Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-10-21
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which were at work among us. Tn
Third Congressional District stands GU
alone, in this section of our State, as
the only one which has kept its demo
cratic force up to a full figure. i. ID
Campbell has been defeated, and Prebl'
county has fell short of her usual Re
publican majority, although the vote
was the largest perhaps evcr before cas-
in the county. The campaign opened
unfavorably tor him, because there was
a local fight raging here, which threat.
ened to disorganized the party of which
he was claimed to be the candidate
The candidate for Auditor was nomina.
ted under a load of violated pledges
Many of the best men of his party were
astonished at the per6dity so reckless
ly exhibited, and when he went still
further and denied the pledges which
they asserted he made two years ago
the right arm of the party, to which he
professed to belong, was paralyzed, and
the Congressional fight lay 'dead in the
she'll" Men, who heretofore had been
seen only in the van of battle, remain
ed at home, for how could they desire
to advance the interests of Campbell,
when by so doing, they would in equal
ratio promote the political interests Of
the first man who ever publicly branded
them as liars.
The sequel of the 18th inst, shows
the result. Preble county fell short OF
her last majority, by more than forty
votes, although the vote was greater
than ever cast before. With the num-
Der out, Preble should have cast a thou
sand majority for Campbell, and we
have no doubt would have done it, had
not the local fight interfercd with the
stick, over which Campbell stumbled,
and broke his back, and the conse-
quenccs of the fall will be felt in cleo
tons in this county, for years to come.
IF his INSCRIPTIONS course had not
tied the hands of strong men of the
party, We fear a very different result
would have been chroniclcd ere now
a few of the small fry entered the cam
paign to work, not for i. D. Campbell,
but james Albert, who, regardless of
every interest but his own pockets, af-
ter having been warned by the best
men of his party that, unless he redeem
ed his pledges and withdrew from the
track, the harmony of the party was
gone, he with a selfshness which led
him to crowd off as damned dogs
Larsh and the Mitchell; led him to
charge all the glaring errors of the Of
fee upon Larsh, his competitor; led
him to accuse Larsh of not having paid
for the coat he wore to the Constitutions
al Convention, and to say that he gave
Larsh a pittance of business to keep
him and his family from starving, while
Larsh with the party shackfcs rafting
on his CALLED limbs, ONE out in a card
of ambiguous defence for Albert, and
like a whipped spaniel, ticks the hand
that beats him because now and then it
losses him a bone.
James Albert is elected with the de-
feat of the Congressional ticket as the
result, for had the same amount of day
and night tolls been expended for
Campbell, as was done for him by
the thousand and one little men, added
to what the strong men would have
done, had they been satisfied with the
county ticket, the Republicans might
have thrown a hundred and fifty more
votes in this county, and the resulting
influence on Butler and Montgomery,
would have tipped the balance in favor
of l.. d. Campbell. Albert charges
Campbell's defeat upon the boilers, but
who caused the bolt? We are dealing
with causes now. No, with the defeat
of Campbell; with the "extra levy
the illegal sale of books-his accounts
for the past six years not authenticated,
as proven by his own witness 6nd his
own admission, pinned fast to his back,
he has been elected by the cry of party,
and stands before the people to-day ia
living dead man." He has bought the
Office and paid for it with his character,
for he has not, and the presumption is,
cannot, clear up the charges, floating
through the community against him
He has threatened US, and men in diff
ferent parts of the county were chuck
ling over the idea, of our being brought
into Court to answer to the grave charge
against this political demagogue. By
those threats he admits himself he has
lost character, and if he thinks he can
patch up the shattered thing, and wipe
off the black spots that blister it now,
by a public judicial defence, we invite
him to try it. Do now please these
men, the Register, and yourself, by ma
king good your empty threat.
Pennsylvania Election.
OvinU tn the division and distraction