Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-08-21
pAvNE uECOmmrNDs pnAvEn.

PAYNE HECOmrKENDs PRAYER.
Payne, knowing the hopeless condition
of the locofoco party, in his speech Of ac-
ceptance, recommended prayer rs the only
means that may save that party from over
whelming defeat in October next. He says:
81 doubt not the fathers Of the Democratic Church
win give their prayers and counsel, shall realize
victory glory and value graceful to our arms, never at
tnned by the Democracy OF Ohio. Every is regular
commandment Of the Democratic Church who voted for
James Buchanan"
We fancy we see the "fathers" of modern
democracy in Ohio, Payne, Breslin, Morgan,
Olds, Riley, Click, Botefur, &c, on their
knees, invoking Divine aid to secure their
triumph this fall. What proud spectacle
it would be to sec such Christians asking
the Father of the "higher law" to aid and
assist them in depriving the people Of liber-
ty. The following form of prayer by au-
tbority, will be used by the faithful every
where.
"Our Father, who art in Heaven" we con-
descend once to implore Thy blessing upon
our party. Thou knowest the black repub-
licans have had the control Of this State for
two years past, and that unless we have
Thy aid, (the Devil having failed us in our
most trying hour,) in forwarding our pecu-
liar views, we can do nothing to deprive
them of their ascendancy. We know they
have administered the government with in
tegrity and honesty; that they have saved
the State from bankruptcy, and consequent
ly from the derision and scorn of its sister
States. We know that they have exposed
the squandering of over million of dollars
of the public money by our party, and also
the fact that we have, in addition, stolen
over half million. But, with Thy aid and
the instruments We employ, we shall be
able to blind the eyes of the people, and
make them believe that these charges are
all "black republican" lies. We also i'm
plorc Thy blessing farther in aiding us to
convince the people that the doctrine taught
by the Bible, that "all men were made of
one blood, to dwell together in unity" is
false and that other heathenish command,
of whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them" are equal
ly opposed to the tenets of our party. We
also ask Thy aid in endeavoring to convince
the people that the Declaration of Inde-
pendence inculcates doctrines detrimental
to their happiness, and that its solf evident
truths "that ALL men are created equal !;
that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalieuable rights that among
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness; are all self-evident lies for Thou
knowest that our party, which we falsely
denominate democratic, now holds in bond
age nearly four millions of Thy people, and
that We take their labor without wages /;
that we buy and sell them as we do our
hogs and dogs; that we separate the hus-
band from the wife, the mother from the
children, and the brother from the sister;
that we are endeavoring to extend this sys-
tenn over the vast territories of the West,
that the white man may show his contempt
for Thy command, "In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto
the ground.
30, Lord help us in this trying time; aid
US to consummate our purposes, and when
we succeed in placing our heels upon the
necks of the people, and our hands again in
to the public treasury, we solemnly promise
that We will never trouble Thee again
Amen"