American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-22

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the Logan Convention are not Douglas
men, and although instructed to vote for
Douglas. yet you are satisfied. and have
accomplished your end" ] am satisfied /
that they ere Democrats and honorable men,
and will therefore vote the expressed will
and wish Of their constituency.
A few more words in regard to your eV-
idence to prove that the MARTIN delegates
were not elected as Douglas men. You
admit that 'phis and that Democrat, faVo.
rabls to the MARTIN delegates. styled them
Douglas men," but in this case you are
not willing to allow the same evidence to
convince you Of Afact that you are to prove
that is, that the other ticket was an OLDs'
ticket. f5r in that case the only evidence
you have to produce is. that some Of its
supporters said it was for OLDs, and that
CRAWFORD worked for it, but when this
and that Democrat. styled the other a
Douglas ticket you were not convinced
This was your bull goriuG my OK"
Any one who will take an impartial aud
uDprejudiosd survey Of the whole conduct
Of those opposed to Douglas in this matter
can now plainly see thatit was not MAR>
TIN, that you we're working for, but to ac'
somplish an end BY means other than open
aud manly opposition. As to the ticket
having been shown to most Of The leading
men. who approved the same, ! perhaps
could have better said. it was shown TO
those favorable to Douglas, 1t was not
shown TO you Charles for the reason that
you were known to be opposed to Douglas
but you saw it two days prior to the cleo.
ton. As to men who have done yeoman
service in the party, to whom il was not
shown, (does yeoman serVice for the patty,
for its products alone, that may be true,
as suppose all the Douglas men did mo-
see it Ut til it was printed. Bul it wa
shown to men who do As much work. Ant
spend as much money fer the party, as any
others, aud was printed in time for all I,
see,
YOE Ssy your ticket event before th
people as true Democratic, without an
:. '.pvsfir, was no. jnst the reverse true?--
] Your ticket was headed with the ''preir'
: MARrIs Delegates" the other ticket. Del
/. egstes to District Convention.
!, You say that am dissatisfied becaus
beaten, l am not beaten, as three OF on
:, ticket were elected. elected as Dougla
men, and voted in the Convention towhicl
they were sent as Douglas men, and'lhro
! them your three anti Douglas men wsr
elected. have tlways acquiescsd in th
decision Of the popular voice Of th, De
: mocracy. But l do not Acquiesce in th
unwarrantable means which you and few
others have used to suppress tha. voice.
: And I shall always be found as ready ant
willing 10 defend the Democracy Of tbi
township and county, as you or auy on
. else. But ! shall also feel it my duty &
: expose political deception. calculated to im
pose upon public opinion, and there is n
deception so uch to be feared and rep
rimandek as hat which knows how to US
with shrswc ness the mask Of appearance
and to cloak the dishonest and shameful
+ reality under an agreeable and alluring die
guiss. Unhappily this is a resource who
: has been frequently rssorted to. IN mi
county. and with more than usual sue
: cess, by politicians Of every hue and de
: scription, and has served aud serves yeI
TO constitute their reputation. and NOR
than that their claims 10 public favor.--
la their daily. busy life. people are so cas-
lily won by mere superficial demousti alto
their ears so prone to become accustome
to one name. one thing. anc one idea, an
to accept the whole without examination
! provided !. be repeated, and repeate
!. often that the popularity ofpublio me
} is now thing Of mere convention. an q
doptsd custom. an affair of habit, ratht
q than a study Of their qualifications. or
: measure Of their political integrity. A sol
OF a lottery. where chance sOirs'Vorksy'
b slump orators. speculation, ,iAiersSts, favori
ism andhservilily, are playing the mai
u parts, and talent, virtue and patriotisI
Q left rejected in the background, AIS
. how easy it is, through these adopted rule
a Of stimulation and craft. to feign the quail
ties of good Democrat, or sincere pol
is tician without having a particle Of eittt
Is Democracy or sincerity. With what reat
N iness people accept these steam manufaC
}. tured celebrities, whose sole merit col
y sists in the noise created around them b
y the intrepid beartlsssness Of few friend
}, and whose sole success lies ip the oando
}. honesty and sometimes. simplicity of Il
!. by.standers. Is it not high time that Il
n parchment upon which the titles Of OF
y many political aspirants in this count
l. are inscribed. should be searched and il
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