Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-11-01
w From the Cleveland National Democrt.
Worthy of Consider.
ltiOn.

The following, from a veteran of the
"Old Jackson Guard" one upon whose
Democratic shield could be written, "Ever
Truthful" with the edorsement of all who
know him as to its truth, is worthy of the
highest consideration.
A portion of the Democratic party have
broken off-have followed, as the blind
followers of Juggernaut follow their idol,
the fortunes of one who owes all of his
fame to the Democratic party, its priuci-
pies and its organization, and douglas
and his men" are no longer with us nor of
us.
By coalescing with the enemies of the
Democracy-by fusing and making COM
mon cause with the Know Nothings
against life long Democrats-by openly
striking hands and making alliances with
the BLACK Republican sectional enemies of
Democratic principles, to eject from the
Senate of the United States men who, like
Cheyalier Bayard, were knights without
reproach in the Democratic army, and to
fll their places with an open enemy and a
blind follower of the smallest idol ever set
up for the worshop of Christian or SEN
sibe people, they have placed themselves
beyond and out of the Democratic organi
zaiion and their leaders are no longer
within the fold of the faithful.
Such view of he field, doubtless, i'm
PEELED the veteran to write the following,
in order to purge the patty of its impuri-
ties-to shoot the deserters, and to again
rally, as of old, with an honest party, Of
honest, self sacrificing men, who enlist for
the war, not for principles they hold to be
above price:
MILLERsBURG, o., Oct. II, 1860.
C. B. FLooD, ESQ.,: Sir-In looking
over the battle ground of the 9th. count
ing the slain and the number the Blacks
have taken, one is constrained to inquire,
whence all this! are our troops not as val
liant as ever? are the not as willing to con-
tend for the right as ever? There is q
reason for this overwhelming defeat. Per-
haps commanders are not skillful, or have
adopted a new system of tactics. Like
the Battle of BladensbuIg, too many try
ing to command, peradventurer. Possibly
relying npon the horses and chariots of
Egypt, depending upon individual will and
strength, going 10 do battle without con-
sultiug sovereign aoisdona, with whom the
strength exists. One lesson learned-"Let
those who think they are strong, take heed
least they fall" "Alas, how fallen, poor
squatter."
Friend, am not despairing; there is salt
enough left to preserve the Democratic
party and its principles intact, and with it
the Union. Should we not rise for years
again to empire, if we are faithful to our
trust, we can hold and yield influence suf
ficient to hold the disturbers of the COM
mon peace in check. | know, and you
know-we all know-that neither consti
tutional or legal obligations interpose any
barrier to their progress, Constitutions, law
and obligations imposed all sink into insig-
nifcance before their higher-law nations. p
Now, propose that the National De-
mocracy perfect their organization-hold
their State and County Conventions-nom-
mate and vote for our candidates thus NOM
mated, if we should have but one vote in
a county. To this end, l suggest that We
hold an Eight of January Convention at
Columbus, gathering of the Old Jack
son Guard, aud nominate our candidates
for State Offices, good men and true, and
adhere to them through good and evil re-
port. Yours respectfully,
,. DIP. LEADBETTER.
That there is salt enough left to save
the party-to form the nucleus of an Or
ganizatiou that, within the next four years,
will make the Ohio Democracy more pow
erful than il has been since the day Its
would-be leaders commenced their base
pandering to the fell spirit of abolitionism
our faith is strong, and, in all he says, We
indorse the letter of our old jackson
friend, and make his recommendation our
own.
S