The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-09-28
Political Itpus

Doug'as has at length reached
Ohio, and is in a fair way Of doing
as efieciuel a work for the Republic.
ans, US he did in Maine aud Yer.
+ mont. -.
Tho Know Nothing organization
Of Ohio, havo no candidate on tbei
state ticket, for Supreme Judge, In
recommend their faction to vote foI
the Democratic candidate.
Francis L. Blair, junior, has bee,
speaking in Franklin district of late
Sam Cox 10 in rather an unenviable
position. He is beset by enemies
within, and enemies without.
Will tho people observe how care
ful the Douglas stumpcrs are, not tc
introduce the subject offs Homestead
ill. The simple reason is, the party
has ever opposed this measure.
The Know Nothing and Douglas
parties, in Champaign county, in
this state, have fused and are sup.
porting the SAINT county ticket, made
mp OF part Douglas men and part
Know Moth ngs.
Douglas boasted in his speech in
tho Senate, on the 10th of May, that
his policy had introduced slavery
where it had never existed before,
con verting free territory, twice the
size of New York, into slave terri
tory.
The Douglas Democracy of Han.
cock county, were challenged, by
the Republicans, to discuss the issues
between the parties, but they dare
not discuss-they were compelled to
back down. The principles of the
party would not bear investigation.
The watch word of Republic ms
is: "free territories and free homes. ~
Let our unoccupied lands be given
to honest laboring mer, for free
homes, and le, not the blighting curse
OF American slavery faint the soil
of our free territories. Freemen do
not wish to labor side by side with
slaves.
Douglas spoke at Tiflin on Mon
day last. Very many, who went
from this unity to hear him, return.
ed much disappointed. He di not
by any means, come mp to their cx d.
Ipectations. We have heard of at
least three, who went Douglas men,
aud came home Lincoln men.
The Republicans of old Hancock,
have a most important duty to dis
charge on next Tuesday week, at
the polls. Are they fully awake to
the Importance Of that day and that
occasion? Let every man be at the
polls.
| Inc iasr niscusslon nad between
Messrs. Ashley and Steedrnan, came
off at Toledo, on Monday evening
last. General Ashley has gained
himself great credit, in the ability
with which he has conducted his
part of the discussion. The Demo-
cracy find that they had sadly mis-
taken the man.
Douglas got out at Caley to make
one OF his set speeches, which he has
been delivering at every cross.road
Of late, when some boy indiscreetly
hurrahed for Lincoln, which raised
the Little Giants ire terribly. He
very pettishly remarked that he had
made LincOln"-that the country
would never have known that there
was such a man, had it not been for
him. His wrath was still further
kindled by another boys calling ont,
that it would be well for the country
il he would make q few more snch
men.
The Republican vote in Hancock
county, has fallen short of the full
vote OF the party, every year, by
from ono hundred to one hundred
and fifty votes. Shall that be the
case this Fall! What say you, Re-
rublicansl
1t will be recollected, that when
the border rnflians of Missouri, were
robbing the citizens of Kansas, burn.
ing and pillaging tho towns, and
numbering the citizens, Douglas let
no occasion pass to defend these
border ruffians and abuse these in.
jured people Of Kansas. He It WAS.