Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-05-31
THE THIRTEENTH OLE lilly

sion. Upon that day, the Republican, Amer
lean, amalgamotel compound Of every ism
which has had its day since the formation oil
our government, will assemble at Columbus
Tor The purpose Of nominating a State ticket 10
De supported at the election in October next.
There will be "blue spirits and grey" old
Abolitionists and Free Sellers, protessed wings
and "Know Nothings," Republicans and true
Americans, met in solemn c~onclave 10 devise
ways and means to defeat the democracy, and
prey upon The vitals of the State. There will
be iog-rolling and t~rickery, plotting and coun-
ter-plotting, and such a scene will be witness
ed as might be expected if Pandemonium was
turned loose. How can it be otherwise ?
Look at The material of which that Conven-
tion must be composed. The dissatisfied Of
flee seeking aspirants OF all the other parties
which ever had a name or an existence
Those mel who by their ihordinate desire for
SELF .promotiOn and penchant FOR ''bargoin and
SALE" ruined the old wing party and sacri-
feed its principles and statesmen, uiH be
there! Those men who are now attempting
TO sacrifice the principles of true Americanism
to their love of office, wiH be there! Those
who would sell their principles for mess Of
pottage, and bow in holy alteration before tue
bloody altar of diSunion, if by such a course
their own preferment might be secured, wilI
be there, and that convention will present a
c~onglomerated mass OF political villainy and
shroud his beautiful face and refuse 10 gaze
upon the scene. There will be RobeSpierres,
Dantons and Murats 4! There will be leaders
Of Jacobin clubs, who will be long and loud
in their cries Of preserve the Constitution and
the Union, and yet they will be trampling one
under foot and aiding 10 rend asunder the
other! Such will be the material of which
that body will be composed. Good men and
true will stand aloof from IFS communicating
influence, and gaze in wonder end astonish-
ment at men processing so much, in their
practice perform SO little in accordance with
their professions. Is this q strong picture p
Would to Heaven it may prove so. But from
present indications, The reality will far sur
pass the imaginary ! Already the great guns
of "Know Nottingham" and The organs Of
Free Soilism are in a cauldron of political ex-
element, each striving to i~nveigle the other
into some pledges or act Of commitment, so as
10 fasten upon the sacrificed faction, The pro-
ceedings OF that body,..and compel an endorse
ment, no matter what the result may be-
Then, standing off in the distance, gazing in
tently upon passing events, are a few aSpi-
rants, who have seized upon Temperance as
their hobby, and expect in the general confu-
sion or "fusion' 10 come in for a share of the
spoils ! Can any good result from the assem-
bling OF a convention where there will be so
many determined to "rule or ruin % Does
these things look like a forgetting of OLD is
sues and the selection Of the best men for Of
fee Tell me, reader! Does it3 Will men
at the Columbus Convention which is to as
semble on the thirteenth day Of July, be Sc
lecled for office, because OF their sterling prin-
ciples, their towering intellect, their spotless
moral reputation, their blameless lives and
their capacities to discharge the duties which
may devoIve upon them, or, will they be cho-
sen, because their particular friends were
more successful in managing or they were
considered the most available! The proceed
ings of that body, must answer Enthusiastically
these inteuogatories, and upon that answer
depends the fate Of lis nominees. The time
has passed by, when men will blindly support
old, worn. out, political hacks, no matter what
their professions, whose whole lives have
been one continual grasping after Office! 10
be candid, we expect a grand "bust up ofthe
whole concern. Having no principles, but
"tle FIVE loaves and two fishes" and no
platform upon which 10 stand, but a deSiIe
for Office, it is almost impossible 10 reconcile,
and fraternize the contending elements into
one harmonious compound. Should a failure
be the result, good bye 10 fondly cherished
hopes OF official place and patronage. Fare
well to ambitious fancy dreams INDUCED BY
den,agogues whose hollow pretensions were
only made 10 deceive! No syren song will
serve then 10 calm the turbulent passions and
Iull 10 slumber the discordant elements =
Like every other ism which preceded it, Re
pubLcdnism will follow in the wake of its it,
l~ustrious predecessors, and become an "obse-
lete idea p Upon its tombstone will be in
Scribed, it has returned 10 its
Native place from whence it sprung.
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
But, let US turn now TO the Democratic par
ty and contrast the two q few minutes. We
seek no alliances-we foster no new issues
we inscribe our principles upon our banners ant
hang them upon the outer walls, and ourcandi'
dates are required 10 be sound in practice ant
doctrine, or they cannot, do not, receive the
support of the men Of that party who stand b!
r The Union and Constitution Reader, which
do you admire the most-the so-ealled Repub
iican party, or the Democratic party You
will, no doubt, he called upon to choose be
5 tween The candidates OF these parties, and W,
5 imagine it will take long to make CHOICE
; Democrats Of old PEBBLE and the State, looI
up, there is brighter future, and if you arous
at once, and buckle on the whole amor Q
r principle, and go forth 10 meet the enemy,
glorious triumph will crown your efforts, an
victory perch upon your banners.