Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-17
M. II. waIker-Agaim.


the Black Republican nominee for SEN
ator, from this District, was again on the,
ground on Saturdsylast, and made one
of his characteristiccampaign speeches.
Now, against Mr.. Walker as a citizen,
we entertain mono ether than the kind
est feelings, and while we speak freely
of his sentiments. as a politician, we do
it with candor and with the courtesy,
we trust, of an honest opponent of such
a creed as he proAzlgates. In an edi-
torial OF last week, We complained that,
instead of confnfAg himself to State
matters, he took up the leading ques-
tions of general government. Again he
comes before the foters, and pursues a
similar course-he !gain spoke upon the
" defalcation," usiag almost the same
language and argune nt as before, Z" both
men are guilty, therefore deserve con-
demnation but that the Democratic
Treasurer secured the avails of the fraud,
and for proof, of e~ourse, refers to the
u AAS Aoh vi bCldlO Dlo-
kers," who, as DICKENS would say,swere
most unwilling Witnesses" " most dis
interested" but abt a word about the
&axa= 5handred and~ead
thousand dollars BY the "model Cover
nor" Why don't he come out and draw
the lines and show the people where the
guilt of this matter rests, and trace it by
testimony of high state authorities to its
hiding place? Why is he and his party
SO busy hunting up outside testimony,
when under his official oath stand the
assertions of Gov. Chase? Do they in
tend to impeach the Governor who
L" counted the money Voters of
Prcble County, follow carefully the
teaching of the " chop-logic" that has
led Ohio to the verge of insolvency.
Compare the worth of the State stocks
now, with their value when Democracy
raised them to a premium, and follow
on if your Judgment leads after the
party of Retrenchment and Reform"
He dwelt much on the change of the
Democracy, but this part of his speech
clashed with another. Now the Demo-
cratic party is the sectional party, and
then he made it-by his wonderful logic,
sectional all through its progress. from
its Inauguration until the present. 1t
was sectional when it admitted Texas
it was sectional when the three Presi-
Dental candidates in 1924, ranged their
forces in a trianSle-it was sectional
before then. Now put the parts to-
gether. 1t is now, it has always been
sectional. The Democratic party has
changed" We leave this part of our
review for your Consideration and state
another objection we have to his style
of argument, if that word may be used
in such connecteas 1t is the manner
in which he presents extracts from the
opinions of Judges, decisions, &c. Now,
it is very easy to call Judge fancy "a
pet of General jackson TIA time
server "-' a pro-slavery Judge and
to say that under his decision a slave
coming into Ohio is still a slave here,
and perhaps some who have never read
and never will read the clear and mas
terly decision of Judge fancy, will call
it all sound, but for the life Of US, we
cannot see how the decision clashes with
the act for the recovery of fugitives in
1913. Does Mr.. Walker wish Ohio
Courts to interfere with the jurisdiction
Of other States? If the Constitution Of
the United States allowed the negro all
the rights of citizenship, and so in
tended in some of the States, and under
the same Constitution, the same race
could be held as slaves in another State.
and the negro equality men don't deny
that there is this difference, it seems to
US that even 4 less wise head than Judge
fancy might infer that the Constitution
of the United does not grant them all
the privileges and communities of
free citizens of the United States. If
S4dsSlJ 10 an ChIi, why ASCu III III
date for State Senatorship in Ohio, after
he has delivered himself ofAis personal
opinion on the matter, make it the bur-
den of his long speeches. Ohio has no
slaves to free, no negro voters, and we
calculate to send men to Washington
to act for us in a national capacity. We
do hope he will drop this shrieking,"
and come down to practical business
matters. If the candidates of his party
think the negro equal, or even a little
better than they are, rather than argue
a doubtful point, the Democrats will adj
NIT it to them-so lock arms and proceed
to business. But when Treasures are
failing-Banks lettering, and Taxes ac-
cumulating. and the people robbed
and white people too-don't take up
all the time of the campaign in sense
less talk about the comparative merit
of the white and black races. If you
feel a daily growing conviction that they