Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-09
/ Sketch of NIr. Hand liz saaal's
Remarks. at the Democratic
" Convention, on saturday Esasr-

vention briefly. He thanked them fol-
the resolution just adopted and for the
manner in which it had been RECEIVED
He felt deeply his obligation to the De
mocfacy Of this district for their many
\ past favors, and especially for their cor
dial and unauim Gus rspomi natinnSsot
him wislseat.
ton. He would not pretend that he
did not desire it, nor offer to decline il
any body should suspect him Of desiring 9
| it.. He ind ulgediin no such clap trap.
When he had last spoken in that hall,
''the contest" Of which SO much had
been heard for near two years, was pend
ling. Upon demand Of the democracy
of the district, defrauded Of their rights
by negro votes, and after iehallengedIb by
his competitor, he had undertaken that
contest and had fought lit through to a
successful issue, and he stood now before
them the true represent tative of the le-
gal voters of the district. But times
had greatlyTchanged bin two yeags-
Popular sovereignty, then the subject
| of ,odium and ridicule, was now general
ly accepted by all sides as the true So
luton of the slavery question, ana ev-
en- his competitor sought now to crawl
up on that plank. Of the Cincinna ati plat I
form. The Democratic policy had again
ttriumphcd: The Republican party was
| in the process of dissolution. It's very
namerwou soon be aban doned- The
Democratic party stilllliyes: it was the
!ouly. Permanent. political =, organization
in the country. A, man could be
born in that party, grow up to manhood
tpass on to oldfage,' and die'in the party.
Not so with any other He nrejoiced
that the. young men OF the country were
beginning to. learn and appreci ate the
| important fact. He was glad also that
the rugged Issues of RepdbIicanism
were being laid aside. 1t augured well
for the peace and durability of, the TIA
ion, The inevitable result was a Dem
ocratic triumph throughout Ohio. For
years those rugged issues" had beaten
US in this State; and looking to the pc
culiar notions and pref udiees of the peo-
pie of Northern 0hio1at least, he fear
ed they might have beaten us for some
years to come. But thanks to the fdel
ity and soundness of the Democracy
and to the intestine enemies of Republi-
canism; that organization was falling to
pieces. Corwin was throttling Chase:
Giddings had gone overheard even in
''benighted Ashtabula.'' And in a
small way Republicanism had received
stab at the New Paris convention in
this District The signs of the times
were right. The Democratic party was
compact and homogeneous body; it
had adhcrd to its :'rugged issues" and
had triumphed; and it was certain to
scatter that loose fusion of gravel and
sand without cement, which was taking
the place of the Republican organization
That new Opposition party was but
clay, and could not stand for dly a
ic mass which wouId be hurled against
IL + lua 5ry,;qa- u+ -rs,.. si-5s= "r.r-s't
As to the present canvass here at
home his competitor it appeared, had
been turned loose in the district, with
out principles or platform; and since he
(NIr. CAM pbelD had declared for ''pop-
ular sovereignty as understood by Dou-
glass" Mr. V. was at loss to know
what were TO be the political issue of the
Campaign "Lecompton aud anti-Le-
com pton" were dead and buried. So
said Douglass; so said Corwin; SO said
the Ohio Convention. That body had
re affirmed popular soverei@nty," and
he observed that all over Illinois, as
we'll as in other States, the Ohio Plat
form of So, was being adopted verba-
tim as "a common ground to stand on
1t embodied popular sovereignty as
understood by Douglass" and also by
the administration, and by all Demo-
Gratis; and, as it would seem, by his COM
petitor also. There was then scarcely
any political issue now involved in the
canvass: and as to popular sovereignty
and the other doctrines of the Cincinna-
ii Platform, Mr.. ". thought he had a
better right than his competitor to the
support of the Democratic party. lie.
had the oldest hand; he had for long
er time been the advocate of Democratic
principles, and was now the candidate
of that party, while his competitor was
the nominee of "Republican and
Opposition Convention
The expenditures of the government
under Mr.. Buchanan administration.
could hardly be an issue in this district
On the 20th ofJune 1857, about four
months after Mr. Buchanan's Inuugur-
alton, there was surplus in the Treas
ury of more than SIS, 900 900, of dollars
and many millions more had been col
lected since; yet not one dollar of that
surplus or of the money subject to ex-.
pendure during the fiscal year ending
june so, 1853, had been drawn out ex
cept under appropriation bills reported
and urged through or voted for by his
competitor as chairman Of the commit
tee of Ways and Means. He had even
voted in December last for 20,000,0G0
Treasury note bill and afterwards for the
Deficiency bills, and no doubt would
have voted for thesis, 100000 Loan
bill if he had a chance. These things
might have given him some claim to
Democratic nomination, but surely
neither he nor his friends ought TO open
their lips about "the alarming extrava-
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