Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-29
The Biography OF an Old Demo
crat.

Wehave upon our books the name of an
old Democrat, who is type of the men
passing away now, all too surely and too
fast whose virtues and firmness will be
known to all gen erations by the prefix "a
Jackson Democrat" proud title which
but few are left to wear. .r.=..-.
THOMAS McGRoDY, or s'Old Uncle TOM
as he is familiarly called by almost every
body-and it is singular that, everywhere
all kind-hearted, beloved old men are al
ways called "Uncle"-was born July 4th,
1897, in Northumberland county, Pa.--now
Union county and is consequently sew
enty-one years old. His first vote was cast
for MONROE for President, in 1920, and he
has never missed a vote since, and has new
'er scratched a ticket. He is of TIE old
Revolutionary stock, his father and
thirteen uncles having all served in the
Revolutionary war. He is a distant rela-
tive of Mad ANTHONY WAYNE. His father
was one of the few who escaped from the
massacre of Wyoming.
Mr.. McGRopY has lived in Ross and
Pickaway counties since 1875 The coun-
try was then wilderness. He has seen it
redeemed from the savage and given over
to civilization and enlightenment. g.
One would suppose that such man,
with such an ancestry and record, would
hive been left to enjoy his opinions in
peace and without insult. But it was not
So When the wild breath of RADICAL m
swept over the land like the fatal simeon,
in 1853, he was made the victim of insult
and outrage because he would not desert
his principles. He had always voted the
Democratic ticket and would not change
then. Because of this dead hog was hung
to his door and on it a note was fastened
containing the words This is your DOOM"
Think of the principles of a party whose
members could thus insult man then
sixty five years old because he voted for
VALLANDIGHAM.
Mr. MCGRoDY is quite enthusiastic over
the prospect of the Democracy in the pres
ent campaign, feeling sure of the triumph
of our party and its most just cause. His
county has been polled and it is certain that
the Democratic majority of last year will
be increased. He feels as though this
would be the last vote he will be called to
cast, thinking it certain that the Democrat
ic party will SO completely and effectually
triumph that his services will no longer be
necessary.
''sVoTE for Seymour and Blair and you
vote for war. Vote for Grant and Culfax
and you vote for peace."-V olney G.. Dor
sey's Speech. W n
When this same DORSEY was nominated
for State Treasurer, he made a speech and
said the people doubted if a man who had
been Democrat could be honest. After
his term of office expired, he would go
round aud show himself as one honest man
who had been a Democrat. DORSEY, no
doubt, thought he would do this, for he was
honest then. But when he left the office
1t was under an arrest for gobbling up the
money belonging to the soldiers. One
years Radicalism knocked all the bo,nos,u
out of him.
He now talks of war. He once baf.
talked of it. When the country called for
volunteers he said he would do duty as !.
home guard to watch the Butternuts, and
to prevent the soldiers from receiving
fire in the rear. He did 80, by holding
office and being indicted for taking the
soldiers money unlawfully from the Treas
ury. Ii another war comes, such as Dor
sEY prophecies, we trust he will get kick
in the rear for urging it on.