Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-03
Trouble in the IsIack Republic
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Whilst in almosteevery section Of the
State the Black Republican nominees
are received with icy coldness, in other
Quarters the ticket is openly repudiatcd
by prominent papers of that party. The
Cincinnati Gazette has always been the
leading, as it is the most ably conduct
ed Republican paper of Ohio. It di-
rectly r%epudiatcs the nomination OF
BLIcKENsDERFER, and says if he is not
withdrawn he "shouId be deteoted ut tie
PoUs!' Here is what the Gazette says
"And now we come to speak of Mr..
Blickensderfer, the candidate for the
Board of Public Works. We have said
that the action of the Convention was
in the main crcditable.r So it was, and
but for this nomination it would have
been entirely. Here a fatal error was
committed, by which a load has been
thrown upon the party that it should
not be called upon to carry,
Mr.. 3. is at present a member of the
Board. He was elected as a man that
could be relied upon to take care Of the
interests of the State. We cannot say
that he has proved himself dishonest,
but we are convinced that he did not
look we'll to the interests of the people.
IF he did not participate directly in the
action of the Board, by which public
trust were fagrantly violated, he did so
Indirectly by permission. 1t is clear
we think, from the facts and circum-
| c+onooc fho4 MO have connection 70 ovano
inc, that Mr.. Blickensderfer has, by in
efficiency at least, proved himself I'm
worthy the position he occupies.
We arc not alone in this opinion. It
is entertained by a very large proper
ton of the Republicans of Ohio. This
Mr.. 3. knows very we'll, and he should
therefore have modestly retired at the
expiration of his term Of his office, and
certainly the Convention should not
have taken the responsibility Of forcing
him upon the party. But it would
seem his nomination was as much Il sur
prise to the Convention as it had PROV
ed to others, and it seems to have been
affected very much after the manner Of
Mr.. Gibson's nomination. We are con-
strained to believe that a repetition Of
the game by which Gibson succeeded,
has been practiced; and we regard it as
the duty Of the people to administer a
singing and effective rebuke at the bal
lot box, to those men who suppose mem
bcrs of a party are bound to accept eve
ry nominee presented by 4 Convention.
1t may be that the Republican nomi-
me- is as good a man as tthhs nominee Of
the Democratic party. This is proJa
bic, and it is more than probable that
matters are we'll understood by the wire
workers on both sides, as they were in
the case Of Gibson and Bresiin. Under
the circumstances the duty Of Republi-
cans is plain. The withdrawal of Blick-
ensdcrfcr should be insisted upon by
the voters, and if this reasonable de
mand is not acccdcd to, he should be
defeated at the polls"
1t was this B~lickensderfer who was
party to a certain public works con-
tract by which Ohio lost over TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The Gazette may rest easy-the honest
voters of Ohio will give him a q%uiGtus,
as they will the whole Republican Tick
ct. To elect such a ticket would be
simply giving a direct endorsement to
unprecedented stealing, stupcndous
fraud and wholesale corruption. This
can never be done whilst the Democra-
cy present a ticket entirely worthy the
confidence and support of every honest
voter in the State.