Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-06-24
The Cincinnati Commercial Oh
the 'sButIcr Pony

The Cincinnati Commercial Oh
the 'sButlcr Pony
The editor of the Cincinnati Com
mereial has turned his attention to mat
tiers in the Third Congressional District,
and "pitches into" the ousted member,
as if he was actually interested, wheth-
er the Black Republican alias Anti-Le-
compton party, should run him again
or not. This outside interference and
the home thrusts "Lew'' was receiving
from the Commercial man, didn't lay
we'll upon the stomachs of the Dayton
Journal editors, who took the CONNER
cial to task in avery lengthy and severe
article. The reply Of the Commercial
to the Journal VIC give below, and re-
commend its careful perusal to those
who imagine that there is no '.grater"
person living han Lew Campbell
THE opposition at the time of the
last Congressional election in the third
district, consisted Of two classes of per-
sons-those who were more Republican
than American, and those who were
moro American than Republican-in
short, REPUBLICANS and KNOW NoTH-
INGs. Mr.. CAMPBELL was the f~avorite
candidate of the latter, and was, doubt
less, in their opinion, the strongest man
Of that stripe in the district. 1t was
thought by the leaders of the party to
which, if to any, he beloneed-the Know
Nothing-thqt with the entire strength
of that faction, he would be able to Sc
cure Republican votes to be elected; and
accordingly lie was pressed upon the re-
publican voters, with the alternative of
a joint nomination or an independent
candidacy. Rule or ruin, one or the
other he was determined to do. But
under all these circumstances o urgency.
it was with great difficulty that the Re.
publicans ofhis district could be brought
to his support. Tired and disguised
with his American pranks and antics
his utter incapacity to understand the
issue then before the peoplc-his ride
ulous affectation Of a craftsmanship for
which he had not the slightest capacity
his itch to compromise something. it
mattered but little what-and bis osteu-
tatious devotion to the safety Of the
Union, which no man of sense believed ,
l OS III III IcdSG lllidSiudDlC QaDSST-
hundreds who gave him their support
on that occasion, felt that they were
making an unjustiiable sacrifice of prin
ciple to a desire for mere party success,
and determined that, so far as their aid
was concerned, the Congressional career
of Mr.. CAMPBELL should come to an
end. Indeed as a condition precedent
to his nomination, he was forced to dis
gorge a portion of his Americanism, and,
as we were told at the time, to make
certain pledges of a future adhesion to
republican measures and policy more
constant than had appeared in his past
conduct-pledges which, if made, have
doubtless been kept precisely so far as
they were in conformity with his no.
tons of his own personal interest, and
his imaginary standing as q prominent
national politician.
The sole claim of Mr.. CAMPBELL to
a nomination at the hands of the oppo-
sition in the Third District, consists in
the suspicion that he was unfairly de-
prived of his seat. Suppose the suspi-
cion to be we'll founded, to what does it
amount? Who is the party injured? If
anybody, the people Of the District; not
MIR. Campbell, certainly. They may
have been wronged by the improper
substitution Of one man for another in
their service. Mr.. Campbell has been
relieved from the labors and re-
sponsibilities ofthat service--labors and
responsibilities of which he sometimes
g%rievously complains, signing deeply
for repose. He left his seat as a thou
others havc left theirs, without
dreaming that, thereby, they had ac-
quired any new title to be returned If
the people have been damaged, their
redress lies in sending the right man;
and the truer, better, and stronger the
man, the more noble, signal and effectu
al will be their revenge. If "the weak
ness of the Administration compelled it
to turn CAMPBELL, an opponent, out Of
its seat and put in VALLANDIGHAM be-
cause he was its true friend and sup
the true way to repay the obi
CATION is, if possible, to fill the seat with
some one who shall bring to the dis
of the duties which it imposes the
of several Campbells, in force
of character, true courage, and faithful
ness to his public obligations. If the
of the Third District could re-
verse the decision of Congress, and for
the remainder of the present term, re-
place Mr.. CAMPBELL, the case would be
different; but that is put ofthe question.
The thing must remain as it is; and to
that gentleman for another term
upon recount of his exclusion during a
part of this, would be that species Of re-
~aliation in which the party retaliating
5 the one to receive the greatest injury.
t is folly to suppose that Mr.. CAMPBELL
S more formidable to the Administra-
than any other gentleman which
he opposition might choose in his
toad. There is nothing in his charac-
er, his capacity, his past acts or his pre-
ent standing, to warrant such a pre-
umption.
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"The leading Republicans of his Dis {
riot were thoroughly disoustcd with the .