.-
That some, in both these parties are oppo
sed toit, we shall prove by copying few ex
tracts that havecome under ourobservation
First, then, we will copy an article from
the Capital City Fact, an Independent pape
published at Columbus;
WnIG, OR REPUBLIcAN-WHIcH?-Undel
which flag do you sail, gentlemen? Or ar,
you merely saying good God, good Devil
not knowing precisely to whose guidance t.
submit yourselves?
The Journal, of this city, has at its mast
head flag inscribed with the names Of Jo
seph R. Swan and Jacob Blickensderfer Jr.
and over them, in large letters-the signf
cant words-"REPUBLICAN NOMlNA'
TION," This flag is sometimes hauled
down and anon run up again--much 10 the
annoyance of simple minded people, who dc
not understand navel tactics.
The same paper of last evening contains
a call issued by seven well-known gentle
men rho call themselves the Whig county
Central Committee of Franklin County, Ohio
requesting the Wines OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
mark Tito assemble at the usual places
of holding elections in their respective town.
ships, on the llth day OF August, 1854, fol
the purpose Of appointing Delegates to a
VINO County CONVENTION mark again
to be held on the 18th day of August. tc
nominate candidates for the county offices
to be filled at the msuing fall election.
The Committee close their call with these
remarkable words:
"With county Ticket nominated by {
Convention thus chosen and assembled
your Committee doubt not that the com
ing campaign will be most successful one
carrying dismay into the ranks of those VIII,
have trilled with aud abused the real inter
ests of the people,
Thus we have Republican nominations
for the State officers, and are to have Whig
nominations for our county Offices. Ii the
State is carried it is Republican victory
but in the seperate counties the victories
will all be WtV, ..r.
Gentlemen, you have been often changed
by your political opponents with blowing no
and cold with the same breath. But i
won't do---this two-(aced work. Your only
safe course is to come right out, like homes
men. and let the peope know whether yot
mean to be Old Hunker Wings, or true in
dependent Republicans, sound 10 the core.
The Highland -Ne~s, published at Hills
borough-a paper that has long and ardu
ously Tough. for Wing measures-is opposed
to the movement, anG says:
"Giye us the old Whig principles and The
old Wing name to fight under"
OF the resolutions, the Herald of Free.
dom, a Staunch and ably conducted Free
Soil paper, published at Wilmington, speaks
as follows:
They bear evident marks of a desire It
please, and that at the expense OF genuine
anti slavery men. An officer elected or
that platform might say as Pierce and Fill
more said, "the fugitive slave law shall be
executed to the letter" He might be az
very supporter of slavery in the District
of Columbia and of the Interstate slave
trade as any "soul-driver" in the South.
Il II X X Il
In our oppinion the Convention should
have taken as high ground us that of Mich.
gan; should have demanded that sla very
be entirely denationalized. We beleave thai
any one who will vote in good faith against
slavery, would vote against the fugitive slave
law and the degradation of our Nationa
Capital by contInueing slavery therein
And if not, If such resolutions would have
insured defeat, still the Convention should
have passed them, for every man there knew
that right demanded their passage; theil
neglect to be cowardly, and under These
circumstances, ifthey obtain victory, they
will fare better than they deserve.
A consistent Wing" Of Muskingum writes
as follows:
81 can speak for myself. have resided
in Muskingum county for more than q
years, and before and since | became vo
ter, l always worked for the success Of the
Wing party. But, gentlemen, can do 81
no longer, at least so long as my old party
leaders desert their principles and plofes
sion to amalgamate with the Abolitiohists
This they have done. They have solo
themselves to the Abolilonsts; but can
not 60 with them, | was honest in my pro
fussion and therefore, if consistent | canno
60 with them | will not do 50, and
know Of many more good Wings who viii
not. If the Courier expects honest Wing
to fuse with Free Sellers and Abolitionists, i
will find out its mistake in October next"
And even in our own county, with th
prospect of incurring the displeasurs Of th
Sciota Gazette, the Wings opposed to thu
fusion movement are numerous. Some ar
men who have grown grey in the service Q
Whiggery who have battled for
during the last quarter of century; who
in fact, have voted no other ticket than Whil
who have fought under no other banne
than that Of Whiggery; and young men
just taking their places in the political arena
with Wing preiadices, are not backward il
showing their hostility to movement tha
will force them to vote for a renegade Dem
ocrat for the supreme Judge. andunite then
with party that has such arch agitators a
Giddings, Garrison and that llk, as its lead
ers.
On last Tuesday evening, we were il
company with young Wing, who remark
ed--"I am Wing, but can't 60 Swan anc