Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-17
The Black Republican County
Candidates.

bcautify the position with intelligence and in
tegrity. mould to better perfection our system of
government, and give Us a still more permanent
and honora bic sta ton among the civilized ma
tionS of the globe. These we say, were once the
motives that governed and controlled the purely
patriotic and intelligent American, in selecting
individuals 60 fill the Offices in his home and
country. But g. the folly of ignorance, the deg
relation of our country. Those good old days
have one by one. las we'll as their men,, passed
away-not a vestige of them now remains, and
in their stead, behold a new world, a new dis
peusation, an entire new order of things in every
respect, we'll suited and arranged for the propa-
CATION of vice, ignorance and folly. A new the
Dry of political and judicial economy, a new sys-
tenn of political science Is now being taught by
the Black Republicans in the State of Ohio. and
particularly that portion of it known as Preble
County
The last practical demonstration was given on
Saturday last, at the Black Republican COnven-
ton in this place, which met for the purpose, as
it was said, Of nominating men to fill the State
and County offices at the approaching election.
May we never again, for the sake Of the respect
we bear to our common country, be called upon
to chronicle such an affair. 1t would require
more skill in the occult SCIENCE than we possess,
aud a more scienced and able pen than ours, to
ascertain the object and intention of the Con-
~vention in selecting the array, which at the
close of their labors, they presented to the poo
PIE. Let the individuals who composed that
Convention, retire in silence to their homes and
each forever hereafter deny to his ~ncighbor that
he was present on the occasion. That the Con-
vention intended the whole affair as a redicu-
lous farce. and a burlesquc on every man in the
county who laid any CT aim to intelligence or re-
spectability. and to traduce a portion of the OIL
ces as much as the same could be done by the
hands of men, is the only tangible reason that
can be assigned for their conduct. Let us ex-
anime the programme Of operation. When n man
was 10 be chosen for any particular office, if it
was asccrtained that he possessed any ense,
qualification, learning or judgment, he was os-
tracised instanter, and another called upon
the tapis, and so on until one was found who
could fully. truthfully and squarely answer up
that he had no qualifications. no experience. no
education. no Intelligence beyond the trans1c-
tions of his own door yard, neT or had in his life,
had not now nor desired any hereafter, when
he was instantly nominated as q suitable and
proper man. We appeal TO the members of that
body, if the above. at least so far as n p~ortione of
the nominations are concerned, is not strictly
and painfully true. Gentlemen, you knoD that
it is true, and dare not az honorable men deny
it. You are no doubt, as many of YOU have
since confessed heartily ashamed of the matter,
and we'll You may be. In place of following the
| old and we'll known rule to select men distin-
guishcd for their abiliti =, comprehensive judg-
ment. aud unainching integrity, You raked up
the drcgs and dross Of the party, as it were with
a fine toothcd comb. and ont of that rubbish and
stuff selected the most ignorant and inefficient
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refined raking process. Now to the voters of
PrebIc County. one and all, profe ssional and I'M
professional, christian and inddel, old and
young, we say come along, and let us canvass
tho several gentlemen presented, and if after a
careful ~analyzes of their qualifications. you deem
them proper and competent persons, why vote
for them, and we have not one word TO say: but,
if on the contrary, You should find them to be al
most wholly destitute of every requisite for the
positions they are seeking, we say TO you hold.
reflect n little-be careful, your vote is of more
Importance than you may at first suppose be
sure that You arc right, before you deposit your
b tllot
To begin with, let us take up the candidate
for Probate Judge. GEO. W. CANS Now, with
the private character of Mr.. Cans, his standing.
&C., us q citizen, we have nothing to do, but
when he submits him self as a candidate for a
public office. his abilities, qualifications. &C., for
ihat office becomes, for the time being, publiG
| property. which all have the right to analyse
and examine, as they deem right and proper
The office Of Probate Judge, is by far the most
responsible and most difficult to fill, Of any Office
in the county, and no one but a person well read
IN the law, whether he be q law yer or not, and a
thorough practical business man, can with any
safety whatever, make any lretepsions toward
filling the place. Nor is this all, the character
aud nature of the duties are such, a to require
a constant application of sound discretion and
good sense, mingled with actual experience of
men and business. Every man cannot discharge
the duties of Probate Judge. no more shan he
can the Office of Common Pleas or Supreme
Judge, for the simple reason that God has not
given him a sufficient amount of sense. Now
does Mr.. CANS possess any one of the qualifca-
tions above enumerated ? Is he well read up in
the Law No man, we presume, who ~pretends
to know any thing about that matter, will seri-
ously claim for one moment that he is, or that he
really knows anything about the science of the
Law, or what the Law is. The professional
men know this personally, and the unprofes-
sional by reputation at least, so far as he has
any. Now, these may seem hard charges, but
they are true. Next, is he a practical business
man, such an one as you would be wiling to en-
trust important business with? Your knowl-
edge of the amount of business done by him, we
suppose is the best answer in the negative that
we can give. Well then, has he the amount of
natural sense and Judgment, requisite for the po-
sition? For this answer let the tool be brought
out. You all know very well, that he has not
that his entire capacity consists in a kind of
morbid desire to fill some little Office, where a
~pittnncc could be made without labor, and in the
last six years he has time and again solicited
every Office. from night cart-man to Probate
Judge, from every party and ism in the County,
and during that time has been attached twice, if
not three times, to every party or faction, that
has existed among US. Now we ask you, how
can you as intelligent American voters, whose
sacred duty it is not only for your own sake. but
for the safety and welfare of your fellow coun-
trymen, in exercising the right of suffrage to
choose a man of proper qualifications. vote for
this man for this Office? 1t is a matter that now
rests with you-if you are determined on the
matter, with the facts all before your face, do
so, aid with you abide the consequences. Look
at the real qualifications of the man. and what