Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-06-26
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a couple Of Black Republican, gentlemen of
our town, having made speeches IN West Al.
.e1anaria, and / I one Of them be ing Of sues an
obscene aud disgusting nature. that many Of
hose present wishdtew from the room in dis
gust. Since that lime we have received the
Germantown Repu5ican,tK. NJ and find in lis
columns a notice OF The same hsrrangue, from
which we copy the following extract;
.'The speech ofHendricks was for the most
part made up ofsuch vulgarity, obscenily and
blosphemy, that 1t ives not ft for decent ears
to hear. Hendricks represented this Dislfict
in the Stale Senate fotone term, aufinR which
he supplied the vulgafiiy FOR the tpjoyment
of the other members. he Bis0 served Two
terms as Sheriff of Preble county; and during
The Texan, revolution, he went there and fought
on his ewn hook. His late speech abounded
in such refined expressions as these:-Before
he would see Slavery in. Kansas, be would
bust q gut Before he would seelt, he would
suffer himself TO be put into "a pound can.
non, and shot against the hottest side OF He'll
lie was in favor Of treating the Mlssonrians
as the women treat q sow-bug-ihat is. put
b Is foot on them, and wipe them og Hapy
of The young men present wished TO 60 toKan-
tsas, they 1.-THE Republicensl would give them
"a Sharps' Rife, a Revolver, powder and lead;
and rather than be nasty, they would throw
in a six. poundetl He was paying a,pIemium
on wolves and wild-ctts, as he waited 10 live
on them a while, before goingto Kansas -
But these were only bis mildest EXPRESSIONS
The tougher ones would not do 10 publish.
"1'be Republicans have SO much To- say
aboutthe indecency OF the other patties--why
do they tolerate sich speeches anil such speak
ers2 Ia the name OF common decency, what
good do they expect their party 10 derive from
such stuff Ii will only have the effect OF
sickening respectable people with the cause"
This is The kind oflanguage, voters Of Preb.
le ~coupty,sih which The appeals Of The Blaet
Republicans are couched, in calling upon you
10 cast your suffrage in their bshalff and aid
Them in their warfare against tie democratic
party and its principles. Is Il not sublime
and logic ? Could any man loyal TO his coun-
try and its iaws--wbo desires that the hBppi.
ness and prosperity We now enioNshould con-
iinue, and th the lies which bind our glori-
Gus Union in one common brotherhood, should
forever remain sacred, give utteranee 10 shch
sentiments? Such ON appeal would disgrace
the tlackest 'border rufian , that ever invaded
the territory ofKansas, and should as we be-
lieve it will, meet with a determined lrown
from every high. minded and honorable man,
no matter what his political preferences are.
But il is in character with one, which we un
derstand, the same individual made here in
Eaton, a few weeks ago, and for which he
was eytol.ed through The columns OF The Reg
isier--that sheet which pre!ends o 'hape such
''extenGed" ideas Of %j0stice, and 70 treat oil
with such exactnessj in a word, 10 be o per-
feet paragon Of virtue and morality !! lis ed
itor's "'extended', IDEAS OF justice can reach
clear into the Territory Of Kansas, and he can
"snort' and "snufie" and shed Tears over The
bleeding and DOWN tIoddea lbere--he can
denounce and blasrbeme, and stand horrIfed
at the idea of b~lacSguord Senator receiving
. cudgeling Tor bis nnmanly and peIsonpf as
soults upoa another, -snd ,shaat, leedom Of
speech beat down"-he can publish obscene
speeches purporting 10 have Seen mate-byI
StriagfeIlow, and pronounce thsIn ai,gtaceful
and ihesauthor infamous; but oil these things
can be enacted under his own eye, in the
broad glate Of the noon day sun, and be pass
ed by unnoticed. The "freedom or speech"
can be beat down in the streets Of Paris, tPseb-
lie county, in The free Stbte or Ohio, by a.
"Kansas ranger"-,he Revolver and Bowie
knife can be drawn,a. Q, eitizenof Eaton, be
cause he dared to say 10 the presence Of the
same 'tshfitker for feedom,', che belieyed
there was as much fuss here us in Kansas'--
speeches in character with The above ~exitact|
can be Illuminated in every iowa inthe county
-ofice seeking demagogues and knayes can
meet and plot treason TO their country, under
the hearing Of the editor Of The Register, and
like a trembling culprit he will look upon all
these events, and refuse 10 utter one sentence
Of censrte. And wifi these Jaets before him,
he; with q good deal OF assurance and.a smoke
juice complaeeucy, sthiusts Of US, "thst ,re
treat u~njustiy all with whom we come IN
contact" Let a discerning public say iwhelh.
er we have NOT pursued anopen and manly
course toward di-fienas as well as enemies.
Let them say If we have ever allowed our
columns to be used by an iuesponsible, in-
significant and self-coDceited puppy, 10 Willy
and calumniate the editor ofttbe Register, or
anyother individual, in the hope Of a little
patronage. Let them decide if we have per-
milted curself 10 be made a ioor and our col
umns 10 be "mazzledD by two or thtee mall
contents. who are attempting 10 deceive the
voters ofPreble county, 10 regard to the Con
~stitution and the laws or The land, that they
may satisfy themselves from The fesh;pots.-
No wonder The editor opposes slayery-in its
mildest form il is considered bad enough by
people, but 10 see d white human being
in letters bound 10 do the bidding Of two or
three political yite-working tricksteIs, and
'tshouters for freedom" 10 ipdeed an object
Of pity, And il Is no use forhim to Try 10 de-
ceiye the people Of his position, for his awk-
ward attempts only produces q rattle OF the
chains ard alclabking Of the letters that bind
him 10 The work TO which he is assigned. AL
more speeches Of The above kinda few
aiiempts Of the "Kspsas Rufians" TO-
'tiae the freedom OF speech--and the sanction
of these acts,-by its silence,- of The Regis.