American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-09-13
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Popular Sovereignty as pTacticed BY tn
Red Lodge CliqueII


Popular Sovereignty as pTacticed BY the
Red Lodge CliqueI!
An American Freeman denied the Right
Of Suafrase!!
The editor OF the Ohio Eagle, man who
has exhausted the vas Of his wrath" in
denouncing the American party for advo.
eating modification Of the naturalization
laws, man who has from time to time
made his "siekeuing" appeals to tie for
elgn population TO stand by the Democrat
ic party as the only means Of ling the
blessings of "citizen vOfers," whose mea,
and drink has been, for the past year, to
falsify and denounce the American party.
by charging it with aiming to disfranchise
foreign citizens. on Saturday last put
practical end to his deception by destroy
ing his consistency and honesty of purpose
while engaged in counting the votes poled
AT the primary election. Let the world be-
hold and condemn the outrage.
While engaged, with his co-laborers of
the Red Lodge Clique, in counting the
votes polled for county nominees, the patti
olic editor of the Eagle, JOIN L. TrTnILL,
Esq, made the awful discovery that some
one bad really had the audacity to bolt the
ticket Of the Clique and use his own judg-
ment and preference in casting his suffragel
This was at once pronounced an unpardon-
able outrage as well as an utter violation
and disregard of all former precedent, and
Immediately an investigation was made to
ascertain who the guilty perpetrator of this
violation Of all former rules could be. 10
do this, the aforesaid ticket was circulated
among the members of the Clique who
would be likely TO know the hand wiring
Of the gentleman voting the ticket, and az.
ter close inspection Of some ten or fifteen
minutes, il was ascerlained that no less a
parsonage than A. McVEIcu. Esq, was the
freeman who dared refuse to vote ticke,
concoctcd by the county Treasury Eaters
and in his own handwriting express hi;
sentiments at The balloi-box.
This discovery gave rise to much dissat
israction. which expressed itself in shower,
of oalhs, round and plump as hail stones
and finally resulted in casting the vote a
way before placing it on the poll books
Never was a greater outrage perpelrated
upon the sanctity of the ballot-box. The
expressed opinion of an American Freeman
cast aside as unworthy of notice, and sim
ply because that opinion did not coincid,
with the opinions of members of the Rec
Lodge Clique in the selection OF men to re
present the people of Fairfield county il
the mex. Legislature Of Ohio.
This, Americans. is a fair sample Of the
practical operation of the Kansas Nebraska
Popular Sovereignty" doctrine preached
by the editors of the Ohio Eagle. No free.
man can belong to the Slave Democracy
who Independently exercises lis own judg
mcnt in bis choice of candidates to ill i'm
portant public stations. lie must need.
bow in humble submission to the dictate
rial edic,s Of such men as control the col
umns of the Eagle, and when Meg expires.
preference for men the rank and file mus
implicitly join in singing songs of praise
be the selection Of these men ever so bliut
to principle and honor, and failure TO d,
SO is at once pronounced the yilesL kind o
heresy.
At the ratification meeting on Monday
Justice McVEIeH took occasion to de
nounce. in appropriate language, this high
handed outrage; but. fearing further deve
lopmenls, the Clique choked him down b,
; calling DR.. BEowN to the floor. Not sat
isfed with la Plate exhibition of tyran
ny at the balloi-box. they followed thci
victim still further, and denied him tn
right Of speech Fit associates. truly, 70
Atchinson and Stringfellow, whose vii
; prostitution Of the elective franchise ha
made their names by word and rcproach
5 Let similar fate follow the members c
/, the Red Lodge. Freemen, what thin
you? Are you willing TO quietly subn
to this Acknowledgement?