Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-06-29
OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,

OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The near approach of the time fixed upon
for designating the candidate for Congress to
be supported by the Republicans of this dis
trict, very naturally attracts attention to the
subject We stated our views in rela-
ton to the claims of the different sections of
the district, as regards the candidacy, in an ar
ticle published some two months ago in which
we took occasion to protest in very decided
terms against what seemed an effort to forestal
the question by proposition to assign the
candidate 81 by general consent" to Clark
county. A communication in another column
urges the claims of Delaware to the distinction
of furnishing the candidate at this time, and
as means of accomplishing that end the wr-
ter makes some suggestions the force and pro-
priety of which must be obvious to all. We
refer to the matter again at this time for the
purpose of doing what we can toward the at
tainment of the object which impclled the wri
ting of the communica ton referred to-whieh
is, to secure a recognition on the part of our
Republican brethren of the district OF the fact
that we of Delaware are not outside barba-
rians;" that as Republican county we are
the peer of any other in the district; and that
as relates TO claims to the right to furnish the
candidate, as good il not better showing can
be made on our behalf than can be set up by
any Of. our compeers. Locality, party usage
justice and propriety, indicate US occupying
this position. We do not deny or wish to
disparage the rights of other localities. but.
insist that county can present stronger
claim than ours, while but a single one
(Union) can make any approach to- title to the
desired distinction such rs the record of Della
ware presents.
Our location favors us. We constitute the
eastern county af the district, and 1.-THE Demo-
cracy exccpted1 have never had candidate,
while for the last thirty TO forty years one or
| the other of the three counties comprising the
| western portion of the district has had a men,
Der, each of whom was of the party opposed
to the Democracy, which has always been in
the majority in this county. We are except
Champaign, the oldest county in the district :;
except Clark (which at the last census was
slightly ahead of us,) the most populous in
reliability as an anti-Democratic county, not
| surpassed by any other; and in number of
Republican voters, as indicated by the last
election, at the head of the list-our vote for
Gov. Dennison being 1885, while that of Clark
was 2,249, Champaign 1882, Logan 1850,
Union ,25l. Locality is regarded in all as
sgnnents of candidates, from President down :;
| it is rule of universal application, and can
not with justice and propriety be ignored nay,
its observance is indispensable to the very ex-
istence of an effective political organization
and continuous harmonious action; and the
recognition of established usage in this respect,
the demands Of justice. must result it the des-
| ignation of candidate from one or the other
of the two counties forming the eastern section
of the district
| INC. we aUItlU, reasons which Will
under certain circumstances warrant and justi-
| fy departure from precedent and disregard
I of custom in reference matters of this kind
/ such as the possession by one county of a
man who in point of talent and qualification
/ for the place is so far above those iu other To-
ealities as to force competitors out of the ring
and secure him the place without contest or
caril so long as he desires IT, But no one of
the three counties that will probably present
candidates can justly claim such advantage
| over the othcr-hence if is free fight with an
open field. and the decision should, and 5,ubt-
less will be made in accordance with the we'll
defined and universally recognized usage of
party organizations above indicated.
The rival factions Of the remnant of Democ-
racy are vieing with each other to see which
can burn the most powder, or get up the great
est noise over the Baltimtore split. At all
prominent points they are firing cannon and
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