The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

resolution,we will vote their tickets"
What could be fairer than this? In such an
event. each would vote according to his afhlia-
ton or preference. The Whig temperance men
would be likely to vote the Wing ticket,and the
Democratic temperance men would ne likely 10
vote the Democratic ticket. / can see no just +
cause why any politician (be they wing OF
Democracy should take exception to this Again.
if one party will not give futi ticket, ana the
other does, we should, in justice, be bound TO
vote that ticket, be it Whig or Democrat. But, !
if neither will give full ticket, and both give
part, we will make q ticket out of the two. Is
there anything wrong in thsl Gould we have
possibly offered anything iairer to both parties!
Now the third partycomes in as the last resort
and we say, if neither or both together
give US sufficient number Of the right stamp,
then we will make a ticket from our own ranks.
If this is not fair, honest and honorable, know
not what is.
You say, that you give honor TO those who
supported the amendment, as desiring fair hon.
arabe action between all parties. 80 do |. /
believe that the gentlemen who voted Tor the
amendment were as sincere in casting their votes
as was in mine, But the gentleman that offered
the amendment may not have had the biihd
scales of political prejudice entirely removed
men are sometimes willing to sacrifice every
advancement of the political party TO which they
have belonged. There are cert9In gentlemen
who have never given the last Legislature
particle of credit for any effort they made our
ing the last session, for restricting the sale Oi
intoxicating liquors, when the truth is, the law
they passed (from necessity, because they couid
ret no other through the sSenate,) has prepared
the community for Prohibitory Law. Now,
sir, Will say that yield to no man IN respect
| for the author of the amendment, believe ne
is a Maine Law man, respect him TOR his ONCE,
/ esteem hlm as useful and enterprlsing cltl-
zen, have listened to his friendly counsel in
the pulpit and the parlor. entertain for the
gentleman warm personal friendship, which l
have reason to believe is Ieciprocated, yetwith
all this, am compelled to believe, from the
gentlemans course, that he ls as much biased
in his views, by partizan politics, as ls either OF
| his co-labOrers who are so much mallgned.
! AS to my own course | would not attempt to
vndicate it, were it not that | think my feeble
efforts are, IN some degree, connected with the
temperance movement, either for good or for evil.
In your editorial you say, That the late presi-
dent himself has been heard to say that he had
rather, at any time, see Whig elected than a
Democrat. They arrange the resolutions 50
as to kill off impartial selections, but permit
them (the leaders, to assure the body of tenn
perance voters that they have the word of honor
of such and such candidate, ard care is well
taken that such candidates are mostly Wings
To this charge | reply, in the first place-that
the person who said he heard me say, that
) would rather, at any time, see a Wing elected
than Democrat, is either mistaken or speaks
, falsely, if not maliciouslg false.
; have said this, and am prepared to repea
f it-l would rather at any time see good ant
suitable Wing elected than an unsuitable Demo
, crat; and, | have further said, that | woulC
f rather vote for Mr.. Fillmore tEan for Mr.
e Pierce; and | have, as yet, seen no cause t.
f recall it. | considered Mr.. Fillmore Presi
dent of the people, and Mr.. Pierce Prcsiden
C of a party. At any rate, Mr.. Fillmore provet
# himself to be man Of compromise for the goot
: of the whole country. AS | have said ol
d another occasion, voted for Mr.. Pierce, not a
| a matter of CHOICE but, Il matter of necessity
c taking the least of two military generals
:. Some would, perhaps, say. that was influences
in my choice by party afililtion, but such wa
not the case; | think | can say that the wor
Wing or Democrat has as little influence on M
= feelings as any other man that ever took an,
n part whatever in politics. But the time was
Y when 1t was not so-then, there was the Unite
n States Bank and other great questions betweel
~ the parties; but now, modern Democracy
like modern Whiggery-nothing to contend 70
Il but the name and spois of Office. 1t woul
&C puzzle a " Philadelphia. lawyer" to define til
difference between them. Hut not 20 betwee
the temperance men and Their oppo nents-w
are contending for principles of greater impor
lance than have been involved III any Guestio
before the people for years, and for this grea
r question have sacrificed all my pol tical pre-
% ference, and laid them on this altar of Temper
ance-for which | suffer the abuse of my enc
70 mics and the persecution Of those who should b
le my friends. | care not for the taunts of "rum
,r mies;" some of them have gone their lengt
against me, both In my business and my charac
i ter as an individual. say, care not for these
in but when men who have been united with mt
j, both SIS Democrats and Temperance men, an
have never known me to be guilty Of rnea
le action to procure vote for myselfor my frient
nt when these say, from such connect on goo
| Lord deliver us--it wounds my feelings, and
as feel mortified that men should let party preil
cd dices blind their Judgment.
Prohibition will, from necessitv, become Il
m cardinal principle of one or the ether party
ne this State, unless the two great parties act wis
ne fy and cautiously. | have labored zealously
er avoid the state of affairs; our action two yea
of ago was diverted to this; showing the Viii,
nv that we could elect Democrats if we chose, al
[ showing the Democrats that it was to their i
ne terest to work shoulder to shoulder with Il
to Wing party III this matter. There are larg
az number of the intelligent men of both parti
c. who see and acknowledge the necessity of
Prohibitory Law of some kind, and have d.
at sired, for the sake of its permanency that it
te passed by men elected from the ranks of eaC
~ of the two great parties; and, for this cause,
v: earnestly solicited some Of the leaders of Ii
ed Democratic party to offer and advocate the pa
or sage of resolution, in County and State Go
vention, similar in its character to one passed
EN- the Whig State Convention. And had tn,
C. yielded to my advice and eritreaties, they wou
ly have stood equal with the Whig party, al
he would have received full share of the suppo
ng temperance men. But having passed the que
un ton in silence, they would have had no iu
is cause of complaint had the temperance par
voted the entire Wing ticket Notwithstan
lie ing this cold shoulder, the temperance MI
is agreed to, and did select and elect from d