Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-08-28

| ALI hEO MCNEf, OF h0mc.
We suppose that all the candidates
went away "per(ectly satisfied" and that
Ironton has got no more than her full
share Of candidates.
We believe that the candidates on this
ticket for Representative, Treasurer and
Sheriff stand identified with the Corpo.
ration and Charter interests OF this town.
The ticket, as q whole, will be satsfac.
ory to the Ohio Iron and Coal Compa.
ny. The President OF that monster con.
Germ would not have allowed q nomina.
ton for Representative, unless assured
that the nominee was devoted to the ar.
istocratic and monicd interests. Henry
G. RoncERs is an estimable, upright cit.
izen and, personally, has our best
wishes,--politically, we wish him long
life before he reaches tho Legislature.
What reason there can be for support.
ing the men on this ticket in preference e
TO other men OF equal or better qualif.
cations for public trusts, we can not per.
ceive. Is it because the members Of the
Order are sworn 10 support each other ?
If so, let us look at the matter. Who,
in this country, has the power to admin.
i;ter oaths None but magistrates and
persons legally appointed. Know No.
thing oa,hs, being extra.judicial, are Of
no more force than the "Jy gum" Of a
lhoughtlcss school.boy.
Will the frecmen of this county thus
surrender to few hcartless political
,ricksters the rights for which their ia.
theirs withs.ood Princes, Popes and au.
gust Councils +? They would not sur.
render the right of private judgment 10
the dictum of the Council OF Trent, and
ore you who profess to be the exponents
par excellenc, of their doctrines are
you so degenerate, so spicably servile
as TO be bound by an order that has nei.
ther authority nor reason in its favor !?
Your fathers waded through blood in re.
ssting the pretensions of the British
Parliament to "bind us in all cases
whatsoever" yet you give up that right
to creatures of no more binding author.
ity than a quilting party. "Americans"
where's your manhood !?
Men who have entered into these po.
lilical bonds, see their friends disfran.
chised, and hear doctrines avowed revol
ting to justice, appeal in vain for re.
lease from their letters, And when in
disgust they so ou, and publish the fraud
that has been praclised upon them, they
are branded as "perjured Villains
Will not such political party as this
have tendency 10 render all oalhs a
farce? How can Christians, who pro.
less to believe in the sublime doctrines
of human brotherhood, continue their
connexion with an oath.bound party that
proscribes men on account Of the place
Of their birth, or for their religious opin.
ions? But if these considerations are
not sufficient to stimulate inquiry as TO
the true character anl tendencies Of such
an organization, let US look at the fruits
Of the system--mobs and church burn.
ing ia Philadelphia blowing up and
burning churches in New Jersey, Mas
sachusetts, Maine and Ohio !; mobs,
murder and the destruction of ballot.
boxes in Cincinnati arson, murder and
burning alive Of men, women and babes
in Louisville, producing as truly reign
of terror as ever existed in Paris. By
these fruits shall they be known and
Indeed.