M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-24
9oIititaI.
Address Of the Democratic
state Central Committee
to the People Of Ohio.
OoLuMDUs, Sept. IO, I651.

COLUMBUS, Sept. 10, 1857.
The State Central Committee deem
it their duty to return to apractice for
some time fallen into disuse, and
briefly address their fellow-citizenS
upon the issues involved in the pres.
ent political canvass. Comprehend
ing, as they think they do, the impor-
tance of the questions now to be
resolved by the people, and fully i'm
pressed with the conviction, that the
popular will is about to recall the
Democratic party to administer the
affairs of the State, the Committee be-
lieve, that they ought not to neglect
to confer with their tellow-citizens in
this manner.
The perpetuity of the Union is now,
as heretofore, an object upon which
the Democracy is inheXiblY resolved.
The party in this State, one Of the
largest integers in the National De
mocracy, have always made it a car.
dinal principle of their faith. The
presef ,Iion ofthe Liberties u 0alG'peo-
pie is the chief end ofthe Democracy,
and the maintenance Of the Union is
indispensable to its attainment. The
bulk of our opponents do not intend to
destroy that inestimable legacy Of our
wise and patriotic forefathers but,
considering the blind fanaticism Of
many of their leaders, thereckless and
unscrupulous ambition which ami
mates another large portion OF them,
and the success which has hitherto at
tended their efforts in lighting up the
baleful fires of sectional aninosity and
distrust, we are compelled to regret
that so many of our fellow-citizens
should have suffered themselves to be
drawn into their pernicious and dan
gerous organization. Support giver
to that party creates a seemingly well
founded suspicion in the minds o
your brethren ofthe South, that a largo
proportion Of our people are prepared
to renounce the compromises OF thC
Constitution, and to interfere with thC
domestic institutions Of the severa
States. The inevitable result of the
established success Of the Republics
!, party must be the destruction Of al
fraternal confidence among the pee
: pie of the States, and the final disrup
ton of the confederacy. The country
l so grand and majestic in the eyes {
the world, not less from the simplici
ty and wisdom Of its political system
: than from the splendor Of its achieve
n ments, the vast extent Of its domains
and the marvellous rapidity OF its mo-
J. al and physical progress, is threatene
with danger where, alone, it is nc
impregnable. lmpervious to all a
d d tacks from without, and able to col
of tend with the world in arms in d.
fence of our homes and liberties, il
- Lerlal QlSSellSlOu lnSudCSo tuS SdlS'
y, y Of the Republic. The fortress whic
cannot be carried by assault succuml
'n sS at last to the sap and mine; and tn
ty Empire ofthe West, which defes vii
Or Or impunity the combined efforts OF
l. the despots in the world to overcon
or restrain it, may fall by the pers
vering wickedness of a few treache
= ous agitators. The Goths are not
the gates, but in the heart OF the Ca
itol.
When the great body of the peop
North and South shall have becon
cd estranged, and hostile to each other,
on will not require a question Of re
ID magnitude to hasten the developme
of the frightful consequences. In
!, exacerbated state of the public min
- - such as must follow the success of o.
opponents, some matter OF trifing in
in port, like the reported suet on ii
cartridges Of tho Sepoys, may be ST
fcient to precipitate the dostructiC