Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-08-24

UTThese are funny times-a few weeksonly
intervene until the election, and the wing par
ty Of old Preble is as yet tOithOut a ticket, and
according 10 The confession OF the ''RegiSter'
not knowing srhat to do! "iiow are the nigh
ty fallenW The hosts who in times gone by
rallied under the banner o fClay, and Harrison,
and other beloved leaders, have become scat
tered and dispirited. Their ranks lhinned by
desertions and broken by the falseness Of de-
signing bad men who assumed 10 command
The sentinelS upon their battlements proved
traitors 10 the cause, and bsrtere1 with the
enemy for a surrender oil the citadel. Princi-
pie was sacrificed for personal preferment and
the emolument OF office. Treason stslked
abroad in open day unrebuked, and those who
were once linked together by sentiments pa
~triotc, are now distracted by isms, eliques and
factions, each striving by every means, fair
and foul to obtain the mastery over the other,
and not hesitating much as 10 The means en-
ployed. so that the end is obtained. Thatpo
ton of the Wing party who maintain their
nationality and continue TO assert their love Of
tie Union and their devotion to State Rights,
are denounced by the traitors 10 the principle S
Of Clay, Harrison and Webster, as dough .taces,
while the portion who have wandered of after
sectionalism and fanaticiSm, hesitate not 10
ION with any faction in the hope of gaining
The grand object Of their desires, and the rule
by which their principles are measured
-oFEICr! The Professed organ, now winkS
at treason and trickery- advocates sectional
ism ami fanaticism-glories in the degradation
OF being capable Of advising resistance TO
laws virtually denies State Rights and is
willing to sell the national wings OF the county
of Preble, through the Clique faction, (who
never were wings, but in the hope of getting
office, } 10 the Free Soile'S! Anew steps nore'
and The last vestiee of glorious whiggery will
be swept from the "Register," and the black
banner of Abolitiouism float where once rode
in triumph on the breeze, the broad pennant
OF the national wing parry! Each week dem
onstrateS more fully and unmistnk0bly the in
t~entions of the Abolition Editor and the Clique
Board of control. Let them beware. A small
portion of the Freemen Of Preble county may
consent thus 10 be transferred, but the great
mass will never endorse any such proceeding!
GWe understand that the Clique in their
negotiations with the Free Soilers, offered them
a certain county office, as a sine qui non for
their support of the clique ticket or their nom
inees! The Free Sellers with their Proverbial
shrewdness discovered the hook beneath the
bait, and were not much disposedto bile! The
argument offered against such u proposition is
something like the following - The people
took that office out Of The hands OF The clique
years ago, and placed it in other keeping ;
therefore, it Is not in the power Of any partyt to
give It'll for any conSideration-the people
being sovereigns still, will elect to that sta
ton whom they please. IT these bargo!ners
catch the Free Sellers nepping, they Will have
to get up early in the morning.