Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-24
For the Democrat.

the Constitutional Convention
consuming or aprlauding the vo
tiers OF some Townships for their
action. This is unkind in him
aud not calculated to harmouizt
the disturbed elements of any
party in tn future. He and his
atlnifrlnG friends 81 ould have
known he was not, for many e
sons, the choice of IL majority OF
the Republican party, oi the peo-
pie, irrespective of party. The
misrepresentation of the facts by
the officers of the convention and
the withholding them from the
IL gister, in regard tothe true po>
sition OF Mr.. Barnet, and the
studied ostracism OF Mr.. b. be-
cause of his conjectnred religi
ious opinions did much to swell
Mr.. Millers vote. la the latter,
gross and wicked injustice was
unne MY. Barnet. Great pairs
We're taken hy friends IF Mr..
Miller, to induce the belief TIL at
MIR. Barnet WAS an Atheist-did
not believe in a God When
the ftctS are, he does. & is of the
Uuiver- u creed. But wheth-
er lie by A,hei~t, d. i-t or Chris
tia',, ii is uuwise, as-it is impo-
lite TO make "a est Of any mans
religious belief in the face of the
Declaration of Independence and
Constitutions OF the United States
and of the State of Ohio; which
are explicit IN guaranteeing to
every citizen the right of free re
ligious thought, and requiring no
religious test for any office
The truth ia, there are other
and many reasons, why Mr.. Bar
net was elected. IIeis one of the
people, 'honest q s the day is long,
Though ostracised many years
ago, because of his liberal religi>
Gus views, bis expanded mind
and acknowledged integrity, ma
turaIly drew the reflective minds
of the masses, irrespective Gfpar-
ty to him as the man for the
place. This general wish of the
people was well known, but the
party hacks ever on the alert,
for the vantage ground, aimed
to circumvent the will of the peo-
pie, by calling, and In part pack
ing the convention, as is quite
common with all coEvvn ions of
the present day; when the true
interest Of the party as well as
the people did not demand any
party nomination. Again, a re-
specialize minority, if not a ma
of the Republicans Of this
county, have become sickened at
The suicidal acts of the Ring-mas-
ters in control of the party's in
terest for the past four years. A
rasual retrospect of their. wrong
doipgs might be useful in the fu-
lure. Look back if you please
years, and the glaring truth
'tares US in the face, that too of
,en the known will of the people
las been disregarded by cur
in Convention, and
he lower grade, for moral worth
md intellectual aecumen, elected
o Offices of the highest trusts, a
lumber of whom defanlted whilst
degraded. The powers
hat ruled were often admonish~
ID to regard, not disregard the
viii of the people. But the few
Iushed with i'll gotten patronage
ven went into the market and
Fought up delegates with gov
rnmental patronage to thwart
he known viii of the people, and
hen threatened to ex-commuu
cate the old war horses of the
for faltering to ratiiy their
rimes, by a hearty support of
.eculators and dishonest office
olders and seekers. Mr. Miller
universally considered to
an honest man, is not blame
ssa, for giving a blind support
D the incompetent or dishonest, I,
party considerations. For, if
e is a reader of the Cincinnati
fazette, which is good authority,
should have learned that when
yer a Convention fails to select
lose competent in every respect
,r the trust, or fails to express
le WSU of their constituents (the I.
then tie obligation, to
ote the party ticket is severed {
nd each voter left free to act for !
.mself. This rule, faithfully I
ued will Insure all accepta- I
bile ticket, especially ifdiscrim-
is made in favor of the 4
lalifed poor or afflicted. An |
her thing, if thing it may be Z
He'd, had its influence with I
any Republicans in the late
ection: The dishonesty of our e
lblic servants, local and nation i
/. 1t is unsafe, at any time, to '
othe any n with too much i
.wer, without a strict accounta- Y
lily. This is manifest in our C
0aon, County, State and National e
.nIinistration and all because