M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-22
A Word to the Democracy of vintOn.
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A Word to the Democracy of VintOn.
But short time will elapse before the de-
mocracy Of Vinton County will be called on
to nominate a ticket for county officers
Knowing nothing of the truth or falsity of
the rumors that have reached us in regard
to measures which have been taken, even at
this early day, towards the formation Of such
n ticket by certain persons, we have
bit of advice for our friends which we will
give in all sincerity, and with the very best
feelings for everybody.
In crisis like the present, when our fair
Republican fabric seems to be tottering
from the assaults of fanatics andimpractica-
ble theorists when the people of the ter
ritories are told that they have no right to
regulate their own domestic affairs and are
threatened with the old English system of
colonization against which our forefathers
fought-when freedom in the States is
sought to be limited by incident of birth
and peculiar religious belief-when the de-
mocracy should be united in solid phalanx
and, without a single discordant element,
battle against the monstrous doctrines Of
the oppositiOn-we beg to warn our friends
against any act that will give cause for COM
plant or operate to draw off and divide our
forces. We have known counties more
strongly democratic than this to elect whig
officers year after year by the folly Of wire
working democrats; and we have also known
whig counties by similar means, to have one
or more democrats constantly in Office. Let
well founded impression once prevail that
clique is endeavoring to control the nomi-
nations, or mould county matters for its
own aggrandisement, and the appeals of the
press and of canvassers to support the ticket
no matter how fairly nominated-will be
OF little avail. The people will not cease
their efforts until the whole "clique" is po-
litically guillotined. That word will become
rallying cry of the opposition. No man,
If he be pointed out as "one of the clique"
can receive the full strength of his parity
The odium will stick to him like Sinbad's
old man Of the mountain, and weigh him
and his party down like an incubus.
We do not believe that any such organi-
ton as a clique exists in this county outside
of the Know Nothing Lodges, and even
these will, in the course Of a few months,
have no local hubitation' in our midst but,
knowing its effects, we give the democracy
an earnest warning to avoid it. Let the peo'
pie decide on the nominees, and then you
may depend on the people to elect them, but
not otherwise.
When the proper time arrives, we hope
that the democracy of the several town
ships will appoint delegates in whose hon.
esty they can place implicit faith; that those
delegates will meet for the purpose of ex-
pressing, so far as they are able, the will Of
their constituents in thu formation of tick
et and, when the ticket is so nominated,
that they and their constituents will give it
their uncompromising and unfaltering sup
port We want no bargains and sales with
the oppositiOn-no dickering and trading,
even though it be for valuable considera-
TONS" The democratic party stands upon
its own merits, and we want candidates
TO trust to it alone for their election,
and the party to give them its unwavering
support.