Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
The Constitutional ccnvention-Who
Shall be cur Delegate I?

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Shall be u Delegate
The people of our State have ex-
pressed a desire to, have our present
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, changed, amend-
ed, or at least carefully with
q desire of having it bettered in some
respects. The Delegate to whom we
entrust this important duty, should
embodythe highest qualifications that
man can attain to, if it were possible
to find such an one, and if it is impos-
sible, then to select from among US,
one best qualified to discharge the
duties of the position.
All laws are important, but the fun
damental law of the State is most i'm
portant of all. All legislation is i'm
portant, but that which is to result
in a law to be passed or rejected
by the people of the State in their
sovereign capacity,a as rulers of them
selves, is most important of all. Such
a Delegate s~houldsnot be a partizan,
or if he is, he should have the patri-
otismand the mentaland moral quail
tiles that would. elevate, him above
the PARTIzAN, and make him a STATES
MAN, having the goodgof the WHOLE
PEOPLE at heart, without reference to
party. On one occasion, when the
Romans we're sore n need of such a
man, there were many who offered to
serve them, bntamong thesethey found
none fit. So like sensible. people, as
they were, they went by those who
were Offering as candidates, and went
to the countrya and took old Cincinna-
tns from his pillow, and without even
giving him time to put ON a clean
shirt, elevated him to the highest po-
sition within their power, and he de-.
livered them from an impending crisis
that threatened their destruction. As
soon as this was accomplished, here
signed and went back to the plow.
and afterwards, when necessity for
such a III arose, they called him
again and again to fill high positions.
uenevef SOUGHT an office, but never
REFUSED it when his country needed
his services.
We have a man with the same char
acteristics in Preble County. He is
not an office seeker, but he has served
the people, time and again, when they
went after him, and elevated him to
positions of trust and responsibility,
and always served faithfully and we'll.
His services can again be had, if the
people, without respect of party ten
ders him a commission as delegate,
but he refuses to be-the candidate of
any party andswi1F not accept the po-
sitions as a partizan. If the people
want him,they will find him where
they have always found him, when
not engaged in public duties, AT HIS
MILL, ATTENDING TO HIS OWN BusI-
NESS. He was a member of the Con-
vention that framed the present Con-
stitution. Great changes have occurr-
ed since it was adopted, and no one
has been a more vigiIaht observer of
these changes than himself. He has
been. in business, public and private
constantly, so that his opportunities,
to see, learn and know the ca1sesSof
these changes ,have been greater than
any other man in the county. He is
not only San-sobserver but a thinker
.andanalyzer. He is the best POLITE
CAL Ee6SoMIsTiR Preble County. On.
questions of finances and taxation
the relations of labor and capital to
each other-the subject of Corpora
tfens, Rail Roads, Road improvements
&C., &c, he is at home. No one is
more familiar with the great Agricul-
turalinterests of our people,tKan he is
In all these he is the maj we need for
the place to be filed.
Every one knows from what we
have said that we. mean DAVID
BARNET. His character in all re-
spects is known to be above reproach
or question. The people have conclu-
ded to ELECT HIM A DELEGATE TO HI
CONSTITUTIONAL CoNvENTIoN: As
has been said, he is not a candidate,
but he will not refuse to serve if elect
ed. We have talked with many per-
son belonging, to all political parties,
and many of all parties say without
hesitation that they will vote for him
on account of his eminent fitness for
the. place, and while some may vote
against him, they at. the same time
admit his superior qualifications for
the place. The time is so short, that
Mass meetings or even Township
meetings will not probably be held,
and the people must see to it them
selves, that their interests do not suf-
fer by neglecting tossend MI. BARNET
to the Convention.
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