Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-09-10

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Coroner.
EN-. i. WILEY.
y Worn TO REPuBLIcANs.-lt has now
become certain that in this county the Demo
cracy have determined TO refrain from making
nominations for the various county Offices
and instead Of meeting the Republicans in
an open and fair fight. as has heretofore been
their custom, will in the coming contest
adop, the guerrilla %sYstemof warfare. This
is not an unusual course on the part of a
party hopelessly in the minority-when de-
feat is certain in a regular conflict, it is not
surprising that stratagem should be resorted
tot is quite natural that those always beat
en- when nominations on both sides are made,
should manifest opposition TO conventions
aud becuIne suddenly enamoured of the beau
ty and prepriety of the .'independent candi-
date" system. II is exclusively their ow n
affair, and we neither claim The right nor ore
We disposed to complain of it. Our object
in Noticing it Is to warn REFUBLIcANs to be-
ware of the efforts making to seduce them
trom the path of duty, and TO exhort them to
be true to the cause, and esince their devotion
by a xfroay rally at the polls and q cordial
Co4aty, IL all its parts. This is an Obiiga-
ton every Republican owes to the cau&e-
and if the matter is vie wed in its true light,
without prejudice or personal bias, we think
$40 oue WIN desires the ultimate and complete
triumph OF our principles in the decisive Con-
test at 1860, will for a moment hesitate rs
TO thai his duty is, or fnlter III giving poten-
CIV to his convictions when he deposits his
ballot. 1t is of the utmost importance, ii
we expect to preserve our local ssceade ncy ,
to maintain our we'll earned ssssk as one oil
the most staunch and reliable of the Repnb-
lican counties, and wish to enter upon Ike
great fight that ere long will open under tfAe
most favorable auspices, that we should moi
fri;ter away our strength at the coming
election; or through personal feeling so aes
! dS ~ SOW ObOdo-Sdot s9G oSNAS VI adtSSeASsoS
and strife. To be follow ed hy a harvest OF re-
cr~iu.inatiea. e~strangetnent ai,ddefeai. sDi-
vide and conquer is now the policy of our
opponents, and to insure a realizatian OF
their hopes strenuous etfor,s will doubtless
be made. Again we say, REPUBLICANS be-
tcore of their ansiduons arts-iurn a deaf
ear alike to their plausible appeals and Stand
eroDs charses-and by presenting al nndi-
Vided front when you approach the ballot
box, show them that you properly appreciate
the consequences that would result from the
SUCCESS of their Vaccinations, and by vonr
votes administer a becoming rebuke for their
+, arrogance in thus essaying TO induce you to
piae aid and comfort to L%econpton Buchanan
Democracy at the expense of n stab at the
vitals of a cause the triumph of which you
have so much at heart.
We have nothing to say against the gen
tlemen Offering as independent Candidates
they are very worthy men, and Tor aught we
know to the contrary competent for the pests
10 which they aspire. But the Republican
candidates are equally worthy gentlemen,
and We know them to be competcu-and
beside they are of OUT own faith and house,
hold. We are aware that there may be, and
probably are. private griefs on the part of in
dividuals; but they cannot in many cases be
of such an aggravated character as to inf1u-
ence the canvass or penetrate the ballot box,
and should in all possible Gases be buried in
oblivion, or at east be lost sight of on The I'd
Tuesday in October. Personal preferences
we all have--they may be properly ssed
before a nomination is made-but the great
object of conventions and nominations is to
decide between aspirauts and dispose of such
preterences--and when so disposed of con-
sideratlons Of 4 purely personal nature should
not be permitted to obtrude into the can
vass or govern our action so far as to lead
to opposition to the ticket or any portion of
it.
We are not, i'll thus speaking, advocating
the claiins of any man or set of meu--tce
plead for the cause only-and from the man
ner in which it has heretofore been sustained
by the gallant and true-hearted Republicans
of old Delaware, we will not believe on any
evidence less conclusive than the actual re-
turns, that an appeal of the kind can be
made to them in ua:u.
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