M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-09-13


ance, am bonnd to use this right as
sacred Wust, and have no right to trade
il away for Office, any more than ior
money. 1t is not a marketable article
Nor can intrust il to man who beliyes
In the morality of such traffic. When
ever the right of suffrage, either in prl
va!e citizen of a representative, comes
10 be bought and sold, and baTteIed like
goods and chatlles, il will find il price
in money, and then oligorchy and cor.
ruption will sweep swaywhatis less Of
TepublicHn liberty.
Ispeak to wings alone in this mat
Ter, .becauss there is no other party to
whom | ought to apologize for the use
make my ONE VOTE. do notthlnk thal
Wings owe Mr.. Chase debt ol grati'
tude for the past. The Democ s are
indebted to him aud his bsrgaius Tor
their oscenbency in ohio-but the
Wings owe him nOthing,ltss than moth
ing. The only thing for which they are
under obligations to him is their ruin
In the barbaIous ages of Greece, it was
a custom for the conqueror 10 bore the
heels Of his vanquished foe, and, bind
ing them with thongs to his Chariot
drag him in triumph over the battle
field as a trophy of victory. II there is
any true hearted Wing in Ohio prepared
TO delivered up his own heels to be
bored to tie himself to the chariot
wheels Of Mr.. Chase aud be drsgged to
triumph over the State Of Ohio-it IL
his own affair. But SO will no; L. IL
is a degradation for which my few sim
pie hearted friends shall never blush,
and for which a trouble conscience shall
never rob me of my sleep.
But it is said that he SouthWted bad
4, in the repeal of the Missouri ComPro'
mise; that the Southern squatters In
Kansas drove the Northern squatters
from The polls by mob violence; ana
therefore they should be punished BY the
election of Mr.. Chase. That the legls'
lation of Congress Oh this subject was
an outrageous breach Of good faith IS
every where admitted in the Free States
The bad faith of the Ohio delegation has
been rebuked by the defeat OF every one
who was conce cerned in this iniqulty.-
The restoration of the Compromise is de-
manded by every delegate in CongreS,
from Ohio; and what more can we 40
Elect Mr.. Chase to rebuke the mob Vlo'
ence by which the Northern squa!te'
deprived of the right of suffrage, and lhe
freedom of elections interiered with
Is that the remedy ? Has Mr. ChaS'
never defeated the right of ruiirage' o
interfered with the freedom OF electors
Is the bargain by which the city diStric
of Hamlinton County was detrauded o.
the right OF suffrage forgotten? Is tn
immence chain of jobs OF 1857. b!
which the right of suflrAge was degrad
ed to the level OF goods and chattles Tor
gotten? deprecate mob violence eve
- VI here ,and join heartily in the con
demnationo that which has taken plac'
in Kansas. But Mr.. Chase is not tn
man to re5uke it. 1t isa terrible thin
in Republic, that the right Of sufflag
and the freedom OF elections should b
interrupted by mob violence; but II
far morse that they should be degrade
by bargaiu and sale. Violence is th
vice Of sAvages, land may be corrected b
the progress of civilization; but corrup
tion is the vice Of a community wher
civilization has already eliminated, an
the State is sinking TO decay. Viii
we condemn mob violence as q vice
the South--let us not encourage worI
vice in the North. The clustering VII
lence of the South surpasses in ridicul
but the corrupt bargain making of Il
North surpasses in contempt. Thesr
putatiOn Of .ttlAes Z sstJJr++th ,Night-io be Ike
Tree from the reputation C.SS9lillG
bargains. Ii was many years ago, th'
John Randolph made this terrible bur
at the North; 1--WE shall always be-
YOU because whenever we want ms
to buy, you have man to SELL" sha
the North now raise the biting. sarcas
of Randolph to :he dignity of proPhec
by putting forward as her champion,
man who owes all his elevation abo
his fellows to bargains?
There is another view Of this matte
in which know shall come in conta
with the views of friends for whom
have the profoun6est respect. | me
the cherished idea Of diVi iding the n
tion into northern and southern parti
at the next Presidential election. Th
Mr.. Chase and his friends look 10 the
ganization of such parties. is not
MED, and that Mr.. Chase regards hi
self as now in the ! inc of promotion
the leadership of the Northern pal
not only breaks out, but stands out.
He is as yet the full length ofs Go
ernor behind Mr.. Seward, of New Yor
and those who suppose be, is can
date for governor for other purpos
than to qualify him for the PresidenC
do great injustice to his ambitio
Now if Mr.. Chase were free from eve
other fault, except the design TO orga
ize sectional parties. this alone wol
be sufficient. No wise men can beho
est, nor can any honest mah be wise
thus willing to endanger the peace
the country and the union OF the Sta
by'such an issue.
How completely do those who cher
the idea Of such an organization ignt
all the wisdom and patriotism OF
immortal Washington. Immortal
the savior of his country. Immortal
the founder Of our Constitution. |
mortal as the .skillful pilot who held
helm OF state in years of unexamp
peril. Immortal as the author OF
own farewell address to the Americ
people, in which; he SO affectionat'