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Show TRUE DEMOCRACY. Tho following by tho late William Allen, governor of Ohio, Is commended to all truo Amorican citizens. It Is good for all to road and pondor over. Governor Allon said: "Democracy Is a sentiment not to bo appalled,corruptod or compromised. It knows no busonessj it cowers to no danger; It oppresses no weakness. Fearless, Fear-less, generous and humano, It robukes tho arrogant, cherishes honor and sympathizes with tho humblo. It asks nothing but what It concedes; it concedes con-cedes nothing but what It demands. Dcstruotlvo only of despotism, It is tho solo conservator of llborty, labor and property. It Is tho sentiment of freodom, of equal rights and equal obligations. ob-ligations. Tho stupid, tho solQsh and tho base In spirit may douounco It ns a vulgnr thing; hut In tho history of our race tho Domocratlo prlnclplo has developed de-veloped nud Illustrated tho highest moral and Intellectual attributes of our nature It is a noble, a subllmo sontlmont which cxpaudsournircctloin, enlarges tho circlo of our sympathies and elevates tha soul of mnn until claiming an equality with tho best. It rejects ni unworthy of Its dignity nny political immunity ovor the humblest of Us fellows,' i |