Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-09-27
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We have reliable assurances that tht
g ,Ilant Union men Of Licking uutE.
viii do their whole duty toward elect
ng Capt. Dyerto the State Senate. il
he is defeated the probability is 6hatIi7s
defeat viii be far more ehargeabIe upon
apathetic Unionists in Deiaware than
upon the vigilant ones Of Lick 5ng.-
W here our party is in The minority, as
in the county just named, ,.itis generally
active, energetic and radical Where
it is IN the nlajority, as in DeIaware,
is prone to that intiifFvrenee7 and slug
gIsbness Of which the Copperheads
nope in this particular instance 10 take
advantage.
Now we forewarn our. people against
this calamity Our candidate ought by
all means uo. be elected. and he can b
and will be, if we get out anything likf
a full Union vote in Delaware county
His competitor, Lewis Evans, is an
ultra VaIlandighammer of the mos
IA dent peace persaasion- He hopes
and endeavors to carry the District, not
by manly argument of the principles
1t stake, but by a liberal expendftur
of money, and by personal detraction
Of his opponent. Now any candidate
who viii attempt to fight out poitical
contest on such a line, is not worthy of
the con nhdenee OfBhe people. 1t Is as
suming that the great Interests of this
country and the vital and preciou-
principles involved IA the canvass are
subordinate to petty personal consider
atoms, which in any candidate can no
way affect the public interest. TIL.
politician who Stops to such means
for warping the minds Of the people
insults them. He assumes that they
nave not. sense enough to see the
difference between The great issue
which affect the destiny of our country
Tor ali time TO come, and the trivia
9reiudiees which may be wrought
upon by the whispering retailer o.
gossip, but which sink utterly out o1
sight before the appalling dangers which
beset our Union.a
Now if Lewis Evans stands on any
great princlple by virtue of which
ne claims popular confidence, let him
come out and announce it publicly
and discuss it like q man But whaJ
are the principles on which he stands
We suppose they are set forth in the
Democratic platform which was drawn
up by Vallandigham, and which, in
substance, declares:
That the doctrines of State Sovereign
ty and Secession, as embodied in tn,
Kentucky. resolutions of 179s, (Which.
were rejected by the Legislatures o.
4E.s
which constituted the backbone of the
late rebel movement in the South are
The doctrines Of Democracy and ought
to be confirmed by. the people.
That the STATES which attempted to
secede have now, and have had all the
while, the same rights in the Union as
states which did their utmost 10 pre-.
serve the Union.
That the present Congress of uhe
United States is only "a '4so-eaIIed
Congress" because rebels have not
seats in it.
That all the legislation Of this a. So
called Congress" from the beginning
of the war to the present time, is un-
constitutional.
That the present reconstruction laws
shall mol be executed, or, to use the
language of the platform, '.we Demo
Gratis. including Lewis Evans,) do sol
EMMY warn the advocates of the plan, -
(aud notify our Southern friends,) ''that
al tciH not be submitted t0.''
That the laws of -he present $50
called Congress" are not the supreme
laws of the land.
That the poor shall be taxed equally
with the rich.
That to let all loyal men vote wilII
create disastrous conflict Of races.7
That Andy Johnson deserves the
thanks OF the country.
That the collection of revenue to pay
the national debtsand the interest there
on is a great curse, and a piece of op-
preston, which should be gotten rid of
by repudiation.
Such is the substance of the present /
Democratic platform, aud by virtue #