M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-09-13

with the spirit If prophecy that the
reil Of the future had been Withdrawn
rom his eyes, aud that he had seen the
,,srricides at work. All the mischieis
,ud mischievous agencies at which be
hints. seem TO be conglomeratlng
,tound MS. The material has long
bee amongst us, in the form Of single
dems usues, and inconsideraOle fac
lions.
For years past, the peace, harmony
and prosperity of the countr! have
been disturbed BY two contending fac
tions: the mountebanks of the North
a nd the fire eaters Of the South, But
for the madness Of these factions, sla.
veIy would have been abolished long
ago. wherever it was practicable and
wherever i: was not practicable, the
condition Of the slave would have been
greatly improved. But between the
two, the hopes Of The poor negro have
been crushed, as betweeR the upper
and the neither milestone.
1t was profoundly remarked BY a phi
loso pher, that the extremes are nearer
toge ther than the means. So il is as
to these desperate factions. The distinc'
tion is scarcely perceivabls TO a man
of healthy blains-consisUing only -inl
this, that they Operatat opposite ends
-nG-ihe lever in working out the same
common mischief. Supreme sel6shness
is instinct common TO both. To rule or
to ruin is an end common 10 ho th.-I
Re inAame the imaginatioDs Of fanat-
les, is q means OF success common to
both. To server the Union, if they can
rot get all they want, is a bugbear con
mon to both. To conjure up q fictitious
crisis, to- justify the election Of an un.
worthy man, is. . Trick common to both.
To make :he opposite exheme of our
beloved country, whether North or
South, the He'll of sicAly lima gina lions,
is a wicked humbug common 10 both.
But the affinity between these gIaceless
factions appeas more clearly when we
reflect that they are mutual helps TO
each other, and cannot live without
each Others siJ--that they initiate
each other wind bladdeIs' and keep
each other afoat, when without such
help both would sink 10 the bottom like
millstones' Thus q mountebank. for
W HON no sane man would vote in heal
thy times mounts the tide o! a Northerl
crisis, and rides into Congress. A fire
eater, equally unfit TO be trusted,
mounts the tide Of Southern crisis in
to Congress Here they sit. kindred spir
its, ready TO help each other to re-
election in all future times. by mutually
devouring each other in mimic war
One of them, without tha slightest
revocation, filings the frebraaus oi
slavery at the other; and at il they 60,
like two fish women Of Billingsgate.
After they have bella bored each other TO
their own mutual satisfaction. each
prints a speech for Buncomb,and accord.
ing 10 the courtesy of congre ssional
showmen, delivers a number OF copies
to his adversary for distribution. Each
ons sends home his adversary's speech
TO his constituents, TO show how he
and they have been attacked, and his
own speech, 10 snow how they have
been defended Thus vulgar quarrel
for which both ough: to have been ex
pelled from Congress, elects both a Sc
coud, third and a fourth time.
Hitherto such men have acted as in
dividusls or faction only, but if, as the!
hope, they should assume the dignity o
a party ; much more, if they shoul'
assume the position Of ths purify ia tn
North. then one OF two things will fol
low-lor they have not the power &
: divide the Union or involve the countr
s in civil war yet, though this is tn
. direct tendency of their policy--the De
: mocrsts will nominate a c0nservativ
l. man and carry both the North aud tn
! South. Or if the South should take is
:. sue with the North, aud put forth
! Southern fanatic the war between tn
Q ianatics will beA mere circumstance
Conservatism will find out her own col
s. didate, in the person Of some old fasl
9 ioned patriot, and to his standard wi
e fock every mau in the nation wi
i loves his county more than party.
J. But my business was, TO say what
l. thought of Allen Trimble as a candida
d for Governor. If | had searched Il
State over, / could not have suited m,
d self 30 we'll IN any other man. do n,
u mean to bestow ON him such idle com
pliments, as may be purchased at tweni
% cents a,line. Such compliments wou
~ be otfs-sive to him. as they wonld
j. TO an hundred thousand Others WI
d know him and love him. The schsduI
u of his virtue shall be short, but raj
~ Tor 1855.
He is an honest mapL
81 He is wise man:
y He is q patriotic man:
!. He is an old Whig:
~ He dates back before the polite
~ Barnrms came upon the stage. WORT
u I. ineton 10 no more; Morrow is gather'
: 10 his people! Macarthur sleeps wi
, his fathers. ...
Allen, TTimbls stands above Ike u
!. pillar of Trajan the glory Of an sge gol
- bJ. The frosts of December are in h
. " head. but the vigor Of June is in b
:. blood, and the bounty OF Harvest 10 b
80 =, BOSOM He loves his county, and b
" country is proud of him! and l am loo
ing for such a vote for him in Octobe
:, - as shall prove that Republics are Meth
" unSrateful nor unwise.
,, Very respectfully, and very truly,
" YouI fellow citizen,
y WILLIAM JOHNSON.
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