M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-30
ZALEsKI, August 81, 1850.

MIR. EDIroR:-Old Madison is wido
awake, up and doingl On last Sat.
urday, her sturdy old farmers, woods.
men, and sons of tQF assembled at
Prattsville to behold the NationEStar
Spangled Banner raised alolt ID honor
OF her noble standard bearers, Doug.
las and johnson, and to hear dis.
cu8sed the time honored principles of
Democracy by Mr. E. A ,.Bratton. -
The gentleman made o Elling speech,
and the old veterans Of Democracy,
as well as the new recruits, rejoiced &a
the recital Of those principles that
haze SO often resisted every opposi.
ton, and caused them to triumph in
the right. BIT, Mr. Editor, it is not
my business to tell you much about
the Democratic meeting at Pratts.
vile, for the honor is due to her and
| presume she will make a full report.
Indeed sheuld not have mentioned
it had it not been contrasted by some
OF our ci'iz@s with a Republican
meeting on tie same evening at Zales-
Xxi. y
Those RepubEcan speakers who en-
| tertainCd lis with speeches, had'avery
benign influence tIipGwn +aboutt4em
Ithat> "a magngMHmous people could
command, andin return We have a
fright to look for good speeches
and SOUND arguments touching the
political Questions at issue; but those
with. whom have conversGd tell me
they were sadly. disappeinta;a5A.r that
the9HtheniselVeS could produce better,
and some have gone 50 far as. to say
that they will no longer remain with
a party thaAeaE boast ofnothing bet.
Her than personal abuse, twaddle and
nonsense. The voters OF our.ccpntry
cannot be humbugged by the false
alarms, Misrepresentation, and pitt.
ful tales Of abuse that these Abolition,
lists whino ii our eGs, N.Wekiow the
source Of these lamentations to be the
convictions of coming defeats, but we
cannot pity them, for we have seen
those crocodile tears coursiJS their
wey down their haggard coltlsenan.
ces before, and have got indifttfentto
all their entreaties. We'are making
up our minds how to vote not from
the weekly "trash" furnished the
Lincoln Club, but from the platforms
OF the parties with the previous histo.
ry Of those parties.
We have seen the ''Impending Cri.
sis OF the South" and considefit wor.
thy Of condemnation. We haveread
the disunion sentiments Of you'lead.
ers: 81 look forward to the day when
there shall be a servile insurrection in
the South; when the black man afned
by British bayonets, and led on by
British officers, shall assert his free,
dom and wage war Of extermipation
agains. his master. And though we
may not mock at their calamity, nor
laugh when their fear cometh, yet we
} will hail it as the dawn of q political
!. millennium" This is the Language
of tie father ofthe Republican party,
; j. r. Giddings. How do you Ike il
gentle reader9 We Democrats loatht
and hate it. We have read the cher
ished thoughts of your standard bear
er, Mr.. Lincoln, who in '59 declared
D that "a house divided against itsel
t cannot stand" II believe this gov
ernment cannot endure permanently
half slave and half free." 1t will be
come all one thing or all the other.
Again, on the other hand, we hay,
9 studied the doctrine of Mr.. Douglas
: that this nation can endure with a di
t yersity Of institutions, if each Stat
and Territory are permitted to max
y their own laws, and regulate thei
:, own institutions to suit themselves
Need | tell you how we will votel-
J No! il would be an insult to intimat
n that you do not know.