Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-23
The County Auditor.

iAOSG d SOluHiu " tAc Inucl'CHuehI jan
didate for County Auditor. 1t says
near the commencement of the article
that Mr.. Abbott is a young man of fair
Abilities" and asks near the close, "who
is there to vouch that he is honest, ca
pable, &c" Why yourselves, gentle
men. If you dare say to the people
among whom he has lived for the past
two years that he is not, say it. Do you
intend to effect Ignorance? If that is
your game, it will destroy the power of
any limitations you may make. We
think he is backed by good vouchers,
equally as good as vouched for the pre-.
sent incumbent, when he first entered
upon the duties of the Office. Mr.. Alb
bott has been with US actively engaged
either teaching or studying for the past
two years, and it is sufficient to say as a
teacher ke has held a front rank, and
when called upon to lecture before the
Institute in this place, did you not say
that this same l.. C. Abbott, now an
knoucn, "handled his subject with a mas
ter hand p Did you not say in your
issue of the 18th of last month, 'Mr.
Abbott is a young man of promise p
He was not then a candidate, and you
could blow "hot,' now he is a candidate
and out of the same mouth you blow
"cold." Now he is unknown" and
you can devote more than a half col
umn, telling the people he is a compar-
ative stranger, and asking who is to
vouch for his "honesty, c~apability, &C."
We ask, who questions either? Do your
patrons who read your paper last Aug
ust Then they question your veraci-
ty. Why the people want no better re-
commentator Of a man character, than
to know that he takes an active, practi-
cal interest in our best institutions-no
safer voucher ftr a mans capability, than
that as a teacher of young men and la
dies, he maintains the reputation of a
scholar and a geutleman-no surer proof
of honesty, than that after a residence of
two years in our midst, you nor NO 9TH
er man can or dare impcach it.
Fortunately We happen to live in a
country where young men of this class
arc respected and hcnorcd. You may
if you choose, taunt a young man who
has struggled with the world, educated
himself, lived in community here long
o-o,rL - oo.o~,on5 kbo roSnoo pf ON,
citizens of all parties, and advocate the
reelection of the man who has made his
large Iowa investments, and who still,
though loaded with rjoLated pledges.
clines to the Office as though it were his
5irthright. This is what has broken the
harmony of your party, and has driven
port Mr.. Abbott. Charge it not upon
them as a fanlt--it is the manhood Of
political integrity, rising up to rebuko
a designing intriguer and those who viii
bend to the violation of their own avow-
ed principles; it is that spirit which is
more imbued with principle than with
subserviency to demagogues; it is that
same spirit which has more than once
stepped in the path of avarice or lust of
power and place, and met it and con-
quered it. In such a contest character
shows itself, and great, strong, throb-
bling hearts are enlisted. It is nob!er
than narrow party strife-a great COM
mon principle is to be defended.
We think Mr.. Abbott ought to be
elected, to restore the principle of rota-
ton in office, which is a cardinal one of
all parties-we think he ought to be
elected, because he is "honest, ca
pable and faithful in the discharge of
his duties-we think he ought to be cleo
ted, because he takes a deep interest in
our schools, as the leading educators in
this county are ready to avcr-we,believe
he ought to be elected, because he is in
opposition to a man who has rioLdted his
orcn pledges to has friends, by asking for
an Office he solemnly PLEDGED him
self to ask for no longer after the pres
ent term, and because We cannot believe
that a man, who, for the sake of Office,
will deceive his own benefactors, is "ho-
nest if he is capable" and hardly
think such an one can be considered
very faithful"
The Register asks why VIC single out
Mr.. Albert: when advocating rotation in
office, and why we say nothing about
Judge Campbell, Isaac Stephens, Esq,
and others who held Office a long time.
Simply because they are not in office
now nor asking for it, and because when
they were they did not secure rc-nomi-
nations in the face of broken and viola
ted pledges, and active efforts on their
own parts: and because those gentle
men mentioned were considered as per-
manent residents Of our county, and
spent the e~moluments of their Offices for