The Ohio Democrat And Dover Advertiser

PUTTING THE SCREWS TO THE PEOPLE.

Another method which several of the whig merchants of this county have adopted to force and drive the People to the support of their party is to give out word that all who are owing them that do not vote the whig ticket shall be sued. This seems to be carrying out practically Henry Clay's intention when he said: the time for reasoning with the people had past, the people must be made to feel before they would be convinced. The Farmers the bone and sinew of our county must be sued by upstart whig Lordlings for enjoying the right of the elective franchise, a right purchased by the blood and treasure of our Fathers and held sacred by every American citizen.

Fellow Democrats we know you will spurn with disdain and contempt this villainous attempt to browbeat you into the support of a set of men who are so perfectly reckless of your interest and regardless of your feelings. We know you will walk up manfully to the polls, deposit your votes for the men of your choice and hurl defiance at these aristocratic tyrants. What vote to give such men still greater power over you, Never. A resort to such means to obtain votes shows an utter ignorance of the American character and would never have been attempted only by a set of men goaded on by perfect desperation. Harrison voted to sell white men. H. Clay said the people must be made to feel before they would be convinced. The Old cock crows, the young ones learn.