The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-21
For the Wyandot Pioneer,

Selection of Candidates for Office.
Citizens of Wyandot County, the time
will soon arrive when you will again be
called on, in convention, to select suita
bic persons to be supported for the vari-
Gus offices of your county. Yours is the
privilege of selecting popular, wise and
honest men to fill those places to your
satisfaction. No man las right to
claim of you any place of honor or profit.
No man is a fit Judge Of his own populari
ty to be elected to, or of his qualifca-
tions, if elected, to ell those sta ions as
they should be filled. Because man
has labored hard and long in a party, fol
the advancement of it's principles, and
which should be his, and the object fol
which he labored, is no reason why he
should claim an office at their hands,
In his zeal that labor may have beer
misdirected. and evil the result; but i
well directed and good the result, hs
should be thankful that his country has, re
ceiyed the benefit, which should be hi
sole desire. No man should forestall tn,
action or desire of the people by proclaim
ing himself worthy in his own estimation
to be their servant, connected or not will
the insinuation that, if not selected, h,
will "bolt the party" or seek friends else
where This course has often caused th,
people. unwisely. to submit to the "on'
man power, and almost always too, fol
lowed with defeat, or disgrdcei Reserve
to yourselves, fellow Republicans of Wy
andot County, the right to select your
own servants or candidates for such; feal
no man who seeks to usurp that power
by threats or self presentation, but rather
fear the acts Of such men, if selected, af-
ter they obtain place or power for nc
honest man, who labors for principles
will thus prove recreant to the interests o.
our common country, by rejecting those
principles simply because his masters re-
fused to grant him certificate of official
membership! 81
In due time let your Central Commit
tee call you together in your respective
townships. and when assembled select for
your delegates, good, thinking and un
selfish men-men who will faithfully
you in your County Convention,
and urge upon them the necessity of Sc
lecting for your suffrages honest and ca
pable persons, men for whom you can
battle manfully. knowing that their prrn-
ciples are those cherished by yourselves,
and that in their success depends your
dearest interest. Instruct them to select
no man--cdndidote or no candidate of his
own naming who is known to be -obiecs
'ionable to, or unpopular with the voters
of material localities. for in this there lies
The seed Of discord and disaffection, al
ways fraught with evil. and productive of
results far more to be deplored than the
rejection, at the proper time. of unwor-
,hy or unpopaIar aspirants. Let unwor-
.hy and disqualified aspirdmts- men who
IRE constantly barking up the official tree,
before others as worthy. if not more so.
nave thought ofeven tasting of it's golden
'ruits-complain, for-it is better far that
me man should be disappointed, than
hat the whole Of our principles should
suffer defeat.
Fellow Republicans Of Wyandot Coun-.
y, do you fight your political battles on
my broader grounds than s'to the victors
belong the spoils?' If SO, and | know
7ou do, forsake not your principles for.
rival causes-let not slight personal diff
erences cause you to withhold your as.
istance from the general cause, nor from
my of its worthy standard bearers. So
Bury ali personal broils as being too IN