M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-07-17


others, for this disastrous result Who but
that foul blot upon every thing that is man
", and truthful, and honorable, s. p. Chase,
the minority Governor of Ohio. Who was
il struck the last murderous blow into the
side Of the matchless Clay, but this tiaitor
and renegade to all parties he ever acted
with, aye, this same detestable s. p. Chase
Who done as much to burst the great heart
OF Henry Clay, as this s. P. Chase Who
slandered, lied upon, and with fierce ges-
ture denounced Henry Clay and the Mis-
souri, compromise, in the court house Of
Newark in 1874, with as much mslevolence
and bitterness as this same migrate Chase T"
Chase, Giddings, Hale, and others of the
"old guard" of abolitionism in IA, who were
instrumental in the defeat of Clay, are now
the leaders Of this Black Republican move
ment. Giddings, the black.hearted aboli-
zionist and lifetime slanderer ofthe idolized
Clay was assigned an important place in the
late Black Republican convention. He was
the member from Ohio in the Committee on
Resolutions, and. he drafted the platform, on
which Clay wings are invited to stand. Yes,
this same Giddings, when the nation was
wrapped in mourning for the death of Henry
Clay, unblushingly stood forth and declared
his soul was in hell" Is it any wonder
that Henry Clay's son, and thousands of old
Clay wings should wish the defeat OF par
ty which is headed by men who dogged the
Great Commoner to his grave, and in their
vindictiveness declaring his soul was in helll
The Athens Messenger is fighting the battle
Of abUltionism and disunionism shoulder to
shoulder with Giddings, and calling upon
the old friends of Clay to vote for a mdn
fox President who said the principles Clay
contended for "sickened him worse than
mule beef and grasshopper pies"
The assertion that the Cincinnati Con-
vention was "Ruffian" Convention, is an
implication that the Democracy are a set of
rufhOns, for they selected ii to represent
them. What have the honest, hard-fsted
old Democratic farmers Of Athens, Jackson,
and Vinton to say to this charge Of ruffian.
ism, coming from paper that is acting
with party,which is striving toput them on
an equality with the degraded black man !
At one time the democrats were charged
with being the 'dirty-shirt party'-now ruff
fans 1t is adding insult to injury when
tile hard-working farmers of our country
are charged with being "rufians" and that
too, bya paper which favors party thatup-
holds the bank-nabobs by special legislation
"a party who tax poor mans capital in
farms, and mechanics tools, whilst the prof
its only of the banker, broker and stock, job
ber are taxed-a party who last winter took
$l8,O0O,000 of tax off the rich bankers and
loaded it on the farmers aud mechanics
aparty who would grind the poor white man
down with taxes, while splitting their throats
with the cry of"freedom, Fremont, and free
niggers.'
In the third place, we make an extract
from a short speech made by Mr.. Buchan-
an shortly after his nomination, when cali
ed upon by the members Of the keystone
Club and large number of his immediate
neighbors. 1t will be seen from it that the
Messenger misquotes and misrepresents the
language of the "great Pennsylvania -
"Gentlemen, two weeks since should
have made you longer speech, but now |
have been placed upon a platform which
most heartily approve, and that can speak
for me. Being the representative of the
great Democratic party and not simply
James Buchanan must square my conduct
according to the platform of that party, and
insert no new plank, nor take one from it.
That platform is sufficiently broad and ma
tional for the whole Democratic party
This glorious party, now more than ever,
has demonstrated that it is the true couser-
vative party Of the Constitution and of the
Union"
Having been unanimously nominated by
delegates from all the States, who agreed
upon platform of principles, Mr.. Buchan-
an accepted and hence became the leader
and Is not simply a private in the great
Democratic army. He planted himself
squarely on the platform of the party,
inserting no new plank nor taking one from
It. He does not undertake to ride two hor-
ses, like Fremont, who was first nominated
by delegates from only sirteen of the thirty
one States, the most prominent among
whom were "died in the wool" abolitionists,
and then short time afterwards accept
a nomination from Know Nothing Con-
vention. With one foot on the "woolly
horse" and the other on the thoroughbred
horse "Sam," Fremont carries aloft two ban.
ners, one black one with "freedom, Free
mont and free niggers,' the other bloody
one with Fremont, and Down with the for
eign-born," inscribed thereon.
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New GOVERNOR OF KANsAs.-The re-
port from the West that Shannon has re-
signed, is met and corroborated by a report
from the East to the same effect, with the
additional news that Gen. P. F. Smith is to
be Governor in place of Shannon. Smith
will rule the land with a rod of iron. Gree
ley says of Smith "His little finger will be
found thicker than Shannon's lOins. We
shall then have Governor, Secretary, and
two out of three Judges, all from Slave
States. Athens Messenger.