The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-16

DOOu manufacturing 10 UCiuS SdIIlcu oH
by the sham Democracy at the present
time with shamelessness that shows the |
desperation to which they are reduced
The people have become familiar with
the unscrupulous and reckless manner in
hatch lies and SANDERS, wherewith to
blind the people, if possible. to the real
questions at issue in political campaign );
and the manner in which they are con-
ducting the present canvass is but an IL
lustration of the fact that they will not
meet the issues of the pending canvass in
fair and mani y manner, but are endeav-
oring to command success by system Of
the most detestable Misrepresentation of
the political views and objects of their op-
ponents. No lie is too gross for them to
fabricate--no SANDER too mean for them
to utter Instead of coming out openly
and honorably and conducting the cam
paign by defending their principles, they
skip over the issues they themselves pre-
sented to the people in the Cincinnati
Platform, and which Mr. Buchanan, their
candidate, heartily endorses" and sis
proud to stand upon" and launch out
against their opponents in a TRADE of mis-
representation and abuse, by making false
charges and declaring that they hold prin-
ciples which they have never avowed, and
expressly repudiate.
In this campaign, "Union-saving," is
the great hobby of the SlaveDemocracy.
Unless Buchanan is elected. say they, we
shall look no longer upon the Union of
these States. Does anybody believe such
stuff? Is not the subterfuge contempt
ble-is not the humbng transparent p
What has this party, during its last four
years lease of power, done to strengthen
the bonds of our Union? Pierce came
nto power promis ing to give peace and
security to all sections of the Union. Is
there single man who can honestly say
that he believes that pledge has been re.
deemed? Compare the state of the coun.
try with what it was when this Admins.
f tration came into power, or rather con.
trast it, for there is no comparison
Then all was peace and quietness. No
a murmur of discomfort was hearc
throughout our borders. Now look a
Kansas, whe.e murder, rapine and blood
shed run riot. and desolation and despai
are permitted TO sit down in the happ,
homes which enterprise and industry hay,
reared in the lovely valleys and broae
prairies Of that fertile region. The pic
ture it presents is commentary upon til
promises of Pierce at his Inauguration
. The old adage that "ifa man fools me onc
o it his fault--if he does so second time
it is mine,'' applies here with singula
force. Is not this party, which thus ask
the people to give it another leave Of pow
er, gifted with an impudence and assur
ance that is insulferable How have the
redeemed their pledges made in 1852
''stop the agitation of the slavery ques
ton" to cement the bonds which hol
the Union together, and to preserve th
rights of all sections ? Let the outrage
> and insulted North answer at the ballo
!, box in November. And yet, with til
/ facts of the case glaringly apparent
with the daily record of events giving IL
! lie to all their professions-they still ha,
the audacity to say that buchanan mu
{ be elected to sape tile Union i'
This cry about danger to the Union
- ), the merest clap trap imaginable, and
4 only resorted to by these pot-house pol
ticians in this hour OF their Gesperatio
with the vain hope of divertng public a
V tention from the real issues at stake
t. With this absurd cry of ''dissolution
It the Buchaniers have to coin lies and falls
G hoods to give it even the semblance
y truth. They charge the Republca
Of with being Abolitionists, fanatics, g.
y Notwithstanding they occupy the identic
is position on the slavery question of Was
le ington, Jefferson, and the founders of i
d Republic Yet with this fact before the,
is unable to find syllable in our platfo1
o. Of principles which savors of disunio
these reckless partisans, with sham
lessness that is only characteristic of d
based minds, boldly utter the falsehoo
. and send their lies seething and sputte
y ing as if from the bottomless pit, broa
- cast over the land to deceive the peop
= and lure them from the path of duty.
- The Union is no "sick man." that it i
- quires the nauscous medicines, plaste
~ and poultices of the political quack do
~ tors of the the Locofoco school to keep
in existence. 1t is strong and well.
= is as healthy as young giant in the ii
:. bloom of youth, and in the possession
= :, all his faculties. 1t is mighty in
- strength, and the freemen who have it
" charge will tell these BuchaneeI dem
gogues in November to begone from Il
trust they have betrayed. for endeavo
: ing to mar its symmetrical beauty-she'
~ it of its strength-sap the foundations