The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-12-12

when it occurs in that paper. 1t by Know
Nothing issue, be meant the principles a.
dopted by the American party a: the Clevs-
land Convention, in June last-which is
probably the idea intended to be conveyed
we have to say, that the Statesman is
mistaken in what woaid have been the re-
1t, if the American party in the State had
presented their candidates uEon chat plat
form. There is data to justify the assertion
that il il had been the pleasure of that Con /
venuon to have placed good men and true
in no lnStion. and thus led off with dis |
tinct State Ticket, that ticket would have
been triumphantly elected.
We believed at the lime that It ought TO |
be done--we have never seen aay good
reason to change our usind. Had the Con-
vention done as the aiembers were expect
ed TO do, the victory would have been e.
quail to that of our brethren in Massachu-
sets.
There is evidence satisfactory that more
than 40 900 votes would have bean polled
i'll favor of such a ticket.
We are not to be understood as intima
ting that it would have been either polite
OF honorable; iter the members of the A
merican Order had participated in the 18Th
of July Convention 10 have withdrawn from
the support of that ticket. 1t was a good
ticket, and we supported it with pleasure,
but we would HAYES preferred somewhat
different mode Of warfare against the Ad-
ministration party. = Whatever outsiders
may be eased to call it, IL is known that
as 6 is to |, so is the hcket American, and
that as is to |. as the votes given for it
were American votes. l! was the anti Ro.
man. and anti Slavery elements combined,
which achieved the victory over the admin
istration party. Happily for the American
party in Ohio, it combines in its organiza.
tion both of these principles, and holds them
as essential to the future interests OF our
country.
The "Know Notliings" can whip the
"Sharn Democracy" in Ohio any day that
The battle is faug ht, il fother parties will just
say "fair play, hands off,"
1t is not entirely grateful to the views and
feelings Of true American, with these
facts full before his understanding, to see it
stated in leaders of Republican papers that
"Sam is dead" and that the victory is SOLE
ly Republican triumph, that American,
ism had nothing to do with the contest. If
Sam IS dead, we are much mistaken if the
people of Ohio do not become somewhat
surprised by his spirit Rappngs" about
the time U. S. Senator is elected by the
Legislature this winter.
Here it will be seen that Ragan admits,
what we charged in the late contest, and
and what the papers OF this county denied
that 8 out of of the candidates on the
State Ticket elected gsesRpow Nothings, and
that A out Of 5 Of the votes cast for them
were given by members Cf the darklantern
order. Ragan seems to think that the
Know Nothings would have triumphed with.
out Free Soil aid and re grets that the State
Convention at Cleveland did not nominate
Ticket He raps the papers of this county
over the knuckles for saying that "Slm is
dead" and gives them to understand that
they will think differently "about the time
U. s Senator is elected by the Legisla-
ture this winter Free Sellers can now
see to what market they have carried
their bacon--can see that we were correct
when we predicted that they would be
"swallowed body and breeches" by the in
famous midnight proscriptive order. We
ak the Buckeye and Salem Republican to
copy Ragan's article that the BLACK Repub-
licans of CoIumbana-at least the Free
Soil portion Of that party-may see how
beautifully they have been humbugged.
The term "Sham Democracy" in the
foregoing article comes with exceeding bad
grace from Zschariah Ragan, the oath
bound slave of a midnight proscriptive or
der. Mr. Ragan considered the 'Democra-
cy' real enough whilst he, year after year
begged Office from that party. 1t was then
ell right He failed to discover the sham
until the Democracy" had time and again
relented him, and giving him clearly to uns
derstand that thercanaidates must possess
those essential prerequisites -''honesty-
apacity-fdelity. Then it was that new
| light cleaned before the vision of Zacha-
riah and he discovered that Democracy
was only "suAM' ohio Pat.