The true Democrat., 1855-05-08

nothing organ, has got fired with indignation, and thus admonishes its own breathren:
 The fact is, legislation has fallen into bad hands. A set of political scoundres took advan- tage of the late revolution in political sentiments and, where they did not honestly succeed, fraud was restored to in order to accomplish the object. The legislation of this session, its ela- ring absurdties and villainy, to make use of the mlldest terms, will be execrated by every ho- nest man in the commonwealth The honor of the State is bartered and sold by secret con- clave, as if they had no masters, nor were in any way responsible to public opinion Banks are chartered amid bosterous merriment, and foreign railroad capitalists are the "lions'' who are worshipped at the shrine of Mammon.- When will Moses descend from the mount and cast down the golden calf?
 The Marietta (O.) Inteligencer, another organ of Sam IS out 6ercely. After remarking that the American Reform" party came before the peo- pie with "high pretensions and f1attering pro- mises' to reform the politics of the country, and to "elect the best men to office," and that it had sympathised with the early published views of the order the Intelligencer goes on to say:
 To most of its early trumphs and to few of its later ones its friends, and the friends of the country, may point with pride It may, and in some locations doubtless will, accomplish good for little time to come. But, unless there IS an early and radical change in it's plan of operations; unless there is material modi6 eaton ot some of the more recently avowed purposes of many of its leaders, and unless there IS an entire change in the men, and the character and policy of the men who now con- trol the order Tn most of our cities and some of the StateS no observing man can fail to see, and no honest man hesitate to declare, that the whole movement will soon become reproach to the country, hlssing and byword among the people and an utter stench in the nostrils of all decent men.
 In many places, instead of nominating "the best men" as candidates, they have prescribed such men, and have made membership the only test of qualification for office The effect of this has been to induce corrupt and office seeking politicians of all parties to rush into the order and they are the men who are now. to a great extent, controlling its action; these are the men who put in nomination the Pap Taylors of Cin- cinnati, and the Barkers of New York, and the Camerons of Pennsy ylvania, the utterly corrupt party hacks of the country, and the verest demagogues of the land It is under the lead of such men that the disgraceful out rages III Cincinnati have recently been perpe- trated.
 The united testimony of men of all parties is, that there has for years been no election in Gin clnnatl more honestly conducted than the late one for city offices. But some of the nominees of the Reform party were so obnoxious to men who regard capacity and moral worth as quali-
 lcatlons for office, that thousands who ioin- ed It trolnpure motives refused to vote its ticket and the consequence was, defeat where victory was supposed to be certain. Then under pre- tense that frauds had been perpetrated, the bal lot box ofone ward was destroyed, and when it appeared that even that outrage was not sufi- clent to defeat the will of the people, the ball. lots and tally list in another ward were burned! The only excuse offered for this act was, that, according to report, there were fifty or more ballots in the box than names on the tally list
 The report was not true, and there is no doubt that 1t was known to be untrue, and that it was put in circulation for the very purpose of provo king just such an outrage as was committed.- We heard one of the men who was engaged in that affair justify the destruction of the ballots on the ground" Whenever sce M,,nk the bal lot box isn't pure, go for destroying it." May the ballot boxes of the land long be preserved from the purity of su oh as these