Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-04-15

individually or groups has been thwated and squelch-
ed in Columbus Yet the county chamen the elected
leaders of Democrats in their counties Their voices
should be heard and their combined decisions should rule
the future of the party. .sf
Just it is the responsibility of all the county chair
men to energize the Democrats state level it is the
responsibility of groups such yours to energize the
party on the local level.
Time For Unity
It's time forget past differences and start working
together for the future And that means the municipal
campaigns this year We can't hope to carry Ohio
again for Democratic presidential candidate unless
win victories in city halls all over the state.
There hopes that facts will be submitted to the
Democrats of Ohio for recent weeks of
leading Democrats in the state have been formulating
pattern of action that may breed the aggressive,
fortnight cooperative effort successful in Michigan
There STRINGS among Young Democrats allrover
the state Our womens groups are keenly interest
ed in the affairs of the legislative session than
| can remember from any of the three sessions
member
There is ferment of interest and activity in Demo-
cratic Party circles remarkably like that noted by An
drew Jackson in 1881 when he called together our
parys first national convention in Baltimore The OPEN
ing address delivered by a Mr.. Sumner of New
Hampshire and if you to substitute the word Ohio
wherever Mr.. Sumner Says country such meeting
and such explanation of it would be ideal for
today.
The object of the representatives of the people of
New Hampshire who called this convention was, not
to impose the people candidates for either of the
two first offices in this government any local favo1ite:
but to concentrate the opinions of all the states They
believed that the great body of the people, having but
common interest and will unite in the support
of important plincipes that the operation of the
chinery of government confined within it's legitimate
sphere is the same in the north south, east and west
that although designing men, since the adoption
of the constitution have ceased in their exetions
to excite sectional feeling and sectional interest and to
array portion of the country against another the
great essential interests of all the same They be-
ieve that the coming together representatives of the
people from the extremity of the union would have
tendency to soothe if not to unite the ang interests
which sometimes in conflict, from the different
sections of the country.
"They considered the individuals who might be select
ed candidates for office, to be of much less
quences that the principle which they desgnated
they thought it important to ascertain the facts whether
the people themselves those who would frustrate the
voice of the people, should succeed in elections.
These are words inspired by Andrew Jackson whom
we also honor tonight. They, too pertinent today
because the conditions of 1881 exist today. Our Demo-
Gratis of Ohio have exactly the for obtain
ing voice in the future of their party. Neither Demo-
cratic leadership Democratic program can be in
cubated in vacuum Both require the exchange of
personalities and of opinions before they be gener
ated They cannot be without participation !,
Thomas Jefferson was created by times such these
and he has given priceless heritage lasting nearly
two centuries. More than that he gave standard
of public service which should be goal Dumas Ma
lone best evauaes the philosopher of the Democratic
Party
"The popular success of Jefferson whose diffdence
and lack of spectacular qualities would have constituted
in later day nsurperable handicap and whose rea-
tive freedom from personal ambition makes it impossi-
a
considerable part to his Identification of himself with
causes for which time fighting and to his remark
able sensitveness to fluctuations in public opinion
bned with ability to utilize and to develop agencies
of popular appeal AS practical politician he worked
through other men, whom he energized and who gave
him to extraordinary degree their devoted coopera
tion. His unchalenged leadership DUE not to self
assertveness and imperousness of WILL but to the fact
that circumstances had made him symbolic figure,
and that to acute intelligence and unceasng industry
he Joined dauntess and contagious faith"
Those are the specifications Is there such man in
the state of Ohio? Is there Thomas Jefferson alive
today? have faith that there is but also know that
he will appear unless you and 1.-The Democrats
of Ohio-shatter the that has silenced and
bound him.
say that such men will appear only if we heed
Thomas Jeffersons advice and ''enghten the people
generally and instead of Pennsylvania Let us cut
vate Ohio and we need not fear the universe 49,.
Thank you.
Paid Adv