The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-09-18

Germans Of cleveland Refuse 70
support the Democratic Party

oNNNWAN NV WNWNuAhtAN AAANNi
The Cleveland Lsadsr Of Last week
contains a circular, sighed BY the Ger
mans and other naluralized citizens Of
Cleveland which reads thus
owe .he undersigned, naturalized citi
Gems Of The city Of Cleyela d, have here
tolore cheeriully supported the Demo.
cratic ticket, from the fact We we're limo.
cent enough to suppose The party was lib
eral IN It's views, aUd opposed to Know
Nothingism, but, from recent develop.
ments, We are satisfied the party only
wishes TO use as merely IS 'hewers Of
wood aud drawers Of water, treating
as kindly before election, aud kicking US
afterwards We, therefore. pledge our
selves to abstain from voting at the COM
ing election for the following reasons:
Tat A majority Of the officers hold
ing Offices under our Democratic fresi.
deut. are Know Nothings
"2d. Several individuals on our State
ticket belong to The order.
sd. A majority Of our city officers,
elected IS Democrats, belong to tho or
dor.
We have heretofore, by our votes
built up the Democratic party; and in
return for our suflrsges, we have received
nothing but oonlumely and insult. We
do not wish Il understood that we leave
the psHy, but only pledge ourselves to
abstain from our rights as citizens, until
these rights are properly respected. We
leave them, therefore, IN the language OF
Harrison to do their own voting aud
their own 6ghtug.'"
There is volume Of truth contained
in these statements. The sole object and
aim Of the Locofooo party, in sedDcng
the Germans into their support, is to OBJ
tain their votes; ond when this is done,
they kick them aside and treat them as
dogs. 10 show how much sympathy
they have for foreigners, who have sought
protection on our shores, we have only tc
consider the fact that this same Demo.
cratic party is now pressing to It's bosom,
in lovely embrace, THE RANKEST
MEMBERS OF THE KNOW MOTH.
ING ORDER. "The rich Irish brogue
and sweet German accent" have lost theil
charm to them and they are new striking
up bargain with the Dark-Lantern"
party, the sworn and bitter enemy Of oul
naturalized citizens. Nay more, they
have placed prominent X. Ms on theil
State and County tickets, and then they
call on the Germans to help elect them
WAat eOnsama'ate 1gpoerisyi
"Gener,l Geiger who stumped the
State for Trimble in 1866 and last year
for Fillmore, during which time he took
occasion to denouuoe the foreign popula-
ton as set of paupers. cast upon our
shores, is now stumping it for Payne,
and is the foremost man in the Demo
cratic ranks The Democracy and Fill.
more Know Nothings Of Madison County
held u meeting last week and agreed up.
on ticket made up of an equal number
from each party. The Know Nothing,
Of MusRingum County have adopted Ii,
ticket previously nominated by the Dc
.-,Svs"vJ' Tl'O Democratic PaNy ha''
ceased to resolve against the obnoxious
sentiments of the KnoV Nothings, eithe
in THAR State or IN their County Con
ventions. The reason Is simply this
they expect to profit more by an atiia
tiog with tho Know Nothings, than b,
retaining within their ranks the natural
zed voters"
The same is true Of this County,
Who ever heard Of German being nom
mated and supported, by the Democracy
Of sepeca County, for any respeo,abl,
Officer They are kicked aside rs worth
less timber, to make way for their greedy
taskmasters. Their votes and not then
services is what the party want. True
WILLIAM LANo, Esq, was elected to IN,
Office of Probate Judge, which he fnec
with great credit to himself aud n,
County; but when be was presented be-
fore the Convention for denomination
he was repudiatsd and T. II. Bagby, ala
Ira b. Day, formerly u rank Know Moth
irg and a man entirely unfit to assooiat
ia decent society, was nominated in hi
stead. Germans Of Seneca County. con
slider these things, then read the Repub
lioan platform aud vote accordingly.
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William H. Lytle.