Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-10
The Campaign Opened.

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In party-Daniel Webster was called
up sans calotteS to ratify the nomination
OF his rival, and Gen. Marsh chosen to
introduce Moses B. Walker to an audi
ence consisting of perhaps, twenty-five
Black Republicans, nearly an equal
number of Democrats, and a few bows.
at about eight and half o'clock. Moses
opened his speech by apologizing for
the ~lateness of his arrival, having made
a long speech, of perhaps an hour, in
West Alexandria, and attended to some
private personal affairs. So far the
campaign opened we'll. He commenced
by stating that he was "a full grown
Black Republican," a fact never omit
ted by a vote hunter. Then he avow-
cd his intention to act honestly in his
official capacity, If elected-another de-
claration the Black Republican office
seekers are generally particular to keep
before the people, to deceive them
He stated that tho field in which he was
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animation of State matters, and touched
upon the defalcation of the State Trea-
surer, and pronounced both Treasures
guilty in his opinion. This in fact was
the substance of his reference to State
matters. The field was too narrow, for
now, all, from candidates for State Sen
atorship down to Constable and hog
reeves, must go into an exposition of
the Constitution of the United States,
and show that there is no such thing as
property in slaves, and that the Demo
cratic party are sectional, and they are
national, or else they are not suitable
men for State Senators, Constables, and
hog reeves. On the slavery question,
it having so intimate (P) a connection
with the Office of a State Senator in
Ohio, Moses warmed up. He shrieked,
and said he was unmasking the Demo
cratic party. He became pathetic and
went back two hundred years to the
landing of the pilgrims to show that
they were Black Republicans, and we
expected when he was along there that the
meeting would close. with Il voluntary
hymn from the worshippers,
"Couid / but climb where Moses stood.
And view the landscape DER"
for he seemed to have caught new views
from his lofty stand point. He ought
to be elected. He must be qualified
for the Office, for who ever heard a man
cry down the South like Moses. He
quoted from Vice President Breekin-
ridge to prove that he boosted that he
thanked God that men from Ohio dare
not come down into Kentucky and pro-
mitigate doctrines, which would place
daggers in the hands of men whom even
Ohio will not make citizens. Oh, Mo-
ses, how national it would be could
Black Republicans go down there, and
preach instruction to men they will
not make citizens of! The South calls |
them property, Ohio calls them Niggers
who cannot vote. He came down on
the South because she counted the Ne
grocs three out of five to form a basis of
representation. Your own North, Mr..
Walker, agreed to that, because the
South in return agreed to share proper
tionably direct taxation, a point you en-
tirely, in your zeal, forgot to mention.
Then his theory, which so emphatically
negatived the right of the South to take
into the territories. Let us a
moment examine his argument hero
There are many rights, said he, which
we are permitted to exercise only in the
State where we live, and which we can
carry with US ever into a neighbor-
ing State. Why, says he, ''if a man from
the South is permitted to go to Kansas
with his slaves, why may I not take a
Bank Charter and do Banking business
there on the same principle?' With
the views the Black Republicans take
chartered institutions, you might.
Mr.. Walker, but the Democrats never
make Bank charters a commodity of
trade, and we have never recognized,
either in State OF National Constitutions
4 right so to do, but in some States an
unprejudiced man may see clearly that
Negroes may be bought and sold. Your
ak upon that point sounds very we'll,
when We come t. look at the differ
INT relations in the eye of the law, (and
you professed great regard for law there
seems a wide difference, which some of
honesty you claim for yourself, it
to us, might have discovered, if
exercised in your professional capaci-
~"
His argument to prove the Democra-
~ sectional, was equally as lucid and
He went way back to the Or
of 81 to make out the Demo
cracy her the Republicanism of now,
but the act of 1898, for the recovery of
fugitives, also escaped his memory, but
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