The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-10-08

testify; and the great secret of his sue
cess is that he knoacs hoso to work and
does 1t right. Let those in the neighbor-
hood of Baresville, when in want of
anything from wagon to hoe. not fail
to give Mr.. NoII call
For the Spirit of Democracy.
TO the Wings and Americans of
Monroe County.
Mr.. EDITOR: - As the Presidential
contest is narrowing to a close, the more
| feel like appealing to the good sense of
the thinking portion of the citizens of
Monroe county; and ask again the use of
your columns to do SO, as it would re-
quire more labor than could well be per-
formed to follow the base men who bolted
their original party and are eanvassing
the county to make stump speeches. The
aimsy and weak arguments made use Of
by these Abolition liberty shriekers are
better met through the public print, as by
this course l can reach more people than
in any other way. Wherever these polit
ical hypocrites mount the stump they have
the impotence to deny being the abolition
lists of 1874, who voted for James Birney
in the State of New York, thus giving
that State to James K. Polk. and defeat
ed the immortal Henry Clay, and thereby
brought upon us the Mexican War, the
annexation of Texas with sufficient terri
tory for tiue States as large as Ohio, and
aoith 1t perpetual Slavery. Of the ia
who voted for Birney in this county in
1874, these very men who claim the lead
ership of the Fremont forces now were of
| that number, while they are on the stump
six days out OF seven denying that they
are or ever have been of the abolition
| faith. These are the identical men who
supported Brney, and made their boast
"that they defeated the immortal Clay
and rejoiced over his defeat. Are there
any Clay Wings, who now do homage to
the principles avowed by him, and who
suffered himself to be reviIed and slander-
ed by his enemies for building mp the gle-
rious old Whig party, that can look on
and see these politicsl hypocrites appeal
ing to the Clay Wings to vote for John
| G Fremont, in order as they say, to carry
out the great reform of Freedom in this
country. Are they sincere in their argu-
ments and their support in favor of their
candidate ! No. If sincerity lay at the
bottom of their hearts in this important
matter, it is not likely that they would
support man of no pretensious to states
manship-of no cXperience-and that
man too Roman Catholic beyond alt con-
t'adiction--a pro-slayery man in all his
public acts and private feelings, until call
ed on by Horace Greeley to step on the
Republican platform if he had any desire
| to be elected President of the United
States
| Such is the political character of the
man we, Of the Clay Whig faith, arc called
on by these liberty shriekers to vote fer
with the hope on their part that they will
be able to gull the old Clay Wings into
their support But the honest, conserva-
tive, thinking portion of the people will
I yet see the game which these stnmpers for
freedom are about to play. They will
think well before they cast their votes in
November next The object of these
labolition Fremont stumpers is to work
npon the feelings of the ehonest and unwary,
but let not the principles which have ever
been appcrmort in your affections he lost
sight of--they are the principles which
. have been the pride of Clay and of Web
4 h. hot. loft in
the person of Millard Fillmore of known
abilities and acknowledged craftsmanship,
who has been tried--has been weighed in
the balance and not found wanting. He
was the choice of our old leader, Harry
of the West. and shall we forsake him
when his services at the helm of State are
so much needed! 4.j5
| The Democratic party has seen the
necessity Of such q candidate--they have
seen their error in having chosen Frank.
Pierce in 1852. They have seen to their
sorrow that he is a man of too small cali
bre to properly administer the affairs of
government. And is not John G. FIRE.
mont full head and shoulders below
Frank. Pierce, and too weak to SIT in the
Executive Chair of this Nation in these
critical times. I appeal to the good un-
derstanding of all men, to look well be-
Ifore you cast your ballot this fall. You
have before you clear evidence in the per-
sonof the present Executive what we are
tending TO as Republic by electing small
men to the Presidency-men of no expe-
frience, and less ability. We are already
in q state of civil War, and can we hope
for anything good from the election OF
John G Fremont We need man of
known abilities and acknowledged politi-
lcal integrity-one who commands the
commendation of all parties as an able
statesman, and all these traits we have in
Millard Fillmore. sas
| To the men of the jimson-weed party
j i say, look at the platform these Infamous
4 political hypocrites would have you to
Support, claiming that il is the doctrine
of the American party-that platform
|embracing as it does all classes of foreign.
/ ers and Catholics. That is the nlatforn