Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-11-02
How shall I Vote in November

How shall I Vote in n MoveMfbeF
E This is question which the late election
hs.ve placed in new light before many mind
1t is question which none can ask themselv
too often, or consider too carefully. An a
ministretion which has sqnandefed the resou
Ges of the country, involved rs in debt, al
presented the worst phases Of political corrul
ton, is just ending. Can any man actuate
by honorable motives wish to see such thins
coiititt;e?
Washingtou has been tRe seat Of polite;
juggling full long enough 1t become all tru
citizens to set themselves earnestly at work t
institute ncw or:a.r Of things.
A patriot IS not one who serves his countr
within the narrow limits Of q party alof7e5 bil
who with careful gaze scans the whole fielt
erd strikes wherever and whenever an homes
blow can be struck for the public good. Thi
| is the time to divest ourselves of party tram
Hlels, and think and act fof ourselves Hoy
many do this? How many allow thelnselve
to be warped in Judgment by leaders whose
| constant aim IS to present wrong views o
measures which they for their own selfish end
wish to- defeat
Look well to the different parties and frag
ments of parties, which are aow striving tc
maintain the old or4,.F of things Which is
national? Which r,'r4ps7Eits n,ost tru.y the
progressive principles of the age? Not the
Breckenridge wing, assuredly. That is work
ing in partisan spirit, and with partisan ends
alone in view. 1t represents nothing but the
spirit Of a mass of political rulers, who are
working for power. It is by no means the cx-
ponent of Souther1 feeling, ard thousands in
the South DO in their hearts denohnce it,
though they cannot express their views fully
This party is working to uphold a set Of lead
ers who have long lived and fittencd on the
public wealth, and they gladly seize upon the
subject of Slavery, as one which if skilfully
played npou, will most easily secure their ends.
while thousands of them care as little as
Douglas himself, whether "Slavery is voted Hlt
or voied down" These well know that with
the Inauguration of Il President who would
not truckle to this spirit, comes the downfall
OF their power over the masses 1t needs only
a nan ut Washington who will nph4i4-frJe
speech and place no obstacles i'll the way OF
fee thought, TO overt lrow the whole network
Of power which these Disunion leaders now
possess. They know this. and feel it too and
hence their frantic end,avors to drag ther con-
stitucnts out of a Union which they could not
hope to control, into ConfederAcy which,
though wreck, usight yield its spuils for
them.
Politicians have ruled more vigorously. if
possible, in the South than with us, aud the
South has been ground down as the n orth has
not been by it leaders. All over the land, the
people are sick and Disguised with political
and waiting and hoping for change
that will restore the government TO its original
purity
Can this change be brought about BY the
Douglas faction We tkifrk not. The means
ttscd TO secure its triumph are the same5 she
which it has in view are the same, as
they have ever been. 1t is "a struggle for Of
ico, ii contest for power, into which principle
loes not enter and should this party succeed,
it holds out no definite promise OF reform, nor
does it propose any. 1t expects to run along
N the OLD pathway, fsricia 1t Agni6c5 With the
name of Democracy, but to which, in tlresr lat
er days, the Eystem bears little resemblance.
We know that thousands are opening their
aYes to the false-lghts by wtsieh they have been
led along, and TO all of these our question is ii
pertinent one !: How will you vote in Novem-
ger? Are you satisfied with the present order
If things. OF will you help to Institute another
ind better state?
The voices Of the three States which have
ately spoken, render # impossible that Bell
AN be elected end considering that Union
ss,1fsl iritfees have baseIr sold out The party
principles which are not its cwn, how
ire you, friends Of the Union party, who can
'ot approve of this, lsow are you to vote i'll the
leXt election
Can any throw their vote away, and thus
discharge their duty? Rather let them help
o swell the majority which is row certain for
man Of the people the hoAest
I
His election rs colSceded already but let all
vho wish to s,'e politics brought back to the
standard of an earlier day. help to increase his |
majority, that it may come With power that
zone can resist, and institute new era in our
history.
The Republican pssfty is the only truly ma
tional party in the field. 1t does not pro-
,ose to deal with Slavery by force, or to in
eriere with it where it exists by law but the |
)arty trusts that when the principles upon
which the Government was founded are hon |
sty carried out, that then Slavery Will lose its |
Importance political power.
No man in his senses believes for Il moment |
hat hostility to the South is a feature in our
platform. Thousands upon thousands at tie
South know that this is not the case, and in
heir hearts they desire to see Mr.. Lincoln |
ected yet are they pbReriess themselves in
occurring this result, and we of the North alone
must do the work.
Let those of all parties who WISH to see the
Union of these States preserved, and the whole
country redeemed from the power Of men who
possesses not one spark of patrlotism-all who |
Wish to see new life Infused into politics-al |
vho feel interested 10 the development OF our
lnbounded resources-all who wish to see sec
ional feeling abatcd, and the whole powers OF
he Government turned into new channels, and /
.llowed to work outside of partisan bounds
ct all such unite their fortunes with the party !
If the people.
The masses are awake everywhere--a new
IA is dawning which will bring domestic peace
md prosperity to all our borders. Truly "the
morning cometh."
In view of all these things we ask again,
How will you vote Cincinnati Gazette.
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