American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-05-03

LIruoroLIs. April sOth, 1856.

democratic influences, and reared aud edu-
Gated democrat. Ny prejudices have
consequently been with !he party to which
| belonged, and so strong have they been
at times, with myself, as | have no doubt
has been the case with others, that they
usurped the place of judgment and better
information, to look over and screen the
party and It's leaders, from sensure and /
condemnation, which very frequently they
deserved, and particularly the latter. On |
the other hand, how quick itseiZes hold OF
the very appearance of evil in the oppo, |
site party, TO magnify itten fold, and heap
up theseverest reproacl where but even a
SLIGHT MISTAKE or scarcely a fault could
he discovered. This state offeeling exists
TO more or less extent with three fourths
of remembers of both the whig and DEM
ocratic parties. II is all wrong as II blinds
the judgmentand gives encouragement to
the leaders of both parties 10 be guilty of
recklessness and rascalily upon the faith of
the protection and sympathy ofmen, party
prejudice and party drill, to help them
through with such party deinquences as
may occur from time to time. have long
desired to see areform party governed by
higher and purer principles than those
which control the whig and democratic
parties Such party believe has now
germinated out Of the decay of the other
two, in the union of the American people
upon the broad basis of "An American
Party" Such union has originated from
political and moral causes, which have
! ho.r ,rorot;nov 70, raore Nth n Dnver and
an influence upon the hearts and judgment
Of the men of all parties and which have
consummated an end most glorious for
the nation and its future prosperity. The
AMERICAN PARTY is AN INNATE SENTIMENT
OF THE AMERICAN People; and hence the
strength, energy and progress of the re-
form which is sweeping over the country.
Such views and such sentiments | now
hear very frequently among my friends
and neighbors of both political partes.-
You may be assured the people are think
ing and talking about these things, The
more such thoughts and such talk 60 on
the more the leayen will work 1t fore
shadowsa sad fate fordemagegues and pol
Iiticians, and l hope will soon come and
teach such men that they must go and
seek livelihood by some honest, industrial
pursuit thereby saving them greatmany
ague fits, and heart aches, and crocodile
tears on account Of their deep concern for
the interests of the DEAR PEOPLE. They
had better mind their own business for we
don't thank them TO trouble themselves so
much about ours. This is plain talk, but
it is the truth, and plain talk is the best af-
ter ALL know politicians have great skill
in talking one way and meaning another,
but this comes, suppose, from their con-
stant study of dishonesty, and deceit and
"DUPLCIrY" from the time they enter upon
the track of politics. Permit me to say
that have been reader of the Eagle and
Gazette for long time, but more partieu-
arly Of the Gazette for about year past.
The Eagle has been very bitter in its de-
} nunciations of secret neutrality-suspicious.,
f before the election and particularly since.
was not little surprised in reading an
article not long since in-your paper writ
ten by some democrat from Liberty town
ship, whose views SO exactly correspond
, with my own, to find how similarly men
f are thinking and expressing themselves in
, all parts of the county.
Permit me to quote his language in one
part ofhis communication, as cannot ex-
t press myself better. ''When we Were
0 warned in the Ohio Eagle, last fall of the
+. "danger Of secret political organizations,
chad little thought that so soon, that same
"sheet would lend its influence to encour.
: "age such societies by exuliing over SAC
t "NIcHT victories and boasting about the
: ''rapid spread ofthe order" Such thing
| had us little thought of myself as any one
: else. But after reading in the aforesaid
communication the following: II did no
b "suppose, when was assured through tn,
r "columns Of the Eagle some weeks since
# '1hat there was NO SUCH ORDER IN LANCAs
q TER, AND IL THERE WAS IT WAS A ORANGE
''oE THE KNOW NoTH1NGs, that these sam
! "editors were the leaders and getters u
"of combination composed chiefly of dis
!. "honest trucking, time serving dema
"gogues, few German and Irish GATHo
"Lrcs, and in short the fag ends and drcg
g "of society, save the few honest men tina
l. "haye been decoyed in under the falls
N ''pretence of its being a reorganization an
~ "cloSer union of the democratic party"
am prepared to believe almost anything
. That they were corrupt set Of polilici
I'd demagogues, generally known by the nam
at of the Red Lodge Clique knew; and ju'
n. here | will mention an instance of the
ID rascNlty. Some years ago when DAM,
Cumly, of our township, was a candidat
Ut for Treasurer. Lilly was declared electe
ee by majority Of a few votes. over Crumli
he although the latter had been IN FACT NON
as MATED by ABot FIFTEEN VOTES, and th,
CrumIy was DEFEATED out of the nomini
- ton because he was known to be unfrienC
= ly to the Clique and could not be made
a tool Of by them, Theslyle and tone of Il
nd communication from Liberty pleasos me,
nc is just what the people think and talk an
- in the language Of this communication
~ would ask-''Why has the name of demo
Use racy been abandoned? Why is it that v
are invited to join the Sag Nicht in ord
to effect closer union of the democrat
party? Why isit that the bitterst oppose
- of democracy are now admitted into Il
''e secret councils if this be reorganzatiC
AZ the party9 Why is it that wings a
we placed on the Sag NIGHTS ticket head,